Patents Examined by Kelsey E Baller
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Patent number: 11083379Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat and a seat cover. The seat is adapted to support an occupant resting thereon. The seat cover is coupled to the seat and arranged to lie between the occupant and the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLCInventors: John M. Perraut, Jeffery T. Bonk
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Patent number: 11077015Abstract: A flexible vibrating module with flexible radiating arms outwardly projecting around the module, with each arm having an associated coin motor which can optionally be operated at high frequency or low frequency or pulsing frequency, is shown in combination with a wrap having a snap in flexible grommet for the module to consistently orient properly the module with respect to a patient's muscles or joints.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Brownmed, Inc.Inventors: Ivan E. Brown, Brandon Rodriguez, Daniel Joseph Breton
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Patent number: 11071837Abstract: A dose release firing system (101) for use in a medicinal inhaler (100). The firing system can include a plunger (103), and a stored energy device (109) configured to drive the plunger from a first position to a second position. The firing system can further include a guideway (121) and a projection (114) dimensioned to be received in the guideway, the guideway or the projection being fixedly coupled to the plunger. At least a portion of the guideway can have a helical shape, including a first portion with a first helix angle, and a second portion with a second helix angle, the second helix angle being less than the first helix angle. The projection and the guideway can be movable with respect to one another to cause the projection to be cammed along the guideway when the stored energy device drives the plunger to move from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Kindeva Drug Delivery L.P.Inventors: David J. Cottenden, John P. Bunting, Christopher B. J. Groombridge, William T. Richardson
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Patent number: 11052203Abstract: A pharmaceutical dispenser with a housing, a medium reservoir, a discharge opening, connection channel connecting the medium reservoir to the discharge opening, and a detection device arranged in the area of the connection channel and designed to detect medium flowing therein. The connection channel is connected to and communicates with a pressure chamber, the detection device includes a membrane which delimits the pressure chamber, and includes an electrically conductive connection portion and is subjected to pressure. The detection device has an electrical mating contact surface in relation to which a membrane-side connection portion is movable when subjected to pressure, such that an electrical contact between the conductive connection portion and the mating contact surface is established or cancelled.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBHInventor: Joachim Koerner
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Patent number: 11045379Abstract: A seat including: a seat surface portion having first and second support surfaces; and a switching mechanism, wherein the seat surface portion is switched by the switching mechanism between: a first posture in which the seat surface portion is brought down to the front side such that the first support surface is in a low position where a seated person is capable of sitting thereon by lowering a hip, and a second posture in which the seat surface portion is brought up to the rear side from the first posture such that the second support surface is in a high position where the seated person in a standing posture is capable of sitting thereon, and wherein a vibration device which is configured to apply vibration corresponding to music to a body of the seated person is disposed at an inner side of the second support surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhito Yamauchi, Nobuki Hayashi, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Takeshi Yamada
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Patent number: 11040760Abstract: An underwater mask includes a frame, a transparent portion supported by the frame, a seal portion mounted on the frame and adapted to be positioned on a user's face, and a ventilation tube. The seal portion has a partition wall resting on the user's nose and forming upper and lower chambers, which communicate through a passage in the partition wall and a one-way valve to enable air to flow only from the upper to the lower chamber. The ventilation tube has separate channels providing communication between the upper and respectively the lower chamber and the outer environment, and a hub between tube and mask, fastened to the mask and connected to the tube by a joint, so that in a coupling position the hub and the tube are fastened, and in a releasing position the hub and the tube remain connected but the tube is free to swing.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventors: Aristide Barone, Marco Barbagelata
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Patent number: 11013457Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for re-synchronizing a breathing pattern of a patient (16) suffering from ataxic breathing, the method including the steps of monitoring the breathing pattern of the patient (16) during sleep; detecting whether the monitored breathing pattern includes an ataxic breathing episode; and if an ataxic breathing episode is detected, ventilating the patient (16) and eliminating a spontaneous breathing of the patient (16) for a predetermined first period of time (?t1) by providing a flow of breathing gas (14) to an airway of the patient (16) with a volume of the breathing gas (14) provided per minute being above an individual-related threshold value of the patient (16).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Stefan Winter, Eugene Nelson Scarberry
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Patent number: 10984914Abstract: A Cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance device is used by a Rescuer when administering Cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a patient. Using the rescuer vital signs, image subsection from a patient facing camera can be identified that comprise the rescuer's hands. Having correctly identified the image subsections comprising the rescuer's hands the chest compression depth and frequency can be derived from the patient facing camera by tracking the distance between the patient facing camera and the rescuer's hands.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Johan Partomo Djajadiningrat
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Patent number: 10945699Abstract: A respiratory acoustic analysis system for sensing and analyzing respiratory sounds of a patient may include a High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) vest, at least one sensor coupled with the HFCWO vest, and an algorithm stored in a processor for processing sensed data from the at least one acoustic sensor to provide processed data describing the respiratory sounds of the patient, in a form that can be used by a physician or other user.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Hill-Rom Services PTE Ltd.Inventors: Chau Chong Ye, Yue Wang, Suresha Venkataraya, Aye Aung, Zhon Chu, Aaron R. Burnham, Matthew D. Mullin
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Patent number: 10940075Abstract: A pressure therapy device includes a pressure chamber, an inflatable padding, a seal, and a positioning mechanism. The pressure chamber has an opening arranged for admitting the inflatable padding and a limb of a user. The inflatable padding is inflatable to enclose and fix the limb in position. The seal covers the opening, including the inflatable padding and the limb to seal the pressure chamber from ambient atmospheric pressure. A pump unit is provided to generate a non-atmospheric pressure within the pressure chamber and includes a first valve system and a piston with safety release features for preventing unsafe pressure levels.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: OTIVIO ASInventors: Jonas Elderstiern, Hannes Ulvegard, Ronny Brakhya, Robert Axelsson, Juho Laasanen, Iacob Mathiesen, Arnar Kristjansson
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Patent number: 10933204Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a therapeutic agent may be associated with a cap for a bottle that contains a prescription for a drug to which the therapeutic agent corresponds. When the prescription bottle holds an opioid, the therapeutic agent may be a substance that counteracts the effects of the opioid. The apparatus may include a nozzle that facilitates nasal administration of the therapeutic agent. The apparatus may be capable of attaching to a cap for a prescription bottle, or the apparatus may have a configuration that enables it to serve as the cap for the prescription bottle.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: CounterAct, LLCInventors: Donald Roy Mealing, Todd David Pizitz
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Patent number: 10926046Abstract: A ventilator that utilizes a cam lever to raise a piston within a cylinder is provided. The weight of the piston can push breathable air out of the cylinder to a patient. A motor assembly provides the only electronic component necessary to operate the ventilator. Adjustments to volume, speed, and pressure can be made by adjusting mechanical components of the ventilator.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventor: Grover L. Larkins
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Patent number: 10925801Abstract: The present invention provides a device with a pressure control system and methods for controlling the application of negative pressure to an external surface of an individual for creating and/or maintaining patency of the upper airway passage. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The pressure control system contains control module elements that may include circuit board elements, digital output barometer elements, sensor elements, processing elements and memory elements to optimize device function and safety of the device through regulation of the flow rate of the air pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: SOMMETRICS, INC., TTP PLC.Inventors: Jerome K. Aarestad, Stephen Maine, Thomas John Harrison
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Patent number: 10849815Abstract: A wearable hand rehabilitation system includes a base, multiple actuating units configured to the base, hand assistive unit and multiple sheaths connected with the actuating units and the hand assistive unit. The base is composed of a cover and a base plate to create a space. The cover is provided with a perforation closed to the middle of the cover to allow every sheath to pass through the perforation, so as to connect with actuating units. When a user put on the wearable hand rehabilitation system, the user could move or rotate his arm to make his five fingers to grab something. The usage of the wearable hand rehabilitation system could evaluate the hand rehabilitation condition of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: REHABOTICS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Jian-Jia Huang, Shu-Wei Pu
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Patent number: 10842703Abstract: Disclosed is a reciprocating-hit treatment instrument including a body having a reciprocating mechanism, wherein the body includes a main handle portion at the lower portion, a sub-handle portion at the upper portion, a base portion extruding from one side of the connection portion between the main handle portion and the sub-handle portion on the body, a reciprocating rod with the front end extending out from the base portion while the rear end fixedly connected with the reciprocating mechanism and able to perform a reciprocating motion in the direction of its own length under the driven by the reciprocating mechanism, and a treatment ball connected with the front end of the reciprocating rod; the main handle portion, the sub-handle portion, and the base portion are integrally connected, and the main handle portion and the sub-handle portion are connected with each other in the shape of a bar.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SUZHOU KAIYUN SPORTS TECH LTD.Inventor: Changjuan Zhang
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Patent number: 10843897Abstract: An emergency elevator includes a door frame installed on upper, left and right sides of an entrance of an elevator platform, an elevator car configured to vertically move along an elevator passage and provided with a pair of elevator doors, a pair of platform doors installed in the door frame, a lower frame installed on a lower side of the entrance of the elevator platform and configured to slidably support the platform doors, an upper door rim installed on an upper side of the platform doors, a side door rim vertically installed at a lateral end of the platform doors, an oxygen supply device configured to supply oxygen to a patient in the elevator car, an emergency ventilation device configured to supply a purified air into the elevator car, and a filter device provided in the blowing duct so as to remove harmful substances introduced into the elevator car.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SONGSAN SPECIAL ELEVATORS CO., LTD.Inventor: Gi-Young Kim
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Patent number: 10820833Abstract: A capnograph system may be used together with a ventilation system for a patient. The capnograph system may include a capnography module with a carbon dioxide detector, which may generate a carbon dioxide signal responsive to an amount of carbon dioxide detected within an air path of the ventilation system. A monitoring circuit may further detect a pressure within the air path. A processing component within the capnography module may generate a pressure signal responsive to the pressure detected in the air path. The pressure signal, alone or in combination with other signals such as the carbon dioxide signal, may be used to detect spontaneous breaths of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventor: Fred William Chapman
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Patent number: 10814058Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a nasal aspiration and wash device which includes a shell member, a pump, a suction part and a spray part. The pump is disposed in the shell member. The suction part is disposed on the shell member and configured to flow external gas into the pump. The spray part is disposed in the shell member and configured to spray atomized liquid out. The suction part and the spray part are spaced apart from each other a distance. The nasal aspiration and wash device of the present disclosure is able to separately perform a nasal aspiration function and a nasal wash function without interfering with each other, and the user does not need to replace a functional assembly for using the two functions.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: AVITA CORPORATIONInventors: Hsing Ou Yang, Hsuan Hao Shih, Ta Chieh Yang
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Patent number: 10695262Abstract: A flexible vibrating module with flexible radiating arms outwardly projecting around the module, with each arm having an associated coin motor which can optionally be operated at high frequency or low frequency or pulsing frequency, is shown in combination with a wrap having a snap in flexible grommet for the module to consistently orient properly the module with respect to a patient's muscles or joints.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Brownmed, Inc.Inventors: Ivan E. Brown, Brandon Rodriguez, Daniel Joseph Breton
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Patent number: 10653580Abstract: A beauty device includes a handle, an inner lid, a pair of support shafts, a pair of rotation bodies, a water stop portion, and an outer lid. The handle is formed with a housing portion. The inner lid is mounted to the handle to seal the housing portion. The pair of support shafts is extended from one end of the handle. The pair of rotation bodies is rotatably supported around the support shafts. The water stop portion is intervened between the housing portion and the inner lid to contact with a peripheral edge of an opening of the housing portion. The outer lid closes the opening while covering the inner lid such that the outer lid is fitted in the housing portion in a state where a part of an outer circumference surface of the outer lid facing an inner circumference surface of the opening is visible from an outside.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: MTG CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Matsushita