Patents Examined by Lee S. Cohen
  • Patent number: 10638977
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrocardiograph sensor mat (100), the mat (100) comprising a multitude of electrodes (104) for acquiring cardiac signals and a plug (200), wherein the electrodes (104) are connected to the plug (200) by electric wires (102), wherein the wires (102) are segmented by switches (202), wherein the switches (202) are switchable between a closed state and an open state, wherein in the closed state the electrodes (104) are electrically connected to the plug (200) and wherein in the open state the electrodes (104) are electrically isolated from the plug (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jouke Smink, Steffen Weiss, Sascha Krueger
  • Patent number: 10631747
    Abstract: A measurement patch device may change length according to somatotype of a user, and may be joined with another measurement patch device integrally according to the need of different physiological lead measurement. Moreover, the two joined measurement patch devices may rotate with respect to each other, such that multi-channel or multi-lead physiological signal may be measured to save measurement time of physiological signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Shuenn-Yuh Lee
  • Patent number: 10631748
    Abstract: An extended wear electrocardiography patch with wire interconnects is provided. The patch includes a flexible backing formed of an elongated strip of stretchable material with narrow longitudinal midsection evenly tapering inward from a distal end and a proximal end, the elongated strip adherable only at a contact surface defined on each of the ends; a pair of electrocardiographic electrodes interfaced to one or more of a set of electrode pads, each of the electrodes including an electrically conductive surface only exposed on the contact surface; a battery connected to one or more of the pads of the set via at least one flexile wire interconnect, the battery secured in place via a flexile wire; and the set of electrical contact pads included on the flexible backing and formed by a set of further flexile wires, the set configured to interface the electrodes and the battery with an electrocardiography monitor recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 10624547
    Abstract: Devices and systems described herein relate to a sensing device that includes an output area and an electrode area. The output area includes an output circuit comprising an integrator adapted to integrate a received current so as to generate an output voltage corresponding to the received current. The electrode area includes an electrode comprising an exposed, electrically conductive, surface area and electrode circuitry connected to the exposed surface area. The electrode circuitry comprises a voltage-to-current transducer adapted to produce a wire current corresponding to a voltage present at the exposed surface area. The sensing device also includes a connecting wire electrically connecting the electrode circuitry to the output circuit, wherein the current received by the output circuit is the wire current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, Katholieke Univesiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Bogdan Raducanu, Srinjoy Mitra, Refet Firat Yazicioglu
  • Patent number: 10624548
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a needle and a conductive thread electrode carried in a slot on the surface of the needle. The needle pushes the thread electrode into the body and leaves it in place when the needle is removed. The needle is secured in a housing in a retracted position and moved to an extended position by a latch. In the extended position, one end of the needle remains in the housing and the other end extends from the housing. The needle is attached to a spring inside the housing and is moved by the latch against the urging of the spring to the extended position and locked in place. A protective cover is applied over the needle while extended and removed to insert the needle into the body of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Rhythmlink International, LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Keisler
  • Patent number: 10610292
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods providing evaluation and feedback to an operator of a device providing neuromodulation treatment, such as modulation of renal nerves of a human patient. In one embodiment, for example, a system monitors parameters or values generated before treatment. Feedback provided to an operator is based on the monitored values and relates to an assessment of various electrical properties associated with an electrode carried by a catheter. The electrode measures an electrical property of biological material making contact with the electrode while deploying the electrode, the electrical property being dependent on a ratio of a wall-interface area to a fluid-interface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Vincent Ku, Sowmya Ballakur, Jignesh Shah
  • Patent number: 10610118
    Abstract: A textile substrate with a measuring sensor for measuring a physiological signal. The textile substrate has integrated irremovably therewith a base structure component for electronics, such as for example a plastic base for a transmitter for attaching the transmitter and other electronics to the substrate irremovably by way of said base structure component. In addition, signal transfer elements from the measuring sensor are adapted to extend in a watertight manner to the electronics through said base structure component integrated irremovably with the textile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Clothing Plus MBU Oy
    Inventors: Heikki Jaakkola, Tommi Tuulenmäki, Akseli Reho
  • Patent number: 10610119
    Abstract: A medical device may include a sheath, and an elongate member disposed within a distal portion of the sheath, the elongate member configured to reciprocally move between a sheathed configuration and a deployed configuration. The elongate member may be substantially linear and disposed within the sheath while in the sheathed configuration and extend distally from the sheath in a first direction in the deployed configuration. The elongate member may include a first bend disposed distal to the distal portion of the sheath, the first bend directing the elongate sheath in a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction, and a second bend distal to the first bend, the second bend directing the elongate sheath in a third direction substantially transverse to the first and second directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Grace, Peter Van Der Sluis
  • Patent number: 10603484
    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices and systems that include a grounding electrode. In one example, a system may include a first module including a pulse generator within a first housing, a second module comprising a switch matrix within a second housing distinct from the first housing, a connecting cable that connects the first module to the second module, a grounding electrode disposed distal of the first module and proximal of the second module, and a plurality of electrodes disposed distal of the second module, wherein each electrode of the plurality of electrodes are selectively coupled to the pulse generator via the switch matrix. These devices or system can be used to provide neurostimulation and/or neurorecording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V.
    Inventors: Egbertus Johannes Maria Bakker, Matthew Finlay, Sébastien Jody Ouchouche, Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol
  • Patent number: 10602947
    Abstract: Electrode cabling, including a core and n wires coiled on the core in an arrangement topologically equivalent to an n-start thread configuration, wherein n is an integer greater than one. The cabling also includes a sheath covering the n wires and an electrode attached through the sheath to a given wire selected from the n wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL), LTD.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Rowan Olund Hettel
  • Patent number: 10602948
    Abstract: A catheter comprising an elongated catheter body, and an electrode assembly distal of the catheter body, the assembly comprising a plurality of spines, wherein each spine has a distal end that is connected to the distal end of at least one other spine, wherein each spine has an electrode-carrying portion, the electrode-carrying portions of all spines of the assembly being in a single common plane, and wherein all spines of the assembly have a uniform exposed total length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD
    Inventors: Steven Wu, Sungwoo Min
  • Patent number: 10602955
    Abstract: A non-invasive and accurate vagina evaluation device and uterine evaluation devices are provided that measure the receptivity (uterine implantation capacity) of the mother's body to a fertilized egg implanting itself into the uterus. A first vagina evaluation device includes: a main body stretchable and expandable after insertion into a vagina, followed by air injection thereinto; four electrodes brought into contact with the vagina wall as the main body expands and stretches; and a fixation device configured to fix the interval of arrangement of the electrodes. Second and third uterine evaluation device include: a flexible and rod-shaped main body for insertion into a uterine cavity; and four or two impedance electrodes arranged with a predetermined interval therebetween in an insertion direction of the main body and brought into contact with an endometrium of the uterine cavity to measure a uterine endometrial impedance generated between the endometrium and each of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Hitomi Nakamura, Tadashi Kimura, Takayoshi Hosono
  • Patent number: 10595740
    Abstract: A catheter adapted or high density mapping and/or ablation of tissue surface has a distal electrode matrix having a plurality of spines arranged in parallel configuration on which a multitude of electrodes are carried in a grid formation for providing uniformity and predictability in electrode placement on the tissue surface. The matrix can be dragged against the tissue surface upon deflection (and/or release of the deflection) of the catheter. The spines generally maintain their parallel configuration and the multitude of electrodes generally maintain their predetermined relative spacing in the grid formation as the matrix is dragged across the tissue surface in providing very high density mapping signals. The spines may have free distal ends, or distal ends that are joined to form loops for maintaining the spines in parallel configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD
    Inventors: Ryan Hoitink, Curt R. Eyster, Stuart Williams, Meir Bar-Tal, Shubhayu Basu, Shamim Qutubuddin
  • Patent number: 10595743
    Abstract: A wrist-wearable body composition measuring device includes a main body; a strap connected to the main body; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are provided on an inner surface of the strap and configured to contact a wrist of a subject; a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are provided on an outer surface of the strap; a measuring unit configured to measure a body impedance of the subject by applying current to the first input electrode and the second input electrode and detecting a voltage generated between the first output electrode and the second output electrode in response to the applied current; and a processor configured to analyze a body composition of the subject based on the body impedance measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeolho Lee, Kak Namkoong, Kunsun Eom, Myounghoon Jung, Seongho Cho
  • Patent number: 10588530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a physiological recording device, or other types of sensors to detect a biopotential, and more particularly, a physiological recording electrode that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The invention is further directed to the configurations of structures on the physiological recording electrode's lower surface. The structures having a length, width, and height, which are capable, at least in part, of transmitting an electric potential from the skin which can be measured. The structures may or may not limit the depth of application, and/or anchor the electrode or other device during normal application, and/or allow for uniform application of the electrode or other device over unprepared skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Orbital Research Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Rood, Greg S. Shaw, Matthew Birch, Frederick J. Lisy
  • Patent number: 10588533
    Abstract: A bioelectrode component includes an electrode member. The electrode member includes a metal plate, a coupling bar, and a needle part. The metal plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and includes an opening formed in the metal plate. The coupling bar extends inward from an inner wall of the opening. The needle part is arranged at a leading end of the coupling bar and protrudes toward the first surface of the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Ihara
  • Patent number: 10588528
    Abstract: A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOSENSE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Banet, Marshal Singh Dhillon, Susan Meeks Pede, Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward, Arthur Deptala, Jonas Dean Cochran
  • Patent number: 10582869
    Abstract: A method for attaching an electrode to cabling, including providing a cable having a plurality of insulated wires coiled around a central core. The method further includes removing insulation from each wire in a set of the coiled wires so as to provide a respective access channel to a respective section of a respective conductor of each wire in the set while the respective section remains coiled on the central core. The method further includes fastening a respective electrode to the respective access channel while the respective section remains coiled on the central core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventor: Assaf Govari
  • Patent number: 10582871
    Abstract: A catheter with basket-shaped electrode assembly with spines configured for hyper-flexing in a predetermined, predictable manner when a compressive force acts on the assembly from either its distal end or its proximal end. At least one spine has at least one region of greater (or hyper) flexibility that allows the electrode assembly to deform, for example, compress, for absorbing and dampening excessive force that may otherwise cause damage or injury to tissue wall in contact with the assembly, without compromising the structure and stiffness of the remaining regions of the spine, including its distal and proximal regions. The one or more regions of greater flexibility in the spine allow the spine to flex into a generally V-shape configuration or a generally U-shape configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart Williams, Paul Tran, Mario A. Solis
  • Patent number: 10575741
    Abstract: A biometric information measurement device is provided. The device includes a substrate unit including components required for operation of the biometric information measurement device, and electrodes for measuring biometric information. The components and the electrodes are disposed on a single side of the substrate unit. The device also includes a case having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is attached to an attachment pad for attaching the biometric information measurement device to a body, and the second surface faces the single side of the substrate unit. The electrodes are each exposed through respective openings in the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Hong Kim, Jea-Hyuck Lee, Jin-Hong Min, Jae-Geol Cho