Patents Examined by Carl H. Layno
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Patent number: 11771590Abstract: A medical fluid probe includes a heat spreader structure that defines therein a fluid chamber that is in fluid communication with an external environment around the probe, and a thermal energy source in thermal communication with the heat spreader structure. The heat spreader structure functions as both temperature-control elements and structural elements. A variety of separate structure elements, such as the heat pipes, may combine to form the heat spreader structure. The thermal energy source may be used to maintain the temperature of the heat spreader structure, such as by heating and/or cooling the heater spreader structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Samuel T. Craig, Scott D. Nielsen
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Patent number: 11771901Abstract: An apparatus includes an implantable stimulator to treat sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and at least one electrode associated with the stimulator. The apparatus includes a therapy device arranged to be implanted within a head/neck region of a patient. The therapy device includes a microstimulator including a housing to encapsulate at least stimulation circuitry, a rechargeable power element, and a control portion including a therapy manager to control the stimulation circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: John Rondoni, David Dieken, Kevin Verzal
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Patent number: 11771896Abstract: A balloon type retinal stimulation device includes: a substrate unit having an insertion portion to be inserted into an eyeball; and a stimulation unit provided at one or both of one and the other surfaces of the substrate unit. The insertion portion is expandable and contractible as a fluid is injected into and discharged from an inside of the injection portion. When the insertion portion expands, one surface of the insertion portion matches a shape of the retina such that the stimulation unit is brought into close contact with the retina on which an image is formed, and the other surface of the insertion portion comes into close contact with an inner surface of the eyeball that is not a region of retina on which an image is formed, to support the insertion portion that is in contact with the region of retina on which an image is formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: So Hee Kim, Hyun Min Moon, Nam Sun Chou
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Patent number: 11771899Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy signal from the power source. The at least one electrode can be configured to deliver the therapy signal to a target tissue associated with control of a posterior base of the tongue of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic FoundationInventors: Francis A. Papay, Anthony V. Caparso
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Patent number: 11766558Abstract: A biomedical electrode for electrically contacting a user's skin includes a carrier layer, a backing layer, an electrical lead, a conductive member, and a gel contact member. The backing layer is disposed on the carrier layer. The electrical lead is positioned at least in part below the carrier layer. The conductive member is coupled to the electrical lead. The gel contact member is electrically coupled to the conductive member for directly contacting the user's skin. The gel contact member is electrically conductive. The gel contact member includes a gel combined with an anti-microbial agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Compass Health Brands Corp.Inventors: Justin Porter, Gary Chad Morgan, Anthony Shaw, Jenifer Adams
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Patent number: 11766571Abstract: A retention device for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) may comprise an elongate body including a configured to receive the lead of the IMD. The retention device may also include securing mechanisms coupled to the elongate body and configured to push against tissue of a patient. The securing mechanisms may also include linking elements coupled to the elongate body and a portion of the securing mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.Inventors: G. Shantanu Reddy, Benjamin Michael Nitti, Bryan Peter Nelson, Christopher Alan Fuhs, Andrew L. De Kock, Peter Hall
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Patent number: 11766559Abstract: A method of providing therapy to a patient according to one embodiment includes generating an electrical noise signal by at least one noise generator controlled by a controller of a tunable noise system, partitioning the electrical noise signal into a plurality of discrete frequency bands, each of the discrete frequency bands having a corresponding bandwidth, delivering the electrical noise signal through one or more electrodes to the patient to target at least one of neural tissue or non-neural tissue of the patient, adjusting an amplitude of one or more of a voltage or current of the electrical noise signal within a selected frequency band of the plurality of discrete frequency bands to generate an adjusted electrical signal based on feedback received from the patient, and delivering the adjusted electrical signal through the one or more electrodes to provide therapy to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Soin Neuroscience, LLCInventors: Eric A. Schepis, Amol Soin
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Patent number: 11759361Abstract: A method of accommodating patient movement in a laser surgery system with a scanner. The scanner is configured to be coupled with an eye interface device and operable to scan an electromagnetic radiation beam in at least two dimensions in an eye interfaced with the eye interface device. The scanner and the eye interface device move in conjunction with movement of the eye. A first support assembly supports the scanner so as to accommodate relative movement between the scanner and the first support assembly parallel so as to accommodate movement of the eye. A beam source generates the electromagnetic radiation beam. The electromagnetic radiation beam propagates from the beam source to the scanner along an optical path having an optical path length that varies in response to movement of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: AMO Development, LLCInventor: Phillip Gooding
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Patent number: 11763947Abstract: A system determines patient eligibility for a medical protocol. The system includes a medical protocol library containing information relating to a plurality of medical protocols. The information includes eligibility rules and compliance rules for the plurality of medical protocols. The system also includes a sensor and medical device interface configured to receive patient data from one or more sensors and/or one or more medical device. The patient data relates to the eligibility rules and/or the compliance rules for at least one of the medical protocols. The system also includes a protocol eligibility module configured to determine patient eligibility for at least one of the medical protocols as a function of the received patient data. Furthermore, the system includes a user interface configured to display an indication that the patient is eligible for the protocol.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Etiometry Inc.Inventors: Dimitar V. Baronov, Robert Hammond-Oakley, Evan J. Butler
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Patent number: 11759152Abstract: A medical system according to embodiments of the present invention includes at least one sensor configured to monitor physiological status of a patient and to generate sensor data based on the physiological status, a user interface device, a processor communicably coupled to the user interface device, the processor configured to: present via the user interface device an array of two or more possible input elements, the input elements each comprising a class of patients or a diagnosis and treatment pathway, receive a selected input element based on a user selection among the two or more possible input elements, acquire the sensor data and process the sensor data to generate physiological data, and present via the user interface screen the physiological data according to a template that is customized for the selected input element.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Gary A Freeman, Guy R Johnson
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Patent number: 11751803Abstract: A system for detecting sleep apnea uses a PPG sensor for generating a PPG signal. An estimate of respiratory effort is derived from the PPG signal, and from this a respiratory effort signal is derived. Characteristic features are extracted from the respiratory effort signal, and sleep disordered breathing events are detected from the extracted characteristic features. This analysis can distinguish between sleep disordered breathing events and normal breathing during sleep.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gabriele Papini, Pedro Miguel Ferreira Dos Santos Da Fonesca
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Patent number: 11752328Abstract: A neuromodulation apparatus for stimulating neural activity in a renal nerve of a patient is provided, the apparatus comprising a transducer Patient for applying a signal to the renal nerve so as to produce a physiological response. Methods of treating sleep apnoea are also provided, including methods using the neuromodulation apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Case Western Reserve UniversityInventors: Arun Sridhar, Alessandra Giarola, Stephen J. Lewis
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Patent number: 11752325Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation system and method is provided, offering coordinated and natural movements for people or animals with motor system damage, which includes: at least one electrical stimulation device delivering electrostimulation signal to form dynamic stimulation curves through at least one stimulation channel by electrodes, at least one main processor, which communicates with a communication unit, with a high voltage generator and with a current controller, at least one sensing device bi-directionally connected to the electrical stimulation device, the sensing device processes and transmits the information to predictively stimulate according to the user needs, and a computational device bi-directionally connected to the electrical stimulation device having computational device with a display screen, a configuration unit and a communication unit allowing information exchange with the electrical stimulation device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BIOMEDICAL DEVICES SPAInventors: Luis Osvaldo Campos Uribe, Moises Aaron Campos Uribe, Sebastian Osvaldo Mardones Mardones, Mattia Ignazio Rigotti Thompson, Matias Felipe Hosiasson Retamal
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Patent number: 11751966Abstract: An example medical device configured for use with a teleoperated surgical system may include a control system, a movable manipulator arm, and a handle coupled to the manipulator arm, wherein in a first pose of the movable manipulator arm, the handle is oriented at a first convenient hold angle to a clinical user, wherein in a second pose of the movable manipulator arm different from the first pose, the handle is oriented at a second convenient hold angle to the clinical user, different from the first convenient hold angle, and wherein the control system includes programmed instructions to automatically move the handle from the first orientation to the second orientation as the movable manipulator arm moves from the first pose to the second pose.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Timothy B. Hulford, Russell L. E. Blanchard, Roman Lapaev
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Patent number: 11752338Abstract: A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, and a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case and a magnet assembly, having a spine and at least one magnet that is secured to the spine, that is located within the case and is rotatable relative to the case.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: James George Elcoate Smith, Sung Jin Lee
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Patent number: 11751772Abstract: A system and method for myocardial performance determination is provided. The present invention provided for generating a first dataset representing a set of events associated with a pre-defined parameter of a biomarker extracted from physiological parameters of a subject. The set of events is determined by processing the pre-defined parameter at a first level and a second level of a multi-level artificial neural network architecture recursively for a pre-defined number of times. Further, generating second dataset representing characteristics associated with the set of events by processing first dataset at third level and fourth level of multi-level artificial neural network architecture. Further, computing set of values associated with set of events by processing second dataset at fifth level of multi-level artificial neural network architecture. Further, computing myocardial performance index based on set of values. The myocardial performance index is representative of myocardial performance of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventors: Gaurav Parchani, Mudit Dandwate
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Apparatus and method for estimating biological information, and electronic device including the same
Patent number: 11751814Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biological information of a user may include a light source configured to emit light to an object of the user; an image sensor comprising a pixel array, and configured to acquire successive image frames by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object of the user; and a processor configured to: select a predetermined number of pixel-rows from among pixel-rows of the image sensor, detect signal intensities in the predetermined number of pixel-rows for each image frame of the successive image frames, correct the signal intensities, combine the signal intensities for each image frame of the successive image frames based on correcting the signal intensities, acquire a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal based on combining the signal intensities, and estimate the biological information of the user based on the PPG signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH Research and Business Development FoundationInventors: Young Soo Kim, Sung-Min Park, Youn Ho Kim, Vega Pradana Rachim, Sang Yun Park, JinHyeok Baek -
Patent number: 11752320Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly for fitting/removing a heart pump in a sleeve secured in an opening in a ventricular wall, the assembly including a guide element with a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between, and opening at, the distal and proximal ends, the heart pump having a pump body. With this pump body including an assembly element, the assembly includes a gripping unit which can slide in the lumen, the gripping unit having at its free end an assembly part which is complementary with the assembly element, which part is configured to cooperate with the assembly element, and to join this free end to the pump body, in order to permit the gripping and displacement of the heart pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FINEHEARTInventors: Stéphane Garrigue, Arnaud Mascarell
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Patent number: 11737750Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end portion of the shaft assembly. The end effector includes an active feature configured to operate on tissue. The body includes a drive feature operable to drive the active feature of the end effector. The body is removably coupled with the shaft assembly in a connected state and separated from the shaft assembly in a disconnected state. The body includes a drive feature configured to drive operation of the active feature of the effector. The drive feature includes at least one of an ultrasonic drive feature or a mechanical drive feature. A proximal end portion of the shaft assembly is configured to be removed from the body to separate the at least one activation feature from the drive feature.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Eitan T. Wiener, Robert A. Kemerling, James R. Giordano, Vincent P. Battaglia, Jr., Daniel W. Price, Sean P. Conlon, Gregory W. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Shan Wan, Kevin L. Houser, Foster B. Stulen, Jacob S. Gee, Jeffrey A. Bullock, John A. Hibner, William B. Weisenburgh, II
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Patent number: 11741754Abstract: Conventionally, activity detection has been through one mode i.e., smart watch. Though it works in reasonable cases, there are chances of false positives considerably. Other approaches include surveillance which limits itself to object detection. Embodiments of present disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting activities performed by user from data captured from multiple sensors. A first input (FI) comprising accelerometer data, heart rate and gyroscope data and second input (SI) comprising video data are obtained. Features are extracted from FI and pre-processed for a first activity (FA) detection using activity prediction model. Frames from SI are processed for creating bounding box of user and resized thereof to extract pose coordinates vector. Distance between vector of pose coordinates and training vectors of pose coordinates stored in the system is computed and a second activity (SA) is detected accordingly. Both the FA and SA are validated for determining true and/or false positive.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services LimitedInventors: Ramesh Balaji, Srinivasa Raghavan Venkatachari, Harish Kumar Dhanasekaran