Patents Examined by Andrey Shostak
  • Patent number: 11937934
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an EEG decoding method based on a non-negative CP decomposition model. The method extracts time component characteristics of the EEG of the different subjects in the boundary avoidance task, optimizes a characteristic dimension by using a 2-DPCA, and takes classification by using a support vector machine, so that differences of the EEG of subjects in different states can be reflected, and the EEG classification of the single subject has a great accuracy. The time component characteristics of the EEG can be obtained by using the channel components and the frequency components based on the non-negative CP decomposition model and by means of the interaction between the EEG modes. The characteristics of the obtained EEG time components have good separability, and the dimensions of the characteristics are optimized, so that the EEG of left and right hand movements in the boundary avoidance tasks can be effectively decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rongrong Fu, Yaodong Wang, Shiwei Wang, Bao Yu
  • Patent number: 11931133
    Abstract: A measuring device includes a measuring part that performs an invasive blood pressure measurement using a transducer and detects that a blood pressure measured by the invasive blood pressure measurement becomes a predetermined abnormal state during the invasive blood pressure measurement, a detecting part that detects whether or not a zero-point calibration of the transducer is being carried out, and a notification control part that controls whether or not to output an alarm based on a detection state of the detecting part when the blood pressure becomes the predetermined abnormal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Koyama, Yoshiharu Harada, Masami Tanishima
  • Patent number: 11925457
    Abstract: A device for encouraging and guiding a spirometer user includes a housing, a main valve, a visual assembly, and a sound making assembly. The housing has a guiding channel, a first outlet channel, a second outlet channel, and an inlet channel. The main valve is disposed in a housing communicating with the guiding channel, the first outlet channel, the second outlet channel or the inlet channel and configured to regulate or control fluid flowing paths. The visual assembly includes a check valve in the second outlet channel, and at least one movable member. The sound making assembly includes a check valve and a sound maker. So, it can generate the visual and sound encouraging effects for learning how to use a spirometer correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL, CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ming-Feng Wu, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Kuo-Chih Su, Chun-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11918329
    Abstract: A physiological detection device includes system including a first array PPG detector, a second array PPG detector, a display and a processing unit. The first array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of first PPG signals. The second array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of second PPG signals. The display is configured to show a detected result of the physiological detection system. The processing unit is configured to convert the plurality of first PPG signals and the plurality of second PPG signals to a first 3D energy distribution and a second 3D energy distribution, respectively, and control the display to show an alert message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chiung-Wen Lin, Wei-Ru Han, Yang-Ming Chou, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Ren-Hau Gu, Chih-Yuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 11898981
    Abstract: A method for non-invasive detecting and tracing cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NANO HESGARSAZAN SALAMAT ARYA INCUBATION CENTER FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES
    Inventors: Mohammad Abdolahad, Zohreh Sadat Miripour, Parisa Aghaee, Hadi Ghafari, Naser Namdar Habashi, Fereshteh Abbasvandi
  • Patent number: 11883139
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a sensor module and a blood pressure measurement device that improves the protection strength of and prevents damage to a surface that comes into contact with a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Jumpei Mano, Takanobu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11877885
    Abstract: A system for monitoring free flap patency includes transmit and receive transducers structured to be coupled to a blood vessel, and a plurality of circuitry modules structured to insonify a blood flow volume within the blood vessel and receive a scattered signal from the receive transducer, extract a baseband Doppler blood flow signal, VBASEBAND, from the scattered signal, extract a plurality of features from VBASEBAND, and classify the plurality of features and generate a binary signal based on the classification of the plurality of features, wherein the binary signal will have a first state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating that a flow rate within the blood vessel is less than a predetermined level and a second state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating the flow rate within the blood vessel is greater than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Michael A. Rothfuss, Ervin Sejdic, Michael L. Gimbel, Murat Akcakaya
  • Patent number: 11871894
    Abstract: A biological information management system includes a first information device including a first communication unit and a second information device including a second communication unit. The first information device is attached to a portion of a subject where a positional relationship with a reference position of the subject changes. The second information device is attached to the reference position or a portion where the positional relationship with the reference position changes. The first information device outputs biological abnormality/normality determination information based on a radio field intensity and a signal waveform of a radio wave received by transmission of a first signal between the first communication unit and the second communication unit when the first information device and the second information device have a predetermined positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUMI RYOKI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Toyoshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11872055
    Abstract: Described herein are variations of an analyte monitoring system, including an analyte monitoring device. For example, an analyte monitoring device may include an implantable microneedle array for use in measuring one or more analytes (e.g., glucose), such as in a continuous manner. The microneedle array may include, for example, at least one microneedle including a tapered distal portion having an insulated distal apex, and an electrode on a surface of the tapered distal portion located proximal to the insulated distal apex. At least some of the microneedles may be electrically isolated such that one or more electrodes is individually addressable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Biolinq Incorporated
    Inventors: Jared Rylan Tangney, Joshua Ray Windmiller, Richard Chien Yang
  • Patent number: 11864918
    Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire that includes separate sections with engaged core components. For example, a sensing guide wire can include a proximal portion having a proximal core member and at least one proximal electrical conductor and a distal portion coupled to the proximal portion, the distal portion having a distal core member, a sensing element, and at least one distal electrical conductor coupled to the sensing element, wherein engagement structures of the proximal and distal core members are engaged and wherein the at least one distal electrical conductor is coupled to the at least one proximal electrical conductor such that the at least one proximal electrical conductor is in electrical communication with the sensing element. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Burkett, Eric Henderson
  • Patent number: 11832921
    Abstract: In a sphygmomanometer of the present invention, a main body includes a slide receiving part having a circular-arc cross section that opens upward and slidably receiving a cuff unit along a direction perpendicular to the circular-arc cross-section. The cuff unit includes a cylindrical cuff structure having a fluid bag along the inner circumferential surface, and a cover having a circular-arc cross section that opens downward and detachably attached integrally with the cuff structure to cover the upper half of the cuff structure. When the cuff unit is slid along the slide receiving part, upper edges on both sides of the circular-arc cross section of the slide receiving part abut with the lower edges on both sides of the circular-arc cross section of the cover to support the weight of the cuff unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Koga, Takuya Nagata, Toshihiko Ogura
  • Patent number: 11813083
    Abstract: An assembly for measuring bio-information includes a finger contact interface configured to move based on a contact force applied by a finger of a user to the finger contact interface; a bio-sensor configured to measure the bio-information of the user based on the finger being in contact with the finger contact interface; a force sensor configured to measure the contact force of the finger applied to the finger contact interface; and a support configured to guide movement of the finger contact interface and support the force sensor against the finger contact interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Hwang, Byung Hoon Ko, Seung Woo Noh, Jong Wook Lee, Tak Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11813109
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for deriving insights into the health of patients through analysis of audio data generated by electronic stethoscope systems. A diagnostic platform may be responsible for examining the audio data generated by an electronic stethoscope system so as to gain insights into the health of a patient. The diagnostic platform may employ heuristics, algorithms, or models that rely on machine learning or artificial intelligence to perform auscultation in a manner that significantly outperforms traditional approaches that rely on visual analysis by a healthcare professional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Heroic Faith Medical Science Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Ren Cheng, Fushun Hsu, Ji-De Huang, Shang-Ran Huang
  • Patent number: 11813050
    Abstract: A selective-sorting system for aerosol droplets in human breath includes a mouthpiece to receive a flow of human breath, and a flow path coupled to the mouthpiece. This flow path includes one or more bends that cause the flow of human breath to change direction, which causes aerosol droplets in the flow having different mass-sizes to change direction at different rates. Moreover, the flow path is shaped so that droplets that change direction at different rates are directed to different destinations. The system also includes a collection path, which is coupled to the flow path so that aerosol droplets meeting a specific mass-size criterion are directed into the collection path. A condenser tube is located in the collection path, wherein the condenser tube includes a cooling mechanism that cools the condenser tube to facilitate condensing aerosol droplets to sides of the condenser tube for subsequent collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Cristina E. Davis, Konstantin O. Zamuruyev, Michael Schivo, Nicholas J. Kenyon, Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Alexander A. Aksenov
  • Patent number: 11806140
    Abstract: An apparatus for in-vivo measuring H2O2 oxidation within a living tissue. The apparatus includes an electrochemical probe and an electrochemical stimulator-analyzer. The electrochemical probe includes a sensing part and a handle. The sensing part includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, and a reference electrode. The working electrode includes a first biocompatible conductive needle coated with a layer of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The counter electrode includes a second biocompatible conductive needle. The reference electrode includes a third biocompatible conductive needle. The electrochemical stimulator-analyzer is configured to generate a set of electrical currents in a portion of the living tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammad Abdolahad, Naser Namdar Habashi, Zohreh Sadat Miripour
  • Patent number: 11805992
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an auxiliary visible light rod for multisource end-expiratory CO2 monitoring. The auxiliary visible light rod comprises a handle, a pump body, a medicine compartment, a rod body and a bracket. The handle is separately connected with the medicine compartment, the pump body and the rod body, and one end of the rod body is connected with a rod head. A lamp and an atomizing head are arranged in the rod head. A circuit tube is connected with the external wall of the rod body, one end of the circuit tube is connected with a display screen, and the other end of the circuit tube is connected with a camera in the rod head. The bracket sleeves the rod body and is fixed to the outer side of an oral cavity or a chin of a patient, and thus the stability of the rod body is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Ming Xia, Yu Sun, Jia Yan
  • Patent number: 11806135
    Abstract: Sensing and infusion devices are described. In one embodiment, a sensing and infusion device may include an implantable segment having a sensor. The sensing and infusion device may also include a catheter, and a sensor channel may be formed in the catheter. The sensor channel may be configured to retain at least a portion of the implantable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PercuSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Shah, Ellen Messer, Katherine Wolfe, Shaun Pendo
  • Patent number: 11786135
    Abstract: A blood pressure information measurement device, including first and second fluid bags in the first fluid bag; a pressure mechanism increases/decreases pressure in an internal space of the first fluid bag and the pressure in the internal space of the second bag; a control unit controls operation of the pressure mechanism; a pressure detection device detects an internal pressure of the first and the second fluid bag; and a calculation unit that calculates blood pressure information detected by the device. In calculating blood pressure information, the control unit controls operation of the pressure increase/reduction mechanism after the internal space of one fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded until internal pressure of one fluid bag reaches a predetermined pressure, the internal space of the other fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded while the one bag is kept sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chisato Tawara, Minoru Taniguchi, Keita Ikeda, Hirotaka Hayashi, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 11717163
    Abstract: A wearable device, a signal processing method and a signal processing device are disclosed. The wearable device includes a processor and a signal collector electrically connected to the processor. The signal collector includes at least one electroencephalogram sensor configured to collect an electroencephalogram signal and at least one electrooculogram sensor configured to collect an electrooculogram signal. The processor is configured to generate a control signal based on the electroencephalogram signal and the electrooculogram signal, and the electroencephalogram sensor and the electrooculogram sensor are different sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huidong He, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen, Yu Lei, Peng Han, Yuanjie Lu, Yukun Sun, Qingwen Fan, Shuo Zhang, Yachong Xue
  • Patent number: 11701455
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for cleaning an implanted medical device. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a medical device including a membrane; wherein the membrane comprises a thermoresponsive hydrogel including N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) or poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm), and a volume phase transition temperature (VPTT). The method also includes implanting the medical device into a target area; wherein the membrane temperature is maintained at substantially the same temperature as the target area; wherein temperature fluctuations within the target area that approach, meet and/or exceed the volume phase transition temperature induce deswelling or relative deswelling in the membrane and temperature fluctuations within the target area that are relatively lower and/or approach and/or fall below the volume phase transition temperature induce swelling or relative swelling in the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Melissa A. Grunlan, Gerard L. Cote, Alexander A. Abraham, Ruochong Fei, Andrea K. Locke