Patents Examined by George Manuel
  • Patent number: 12194298
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selectable lateral spinal cord stimulation are discussed. An exemplary neuromodulation system includes a programming device and an electrostimulator. The programming device can receive information about placement of at least one lead in a vicinity of a lateral portion of a spinal cord, identify one or more lateral spinal neural targets based on the information about placement of the at least one lead, and receive a user selection from selectable stimulation modes for stimulating the identified one or more lateral spinal neural targets. The electrostimulator can apply electrostimulation energy to the identified one or more lateral spinal neural targets via the at least one lead in accordance with the user selection from the selectable stimulation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Jessica Block, Rosana Esteller, Rafael Carbunaru
  • Patent number: 12191018
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system comprising a treatment apparatus, a patient interface, and a processing device is disclosed. The processing device is configured to receive treatment data pertaining to the user during the telemedicine session, wherein the treatment data comprises one or more characteristics of the user; determine, via one or more trained machine learning models, at least one respective measure of benefit one or more exercise regimens provide the user, wherein the determining the respective measure of benefit is based on the treatment data; determine, via the one or more trained machine learning models, one or more probabilities of the user complying with the one or more exercise regimens; and transmit the treatment plan to a computing device, wherein the treatment plan is generated based on the one or more probabilities and the respective measure of benefit the one or more exercise regimens provide the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12186570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the branched proximal connectors. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a branched connector that includes a main body having a base portion of a supporting structure and a plurality of conductive traces formed on the base portion, and a plurality of plugs extending from the main body. Each plug of the plurality of plugs include an end portion of the supporting structure comprised of the one or more layers of dielectric material, and a subset of conductive traces from the plurality of conductive traces. Each trace from the subset of conductive traces terminates at a bond pad exposed on a surface of the end portion of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Bo Lu, Kedar Shah
  • Patent number: 12191021
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes treatment apparatuses configured to be manipulated by patients while performing an exercise session, patient interfaces associated with the plurality of patients, and a server computing device configured to receive first characteristics pertaining to the patients, and initiate a virtual shared session on the patient interfaces associated with the patients. The virtual shared session includes at least a set of multimedia feeds, and each multimedia feed of the set of multimedia feeds is associated with one or more of the patients. During the virtual shared session, the server computing device may present a first layout including the set of multimedia feeds, the first characteristics, or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12186134
    Abstract: An instrument drive unit includes a housing defining a central longitudinal axis; an inertial measurement unit disposed within the housing and configured to determine a pose of the instrument drive unit; and a controller disposed within the housing, the controller configured to receive the pose of the instrument drive unit from the inertial measurement unit and to generate a corrected output signal which compensates for the pose of the instrument drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jaimeen V. Kapadia, Richard S. Lech
  • Patent number: 12178582
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for calculating patient information. The method includes determining a transfer matrix, recording electric potentials via a first set of recording electrodes located at a first set of recording locations to create a first set of recorded signals, and calculating patient information for a set of target locations by applying the transfer matrix to the first set of recorded signals. The transfer matrix is a characterization of electrical properties of tissue between the first set of recording locations and the set of target locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ACUTUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Gunter Scharf, Christoph Scharf, Derrick Ren-yu Chou, Graydon Ernest Beatty, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12183447
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system may include a treatment device configured to be manipulated by a user while the user is performing a treatment plan, a patient interface. and a computing device configured to: receive treatment data pertaining to the user who uses the treatment device to perform the treatment plan; identify at least one enhanced component using the treatment data; generate an enhanced environment using the at least one enhanced component and the treatment plan; output at least one aspect of the enhanced environment to at least one of the patient interface and another interface; receive subsequent treatment data pertaining to the user; and selectively modify at least one of the enhanced environment and at least one of the at least one aspect of the treatment plan and any other aspect of the treatment plan using the subsequent treatment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12180609
    Abstract: Provided are composite array electrode, preparation method thereof and use thereof. The composite array electrode comprises a microelectrode array substrate, and a modification layer formed on a surface of a microelectrode of the microelectrode array substrate, wherein the modification layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive layers arranged at intervals on the surface of the microelectrode, an insulating layer arranged on the surface of the microelectrode except the electrically conductive layers, and wherein material for the electrically conductive layers comprises one or more of nano platinum, nano iridium, conductive polymer and carbon nanotubes. The composite array electrode effectively eliminates the influence of edge effect such that the electric field distributes uniformly on the microelectrode surface of the composite array electrode, significantly improving electrochemical performance and detection capability of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qi Zeng, Tianzhun Wu
  • Patent number: 12176089
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system includes one or more processing devices configured to receive attribute data associated with a user, generate, based on a cardio-oncologic condition of the user, a selected set of the attribute data, determine, based on the selected set of the attribute data, a first probability of improving a cardio-oncologic condition of the user subsequent to at least one of a cardio-oncologic procedure and a cardio-oncologic treatment being performed on the user, and generate, based on the first probability, a treatment plan that includes one or more exercises directed to modifying the first probability, and a treatment apparatus configured for implementation of the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Rosenberg, Steven Mason
  • Patent number: 12171562
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. A strip has first and second end sections, and a first face and second face. Two electrocardiographic electrodes are provided on the strip with one of the electrocardiographic electrodes provided on the first face of the first end section of the strip and another of the electrocardiographic electrodes positioned on the first face on the second end section of the strip. A flexible circuit is mounted to the second face of the strip and includes a circuit trace electrically coupled to each of the electrocardiographic electrodes. The apparatus includes a wireless transceiver and a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 12168132
    Abstract: An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation energy may include a stimulation control circuit to control the delivery of the neurostimulation energy according to each of stimulation test patterns. The stimulation control circuit may include a sensing input configured to receive an electrospinogram (ESG) signal recording electrical activity from the spinal cord, a measurement circuit configured to determine one or more response parameters for each test pattern using the received ESG signal, and a selection circuit configured to select a neurostimulation therapy pattern from the stimulation test patterns based on the response parameter(s) and one or more selection criteria. The electrical activity includes responses to the delivered neurostimulation energy, and the response parameter(s) are each indicative of one or more characteristics of the responses. The selection may include selecting a type of stimulation waveform from multiple types of stimulation waveform in the stimulation test patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventor: Rosana Esteller
  • Patent number: 12161868
    Abstract: A wearable device combines its existing functions (e.g., a headphone) with non-invasive autonomic modulation using tragus or other external auditory meatus stimulation. The wearable device can output audio to a user, such as music, podcast, etc., and further provide modulation of the vagus nerve via tragus stimulation or other external auditory meatus stimulation to treat various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Samuel J. Asirvatham
  • Patent number: 12165768
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system may include a treatment device configured to be manipulated by a user while the user is performing a treatment plan, a patient interface comprising an output device configured to present telemedicine information associated with a telemedicine session, and a first computing device configured to: receive treatment data pertaining to the user while the user uses the treatment device to perform the treatment plan; identify at least one aspect of the at least one measurement pertaining to the user associated with a first treatment device mode of the treatment device; determine whether the at least one aspect of the measurement correlates with a secondary condition of the user; and, in response to a determination that the at least one aspect of the at least one measurement is correlated with the at least one secondary condition of the user, generate secondary condition information indicating at least the secondary condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12161473
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. A strip has first and second end sections, and a first face and second face. Two electrocardiographic electrodes are provided on the strip with one of the electrocardiographic electrodes provided on the first face of the first end section of the strip and another of the electrocardiographic electrodes positioned on the first face on the second end section of the strip. A flexible circuit is mounted to the second face of the strip and includes a circuit trace electrically coupled to each of the electrocardiographic electrodes. The apparatus includes a wireless transceiver and a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 12150704
    Abstract: A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joseph D. Brannan, Casey M. Ladtkow, Darion R. Peterson, Eric W. Larson, William J. Dickhans, Richard A. Willyard, Jason A. Case
  • Patent number: 12151110
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for monitoring cardiac arrhythmias and delivering electrical stimulation therapy using a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (SICD) and a leadless pacing device (LPD) are described. For example, the SICD may detect a tachyarrhythmia within a first electrical signal from a heart and determine, based on the tachyarrhythmia, to deliver anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy to the patient to treat the detected arrhythmia. The LPD may receive communication from the SICD requesting the LPD deliver anti-tachycardia pacing to the heart and determine, based on a second electrical signal from the heart sensed by the LPD, whether to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) to the heart. In this manner, the SICD and LPD may communicate to coordinate ATP and/or cardioversion/defibrillation therapy. In another example, the LPD may be configured to deliver post-shock pacing after detecting delivery of anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Saul E. Greenhut, Robert J. Nehls, Walter H. Olson, Xusheng Zhang, Wade M. Demmer, Troy E. Jackson, James D. Reinke
  • Patent number: 12151108
    Abstract: An example of a neurostimulation system may include a stimulation output circuit to deliver the neurostimulation, a sensing circuit to sense a signal indicative of a response to the neurostimulation, and a stimulation control circuit to control the delivery of the neurostimulation using stimulation parameters. The stimulation control circuit may include a response detector and a steering module. The response detector may be configured to detect signal feature(s) from the sensed signal and to determine a response parameter indicative of an intensity of the response to the neurostimulation using the detected signal feature(s). The steering module may be configured to receive user commands for moving a stimulation field and to adjust the stimulation parameters to move the stimulation field according to the user commands while maintaining a value of the response parameter between thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventor: Rosana Esteller
  • Patent number: 12150792
    Abstract: Systems and methods for positioning one or more sensors on a user. The system has user sensors, apparatus sensors, and treatment sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12154672
    Abstract: A system that comprises a memory device storing instructions, and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device executes the instructions to: receive user data obtained from records associated with a user; generate a modified treatment plan based on the user data; and send, to a treatment apparatus accessible to the user, the modified treatment plan, wherein the modified treatment plan causes the treatment apparatus to update at least one operational aspect of the treatment apparatus, and update at least one operational aspect of at least one other device communicatively coupled to the treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Mason, Daniel Posnack, Peter Arn, Wendy Para, S. Adam Hacking, Micheal Mueller, Joseph Guaneri, Jonathan Greene
  • Patent number: 12138442
    Abstract: An external coil system for a transcutaneous energy transfer system (TETS), the external coil being configured to transfer energy sufficient to power and implantable blood pump. The system includes a housing containing the external coil, the housing includes a thermal insulating base, the external coil being partially disposed within the thermal insulating base and a thermally conductive plastic, the external coil being partially disposed within the thermally conductive plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Peichel, Ramesh Raghupathy