Patents Examined by Laura Hodge
  • Patent number: 11986306
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuitry of a biopotential acquisition system comprising an input node, an ETI transmitter and an ADC. The input node is coupled to an electrode of the biopotential acquisition system, and the electrode is used to be in contact with a human body. The ETI transmitter is configured to generate a transmitter signal to the input node. The ADC is coupled to the input node, and is configured to process an input signal from the input node to generate a digital signal, wherein each of the input signal and the digital signal comprises components of an ECG signal and an ETI signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 11980479
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a wearable electronic device may include at least two electrodes for measuring a biometric signal, a living body contact detecting unit configured to apply a voltage to at least one electrode contacting a living body among the at least two electrodes and output information indicating an operation state for biometric signal measurement of the wearable electronic device based on a voltage output from the at least one electrode, and a processor configured to determine the operation state for biometric signal measurement of the wearable electronic device, based on the information received from the living body contact detecting unit. Various other embodiments may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunjun Jung
  • Patent number: 11974852
    Abstract: An example method of analyzing electrocardiogram (ECG) signals includes receiving, at an ECG device, ECG signals from a multi-lead ECG system. The multi-lead ECG system includes multiple electrodes and leads, and each lead of the multi-lead ECG system provides one of the ECG signals and is coupled to more than one of the multiple electrodes, where certain electrodes are coupled to more than one lead. The method also includes detecting artifact in one or more of the ECG signals, classifying the artifact as a type of artifact, determining which leads of the multiple leads contain at least a threshold amount of the type of artifact, for the leads of the multiple leads that contain at least the threshold amount of the type of artifact identifying a common electrode to the leads, and generating a notification by the ECG device indicating that the common electrode is sensing the artifact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald E. Stickney
  • Patent number: 11911177
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for determining an efficacy of a treatment program. For example, a medical device system includes a medical device including one or more sensors configured to generate a signal that indicates a parameter of a patient. Additionally, the medical device system includes processing circuitry configured to receive data indicative of a user selection of a reference time; determine a plurality of parameter values of the parameter based on a portion of the signal corresponding to a period of time including the reference time. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to identify, based on a first set of parameter values, a reference parameter value, calculate a parameter change value, and determine, based on the parameter change value, whether an improvement or a worsening of the patient has occurred responsive to a treatment administered beginning at the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ekaterina M. Ippolito, Shantanu Sarkar, Eduardo N. Warman, Joel R. Lauer