Patents Examined by John P. Lacyk
  • Patent number: 11259952
    Abstract: A system and method directed for a sizing device and erectile ring is described where the sizing device properly measures one's girth to correctly find the proper size erection ring. The sizing device has a measuring tape that will slide through a plurality of perimeter components with a track running through each of the perimeter components for the measuring tape to easily travel through whereby a measurement is then obtained when the perimeter components come into contact with the penis whereby then an erectile is created from the sizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Joshua M. Coleman
  • Patent number: 11246782
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for an extracorporeal, artificial, placenta. In some embodiments, an artificial placenta and amniotic bed system may comprise a control unit, a gas delivery unit, a gas exchange unit or membrane oxygenator, a fluids delivery unit, an amniotic fluid bed, and a human machine interface. In some embodiments, the artificial placenta and amniotic bed systems, devices, and methods described herein may improve survival rates and minimize long-term disabilities in preterm, gestational-age, newborns. In some embodiments, the extracorporeal systems, devices, and methods comprise an artificial network through which oxygen and nutrient-rich blood may flow into a fetus (residing in an amniotic fluid bed), while carbon dioxide and wastes may be removed, thus re-establishing a form of intrauterine placental circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Amnion Life, LLC
    Inventors: Amir Fassihi, Milos Ljubisa Radovanovic
  • Patent number: 11241359
    Abstract: A device for mutual sexual stimulation of partners is provided. The device includes a central area forming a base for at least three arms that extend therefrom in a common plane, the three arms comprising a pair of outer arms and an inner arm that is disposed in the common plane between the outer arms, where each of the outer arms includes at least one pressure sensor and at least one vibration motor. The device also includes a controller operatively coupled with the at least one pressure sensor and the at least one vibration motor, and configured to detect a pressure applied to a first outer arm of the pair of outer arms and activate the vibration motor in a second outer arm of the pair of outer arms in response to the detected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Megan Swartz
  • Patent number: 11234880
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in providing isolation, the apparatus including an isolation tent having a body including a roof member, at least one wall extending between a supporting surface and the roof member in use to thereby at least partially define an internal volume substantially isolated from a surrounding environment, a plurality of connectors coupled to the body, the plurality of connectors being adapted to physically attach the body to a frame and an electrical component electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of connectors to allow electrical signals to be transferred to or from the electrical component via the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Anna Louise Ballantyne, Justin Douglas Ballantyne, James Edward Robert Burkwood
  • Patent number: 11235144
    Abstract: A system and method for pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) tissue engineering enhances musculoskeletal tissue stimulation. A tissue engineering device may include both low and high pulse frequency signal generation components that may alternatively drive one or more coils to generate PEMFs. These PEMFs may be applied to bone tissue, tendons, ligaments, and/or cartilage. A prescribed treatment regimen using the tissue engineering device may include a first period of time where a first pulse frequency is used in treatment that supports tissue proliferation followed by a second period of time where a second pulse frequency (less than the first pulse frequency) is used in treatment that supports tissue differentiation. A treatment regimen may also include, with the frequency characteristic, applying a slew rate to the pulse characteristics that is on the order of around 30 to 100 Tesla per second to drive tissue differentiation in a targeted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ORTHOFIX US LLC
    Inventors: James T. Ryaby, Erik Waldorff, Ronald Midura, Maciej Zborowski
  • Patent number: 11229574
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a massager having at least one expandable chamber. In some embodiments, there is provided an expandable shaft chamber that is inflatable to push a stimulator towards the G-spot of the user to increase contact pressure in that area. This inflation can also allow for a hands-free experience by expanding the width of the shaft inside the vagina for a snug fit tight against the vaginal or rectum walls. In some embodiments, there is provided an expandable ring chamber that is inflatable to securely hold a massager device inside the vagina or rectum, allowing for a hands-free experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UCCELLINI LLC
    Inventors: Lora LeeAnne Haddock, Lola Vars, Ada-Rhodes Short, Avery Smith, Kim Porter Henneman, Douglas S. Layman, Blake Michael Larkin, Brian Scott Gaza, Mark Hazelton, Mazie Houchens
  • Patent number: 11207163
    Abstract: A medical device for shutting off a body channel is provided including a band section that can be placed around the body tissue surrounding a body channel and can be closed to form a ring enclosing a passage opening for the body tissue, and has a cavity which makes up one part of a working fluid receiving chamber of the device, for receiving working fluid, and a pump unit for conveying the working fluid. The passage opening is made smaller by introducing the working fluid into the cavity. The arrangement also includes a storage container that has a flexible wall which delimits a storage chamber, wherein to apply an additional force to the body tissue guided through the passage opening, the volume of the storage chamber is made smaller by increasing an ambient pressure acting on the storage container, and the wall of the storage container is at least substantially non-extensible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: A.M.I. Agency for Medical Innovations GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Hohlrieder
  • Patent number: 11191644
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an implant includes an inflatable member and a pump assembly configured to facilitate a transfer of a fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable member. The inflatable member has a sidewall that defines a lumen and an elongate member disposed within the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Elizabeth Felton, James Ryan Mujwid, Scott L. Sjoquist, Joel T. Eggert, Ryan Earl Fredrick
  • Patent number: 11185466
    Abstract: A female sex toy with an action sensing ability, comprising a penis-like insertion portion adapted to be inserted into the vagina and a control circuit board provided with a control chip. An external gel wraps the penis-like insertion portion; the penis-like insertion portion comprises multiple pressure strain structures which all contact the inner side of the external gel, and each of the pressure strain structures is provided with a pressure sensor, which is electrically connected to the control chip of the control circuit board; after the penis-like insertion portion is inserted into the vagina, the external force is transmitted to the pressure strain structures through the external gel and causes deformation, and the pressure sensors measure and acquire, in real time, the external force which causes the deformation of the pressure strain structures, and send external force information to the control chip to form body feeling data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SIRENSTECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Rong Ma
  • Patent number: 11185414
    Abstract: A heart implant alignment and delivery device includes an elongate body having an opening that is disposed near a distal end of the elongate body. The opening is configured so that a heart implant is positionable within the opening with the heart implant exposed to a surrounding environment and so that the heart implant is substantially aligned with the distal end of the elongate body. The device also includes an implant reposition member, such as a cable, that is releasably coupleable with the heart implant and that is operationally coupled with the elongate body so that a first operation of the implant reposition member causes the heart implant to be retractably deployed from the opening of the elongate body. The first operation of the implant reposition member may be effected via a handle mechanism that is attached to a proximal end of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: BioVentrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Meir Moshe, Michael S. Dana
  • Patent number: 11179292
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described for performing at least one of enhancing female sexual arousal, enhancing female sexual pleasure, or enhancing an ability to achieve or experience a more pleasurable orgasm for a female. In some cases, an acoustic wave stimulus is combined with one or more of providing a suction stimulus and a vibration stimulus as this may be further beneficial to the female.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cliovana Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Gordon
  • Patent number: 11172773
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-use container. The container can be used for drinking a liquid by sucking a nipple to actuate one-way valve. Alternatively, the container can be used as a dildo by using a glans shaped cap. The container can be used to drink liquids from all sorts of angles. The container can also include a piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tom Kim
  • Patent number: 11166870
    Abstract: A stimulation device is provided in accordance with one embodiment. The stimulation device includes a chamber which has a flexible wall portion. A drive unit of the stimulation device is in physical communication with the flexible wall portion so as to cause deflections of the flexible wall portion in opposing directions, thereby resulting in a changing volume of the chamber. The changing volume of the chamber results in modulated positive and negative pressures with respect to a reference pressure. An opening of the stimulation device is for applying the modulated positive and negative pressures to a body part. An appendage of the stimulation device may be used as a handle to allow a user to position the stimulation device over the body part. The stimulation device includes a control device for controlling the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOLUTO GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Lenke
  • Patent number: 11147728
    Abstract: A patient bed assembly unit as well as to a thermotherapy device for newborns includes a bed frame and a drawer. The bed frame has a drawer guide configured to make possible a drawer movement from a central pushed-in position in the bed frame along a first pull-out direction and in a second pull-out direction, which direction is opposite the first pull-out direction, into a pulled-out position of the drawer. A drawer-centering device acts on the drawer to move it into the central pushed-in position. The drawer can be removed from the guide. A drawer anti-tilt device is provided, which transmits a torque acting on the drawer directly to a bed frame and prevents the downward tilting of the drawer relative to the bed frame about an axis extending at right angles to the pull-out directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Julia Börner, Eduard Engelsman, Torsten Hindersin, Fabian Bergner
  • Patent number: 11147988
    Abstract: A dosage verification method for a radiotherapy device includes: acquiring reference optical field information about radioactive rays, wherein the reference optical field information includes the dosage distribution of a reference optical field; acquiring actual optical field information about the radioactive rays; comparing and analyzing the acquired actual optical field information about the radioactive rays and the acquired reference optical field information; and determining whether the actual optical field information is in a range of pre-set optical field information, wherein the pre-set optical field information is optical field information determined according to the reference optical field information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Jinsheng Li, Haifeng Liu, Hao Yan
  • Patent number: 11135063
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the inflatable member during an inflation cycle. The pump assembly includes a first pump configured to inject the fluid into the inflatable member according to a first flow rate, and a second pump configured to inject fluid into the inflatable member according to a second flow rate, where the second flow rate is less than the first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Noel Smith
  • Patent number: 11135130
    Abstract: A system for sexual stimulation is disclosed. The system includes an elongated shaped assembly comprising a user interface, a charging port, a heating element, at least one light emitting element, a vibrating element, and a speaker configured to emit sound and vibration to the elongated shaped assembly. The system also includes a processor that is configured for receiving, from a remote computing device of a user, a first signal for controlling at least one of sound and vibrations to emanate from the speaker, light to emanate from the at least one light emitting element, and heat to emanate from the heating element. The processor is also configured for sending at least one second signal to cause at least one of sound and vibrations to emanate from the speaker, light to emanate from the at least one light emitting element, and heat to emit from the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Mya Johnson
  • Patent number: 11123258
    Abstract: A stimulation device is provided in accordance with one embodiment. The stimulation device includes a chamber which has a flexible wall portion. A drive unit of the stimulation device is in physical communication with the flexible wall portion so as to cause deflections of the flexible wall portion in opposing directions, thereby resulting in a changing volume of the chamber. The changing volume of the chamber results in modulated positive and negative pressures with respect to a reference pressure. An opening of the stimulation device is for applying the modulated positive and negative pressures to a body part. An appendage of the stimulation device may be used as a handle to allow a user to position the stimulation device over the body part. The stimulation device includes a control device for controlling the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOLUTO GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Lenke
  • Patent number: 11123216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional condom that enables a patient with erectile dysfunction to have normal sexual intercourse and, more particularly, to a condom including a micro-needle (13) provided on an inner surface of an upper portion (10), wherein the micro-needle (13) contains a drug (P) that is an erection-inducing substance. According to the present invention, patients, including those for whom pharmacotherapy is not possible due to side effects or due to a lack of therapeutic effect, may resolve erectile dysfunction without the use of painful injection therapy, by simply wearing the condom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: UFU HEALTH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung Jin Chung
  • Patent number: 11116934
    Abstract: A method or apparatus to improve sleep aid efficacy is described. The method comprises monitoring the sleeping patterns of a user utilizing a non-intrusive sleep monitoring device. The method further correlates the user's sleep quality and sleep quantity with use of the sleep aid. In one embodiment, the method adjusts the sleep aid based on the sleep statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving