Patents Examined by Yasmeen S Warsi
  • Patent number: 10966786
    Abstract: A method for performing a medical procedure, includes coupling a tip of a probe to tissue in an organ of a patient in order to apply the medical procedure using the probe. A force exerted by the tip on the tissue and a displacement of the tip created by the force are measured. A dependence of the force on the displacement is calculated. Based on the calculated dependence, a risk level of perforation of the tissue is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Moshe Ludwin, Eitan Peri, Eyal Yechezkel Glottmann, Yevgeny Bonyak, Aharon Turgeman
  • Patent number: 10959666
    Abstract: An activity detector worn on or in the vicinity of the waist detects hip-joint actions of the user, by using a proximity sensor in the activity detector to sense the separation between the activity detector housing and a body target linked by the hip joint. For example, when the housing of an activity detector adjacent to the lower abdomen incorporates one or more sensing plates of a capacitive proximity sensor, flexion, extension, abduction, or adduction of the hip joint can be detected as the separation between the sensing plates and the lower abdomen changes. Besides the lower abdomen, alternative body targets include the thigh, buttocks, etc. Besides capacitive proximity sensors, alternative proximity sensors include active infrared proximity sensors, imaging sensors, etc. The activity detector can also incorporate an accelerometer to obtain additional movement and orientation data, which can be combined with the separation data to detect more complex activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ENBIOMEDIC
    Inventors: King-Wah Walter Yeung, Wei-Wei Vivian Yeung
  • Patent number: 10952614
    Abstract: A modulated physiological sensor is a noninvasive device responsive to a physiological reaction of a living being to an internal or external perturbation that propagates to a skin surface area. The modulated physiological sensor has a detector configured to generate a signal responsive to the physiological reaction. A modulator varies the coupling of the detector to the skin so as to at least intermittently maximize the detector signal. A monitor controls the modulator and receives an effectively amplified detector signal, which is processed to calculate a physiological parameter indicative of the physiological reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcelo Lamego, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung The Vo
  • Patent number: 10945671
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to determining cardiac physiological parameters. Specific embodiments concern an arrangement of apparatuses including a platform region configured and arranged with an area for the user to stand, a plurality of force sensors including sensor circuitry, and a processor circuitry. The force sensors provide a plurality of analog signals while the user is standing on the platform region. The processor circuitry is configured and arranged to determine cardiac physiological parameters of the user corresponding to a graphical representation of cardiac movements, by processing the analog signals, mitigating at least some effect on the analog signals attributable to postural sway of the user, and generating data indicative of the physiological parameters based on said processing of the analog signals and the mitigating of at least some of the effect on the analog signals attributable to postural sway of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Physiowave, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurent B. Giovangrandi
  • Patent number: 10939861
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for dried blood spot (DBS) sample collection are disclosed. A dried blood spot sampling device is configured to deliver blood through a passage to an absorbent disk in the device and control an amount of blood saturating the absorbent disk. The sampling device may include a manually actuatable component adjustable between a first position, in which an outlet of the passage is not in physical contact with the absorbent disk, and a second position, in which the outlet of the passage is in physical contact with the absorbent disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Simplexity Product Development Inc., Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Amira Al-Uzri, Dennis Koop, Lisa Bleyle, Andrew Chitty, Robert W. Beauchamp, Asa Weiss, Ethan Vella, Gerold Firl
  • Patent number: 10925532
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that is adapted to receive a blood sample is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device includes a housing, a puncturing element transitionable between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein at least a portion of the puncturing element extends through the housing, and a cartridge removably connectable to a portion of the housing. After collecting a blood sample, the cartridge is removable from the housing and the cartridge is able to transfer the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid collection device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 10925487
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing device includes a device frame, a flexible membrane, a pressure sensor, and device electronics. The device frame includes a base surface that rests on a supporting structure and a frame attachment region located opposite to the base surface such that the frame attachment region is raised from the supporting structure when the base surface is resting on the supporting structure. The device frame also includes a seating surface. The flexible membrane is attached to the frame attachment region such that the device frame and the flexible membrane enclose a pressure chamber. The seating surface extends outward around the flexible membrane and the flexible membrane protrudes above the seating surface. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a pressure signal. The device electronics are configured to determine the pressure in the pressure chamber based on the pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: THERAPY HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Moulton Thomas, Brian James Krieger, Elizabeth Ann Miracle, Grace Hina Lee
  • Patent number: 10912499
    Abstract: The present invention provides a detecting apparatus based on image for detecting blood glucose concentration and method thereof. The detecting apparatus comprising a lighting device, an image capture device, a thermal imager and an operating device. The lighting device including a first wavelength of light source and a second wavelength of light source, configured to illuminate skin. The image capture device disposed above the lighting device, configured to capture a first image and a second image corresponding to the first wavelength of light source and the second wavelength of light source illuminated on the skin respectively. The thermal imager is configured to detect temperature of the skin. The operating device is connected to the lighting device, the image capture device and the thermal imager, configured to calculate blood glucose concentration according to the first image, the second image and the temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi Tsai, Kuo-Cheng Huang, Ching-Ching Yang, Tzu-Ting Wei
  • Patent number: 10881349
    Abstract: A device for measuring a body temperature includes an earbud configured for insertion into at least a portion of an ear canal of a user to thereby create a substantially sealed ear canal. A temperature sensing element is fixed to the earbud at a location in which the temperature sensing element is thermally coupled to air in the sealed ear canal when the earbud is at least partially inserted into the ear canal. The temperature sensing element has a temperature-dependent electrical characteristic. The temperature sensing element is in electrical communication with a circuit that is configured to determine a temperature of the air in the sealed ear canal of the user in response to the temperature-dependent electrical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher R. Paetsch, John H. Wendell, Harsh A. Mankodi
  • Patent number: 10842436
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method of measuring biometric information by an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a position sensor unit configured to detect position information of the electronic device, a body fat measurement unit configured to detect body fat measurement information on an examinee, and a controller configured to determine a body part of the examinee corresponding to a position, at which the body fat measurement information is detected, by using the detected position information and the detected body fat measurement information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ah-Young Choi, Young-Hyun Kim, Seong-Wook Jo
  • Patent number: 10765347
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gait analysis device includes a measuring unit configured to measure a subject's motion; a determining unit configured to determine a walking start point in time at which the subject starts walking based on the subject's motion; a feature quantity calculator configured to, when the walking start point in time is determined, calculate a feature quantity of the subject's motion measured during a predetermined time period starting from the walking start point in time as a time period in which the subject's motion is not stabilized; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a subject's walking condition based on the feature quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Sawa Fuke, Takuji Suzuki, Kenta Cho
  • Patent number: 10750991
    Abstract: There is provided a system for measuring impedance at multiple locations within a body of a patient, comprising: an elongated probe sized and shaped for being disposed within a cavity of the body of the patient or in an extracorporeal position, at least one pair of parallel transmission wires disposed along a length of the elongated probe, a plurality of impedance elements, each connected to the at least one pair of parallel transmission wires at a respective spaced apart location along the length of the elongated probe in a ladder arrangement, a transmitter configured for injecting an electrical signal to the at least one pair of parallel transmission wires, a receiver configured for measuring a plurality of reflections of the electrical signal from the plurality of impedance elements, and a processor configured for computing an impedance value for each of the impedance elements according to the measured plurality of reflections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ART Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Liron Elia, Gavriel J. Iddan
  • Patent number: 10743812
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for measuring vibration of an implanted elongate vibrating body coupled to a bone of the middle ear. One system includes an elongate vibratory body having a first and second piezoelectric body separated by a central vane. The piezoelectric bodies and central vane can be individually electrically coupleable to an implantable electronic device. The electronic device can have a switch, driving circuitry and sensing circuitry within. In normal use, the driving circuitry is coupled through the switch to drive both piezoelectric bodies causing the vibratory body to vibrate. In diagnostic use, one piezoelectric body is driven while the other piezoelectric body is sensed to detect changes in vibration indicative of decoupling or undesirable impedance of the vibratory body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Envoy Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Glumac, Peter J. Schiller
  • Patent number: 10736614
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an intravascular memory metal puncture needle and the use thereof. The puncture needle comprises a split-shaped structure capable of opening and closing, as well as a metal spiral hollow tube including a plurality of spiral coils, wherein the split-shaped structure and the metal spiral tube are made of memory metal, and the split-shaped structure is composed of a plurality of tapered petals; when the temperature is T1, the pitch between two adjacent spiral coils in the metal spiral tube is decreased, each of tapered petals in the split-shaped structure is closed; when the temperature is T0, the pitch between two adjacent spiral coils in the metal spiral tube is increased, and each of tapered petals is opened. The puncture needle achieves synergistic effect by matching the metal spiral tube with the split-shaped structure, so that it not only move well in the blood vessels, but also accurately pierce the blood vessel wall, and achieve effective sampling for biopsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Hua Shang
  • Patent number: 10729500
    Abstract: A force exerted on a distal end of an elongate medical device can be determined. A graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device and a graphical representation of the force exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device can be computed. The graphical representation of the force can emanate from the graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device. A first dimension of the graphical representation of the force can be increased in response to a longitudinal force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device. A second dimension of the graphical representation of force can be increased in response to a lateral force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Quinn, Daniel R. Starks
  • Patent number: 10660564
    Abstract: A compliance monitoring system (40) for an intraoral appliance comprises a power source (460), a detector (410) for detecting when the intraoral appliance is positioned in the mouth for use, a recorder (430) configured to record measurement data, and a transponder (440) configured to communicate the measurement data. The monitoring system is adjustable based on a particular property of a patient or a group of patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: RESMED SAS
    Inventors: Ludovic Baratier, Fabrice Paublant, Denis Ropp, Yannick Favre, Ronald James Huby, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana
  • Patent number: 10638964
    Abstract: Various components of an interventional therapy assembly are disclosed. One such component is a pointer which may be configured to indicate the disposition of another portion or component of the assembly. A rotary indexing device which may be configured to control or facilitate rotation of other components is also disclosed. Further, various components of an elongate instrument having flexible segments and operative segments are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the elongate instrument may comprise a biopsy assembly and may be used in connection with other components of the disclosed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Ayad Agha, Nicholas Gerald Accisano
  • Patent number: 10638969
    Abstract: Pressure monitoring methods and systems for warning a patient or caregiver that soft tissue pressure has exceeded some predetermined level that over time would necessitate moving the patient to prevent or at least reduce a risk of soft tissue damage. The methods and systems entail the use of a pressure sensing unit adapted to be applied to or near a surface of the patient's body, and a sensor associated with the sensing unit to generate electrical outputs corresponding to soft tissue pressure sensed at the surface. The electrical outputs are wirelessly monitored over a preselected time period to generate a cumulative output signal based on the electrical outputs and corresponding to whether or not the soft tissue pressure has exceeded a predetermined pressure level during the preselected time period. An alarm is generated if the cumulative output signal exceeds a predetermined cumulative threshold until the soft tissue pressure drops below the predetermined pressure level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Walgreens Health Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Denis Burke Drennan
  • Patent number: 10631770
    Abstract: A lancet needle with an alignment and engagement notch, with material of the lancet body extending into the notch to more securely retain the needle to the lancet body, whereby a shorter needle can be utilized than with typical lancets. The notch optionally also provides a registration point for rotational and/or axial alignment of the needle during overmolding to form the lancet body, for example to maintain consistent positioning of the needle's beveled point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FACET TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin J. Seifert
  • Patent number: 10624977
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a fluid reservoir, a sterilization member, and a transfer adapter. The sterilization member operably couples to the fluid reservoir. The sterilization member is configured to be transitioned between a first configuration, in which the sterilization member obstructs an inlet surface of the fluid reservoir and maintains the inlet surface in a substantially sterile environment, and a second configuration, in which the inlet surface is unobstructed. The transfer adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a portion of a patient. The transfer adapter is configured to move relative to the sterilization member from a first position to a second position such that a surface of the transfer adapter contacts the sterilization member to transition the sterilization member to the second configuration. The fluid reservoir is placed in fluid communication with the transfer adapter when the transfer adapter is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bullington, Shan E Gaw, Jay M. Miazga, Skooks Pong, Shannon E. Eubanks