Patents Examined by Andrey Shostak
  • Patent number: 12279888
    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: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Biolinq Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan Steven Campbell, Joshua Ray Windmiller, Jared Rylan Tangney
  • Patent number: 12268483
    Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Vivenzio, Ian K. Edwards, Raymond A. Lia, Jeffrey Perkins, Sean R. Karla
  • Patent number: 12262696
    Abstract: An animal emission monitoring device for positioning on cattle, the animal emission monitoring device comprising a snout member comprising a sensor unit for detecting the quantity of methane emissions and a positioning means for positioning the device on the head of an animal such that the snout member locates the sensor unit over the nostril of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: ZELP LTD
    Inventors: Francisco Norris, Patricio Norris
  • Patent number: 12257101
    Abstract: A system and a method to determine heart and/or breathing rates. The system comprises a shell configured to occlude an ear canal, an in-ear microphone located inside the shell to capture an audio signal inside the ear canal, and a processor operatively connected to the in-ear microphone, the processor being configured to analyse the audio signal in order to determine at least one of a heart beat and/or a respiration rate measurement or attribute, even when the wearer of the system is immersed in high level of environmental noise. The system and method also comprise the use of an adaptive digital filter to remove the residual environmental noise from the audio signal captured by the in-ear microphone. The system and method also comprise the use of a predetermined audio signal association to identify attributes of the captured audio signal inside the ear canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE
    Inventors: Alexis Martin, Jeremie Voix
  • Patent number: 12251211
    Abstract: An entirely disposable combined antimicrobial filter and flowmeter device for spirometry applications comprises a tubular body, with an inlet end portion, an outlet end portion, and an intermediate portion of enlarged diameter in the form of a discoidal shell. In the discoidal shell both an antimicrobial filtering membrane and a discoidal net of plastic material generating a pressure differential are arranged, it has an outer peripheral edge fixed to an inner annular lip of one of said bell-shaped portions of the discoidal shell, said annular lip being coaxial to said cylindrical wall. One of the filtering membrane and the pressure differential generating network has an outer peripheral edge fixed to the cylindrical wall of the discoidal shell, while the other of the filtering membrane and the pressure differential generating network has an outer peripheral edge fixed to an inner annular lip of one of the bell-shaped portions defining the discoidal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: COSMED S.R.L.
    Inventors: Paolo Brugnoli, Simone Chiorboli
  • Patent number: 12245847
    Abstract: A microcirculation detection system including a heating device, a photosensitive array and a processing unit is provided. The heating device is used to heat a skin area. The photosensitive array is used to detect outgoing light from the skin area, and output a plurality of brightness variation signals respectively at different time points within a heating period. The processing unit is used to calculate a change of an array energy distribution varied within the heating period according to the plurality of brightness variation signals to accordingly identify a microcirculation state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Ru Han, Chih-Yuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 12232709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biopsy needle and a puncture biopsy apparatus. The biopsy needle includes: an inner needle assembly, including a first plug-in portion plugged in with a fastener; an outer needle assembly, including a second plug-in portion plugged in with the fastener; and the fastener, including a third plug-in portion plugged in with the first plug-in portion, and a fourth plug-in portion plugged in with the second plug-in portion. According to the biopsy needle and the puncture biopsy apparatus provided in the present invention, the biopsy needle can be assembled and disassembled in a simple and fast way, helping reduce preparation time and preparation work for a surgery, thereby improving surgery efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU LEAPMED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Qin Wang
  • Patent number: 12226204
    Abstract: A body motion determination system for determining whether a body motion of a subject (S) on a bed (BD) presents or not, includes a load detector (11, 12, 13, 14) configured to detect a load of the subject on the bed; a non-negative-valued average calculating unit (313) configured to calculate a non-negative-valued average of a detection value of the load detector; and a threshold value setting unit (315) configured to set a threshold value to be used in determining whether the body motion of the subject presents or not, based on the non-negative-valued average calculated in a resting period in which the subject merely performs a respiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventor: Shigemi Masuda
  • Patent number: 12214128
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a blood pressure measurement unit, a warning estimator, and a signal output unit. The measurement unit measures blood pressure of a target person. The estimator monitors variation of blood pressure measured by the measurement unit and estimates the variation of the blood pressure as a sign of a blood pressure increase associated with an onset of sleep apnea syndrome if the blood pressure continuously decreases to a preset threshold or lower for a predetermined time or longer. The output unit outputs a sign notification signal to outside of the apparatus if the sign is estimated by the estimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 12207921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a body attachment unit for continuous blood glucose monitoring, in which a body attachment unit is manufactured so as to be assembled in an applicator, thereby minimizing additional work and allowing attachment of the body attachment unit to a body simply by operation of the applicator. In particular, a wireless communication chip is provided in the body attachment unit to enable communication with an external terminal, thereby enabling simple and convenient use without additional work of connecting a separate transmitter, and allowing easier maintenance. In addition, activation occurs by a user's operation after the body attachment unit is attached to the body, such that an activation start time can be adjusted to a time appropriate to the user's needs, and activation occurs in a stabilized state, thereby allowing more accurate blood glucose monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Chae, Hyun Ho Choi, Goang Yel Ryu, Ji Hoon Wang, Young Jea Kang
  • Patent number: 12193810
    Abstract: Methods of using a system for real-time monitoring of blood glucose levels and other analyte levels to reduce the risk of surgical complications. The system includes an apparatus for generating radio frequency scanning data which includes a transmitter for transmitting radio waves below the skin surface of a person and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas for receiving the radio waves, including a portion of the transmitted radio waves that interact with a blood vessel of the person. The wave signal is compared to known standard waveforms, and similar waveforms are input into a machine learning algorithm to determine one or more health parameters of the person. The apparatus is used to collect glucose waveform data. A second apparatus is used to collect waveform data on another analyte. The glucose waveform is analyzed to determine the patient's blood glucose level. The system reports risks associated with the patient's glucose level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KNOW LABS, INC.
    Inventor: John Cronin
  • Patent number: 12179058
    Abstract: An incentive spirometer is disclosed having a helical tube, wherein the helical tube includes a first inlet, second outlet, third outlet, and fourth outlet. The spirometer further includes a chamber, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with the first inlet, second outlet, third outlet, and fourth outlet of the helical tube; and an object disposed within the spirometer, wherein the object is adapted to move through the first inlet of the helical tube and through either the second outlet, third outlet, or fourth outlet. In addition, the spirometer further includes an inhalation draw tube in fluid communication with the chamber and helical tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventor: David L. Rettig, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12178556
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (12) for use with a wearable cuff (14) in measuring blood pressure. The cuff (14) is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site (20) of a subject (18). The apparatus (12) is configured to estimate a size of the cuff (14) during a current inflation of the cuff (14) and compare the estimated size of the cuff (14) to a previous size of the cuff (14) estimated during an inflation of the cuff (14) that immediately preceded the current inflation of the cuff (14). The apparatus (12) is also configured to, if the estimated size of the cuff (14) differs from the previous size of the cuff (14) by more than a predefined amount, change a pressure up to which the cuff (14) is inflated before deflation of the cuff (14) starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Maarten Petrus Joseph Kuenen
  • Patent number: 12156739
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for evaluating injection sites on a body of a patient. The methods/systems may instruct a patient to place one or more capacitance sensors in contact with a potential injection site on the body of the patient. The methods/systems may also comprise using a processing circuit to receive data indicative of a capacitance of body tissue at the potential injection site, as measured by the one or more capacitance sensors. The methods/systems may also comprise generating, using the processing circuit, an indication of a level of pain that would be expected to be experienced by the patient from a potential injection at the potential injection site based on the received capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Hemant Thakorbhai Patel, Louis Stevens Somlai, Adam Nathaniel Wiesler
  • Patent number: 12144595
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wearable device for monitoring blood-pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cardio Ring Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuang-Fu Chang, Yu-Chi Wang, Leng-Chun Chen, Jun-Ming Chen, Wen-Pin Shih
  • Patent number: 12127875
    Abstract: A meditation auscultation device that can be used to listen to one's heartbeat and breathing during meditation practice is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INPULSE MEDITATION LLC
    Inventor: Julian Smith
  • Patent number: 12121654
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device and corresponding method for determining information relating to the treatment of a patient, preferably relating to a patient having a respiratory disorder. The device comprises a fluid channel configured to be in fluid communication with a medical gas source at a first end and with a patient interface at a second end, a sensor arrangement having at least a first sensor for measuring a value of a first flow parameter in the channel and a second sensor for measuring a value of a second flow parameter in the channel, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the channel, and a control unit in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor. The control unit determines flow direction of a medical gas in the channel based on sensor measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LINDE GMBH
    Inventors: Mandip Thind, Brian Jacobsen, Dennis Reid
  • Patent number: 12082921
    Abstract: A breath analyzer for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas, comprising an electronic computing and storage unit configured to receive a signal corresponding to a ventilation pressure and/or a respiratory flow and/or a tidal volume of the respiratory gas delivered to the person and, during a predetermined analysis duration, to detect a curve of the signal by a curve analyzer. A ventilator for ventilating a person with a respiratory gas, which ventilator comprises the breath analyzer and a method for detecting breathing events of a person ventilated with a respiratory gas is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
    Inventors: Jan Verhoeven, Benno Doemer, Matthias Schwaibold
  • Patent number: 12076043
    Abstract: A renal puncture sampling device includes a base, a sampler, a first pneumatic cylinder, a support frame, a second pneumatic cylinder, and a controller. The sampler includes a sample storage cylinder, a puncture needle, and a piston. The puncture needle is fixed at a left side of the sample storage cylinder; the piston is located in an inner cavity of the sample storage cylinder, and a piston rod passes through a right sidewall of the sample storage cylinder; an end of a telescopic rod of the first pneumatic cylinder is connected to the piston rod; the second pneumatic cylinder drives the support frame to horizontally move left and right; a first position sensor is disposed on an inner wall of a left end of a puncture channel of the puncture needle; a second position sensor is disposed at a center of a left end of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Da Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 12070271
    Abstract: Relationships between morphological changes to an eye due to intraocular pressure changes and blood perfusion changes in the retina are determined by colocalizing retinal perfusion data and optic nerve head (ONH) mechanical deformation data. Perfusion changes from intraocular pressure (IOP) changes are determined by colocalizing retinal perfusion data with ONH mechanical deformation data. Optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A) can be used to generate both retinal perfusion data and mechanical deformation data for an imaged volume. A three-dimensional model (e.g., connectivity map or connectivity model) of the vasculature can be generated from the OCT-A imaging data and used to predict changes in blood perfusion in various areas of the retina due to IOP-induced mechanical deformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Massimo Antonio Fazio, Christopher Anthony Girkin