Patents Examined by Kendra D. Carter
  • Patent number: 12377234
    Abstract: A method for guiding suction of an obstruction may comprise emitting sound waves from a sound generator into a tube, detecting returning acoustic reflections with at least one sound receiver, analyzing, using a processor, timings and amplitudes of the returning acoustic reflections to determine a location and size of an obstruction within the tube and a location of a tip of a suction catheter, and guiding the suction catheter to the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Jeffrey Mansfield
  • Patent number: 12376947
    Abstract: An oral cavity cleaner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a handle including an inflow path through which washing water flows and a discharge flow path through which contaminated water sucked from an oral cavity flows; a mouthpiece configured to spray the washing water supplied through the handle into the oral cavity; and a core suction part having an edge surrounded by the mouthpiece, the core suction part being configured to suck the contaminated water that has been discharged from the mouthpiece and washed teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SMDsolution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: sungkwon Ko, hyunjong Kim
  • Patent number: 12377233
    Abstract: A process, a signal processing unit and to a ventilator automatically calculate a set point for a frequency, with which the ventilator performs ventilation strokes and thereby mechanically ventilates the patient. An alveolar or proximal minute volume is predefined. A lung time constant for the lungs of the patient is determined. The volume of a dead space in a fluid connection between the lungs and the ventilator is determined. A mandatory frequency set point (fset,mand) for the mandatory ventilation of the patient is calculated. An ideal frequency (fspon), with which the patient can achieve the minute volume by means of spontaneous breathing, is calculated. The ventilation frequency set point is calculated as a weighted average of the mandatory frequency set point (fset,mand) and of the ideal frequency (fspon). The averaging depends on a determined actual intensity of the spontaneous breathing of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Tilman Von Blumenthal, Birgit Stender
  • Patent number: 12370385
    Abstract: A system for delivering breathing gas to passengers includes: a face mask including a face part having a breathing cavity, a tube configured to be supplied by pressurized breathing gas, and a reservoir bag disposed between the tube and the face part. A passage connects the reservoir bag to the breathing cavity so that the system is configured to supply the breathing cavity through the reservoir bag. The reservoir bag includes a front portion and a back portion. The front portion is connected to the face mask, and the system has a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the reservoir bag is maintained folded between a backing and the face part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AEROTECHNICS
    Inventors: Vincent Jean Pierre Marie Gillotin, Jean-Baptiste Philippe Delprat, Vincent Gérard Greter, Stuart David Dixon Walker
  • Patent number: 12370336
    Abstract: Provided is a respiratory monitor device, relating to the field of medical devices. The respiratory monitor device comprises an external pipe and a monitor, and the external tubing is detachably connected to the monitor; the external tubing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is communicated with the air outlet by means of a cavity of the external tubing, and the external tubing comprises a plurality of first through holes; the monitor comprises a plurality of second through holes, the plurality of first through holes and the plurality of second through holes are communicated in one-to-one correspondence when the external tubing and the monitor are connected, and the monitor is used for detecting gas entering the monitor from the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12370123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control box. The control box is internally provided with a first chamber, and the first chamber is used for accommodating a control component. The control box is also internally provided with an air supply system for supplying air to a water pool body. The air supply system comprises an air suction part having a housing, the housing is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and the air inlet is communicated with the first chamber; the air suction part further comprises an air pump provided in the housing, and when the air pump is started, air in the first chamber can be suctioned into the housing by means of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Oriental Recreational Products (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Zhiyue Wang
  • Patent number: 12364294
    Abstract: A protective hood for surgical use, apt to be worn, in sterile form, by an operator over an instrumented helmet, is provided. The hood includes a front vision lens and an enveloping main body fixed to the vision lens, configured to cover wholly the operator's head and neck and an upper part of the chest. The enveloping main body has a front portion and a rear portion connected and made integral by means of two opposite side portions, wherein the rear portion has a pair of lateral strings arranged on opposite sides with respect to a sagittal plane of the operator and which extend, in use, laterally outside, which strings are grasped by the operator during wearing in order to ease unwinding the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: THI TOTAL HEALTHCARE INNOVATION GMBH
    Inventors: Giorgio Rosati, Paul Gruber
  • Patent number: 12364297
    Abstract: A sleeve assembly is configured to provide heat therapy and massage therapy simultaneously. The sleeve assembly an outer sleeve operatively connected to an outer layer, a first pocket, and a second pocket. A rechargeable battery pack with controls is arranged in the second pocket through a second pocket opening. A heating element assembly is arranged within the first pocket through a first pocket opening attached to the rechargeable battery pack with controls with a cord. A user can wrap the outer sleeve around an arm to provide heat therapy and massage therapy to a client simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventor: Vince Paul Guagliano
  • Patent number: 12350424
    Abstract: An inhaler with a respiration indicator, whereby the inhaler has a chamber wall forming a chamber and a dispensing device for fluidic connection of the chamber to a bodily opening, preferably a nostril, whereby the respiration indicator has a wall section of the chamber wall or is formed in this way, whereby the wall section is designed to indicate a respiratory activity by deformation and/or movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Knell, Guido Endert, Horst Wergen
  • Patent number: 12318547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas delivery apparatus (1) having an internal gas passage (100), a deformable reservoir (27), a valve device (22), and a control unit (50) with microprocessor (51) controlling the valve device (22) in order to set or adjust the flow rate of gas passing through said valve device (22). A flow rate determination device (60) makes it possible to perform measurements of pressure or flow rate in the internal gas passage (100) and to transmit these measurements to the control unit (50). A pressure sensor (55) performs gas pressure measurements (P55) on the therapeutic gas feeding the deformable reservoir (27) and supplies them to the control unit (50). A breathing mask (10) is in fluidic communication with the internal gas passage (100) in order to be fed with therapeutic gas coming from the deformable reservoir (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventor: Thierry Boulanger
  • Patent number: 12310920
    Abstract: A massager includes: a massager body; a first massaging member; at least one pump; at least one bladder; and at least one extending pipeline. A distance between the first massaging member and the massager body is adjustable. The pump is arranged on the massager body. The is arranged on the first massaging member and communicated with the at least one pump. The extending pipeline communicates one pump with one bladder, or communicates any two bladders with each other. Each extending pipeline includes two connection portions and an extending portion connecting the two connection portions with each other; each connection portion is connected to a respective one pump or a respective one bladder, and the extending portion is extendable in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Reestar International Limited
    Inventor: Yangting Ou
  • Patent number: 12295901
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adult massager, comprising: a shell assembly; a telescopic rotating motor fixedly arranged in the shell assembly; a telescopic frame assembly is movably arranged on the shell assembly and is drivingly connected to the telescopic rotating motor, the telescopic rotating motor drives the telescopic frame assembly to telescope and rotate relative to the shell assembly; a cup body assembly is transmission-connected to the telescopic frame assembly, the telescopic frame assembly drives the cup body assembly to telescope and rotate relative to the shell assembly; a positive electrode electrical connection sheet and a negative electrode electrical connection sheet, which are respectively fixedly arranged on the bracket and insulated from each other, are respectively rotatably electrically connected to the cup body assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventor: Biao Yang
  • Patent number: 12295903
    Abstract: An exoskeleton for supporting an arm of a user includes a torso attachment device for releasably connecting the exoskeleton to a torso of the user, a bracket which is connectable to the torso attachment device, a lifting rod which is connectable to the torso attachment device via the bracket and which is reversibly movable in a first direction and a second direction relative to the bracket, a cantilever for supporting the arm of the user which is releasably connectable to the arm of the user, and a spring element. A force is exertable on the cantilever and the lifting rod by the spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Kaesmann, Lars Melzer
  • Patent number: 12280212
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for administering an inhaled drug to a person while simultaneously administering oxygen from a medical oxygen mask. The inhaled drug is from a pressurized metered dose inhaler (MDI), employing an extender tube about 3-10 cm long that fits into or over the mouthpiece of the inhaler. The MDI with extender tube is inserted into the mask and positioned so that the plume of drug travels through the extender when the MDI is actuated and is directed to just inside the mouth of the person. In an embodiment, an exhalation filter is provided to prevent contamination from infectious agents in the exhaled air from the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventors: Peter Goldman, Michael Newhouse
  • Patent number: 12274646
    Abstract: A system for a hyperbaric chamber with mirrored controls is disclosed. The system includes a cylindrical vessel with a mid-portion, head portion, and door portion that create an inner cavity when a door is in a closed position. The vessel is designed to maintain a pressure of at least 3 atmospheres and includes a plurality of mirrored windows for external visibility. Control panels with a housing and multiple controls are attachable to mirrored control inlets on the vessel's wall. The mirrored control inlets allow for control panels to be placed on either the interior or exterior surfaces of the vessel. The system may also include a modular design with sections secured together using flanges and gaskets to create an airtight seal. The hyperbaric chamber's mirrored controls and modular construction enhance accessibility, safety, and patient comfort, addressing space constraints and orientation limitations of current designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Luke Guynup
  • Patent number: 12268816
    Abstract: A breathing assistance apparatus has a housing with a recess. A guard is mounted to the housing, the guard having a base and a barrier. At least part of the base is flexible. The barrier is movable between a covering position in which the barrier partly covers the recess and an access position in which the recess is less covered or is uncovered by the barrier. Said at least part of the base is configured to flex as the barrier is moved between the covering position and the access position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Andre Van Schalkwyk, Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon, Ramirlindo Agra Dawinan
  • Patent number: 12268647
    Abstract: A sexual stimulation device includes a shell, a first driving unit and a second driving unit. The shell includes a massage portion formed at one end thereof, wherein the massage portion is configured to be inserted into a rectum or a vagina of a human body. An outer surface of the massage portion serves as a massage surface of the sexual stimulation device for contacting a rectum wall or a vaginal wall. The first driving unit includes a vibration motor arranged in the massage portion; and the second driving unit includes a gearbox and a swing arm driven by the gearbox. One end of the swing arm is connected to the massage portion, and under the driving of the second driving unit, the massage portion moves along an annular trajectory to make the massage surface form a kneading effect on the rectum wall or the vaginal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Junpeng Wu
  • Patent number: 12263302
    Abstract: A heatable air delivery tube that maintains the temperature within the tube includes a patient interface end, an airflow generator end, and a heated spiral tube with metal wires that connects the two ends. The patient interface end includes a notch that allows for deformation to better achieve a seal when connected to other tubular connectors. The airflow generator end has a deformable connecting clamp, which allows for self-deformation to secure a snap-fit connection with the airflow generator. The inner diameters of the connectors of both the patient interface end and the airflow generator end are no larger than the tubular connectors they connect to, to ensure a better seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: DCSTAR INC
    Inventor: David Luo
  • Patent number: 12263130
    Abstract: A therapeutic motion device includes a support structure including a first support portion and a second support portion. The first support portion rotatably coupled to the second support portion and at least one of the first support portion and the second support portion is movable relative to the other of the first support potion and the second support portion. First and second actuation arms extend from the first and second support portions, respectively. An artificial muscle drive unit couples the first actuation arm to the second actuation arm, the artificial muscle drive unit including one or more artificial muscles expandable in a movement direction to provide a movement force to at least one of the first support portion and the second support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael P. Rowe, Danil Prokhorov
  • Patent number: 12257386
    Abstract: A system is for detection of leakage or abnormal resistance in a ventilation system. The ventilation system includes a breathing apparatus which provides a mechanical ventilation to a patient. The system includes a bioelectric sensor arrangement detecting a bioelectric signal indicative of the patient's effort to breathe and a control computer configured to receive the bioelectric signal detected by the bioelectric sensor arrangement. The control computer is further configured to determine a change in the bioelectric signal and to establish leakage or abnormal resistance in the ventilation system based on the change in the bioelectric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB
    Inventor: Fredrik Jalde