Patents Examined by Tu A Vo
  • Patent number: 12383453
    Abstract: An exoskeleton upper limb includes a frame and a connection interface movably mounted relative to the frame to perform a second rotation and a third rotation. The second rotation is actuated by a first kinematic chain of actuation including a first actuator. The third rotation is actuated by a second kinematic chain of actuation including a second actuator. The first kinematic chain includes a first connecting rod and/or the second kinematic chain includes a second connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Alexandre Verney
  • Patent number: 12377008
    Abstract: A method for real-time adjustment of gait training parameter includes steps: (a) collecting the muscle relaxation gait data of the first user measured during gait training in a muscle relaxation state and the active force output gait data of a first user measured during the gait training in the first user's active force output state, and establishing a standard motion model based on the ratio of the first user's active force output gait data to the first user's muscle relaxation gait data; (b) obtaining the muscle relaxation gait data of a second user in a state of muscle relaxation, and estimating the personalized training model by combining the muscle relaxation gait data of the second user with the standard motion model; (c) determining the second user meets the standard of the personalized training model, then adjusting the personalized training model, and providing an auxiliary training model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Chi-Chia Liu, Tzu-Ning Yeh, Jia-Ming Shiu
  • Patent number: 12377013
    Abstract: Compression garment systems and methods may deliver fluid to one or more fluid cells using a target pressure and an adjustable manifold pressure that may be adjusted to, for example, deliver an amount of fluid to the one or more fluid cells to achieve the desired target pressure. Further, the compression garment systems and methods may provide a graphical user interface depicting a human-shaped graphical element and a compression therapy graphical indication about the human-shaped graphical element. The compression therapy graphical indication may indicate, or show, where on the human-shaped graphical element the compression therapy may be delivered to. Still further, the compression garment systems and methods may include or use a communication interface to determine or identify a compression garment to be used therewith. The identity of the compression garment can be used to configure compression therapy for the compression garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel G. Chase, Mark R. Riley, Gregory Robert Straka
  • Patent number: 12377237
    Abstract: A breathing protector for use in a stoma of a laryngectomized or tracheotomised person is described. The breathing protector includes at least one inlet, at least one outlet, a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) and an air filter, such that an air flow will pass through the HME and the air filter when the air flow passes through the inlet to the outlet. A housing is provided with an upper part and a lower part. According to an example, the inlet is provided in the upper part and the outlet is provided in the lower part. The upper part is provided with a closing member that when activated closes the communication between the inlet and the outlet via a closing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Coloplast A/S
    Inventor: Peter Jennfors
  • Patent number: 12377297
    Abstract: A breathing apparatus for aircraft includes a breathing mask with an oronasal face cover and a support. The oronasal face cover has a cavity and the support supports a transparent lens and has an upper edge portion. An inflatable harness extends around the user's head opposite the shell and includes at least one rear portion. A guiding link includes an upper end linked to the upper edge portion and a lower end, the upper end being linked to the upper edge portion, the lower end being linked to the rear portion of the harness. A plate is linked to the lower end of the guiding link and has an abutment face that contacts the oronasal face cover, facing the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN AEROTECHNICS
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Sibuet, Alexandre Besson
  • Patent number: 12370331
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol delivery system. The cartridge includes a fluid reservoir including a first reservoir portion, a second reservoir portion, and at least one liquid barrier configured to separate the first and second reservoir portions. The first and second reservoir portions have respective first and second openings at a first end of the cartridge. The cartridge further includes a perforate membrane located at the first end of the cartridge and over the first and second openings. The first and second openings are configured to supply first and second liquids to a first side of the perforate membrane during use and the perforate membrane includes a plurality of apertures configured to eject one or both of the first and second liquids from a second side of the perforate membrane in the form of liquid droplets when the perforate membrane is vibrated. An aerosol delivery system includes the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TTP LC
    Inventors: Robert Gordon Maurice Selby, Clennell Douglas Collingwood, Alon Greenenko, Hans-Jürgen Hoppe
  • Patent number: 12357528
    Abstract: A multi-functional portable skin care device includes: a roller unit including a first roller and a second roller and an insulating ring member; a connecting unit including a shaft member passing through centers of the first and second rollers and the insulating ring member, a conductive pipe coupled to the rear end of the shaft member and electrically connected to any one of the first and second rollers, and a conductive rod installed along the hollows of the conductive pipe and the shaft member and electrically connected to any one of the first and second rollers; and a main body unit connected to the roller unit, a battery installed inside the main body case, a control circuit board for controlling power supplied to the first and second rollers, a control button for selecting current supplied to the first and second rollers, and an LED display for displaying the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: JNL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Woo Lim
  • Patent number: 12357042
    Abstract: A head covering air filtering device containing a rigid component including a transparent face shield, a fabric component, wherein the rigid component and the fabric component combine to cover an entire head of a user and form a seal around the user's neck. The device further includes an intake filter to filter all intake air entering the device, an exhaust filter to filter all exhaust air exiting the device, and an air mover causing intake air to enter the device and exhaust air to exit the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MicroClimate, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hall, David R. Hall, Chandler Flinders, Jordan Englund, Carson Richards, Prabhakar Ramaraj, Jacob Dean, Vicente Oliveira, Anthony E. Pullen, Jeff Duncan
  • Patent number: 12357532
    Abstract: A vibrotactile plush device can include at least one transducer configured to generate a plurality of vibrations, at least one control unit configured to receive an input signal from a communication protocol and to transmit a first output signal to the at least one transducer, and a power source. The device can include a vibrotactile material configured to transmit the plurality of vibrations at one or more restorative or therapeutic frequencies to a body of a user. A padding material can be configured to dampen the plurality of vibrations. In some embodiments, the vibrotactile plush device can also be a weighted device and further comprise a heating pad. In some embodiments, the plurality of vibrations can simulate the purring of a cat, and a cover can be configured to possess a cat shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventor: Gregory Scott Bishop
  • Patent number: 12357807
    Abstract: An apparatus for a medical tube securement device includes a base member and a clamp member. The base member includes a first tab portion, a second tab portion, and an opening for receiving a tube. The opening is located substantially between the first tab portion and the second tab portion. A clamp member secures the tube within the opening to prevent the tube from moving while the base member is attached to a person and the tube is located at a tube insertion site on the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Johnson, Phillip Whiting
  • Patent number: 12350419
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a portable device for administering a physiologically active liquid that includes a container for holding the liquid, a pressure system for applying pressure to the liquid, an atomizer for atomizing the liquid, and an applicator for administering atomized liquid. The atomizer includes at least one nozzle through which liquid can be ejected from the container and an impact element on the nozzle outlet side that is functionally combined with the nozzle. Moreover, the atomizer is configured in such a way that, in a pressure range that can be generated with the pressurizing system, liquid emerging from the nozzle breaks up into droplets prior to striking the impact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: WERRTA GmbH Düsen- und Zerstäubungstechnik
    Inventors: Rüdiger Rentsch, Mathias Etzold
  • Patent number: 12350290
    Abstract: A system includes an enclosed tent or chamber or a breathing apparatus, a hypoxia induction system and a device for measuring arterial oxygen saturation in a subject breathing air within the enclosed tent or chamber or from the breathing apparatus. The hypoxia induction system delivers oxygen-depleted air having between 5 to 20% O2 to the enclosed tent or chamber or breathing apparatus. The system adjusts the oxygen content of the oxygen-depleted air being delivered to the enclosed tent or chamber or the breathing apparatus based upon the arterial oxygen saturation measured by the device such that oxygen saturation in the subject is maintained within a range of 50% to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Inventors: Vamsi K. Mootha, Isha Jain, Warren M. Zapol, Luca Zazzeron
  • Patent number: 12350231
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides massager, comprising: a shell, an inner sleeve assembled in the shell, and a vibration mechanism for driving the inner sleeve to massage and stimulate a massaged area, wherein: the inner sleeve is made of elastic material and a gap space is reserved between the inner sleeve and the shell; the massager also comprises a sucking mechanism, which is activated to pump or inflate air to form a pressure difference between the massage cavity inside the inner sleeve and the gap space; the inner sleeve expands or contracts accordingly under the influence of the pressure difference and recovers accordingly after the sucking mechanism stops pumping or inflating, thereby forming a sucking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Lang Cun, Xuefei Cai, Qing Ma
  • Patent number: 12337111
    Abstract: This invention provides a mask for an mechanical ventilator, including a first opening portion that takes in inspired air from the mechanical ventilator, a second opening portion that has an edge abutting against a skin of a user to send the inspired air to at least one of a nose and a mouth of the user, and a bellows portion that is formed on at least a part of the edge of the second opening portion, forms a space for temporarily storing the inspired air and expired air of the user between the first opening portion and the second opening: portion, and deforms following a shape of a face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: IDEVICE, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hara, Yuto Kido, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 12324785
    Abstract: A massage tool with a patting structure includes a main body and a patting assembly. The main body is provided with a massage groove. The patting assembly is disposed in the massage groove; and one end of the patting assembly is connected to one side surface of the massage groove, and the other end of the patting assembly is connected to the other side surface of the massage groove. The patting assembly is movably disposed in the massage groove and configured to pat and massage the skin. By being movably disposed in the massage groove, the patting assembly massages a specific organ acupoint of a user, resolving the problem that a massage tool cannot massage an acupoint around a vaginal organ in multiple manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventor: Nianhua Song
  • Patent number: 12324500
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating a targeted tissue including a skin or a lip and more particularly methods and devices that enhances absorption of treatment media into tissue for cosmetic and therapeutic purposes, where applicators for treating the targeted tissue are configured to apply negative pressure with an aspiration portion having a plurality of apertures distributed over the aspiration portion, and the distal tip of the applicator has a low friction surface such that the distal tip of the applicator is configured to contact the targeted tissue to apply the negative pressure while maintaining a low friction surface against the targeted tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventor: John H. Shadduck
  • Patent number: 12311389
    Abstract: A misting nozzle and a spray device are provided. The misting nozzle includes a spray barrel body, a liquid guiding element disposed in the spray barrel body and including first and second blocking portions, and a liquid valve disposed inside the spray barrel body and abutting against the liquid guiding element. Herein, the spray barrel body has one end provided with an opening and other end axially tapering to define a liquid outlet. An outer circumference surface of the first blocking portion is provided with an axially extending liquid guiding groove. A gap is defined between the outer circumference surface of the second blocking portion and the inner wall of the spray barrel body. The outer circumference surface of the liquid valve abuts against the inner wall of the spray barrel body. The liquid valve is a resilient element provided with an axially extending groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI NEST BIOTECHNOLOGY CO, LTD
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Feng Chen, Xiaojian Zhu
  • Patent number: 12310919
    Abstract: A storage case includes a base, a circuit board, and an ultraviolet lamp. A storage groove is defined in one side of the base. The storage groove is configured to accommodate the suction massager. A mounting cavity is formed in the base. A first opening is defined in a groove wall of the storage groove to communicate the storage groove with the mounting cavity. The circuit board is mounted in the mounting cavity. The ultraviolet lamp is electrically connected to the circuit board. The ultraviolet lamp is mounted at the first opening of the storage groove, so that the ultraviolet lamp emits ultraviolet rays towards the storage groove. When the ultraviolet rays shine on the suction massager, bacteria lose vitality and are unable to grow or reproduce, thereby ensuring the physical health of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KOVIDA MEDICAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Meilan Fan
  • Patent number: 12295898
    Abstract: A portable battery power operated chiropractic adjusting instrument, manipulator or thruster for applying a selectable adjustment energy impulse to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy impulse applied to the plunger being supplied by a solenoid. The adjusting instrument can have annunciators or indicators for preload, readiness to operate, level of energy impulse and the like. The power source can be an internal rechargeable battery or removable rechargeable battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ACTIVATOR METHODS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Arlan W. Fuhr
  • Patent number: 12296097
    Abstract: An example nasal airway tube includes a tubular body having a distal end and a proximal end. A surface at the distal end including an opening. The tubular body having an overall curvature with a radius of curvature defined relative to a longitudinal axis of the tube. An X-axis is defined by the longitudinal axis of the tube, and a Y-axis extends perpendicularly from the longitudinal axis and has a positive direction defined outwardly relative to the radius of curvature. At least a portion of the opening faces outwardly relative to the radius of curvature. A vector normal to a plane defined by the opening includes a positive Y-coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: David Adam Zopf, Allison Powell, Dian-Ru Li, Jeffrey Stephen Plott, Albert J. Shih