Patents by Inventor Adam J. BLACK

Adam J. BLACK has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DYNAMIC COMPRESSION GARMENT TO MEASURE SIGNALS FROM A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20220225919
    Abstract: A wearable garment and an arrangement of electrodes configured to measure bioelectrical signals from a patient. The dry electrodes are free from adhesives to hold the electrodes in place on the patient's skin. The arrangement of the electrodes may be configured to limit noise and facilitate accurate signal sensing from the patient even with some amount of relative movement between the electrodes and the patient's skin. The wearable garment may be controllable to change the amount of compression based on the sensed signals from the electrodes, and from other sensors. The garment may maintain a comfortable level of compression until processing circuitry detects a signal of interest, such as a cardiac arrhythmia, irregular respiration, or some other signal. The processing circuitry may cause the wearable garment to increase compression to improve the contact between the electrodes and the patient's skin and improve reception of the measured signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Mark L. Brown, Paul J. DeGroot, Adam J. Black, Arthur K. Lai
  • Pulmonary-systemic shunt devices and related methods
    Patent number: 10675395
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient may include establishing an anastomosis between a pulmonary artery and an aorta; and pumping blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta when the pulmonary artery has a pressure lower than or equal to a pressure of the aorta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Umang Anand, Adam J. Black, Ahmed Selim, Steven D. Reinitz, Bradley F. Slaker, Andrew D. Bicek, Paul F. Chouinard
  • PULMONARY-SYSTEMIC SHUNT DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20170367820
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient may include establishing an anastomosis between a pulmonary artery and an aorta; and pumping blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta when the pulmonary artery has a pressure lower than or equal to a pressure of the aorta.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Umang Anand, Adam J. BLACK, Ahmed SELIM, Steven D. REINITZ, Bradley F. SLAKER, Andrew D. BICEK, Paul F. CHOUINARD