Patents Examined by David J. McCrosky
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Patent number: 12023152Abstract: A system SY for determining a tissue type TY of a tissue region TR is provided in which the distal ends OFDE1..n of at least three optical fibers define a plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k within the tissue region TR. A tissue signal Q1..k indicative of a tissue type TY for the respective optical path IOP1..k is generated from said spectral measurement data SMD corresponding to each of the plurality of intersecting optical paths IOP1..k. Each tissue signal Q1..k is compared with a reference threshold QRT for the tissue type, and with an average of the tissue signals QMA. At least a portion of the tissue region is identified as the tissue type TY if i) every tissue signal Q1..k in the tissue region TR indicates that its corresponding tissue is not the tissue type TY in the comparison with the reference threshold QRT and ii) at least one of the tissue signals Q1..k in the tissue region TR lies between the average QMA of the tissue signals Q1..Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans, Jarich Willem Spliethoff, Nijs Cornelis Van Der Vaart
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Patent number: 12016721Abstract: According to certain described aspects, an acoustic sensor is employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, the acoustic sensor may include an attachment sub-assembly including a deformable portion that enables improved coupling to a patient. Additionally, the acoustic sensor may include an adhesive layer that, in combination with the deformable portion, enables even, robust, and secure attachment of the sensor to the patient. In various embodiments, an acoustic coupler having a semi-spherical shape is provided to further improve coupling of acoustic signals from the patient to the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Masimo CorporationInventors: Valery G. Telfort, Ehsan Masoumi, Dimitar Dimitrov, Phi Trang
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Patent number: 12016627Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program product for determining a refractive error of an eye of a user are disclosed, as well as a method for producing a spectacle lens. The method for determining includes: displaying an image with a spatial modulation to the user; optionally, recording a reaction of the user to a variation of the spatial modulation over time; detecting a point in time at which a perception threshold of the user is reached; and determining the refractive error of the user from the spatial modulation, wherein the image contains a source image with several picture elements, wherein values for an image parameter are assigned to the picture elements, and wherein the spatial modulation is generated such that the values of the image parameter determine the values of a modulation parameter of the spatial modulation in the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Alexander Leube, Torsten Strasser, Arne Ohlendorf, Eberhart Zrenner, Siegfried Wahl
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Patent number: 12011291Abstract: A wearable device measures, tracks, and monitors a wearer's physical physiological conditions during a rehabilitation period. Metrics such as temperature, patellar shifting, limb circumference, and acceleration may be collected. Changes in monitored conditions may be assessed for detecting medical abnormalities which require specialized attention, including for example embolisms or infections. A networked communication system and various user interfaces may be used for medical support personnel and patients alike to stay updated with the patient's rehabilitation progress and to make adjustments in a patient's individual rehabilitation program.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: GEORGE MASON RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Marissa A. Howard, Lance A. Liotta, Rachel Naidich, Matthew Luu Trang, Ish Sethi, Rebecca Woodhouse, Kshamata Neupane
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Patent number: 11998356Abstract: A sensor guide wire for intravascular measurement of a physiological variable includes: a core wire extending at least partly along a length of the sensor guide wire; a sensor element in a sensor region of the sensor guide wire; a jacket having a jacket wall, the jacket being fixed relative to the core wire; and at least one lead connected to the sensor element. The jacket is tubular and includes a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a first set of openings extending through the jacket wall. The first set of openings extending through the jacket wall includes a first opening located above the sensor element, a second opening located at a first lateral side of the sensor element, and a third opening located at a second lateral side of the sensor element, and wherein the first, second, and third openings are elongated in a longitudinal direction of the jacket, and are aligned in a circumferential direction of the jacket.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBAInventor: Mats Hilmersson
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Patent number: 11998328Abstract: A medical device for transcutaneously inserting an insertable element into a body tissue. The medical device includes an insertable element and an insertion cannula for subcutaneously inserting the insertable element. The insertable element includes an in vivo distal end for subcutaneous insertion and an ex vivo proximal end. The insertion cannula has a lumen configured to receive the insertable element that is fully or partially enclosed by a wall of the insertion cannula. The wall comprises at least one shape memory alloy wherein the insertion cannula is stored in a first shape configuration and is configured to be transformable into a second shape configuration for insertion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventor: Joachim Jäger
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Patent number: 11998336Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing user physiology via eye tracking data. One method includes determining a plurality of visual assessments; determining, for each assessment of the plurality of visual assessments, a data schema, where at least one data schema is associated with more than one assessment of the plurality of visual assessments; storing the determined data schema; receiving user eye tracking data associated with a selected visual assessment of the plurality of visual assessments; determining, of the stored data schema (a), a selected stored data schema associated with the selected visual assessment; categorizing the received eye tracking data based on the selected stored data schema; computing quantitative data based on the categorized data and data related to one or more individuals other than the user; generating a report of user physiological function based on the computed quantitative data; and outputting the report to a web portal.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: RightEye, LLCInventors: Adam Todd Gross, Melissa Hunfalvay
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Patent number: 11998323Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous blood glucose measurement apparatus which, by manufacturing a body-attachable unit in an assembled state inside an applicator, minimizes the additional work by a user for attaching the body-attachable unit to the body and thus enables the body-attachable unit to be attached to the body simply by means of operating the applicator, and, by providing a wireless communication chip on the body-attachable unit and enabling communication with an external terminal, can be used in a simple and convenient manner without the additional work of connecting a separate transmitter and enables easier maintenance and management, and, by having the operation of the body-attachable unit initiated by means of the user's manipulation after being attached to the body, enables the operation initiation point to be adjusted to an appropriate point as necessary by the user, enables an operation initiation in a stabilized state and thus enables more accurate blood glucose measurement.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: I-SENS, INC.Inventors: Kyung Chul Chae, Hyun Ho Choi, Goang Yel Ryu, Ji Hoon Wang, Young Jea Kang
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Patent number: 11998345Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensing device and a method for processing sensing data.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: NEOFECT CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Geun Choi, Sung Gon Moon, Byung Geol Park, Seo Jeong Han, Jin Young Cho, Keun Hyeok Yoo, Eun Jung Kim, Do Kyeong Ha, Kyung Hwan Yoo
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Patent number: 11992307Abstract: A physiological feature of a subject is monitored by implanting a plurality of targets, such as magnets, and detecting at least one change in a physical property of the targets, followed by modifying a physiological feature of the subject in response to a change of state detected by the change in physical property detected in the targets. Cutaneous sensory feedback and proprioceptive feedback in a subject, as well as selective stimulation of axons or nerve fascicles of a neuron of a subject are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Hugh M. Herr, Cameron Taylor, Tyler Clites
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Patent number: 11992361Abstract: According to certain described aspects, multiple acoustic sensing elements are employed in a variety of beneficial ways to provide improved physiological monitoring, among other advantages. In various embodiments, sensing elements can be advantageously employed in a single sensor package, in multiple sensor packages, and at a variety of other strategic locations in the monitoring environment. According to other aspects, to compensate for skin elasticity and attachment variability, an acoustic sensor support is provided that includes one or more pressure equalization pathways. The pathways can provide an air-flow channel from the cavity defined by the sensing elements and frame to the ambient air pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Masimo CorporationInventor: Valery G. Telfort
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Patent number: 11992339Abstract: An intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) system for identifying and assessing neural structures comprises at least one probe, at least one reference electrode, at least one strip or grid electrode, at least one sensing electrode, and a stimulation module. Threshold responses determined by stimulation during a surgical procedure are used to identify and assess functionality of neural structures. The identified neural structures are avoided and preserved while diseased or damaged tissue is resected during said surgical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Inventors: Melissa Kirkup, Richard A. Villarreal, John A. Cadwell, Jr.
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Patent number: 11986171Abstract: A device for soft tissue biopsy or excision for either handheld or stereotactic table use may comprise a work element configured to selectively open and close at least one articulable beak configured to penetrate tissue, or follow a central lumen of another device or over a wire in a longitudinal direction. Flush and vacuum tissue transport mechanisms may be incorporated. A single tube or an inner sheath and an outer sheath which may be co-axially disposed relative to a work element may be configured to actuate a beak or beaks and provisions for simultaneous beak closing under rotation may be incorporated.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Transmed7, LLCInventors: James William Vetter, Eugene H Vetter
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Patent number: 11980460Abstract: A stimulation electrode assembly configured to be positioned relative to a patient for an operative procedure is disclosed. An evoked stimulation response may be sensed by a sensor near a portion of a subject. The evoked response may be sensed by an electrode and determined with a monitoring system. The evoked response may additionally and/or alternatively be sensed with a motion sensor. A position sensor may be provided to measure or determine whether the sensor has moved during a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Dana Michael Inman, Kevin L. McFarlin, Wenjeng Li
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Patent number: 11980476Abstract: A method for detecting an artificially induced neuromuscular response in a subject includes receiving a mechanomyography (MMG) output signal from a mechanical sensor in contact with a muscle of the subject; applying one or more conditioning filters to the MMG output signal to generate a conditioned signal and analyzing the conditioned signal to identify one or more candidate waveforms. Each candidate waveform meets one or more analog or digital signal characteristic criteria associated with an artificially induced neuromuscular response. The method then compares a first candidate waveform to a second candidate waveform to determine a degree of similarity between the first and second candidate waveforms, and provides an alert to a user that indicates detection of the artificially induced neuromuscular response when the degree of similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NEURALYTIX, LLCInventors: Christopher Wybo, David S. Nay, Darren P. Scarfe, Lukas T. Scarfe, Samantha J. O'Neil, Gary Gordon
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Patent number: 11974842Abstract: An implantable micro-biosensor a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a chemical reagent layer. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate and used as a counter electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the substrate and used as a working electrode. The chemical reagent layer at least covers a sensing section of the third electrode so as to permit the third electrode to selectively cooperate with the first electrode or the first and second electrodes to measure a physiological signal in response to the physiological parameter of the analyte.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Bionime CorporationInventors: Chun-Mu Huang, Chieh-Hsing Chen, Heng-Chia Chang, Chi-Hao Chen, Chien-Chung Chen
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Patent number: 11963784Abstract: The present technology relates generally to the field of electrophysiology and specifically to automated devices, components, systems, and related methods for monitoring potential injury to the nervous system using evoked potentials during intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SAFEOP SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Cameron Mahon, Curt H. Labelle
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Patent number: 11957457Abstract: A system for posture and movement regulation includes at least one body-position sensor unit, at least one arithmetic unit, and at least one output unit for outputting an acoustic signal, and/or at least one output unit for outputting a vibration signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ADDASENSE HEALTH GMBHInventors: Peter Sonntag, Stephan Bollinger
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Patent number: 11950902Abstract: The present invention provides a micro biosensor for reducing a measurement interference when measuring a target analyte in the biofluid, including: a substrate; a first working electrode configured on the surface, and including a first sensing section; a second working electrode configured on the surface, and including a second sensing section which is configured adjacent to at least one side of the first sensing section; and a chemical reagent covered on at least a portion of the first sensing section for reacting with the target analyte to produce a resultant. When the first working electrode is driven by a first working voltage, the first sensing section measures a physiological signal with respect to the target analyte. When the second working electrode is driven by a second working voltage, the second conductive material can directly consume the interferant so as to continuously reduce the measurement inference of the physiological signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Bionime CorporationInventors: Chun-Mu Huang, Chieh-Hsing Chen, Heng-Chia Chang, Chi-Hao Chen, Pi-Hsuan Chen
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Patent number: 11944784Abstract: Disclosed herein are combined devices and methods of manufacturing such combined devices. The combined devices disclosed herein include an analyte sensor including a sensor probe; an infusion set hub including a cannula; and a flexible base. The analyte sensor and infusion set hub are attached to the flexible base such that movement of one of the analyte sensor and the infusion set hub is substantially not transferred to the other one of the analyte sensor and the infusion set hub.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Guangping Zhang, Kiem H. Dang, Valerie Chen, Ling Jiang, Evan Anselmo, Zhiwu Fang, Sarnath Chattaraj