Patents Examined by Thaddeus B Cox
  • Patent number: 12778841
    Abstract: A method for controlling a sexual toy is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: HYTTO PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Guo, Wendi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12773519
    Abstract: A system includes a wearable device disposed on a person, the wearable device has a plurality of sensors, each of which is configured to output a sound waveform in response to sounds generated by physiological activity of the person. The system also includes a processing device coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to process and store the sound waveforms as sound files. The system also includes a sound output device coupled to the processing device. The sound output device is configured to output the sound files to mimic in utero sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Matthew Amans
  • Patent number: 12773570
    Abstract: Described are methods and devices for modulating the brain activity of a person using stimulation pulses, where the pulse amplitude is variable and approximates a sine-wave. This results in a stimulation pulse that comprises energy at multiple frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Inventors: Alexander Ring, James William Phillips
  • Patent number: 12773160
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring penile tumescence are provided that overcome the drawbacks of previously known systems by providing a wearable formed of a flexible and elastic tube having a plurality of sensors disposed on or embedded within it, the wearable configured to be applied to a penis of a subject, and a spaced-apart controller operatively coupled to retrieve data regarding circumferential and axial dimensional changes and penile rigidity from the plurality of sensors and transmit that data to an external computer or smartphone for analysis and display. The plurality of sensors may be coupled to the spaced-apart controller via a flexible lead or wirelessly using a passive RFID system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva, Nikolaos Stergiopulos, Chris Steven Braissant
  • Patent number: 12766288
    Abstract: A Pavlovian conditioned reflex sleep induction kit includes at least one physiological sensor, wherein the at least one physiological sensor is configured to detect at least a physiological parameter of a user and transmit a detection signal to an automatically activated scent diffuser, wherein the automatically activated scent diffuser is configured to receive an electronic activation signal and to diffuse a scent as a function of the electronic activation signal, a control circuit configured to receive the detection signal from the at least one physiological sensor, to ascertain that the user is entering a hypnagogic state, and to transmit the electronic activation signal to the automatically activated scent diffuser, thereby conditioning the user to respond to subsequent sensing of the same scent. For later use, a user-activated scent diffuser is provided, that diffuses the same scent upon activation by a user, to thereby trigger the conditioned reflex to fall asleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: REMmedy Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lazarovich
  • Patent number: 12766333
    Abstract: A system for integrated electric field simulation and neuronavigation includes a neuronavigation system configured to track an electromagnetic coil used for neuromodulation of a brain of a subject and an electric field simulation neural network coupled to the neuronavigation system. The electric field simulation neural network is configured to generate a simulated electric field for a region of interest based at least on a coil position and orientation, a magnetic field profile of the electromagnetic coil, and multimodal neuroimaging data associated with the subject. The system further includes a display coupled to the electric field simulation neural network and configured to display the simulated electric field. The region of interest can be the brain of the subject and the electromagnetic coil can be a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Lipeng Ning, Joan A. Camprodon, Yogesh Rathi
  • Patent number: 12766069
    Abstract: A stimulation device is described having a pressure field generating device which has a cavity and a medium influencing arrangement. The stimulation device uses a first check valve arrangement, arranged inside the cavity between the application opening and the medium-influencing arrangement, and is movable at least in sections in the direction of the application opening and away from it and has a first check valve which is designed to close in the direction of the application opening and to open in the direction of the medium influencing arrangement, wherein the cavity has a first section and a second section, and a second check valve arrangement, which connects the first section of the cavity to an outside of the stimulation device and has a second check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: EIS GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Witt
  • Patent number: 12766070
    Abstract: A partner toy for massaging a first and a second person includes a curved shaped body having a first leg for introducing into a bodily orifice of the first person, a second leg for introducing into a bodily orifice of the second person, and a transition segment between the first and the second leg, at least the second leg being substantially cylindrical in design. The partner toy further includes an internal clip for aligning the first and the second leg to each other, the clip being made at least partially of a reversibly plastically deformable thermoplastic polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: FUN FACTORY GMBH
    Inventor: Simone Kalz
  • Patent number: 12758794
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method of adaptive treatment of a subject with a tumor. The method may include administering a first pulse dose of radiation to a tumor within a subject; administering a second pulse dose of radiation to the tumor, wherein the second pulse dose is administered after an observation period, the observation period having a duration of at least 7 days; and concurrently treating the subject with an immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Robert Timmerman, Debabrata Saha, Michael D. Story, Hak Choy, Steve Bin Jiang
  • Patent number: 12746309
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for tissue engineered grafts. The systems and methods can be used to make tissue engineered vascular grafts. The systems and methods use bioink deposited on a material having specified properties and matured under specified conditions to create the tissue engineered grafts having biomechanical properties tailored to a particular tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus W. Reiterer, Kimberly A. Chaffin, Michael F. Wolf
  • Patent number: 12741117
    Abstract: A processing system includes methods to promote sleep. The system may include a monitor such as a non-contact motion sensor from which sleep information may be determined. User sleep information, such as sleep stages, hypnograms, sleep scores, mind recharge scores and body scores, may be recorded, evaluated and/or displayed for a user. The system may further monitor ambient and/or environmental conditions corresponding to sleep sessions. Sleep advice may be generated based on the sleep information, user queries and/or environmental conditions from one or more sleep sessions. Communicated sleep advice may include content to promote good sleep habits and/or detect risky sleep conditions. In some versions of the system, any one or more of a bedside unit 3000 sensor module, a smart processing device, such as a smart phone or smart device 3002, and network servers may be implemented to perform the methodologies of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Redmond Shouldice, Colin Lawlor, Matthew Norton, David Mulligan, Stephen Mcmahon, Paul Phillips, Damien O'Rourke, Luke Gahan, Marc Lavelle, Conor Heneghan, Alberto Zaffaroni, Gareth Mcdarby
  • Patent number: 12741154
    Abstract: A respiration promoting apparatus and a method for promoting respiration for coordinately stimulating a phrenic nerve of a patient for activating a diaphragm of the patient by a pulsating field that is produced by interference stimulation principles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: STIMIT AG
    Inventors: Ronja Müller-Bruhn, Thomas Degen
  • Patent number: 12740737
    Abstract: An implantable physiological monitor is provided. The implantable physiological monitor includes a transceiver configured to wirelessly interface with an external device and a housing having a plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes is configured to record an electrocardiography signal and an electrode configuration of the plurality of electrodes can be configured after implanting the implantable physiological monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Joshua Djon Green, Gust H. Bardy, Henry James Millican
  • Patent number: 12741153
    Abstract: An analog resonator system for generating electromagnetic energy includes a capacitor assembly and a power transformer for supplying electrical potential to the capacitor assembly. The capacitor assembly includes a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate and a dielectric insulator plate. The capacitor plates are formed from a first conductive metal material and from a second conductive metal material dissimilar from the first conductive metal material. An analog PEMF therapy device includes the analog resonator system, a bulb electrically connected between the capacitor assembly and the power transformer, and a base electrically connected between the capacitor assembly and the power transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: DCD TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Christopher Dial
  • Patent number: 12734100
    Abstract: Systems and methods of assisting a subject to reach a target state of sexual arousal include obtaining input of the target state of the subject; and generating a transcutaneous vibratory output to be applied to a portion of a body of the subject to assist the subject in achieving the target state of sexual arousal, the transcutaneous vibratory output having variable parameters comprising a perceived pitch, a perceived beat, and a perceived intensity wherein the step of generating the transcutaneous vibratory output further comprises the step of modifying the variable parameters to correspond to the target state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Apollo Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mayer Lowell Rabin, Kathryn Fantauzzi, Raymond G. Pelletier
  • Patent number: 12734370
    Abstract: A stimulator includes a support layer, a coil supported by the support layer, the coil extending around a central area, and a plurality of pillars supported by the support layer in the central area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Renata Saha, Diqing Su, Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 12734104
    Abstract: A hands-free vibrator for stimulating the clitoris is disclosed. The device comprises at least one vibration motor; a vibrator body with associated electronic setup, power supply and controller. The vibrating body comprises a hole and the body is designed as an oval, for positioning and holding of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: SFV ApS
    Inventor: Frederikke Emilie Leth
  • Patent number: 12734105
    Abstract: A massage device includes a massage assembly and a driving assembly connected to the massage assembly. The driving assembly includes a driving motor with an output shaft; a rotary member mounted around the driving motor and connected to the output shaft of the driving motor, a first sliding groove being defined in an outer circumferential wall of the rotary member and extending spirally; and a fixed member mounted around the rotary member, a first sliding portion extending from the fixed member and engaged into the first sliding groove, the rotary member being movable and rotatable relative to the fixed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignees: Shenzhen Zhonghongtian Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan Aibel Health Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Donggen Leng
  • Patent number: 12734101
    Abstract: A negative pressure massage structure for sexual stimulation includes a negative pressure generating assembly, a first chamber, a first connection channel, and a waterproof-breathable assembly. The first chamber has at least one first opening in contact with a target massage area. The first connection channel connects the first chamber and the negative pressure generating assembly, and the first connection channel and the first chamber form a first airflow channel. The waterproof-breathable assembly is disposed in the first airflow channel, the waterproof-breathable assembly includes a support member and a waterproof-breathable membrane with waterproof-breathable properties, the support member is connected to an inner wall of the first airflow channel, and the waterproof-breathable membrane is disposed on the support member. The negative pressure generating assembly is configured to generate negative pressure at the first opening via the first airflow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Shenzhen Aikesaite Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nachuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12733987
    Abstract: An anatomical sensing system-guided prostate procedure device that includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end. The housing may be divided into a distal housing section, a mid housing section, and a proximal housing section, wherein the distal housing section is configured for insertion into the anus and retention in the rectum of a subject. The device further includes an instrument convergence point disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, the convergence point configured to allow an instrument to pass through the instrument convergence point at a variable angle; and an instrument angle orienting system at the proximal end of the housing, the instrument angle orienting system directing an orientation of the variable angle about the convergence point. Methods of the using an anatomical sensing system-guided prostate procedure device and system including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Fergus Coakley, Stevan Wittenbrock, Forrest Seitz, Christopher J. Jensen, Daniel R. Baker