Patents Examined by Jonathan T Kuo
-
Patent number: 11801396Abstract: A wearable device includes a support structure wearable by an individual and a UVC light source mounted on the support structure. When the support structure is worn by the individual the UVC light source is directed at oral and nasal cavities of the individual. The wearable device can be eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Inventor: Cosmo Haralambidis
-
Patent number: 11793411Abstract: In some examples, determining a heart failure status using a medical device comprising one or more sensors includes determining a first value of a heart beat variability metric of a patient while an activity state of a patient satisfies an inactivity criterion based on a signal received from the one or more sensors, and determining, within a predetermined period of time after further determining that the activity state of the patient no longer satisfies the inactivity criterion, a second value of the heart beat variability metric while the activity state of the patient no longer satisfies the inactivity criterion based on the signal. A difference between the first value of the heart beat variability metric and the second value of the heart beat variability metric may be determined and the heart failure status of the patient may be determined based on the difference.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Alfonso Aranda Hernandez, Richard Cornelussen, Mirko de Melis, Richard Sutton, Berthold Stegemann
-
Patent number: 11786306Abstract: A surgical laser system (100) includes a first laser source (140A), a second laser source (140B), a beam combiner (142) and a laser probe (108). The first laser source is configured to output a first laser pulse train (144, 104A) comprising first laser pulses (146). The second laser source is configured to output a second laser pulse train (148, 104B) comprising second laser pulses (150). The beam combiner is configured to combine the first and second laser pulse trains and output a combined laser pulse train (152, 104) comprising the first and second laser pulses. The laser probe is optically coupled to an output of the beam combiner and is configured to discharge the combined laser pulse train.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Rongwei Jason Xuan, Thomas C. Hasenberg, Jian James Zhang, Steven Yihlih Peng, Danop Rajabhandharaks
-
Patent number: 11779267Abstract: An apparatus and method for employing the macro- and micro-structure of sleep and similar states of consciousness to optimize pain-treatment are disclosed wherein an objective biomarker of pain-related sleep disturbance guides pain treatment from a sleep perspective. Furthermore, this concept can be extended to states of reduced consciousness such as coma or sedation. Additionally, it could be applied on individuals who are non-communicative due to injury, disease, language issues and/or infancy.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gary Nelson Garcia Molina, Gaurav Trivedi, Gino Iasella
-
Patent number: 11779281Abstract: Performance of a biological information acquisition device of a non-contact type is appropriately evaluated. An evaluation system evaluating a first biological information acquisition device of a non-contact type includes a first body movement suppressing unit that suppresses body movement of a first region, a first body movement detecting unit that detects a first body movement amount, which indicates a magnitude of the body movement of the first region, in a non-contact manner, and a second biological information acquisition device different from the first biological information acquisition device. The evaluation system outputs validity information which indicates that an evaluation result of the first biological information acquisition device is valid, in a case where the first body movement amount is equal to or less than a first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa Adachi, Yuki Edo, Rieko Ogawa, Ryota Tomizawa, Tetsuya Okumura
-
Patent number: 11779491Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting an angle of incidence of a laser surgery system include a laser source to produce a laser beam and an optical delivery system to output the laser beam pulses to an object at an adjustable incident angle. A first rotator assembly receives the beam from the laser source along a first beam axis. The first rotator assembly rotates around the first beam axis and the first rotator assembly outputs the beam along a second beam axis different from the first beam axis. A second rotator assembly receives the beam from the first rotator assembly along the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly rotates around the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly follows the rotation of the first rotator assembly and the first rotator assembly is independent of the rotation of the second rotator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AMO Development, LLCInventors: Hong Fu, Bryant M. Moore
-
Patent number: 11783949Abstract: A severity calculator analyzes patient information including a patient avatar and a patient state and along with a patient trajectory calculator, computes a predicted outcome which is used to administer treatment. The severity calculator systems and computer program products are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Ariel Precision Medicine, Inc.Inventors: Daniel M. Spagnolo, David Whitcomb
-
Patent number: 11771381Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for processing physiological signals of a subject and in particular to a system for monitoring a (vascular) health parameter of a subject including such a device. The proposed device (10) comprises an input interface (11) for obtaining image data of a scene, said image data comprising a time sequence of image frames; an extraction unit (12) for extracting time-varying signals (92) indicative of cardiac-synchronous motion from said image data, wherein said time-varying signals (92) are motion signals indicative of a vascular micro-motion indicative of a vascular displacement waveform; a polarity determination (13) unit for determining a polarity of the time-varying signals, wherein the polarity corresponds to a phase of the time-varying signals; a combination unit (14) for combining time-varying depending on their polarity to obtain a combination signal; and an analysis unit (15) for determining a (vascular) health parameter based on the combination signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Gerard De Haan
-
Patent number: 11771371Abstract: Eyewear apparatus includes dry electrophysiological electrodes and, optionally, other physiological and/or environmental sensors to measure signals such as EOG and ECG from the head of a subject. Methods of use of such apparatus to provide fitness, health, or other measured or derived, estimated, or predicted metrics are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Orbital Research Inc.Inventors: Frederick J. Lisy, Anthony Opperman, David D. Dashevsky
-
Patent number: 11766310Abstract: A surgical robot gown applied to a surgical robot and electrically connected to a blockchain network is disclosed. The surgical robot includes a scalpel and a robotic arm. The surgical robot gown includes a waterproof gown, a chip set and a surgical time measuring unit. The waterproof gown covers the robotic arm, and the scalpel is exposed to the outside via the waterproof gown. The chip set is located on the waterproof gown, and including a blockchain tracer for recording the data of executing the surgery in the blockchain network for tracing. The surgical time measuring unit is located on the waterproof gown and electrically connected to the chip set, for measuring a surgery time of the surgical robot.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: AI Bioelectronic Healthtech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yen-Yi Ho
-
Patent number: 11766301Abstract: Techniques for controlling a moveable component include a system, a method, and/or a non-transitory computer-readable medium. A controller coupled to the moveable component is configured to hold the moveable component at a first position, detect a disturbance that moves the moveable component from the first position, in response to a detection of the disturbance, move the moveable component according to a first motion, continue to move the moveable component according to the first motion until a stop condition is detected, even if the disturbance ends before the stop condition is detected, and in response to a detection of the stop condition, hold the moveable component at a second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Nicola Diolaiti, Jeffrey D. Brown, Daniel H. Gomez, Robert E. Holop, Anthony K. McGrogan, Probal Mitra, Craig R. Ramstad
-
Patent number: 11766557Abstract: A neck-hanging massaging device includes an elastic arm, a first handle, a second handle, an electrode assembly and an electric pulse generating device. The first handle and the second handle are fixedly connected to the two sides of the elastic arm. The electrode assembly is arranged on the elastic arm. The electric pulse generating device is electrically connected with the electrode assembly. The electric pulse generating device is arranged in the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Guangdong SKG Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jie Liu, Zhiguo Wang, Hua Xiao, Yanfei Chen
-
Patent number: 11751786Abstract: The various embodiments disclosed here relate to systems, methods, and devices for monitoring bladder health via pressure. Certain implementations are directed to patients who require daily catheterization. The various embodiments have at least one tube coupled to a catheter, a pressure sensor and a processor. Further implementations feature an optional pump and measure volume. Certain embodiments include a digital device with a software application capable of displaying the monitored readings.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Christopher Cooper, Ryan Steinberg, Lewis Thomas, Clifford Curry, Eric Pahl, Sanam Zarei, Kayla Jones
-
Patent number: 11756688Abstract: A method for determining cardiology disease risk from electrocardiogram trace data and clinical data includes receiving electrocardiogram trace data associated with a patient, receiving the patient's clinical data, providing both sets of data to a trained machine learning composite model that is trained to evaluate the data with respect to each disease of a set of cardiology diseases including three or more of cardiac amyloidosis, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, abnormal reduced ejection fraction, or abnormal interventricular septal thickness, generating, by the model and based on the evaluation, a composite risk score reflecting a likelihood of the patient being diagnosed with one or more of the cardiology diseases within a predetermined period of time from when the electrocardiogram trace data was generated, and outputting the composite risk score to at least one of a memory or a display.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Tempus Labs, Inc., Geisinger ClinicInventors: Alvaro E. Ulloa-Cerna, Noah Zimmerman, Greg Lee, Christopher M. Haggerty, Brandon K. Fornwalt, Ruijun Chen, John Pfeifer, Christopher Good
-
Patent number: 11738190Abstract: A neck-hanging massaging device includes an elastic arm, a first handle, a second handle, an electrode assembly and an electric pulse generating device. The first handle and the second handle are fixedly connected to the two sides of the elastic arm. The electrode assembly is arranged on the elastic arm. The electric pulse generating device is electrically connected with the electrode assembly. The electric pulse generating device is arranged in the first handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Guangdong SKG Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jie Liu, Zhiguo Wang, Hua Xiao, Yanfei Chen
-
Patent number: 11737913Abstract: In one example embodiment, a system for stimulating tissue with the application of temperature-regulated fluid and negative pressure comprises a negative-pressure source adapted to provide negative pressure to a dressing. The system may further comprise a thermoelectric module thermally coupled to a first heat exchange chamber and a second heat exchange chamber and adapted to transfer heat between said heat exchange chambers. The thermoelectric module can be further adapted to maintain a temperature-regulated fluid fluidly coupled to the first heat exchange chamber and the dressing within a predetermined temperature range by adding heat to and extracting heat from the temperature-regulated fluid as it passes through the first heat exchange chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Marcus Christian Lessing, Sandra N Osborne
-
Patent number: 11730412Abstract: An EKG monitor and cable management system, including a housing, a plurality of retraction reels operably mounted in said housing; and a plurality of EKG leads, each including wires having electrodes disposed at a terminal end, each spooled on one of said reels. The leads deploy and retract in pairs, with the frontal leads retracting as a group of three pairs onto three separate retraction reels.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Heidi D. Clay
-
Patent number: 11730975Abstract: Systems and methods for counter-phased binocular stimulation may include a device that determines a target frequency of a stimulation response. The device may output a first visual stimulation at a first frequency and a first phase to a first eye. The device may output a second visual stimulation at a second frequency and a second phase to a second eye. The first visual stimulation and the second visual stimulation may together produce the stimulation response at the target frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Oscilloscape, LLCInventor: Edward W. Large
-
Patent number: 11724123Abstract: Photobiomedulation therapy (PBMT) can be applied to the eye to treat optical neuritis, a sign of multiple sclerosis (MS). The light of PBMT can be directed into the eye, regardless of the position of the eye, by a device that includes an array of light delivery devices and a heat sink lens. The device can be placed proximal to the eye to direct the light into the eye. The light can have one or more wavelengths from 400-1100 nm and can be applied in at least one of a pulsed operating mode, a continuous operating mode, and a super-pulsed operating mode through the light source device to the skeletal muscle. The light signal is applied for a time sufficient to stimulate a phototherapeutic response in the retina and/or the optic nerve. PBMT applied in this manner provides a noninvasive, safe and effective treatment for optic neuritis.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MEDICAL QUANT USAInventors: Douglas Johnson, Max Kanarsky
-
Patent number: 11723598Abstract: Example systems, methods, and apparatus, including cognitive platforms, are provided for computing performance metrics of an individual based at least in part on user interaction(s) with computerized tasks and/or interference and at least one physiological measure of the individual, where the performance metric provides an indication of the cognitive abilities of the individual. The apparatus can be coupled to at least one physiological component to perform the physiological measurement of the individual. The apparatus also can be configured to adapt the tasks and/or interferences to enhance the individual's cognitive abilities.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Akili Interactive Labs, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Bower, Titiimaea Alailima, Jason Johnson, Walter Edward Martucci, Isabella Slaby, Matthew Omernick, Adam Piper, Paul Rand Pierce, Ashley Mateus, Scott Kellogg