Patents Examined by Colin W Stuart
  • Patent number: 12290486
    Abstract: A percussive massage device includes a housing. The housing defines a handle portion and a corner where the handle portion meets another portion of the housing. The percussive massage device also includes a motor contained within the housing, a reciprocation shaft coupled to the motor and configured to reciprocate when the motor is active, and a heart rate sensor located at the corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenger Zhou, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Timothy Roberts, Sunny Wang, Lymond Lin, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, Alex Zhu, Richard Tang, Yc Liu, Yano Pang, Phil Huang
  • Patent number: 12285379
    Abstract: A massage head for a percussive therapy device includes a base. The base is configured to connect a massage attachment to a reciprocating shaft of a percussive therapy device. The massage head also includes an end portion that includes a heater. The massage head also includes a medial portion located between the base and the end portion. The medial portion is configured to resiliently bias the end portion away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Therabody, Inc.
    Inventors: Zenger Zhou, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Eduardo Merino, Timothy Roberts, Sunny Wang, Lymond Lin, Tony Zhong, Danny Zeng, Alex Zhu, Richard Tang, Yc Liu, Yano Pang, Phil Huang
  • Patent number: 12285566
    Abstract: A universal respiratory detector for detecting a respiratory gas. The universal respiratory detector may include a plurality of layers with a visual indicator to quickly and reversibly change color to detect a respiratory gas parameter such as carbon dioxide. The color change may be visible from both sides of the detector. In some examples, the respiratory detector may be a biocompatible and conformable sticker for mounting on a person's face or an oxygen delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Affirm Medical Technologies II, LLC
    Inventors: Janice Cain, Brian Scott Cain, Alicia B. Dreger, Mark J. Bernhard, Avinash A. Mohan
  • Patent number: 12280006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for applying therapeutic pressure to a skin surface including a tip arranged at a first end of a therapeutic wand. The system also includes a head arranged opposite the tip at a second end of the therapeutic wand. The system includes a body arranged between the tip and the head, the body housing a control system for controlling operation of the therapeutic wand. The control system includes a printed circuit board, a timer electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the timer being programmable to determine an elapsed time of use of the therapeutic wand, and an indicator. The system also includes a grip arranged between the body and the head, the grip having an outer surface that is softer than the body to provide an ergonomic and comfortable location to hold the therapeutic wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Shelley Phyllis Goldstein
  • Patent number: 12280208
    Abstract: An everting vine robot intubation device capable of automatically and autonomously intubating the trachea and producing a lumen through which artificial ventilation may be conducted. The device includes an everting primary vine robot attached to a mouthpiece and a smaller diameter everting intubation vine robot associated with the primary everting vine robot. The primary vine robot is shaped and sized to extend to the back of a patient's laryngopharynx when fully actuated and the intubation everting vine robot is shaped and sized to extend from the primary vine robot into the patient's trachea when fully actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Elliot W. Hawkes, David A. Haggerty, David R. Drover
  • Patent number: 12275506
    Abstract: A highly automated, fully-closed circuit rebreather and methods for operating the device by users with limited training and limited skill development are disclosed. Advanced sensors, electronics, software, assembly methods, and disposable cartridges dramatically reduce the skills required for assembly, operation, and maintenance of the unit. The use of the rebreather apparatus is primarily for recreational diving applications, but may be used for additional applications where the presence of breathable air may be absent or limited, such as hazardous duty applications, high altitude applications, no-atmosphere or low-atmosphere applications, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Tesseron Ltd.
    Inventors: Forrest P. Gauthier, Jeffrey E. Bozanic
  • Patent number: 12268818
    Abstract: A blower unit for use as part of an integrated blower/humidification system is described. The blower unit has an outer casing, which encloses and forms part of the blower unit, the casing including an air inlet vent. The blower unit further includes a humidifier compartment for receiving a humidifier unit with a separate gases inlet and outlet, the compartment having a heater base for heating the contents of the humidifier unit. The compartment also has a blower inlet port which aligns with the humidifier unit inlet in use, the blower providing a gases path through the casing between the inlet vent and the inlet port. The blower unit also includes a fan for providing a pressurised gases stream along the gases path, and a power supply unit for powering the fan. The gases path is routed over the power supply unit in order to provide a cooling air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Venkata Subbarao Potharaju, Christie Jayne Stanton, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Yi-Cheng Sun, Hayden Briscoe, Samuel Frew, Steven John Worthington, Philip John Dickinson, Cameron Jon Haxton
  • Patent number: 12268892
    Abstract: A removably attachable phototherapy and vibration system for attachment to and treatment of skin beneath the eyes includes a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly, and including a vibrating element, facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps, vibrating element and associated circuitry are disposed so that the attachable surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The system includes two devices one for the right and the other for the left eye of the user. Each device is attachable to beneath each eye with a suitable adhesive such as a reusable silicone strip. The system includes a charging dock for storing and charging the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Shaul Rappaport
  • Patent number: 12272457
    Abstract: A ventilation system operates in one of a plurality of modes for communicating ventilation information with a computing device, and operating parameters of a ventilation device are remotely modified based on system data. Ventilation data is received from a ventilation device and an alarm associated with the ventilation device or the patient associated with the ventilation device is determined based on at least a portion of the ventilation data. Responsive to determining the alarm, the alarm is transmitted to the computing device before the ventilator data is transmitted to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tom Steinhauer, Willis Lam, Mark Rogers, Terry Blansfield, Stephen J. Birch
  • Patent number: 12263133
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric yoga wheel, comprising a support device, a drive device that is arranged in the support device, and a massage wheel that is rotationally connected to the support device and connected to the drive device. A flexible protective pad, which covers the massage wheel and is connected to the support device, is arranged on a circumferential side of the support device. When using the electric yoga wheel, the flexible protective pad deforms under pressure so that the flexible protective pad is pressed against the massage wheel; during massage, the flexible protective pad can avoid twining hair around the yoga wheel in such a favorable manner as to effectively eliminate the existing hidden danger during massage and make it safer for the user to massage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventor: Huaibao Zhou
  • Patent number: 12263362
    Abstract: A mask apparatus includes a mask body, a fan module, a seal that defines a breathing space, a pressure sensor coupled to the mask body and configured to sense an air pressure in the breathing space, and a controller coupled to the mask body and configured to control a rotation speed of the fan module based on the air pressure. The controller is configured to determine a breathing cycle based on a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value among air pressure values sensed by the pressure sensor, determine a time difference between a maximum time point and a minimum time point, determine an expected time point of inhalation in a subsequent breathing cycle based on the breathing cycle and the time difference, and increase the rotation speed of the fan module based on a current time corresponding to the expected time point of inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taewook Kwon, Jinmoo Park, Junchan Kwon, Seonghun Lee, Hyengcheul Choi, Gyunghwan Yuk, Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12257206
    Abstract: A CPR machine (100) is configured to perform, on a patient's (182) chest, compressions that alternate with releases. The CPR machine includes a compression mechanism (148), and a driver system (141) configured to drive the compression mechanism. A force sensing system (149) may sense a compression force, and the driving can be adjusted accordingly if there is a surprise. For instance, driving may have been automatic according to a motion-time profile, which is adjusted if the compression force is not as expected (850). An optional chest-lifting device (152) may lift the chest between the compressions, to assist actively the decompression of the chest. A lifting force may be sensed, and the motion-time profile can be adjusted if the compression force or the lifting force is not as expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.
    Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Jonas Lagerstrom, Bo Mellberg, Anders Jeppsson, Marcus Ehrstedt, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Fredrik Arnwald, Erik von Schenck, Paul Rasmusson, Sara Lindroth, Fred Chapman, Ryan Landon, Mitchell A. Smith, Steven B. Duke, Krystyna Szul, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Patent number: 12250995
    Abstract: Bodywear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user and attachable to footwear of the human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. In another aspect, footwear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. Such bodywear apparatus and footwear apparatus are configured to reduce the effort a user must exert and improve the user's performance during walking, running, hiking, marching, and various other gaits as well as jumping, hopping, and other activities. In an aspect, bodywear apparatus further includes a supplemental power device configured to further augment the user's abilities by activating during portions of the user's gait cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Mark Costin Roser
  • Patent number: 12245979
    Abstract: A method for providing a therapeutic benefit includes receiving sensor data from one or more physiological sensors associated with a person and determining whether the sensor data exceeds a threshold. When the sensor data exceeds the threshold, a controller activates a first tactile stimulator to provide a first stimulation for a first period when the sensor data exceeds the threshold and then activates a second tactile stimulator to apply a second stimulation for a second period beginning at least commensurate with a cessation of (at the same time or overlapping) the first period. The bi-lateral stimulation is repeated for a therapeutically effective number of repetitions such that the first and second stimulations are applied bi-laterally to the body of the person without the individual perceiving a pause in stimulation between the first stimulation and second stimulation to provide the therapeutic benefit to the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VMAS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vicki Mayo, Amy Serin, Jack Vice
  • Patent number: 12240107
    Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Seismic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Mahoney, Chris Gadway, Mary Elizabeth Hogue, Nicole Ida Kernbaum, Melinda Cromie Lear, Hayley Stolee-Smith, Mallory L. Tayson-Frederick, Rayyan Toh, Regis Vincent, Trent Weber, Katherine Goss Witherspoon
  • Patent number: 12239596
    Abstract: A skin massage tool is proposed. The skin massage tool includes: a handle; and a roller assembly combined with the handle and having a pair of shafts which branch off and a pair of massage balls rotatably joined to the shafts, wherein the roller assembly includes a body joined to one end of the handle and a pair of shafts bent downwards and backwards from the body. The shafts of the roller assembly are bent in a downwardly backward direction of the handle, an angle between a pair of the shafts is in the range from 107° to 117°, and an angle between the handle and the shafts is in the range from 50° to 60°. Therefore, the skin massage tool can enhance a massaging effect and a lifting effect to lift up the sagging skin of the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PAUCO PAN UNIVERSE COSMETICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Rin Kim
  • Patent number: 12239603
    Abstract: A container comprising a cavity for holding a personal care product, an opening for dispensing the personal care product and a working feature for activation of soft tissue, the working feature being a structural feature as found on a physical therapy soft tissue mobilization tool that is adapted to mobilize soft tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SORSOAP LLC
    Inventors: David Restiano, Daniel P. Staats, Alfred Colantoni, Jr., Kenneth F. Florek
  • Patent number: 12233205
    Abstract: A thermally modulating inhalable medicament delivery device may deliver an inhalable medicament as an aerosol, vapor, or partial aerosol and partial vapor mixture to a subject. The inhalable medicament may be delivered to a targeted location in an airway of the subject. Various other devices, systems, and methods for delivering an inhalable medicament to a subject are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Edward Breede
  • Patent number: 12233214
    Abstract: A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel Bowditch
  • Patent number: 12226357
    Abstract: A pressure applicator assembly is configured to allow for a range of pressure application and pressure localisation options along with the ability to have a rocker base for directing the applied pressure to a subject in a particular direction if desired. The assembly includes dome shaped resilient members that nest together and which each include magnets for magnetic fixation to a surface of a base. Due to the nesting of the resilient members the degree of firmness and/or the radius of curvature and thus the degree of localisation of application of force can be varied by adding or removing resilient members. In addition, the magnets allow the resilient members to be rapidly fixed to any magnetically attracted surface so that they can be used in horizontal, vertical or sloping orientations. Furthermore, the apparatus is readily stored and transported since it can be placed into the compact nested configuration as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BODY ORGANICS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Michael Edward Schwarer