Patents by Inventor Albert Kim
Albert Kim 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).
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Publication number: 20200196934Abstract: A postural sway analysis system is disclosed. The system includes a camera worn by an individual, a processing unit coupled to the camera, a floor marker placed on a floor near the shoes or feet of the individual. The camera is configured to acquire images of the floor marker, which has a known size or diameter, while the individual is standing. The processing unit is configured to capture an initial calibration image of the floor marker using the camera while an individual is standing still to determine the distance between the camera and the floor marker. The processing unit is further configured to capture subsequent time-varying images of the floor marker while the individual is standing (and swaying). Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to compare the calibration images to the subsequent time-varying images to determine a postural sway of the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Babak Ziaie, Shirley Rietdyk, Albert Kim, Junyoung E Kim
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Patent number: 10625068Abstract: A breakaway connector generally includes a first valve having a first rotating-type fluid control member, and a second valve that is attachable to the first valve and has a second rotating-type fluid control member. Each of the fluid control members has an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow through the respective valve, and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the respective valve. Each one of the valves is configured to engage the fluid control member of the other one of the valves to move the fluid control member from the open position to the closed position upon detachment of the valves from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Washington UniversityInventors: Eric Leuthardt, Guy Genin, Eric Arias, James Norlin, Brittany Scheid, Chandu Vemuri, Ralph Dacey, Colin Derdeyn, Gregory Zipfel, Albert Kim, Philip Bayly, Srikanth Singamaneni, Lihong Wang
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Publication number: 20200029841Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methods generally aimed at surgery. More particularly, the present invention is directed at a system and related methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments involving the use of neurophysiology.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: James E. Gharib, Allen Farquhar, Doug Layman, Thomas Scholl, Albert Kim, Albert Pothier, Patrick Miles, Josef Gorek, Mark Peterson
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Patent number: 10517502Abstract: A pedicle access system including a cannula, a stylet, and a removable T-handle. The pedicle access system may be used to percutaneously approach the pedicle, initiate pilot hole formation, and conduct a stimulation signal to the target site for the purposes of performing a pedicle integrity assessment during the pilot hole formation. To do this, the cannula and stylet are locked in combination and inserted through an operating corridor to the pedicle target site, using the T-handle to facilitate easy movement and positioning of the cannula/stylet combination. A stimulation signal may be applied during pilot hole formation to conduct the pedicle integrity assessment. In a significant aspect, the T-handle may be detached from the cannula/stylet combination to facilitate the use of various surgical tools as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Albert Kim, Eric Finley, Albert Pothier, Scot Martinelli, Jared Arambula
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Patent number: 10472424Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic dosing regimens utilizing a dose reduction strategy for treating disorders characterized by marked elevations of low density protein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the plasma of a patient. The subject therapeutic dosing regimens involve delivering as a single administration or plurality of administrations of an anti-proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antagonist antibody as an initial dose of at least about 100 mg, and delivering as a single administration or plurality of administrations at a subsequent dose in an amount that is about the same as the initial dose, or at least half the initial dose after the patient has a LDL-C level at or below about 25, 20, 15 or 10 mg/dL, preferably at or below 10 mg/dL.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Anne Barbara Cropp, Albert Kim, David Raymond Plowchalk, Kevin Richard Sweeney, Ellen Qiao Wang
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Publication number: 20190307782Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of treating a neurodegenerative disorder, the method comprising administering a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Washington UniversityInventors: Hiroko Yano, Albert Kim
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Publication number: 20180243546Abstract: A breakaway connector generally includes a first valve having a first rotating-type fluid control member, and a second valve that is attachable to the first valve and has a second rotating-type fluid control member. Each of the fluid control members has an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow through the respective valve, and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the respective valve. Each one of the valves is configured to engage the fluid control member of the other one of the valves to move the fluid control member from the open position to the closed position upon detachment of the valves from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Eric Leuthardt, Guy Genin, Eric Arias, James Norlin, Brittany Scheid, Chandu Vemuri, Ralph Dacey, Colin Derdeyn, Gregory Zipfel, Albert Kim, Philip Bayly, Srikanth Singamaneni, Lihong Wang
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Publication number: 20180064370Abstract: A method for acquiring gait parameters of an individual is disclosed. The method includes capturing calibration images from foot marker placed on feet or shoes of an individual while an individual is standing still, the calibration images are obtained from a camera worn by the individual, capturing subsequent time-varying images from the foot markers while the individual is walking, and comparing the calibration images to the subsequent time-varying images by a processing unit that is coupled to the camera to determine changes between the initial relative image size of the foot markers and the time-varying images of the foot markers as a function of time to analyze gait of the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Babak Ziaie, Albert Kim, Junyoung Kim, Shirley Rietdyk
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Patent number: 9896813Abstract: A method of preventing soil erosion in, among areas, seaside locations, includes drilling holes in the ground and filling the holes with a mixture of the soil and gelatin, and then curing the mixture in situ to form a barrier against soil erosion.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Inventors: Nicholas Ford, Gavin Garland, Randy Garland, Albert Kim, Ian Lindberg, John Lindberg, Michael Mirabito, Michael Nogaj, Thomas Rafferty, Rahul Rangarajan, Michael Shepherd
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Publication number: 20180035906Abstract: A pedicle access system including a cannula, a stylet, and a removable T-handle. The pedicle access system may be used to percutaneously approach the pedicle, initiate pilot hole formation, and conduct a stimulation signal to the target site for the purposes of performing a pedicle integrity assessment during the pilot hole formation. To do this, the cannula and stylet are locked in combination and inserted through an operating corridor to the pedicle target site, using the T-handle to facilitate easy movement and positioning of the cannula/stylet combination. A stimulation signal may be applied during pilot hole formation to conduct the pedicle integrity assessment. In a significant aspect, the T-handle may be detached from the cannula/stylet combination to facilitate the use of various surgical tools as necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Thomas Scholl, Albert Kim, Eric Finley, Albert Pothier, Scot Martinelli, Jared Arambula
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Patent number: 9801568Abstract: A method for acquiring gait parameters of an individual is disclosed. The method includes capturing calibration images from foot marker placed on feet or shoes of an individual while an individual is standing still, the calibration images are obtained from a camera worn by the individual, capturing subsequent time-varying images from the foot markers while the individual is walking, and comparing the calibration images to the subsequent time-varying images by a processing unit that is coupled to the camera to determine changes between the initial relative image size of the foot markers and the time-varying images of the foot markers as a function of time to analyze gait of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Babak Ziaie, Albert Kim, Junyoung Kim, Shirley Rietdyk
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Publication number: 20170306051Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic dosing regimens utilizing a dose reduction strategy for treating disorders characterized by marked elevations of low density protein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the plasma of a patient. The subject therapeutic dosing regimens involve delivering as a single administration or plurality of administrations of an anti-proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) antagonist antibody as an initial dose of at least about 100 mg, and delivering as a single administration or plurality of administrations at a subsequent dose in an amount that is about the same as the initial dose, or at least half the initial dose after the patient has a LDL-C level at or below about 25, 20, 15 or 10 mg/dL, preferably at or below 10 mg/dL.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: PFIZER INC.Inventors: Anne Barbara CROPP, Albert KIM, David Raymond PLOWCHALK, Kevin Richard SWEENEY, Ellen Qiao WANG
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Publication number: 20170061370Abstract: An electronic interactive airline-shipped-cargo handling and management system and method therefor comprising a least one IATA airline-cargo-information data extraction engine, at least one data base, at least one user portal for access by at least one stakeholder to manage, track, or reconcile an airline-cargo shipment, at least one mobile warehouse portal, at least one airline-shipped-cargo handling server having at least one messaging engine, at least one mobile warehouse management system and a network connecting all of the foregoing for the access and management of airline-cargo-information data extracted from at least one airline's IATA messages by said IATA airline-cargo-information data extraction engine, and the transmission of said extracted airline-cargo-information data to and from said at least one user portal and said at least one mobile warehouse portal respectively, in real time, while the shipped airline-cargo is being processed through a cargo handling logistics' chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: TOM CHOI, LI ZHAO, VIDA LEE SHAVER, MICHAEL SERZO, ALBERT KIM, CECILIA LIM, SAN M. CHU, DONG HYUN KIM, SUNG SUB MOON
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Publication number: 20170051463Abstract: A method of preventing soil erosion in, among areas, seaside locations, includes drilling holes in the ground and filling the holes with a mixture of the soil and gelatin, and then curing the mixture in situ to form a barrier against soil erosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Nicholas Ford, Gavin Garland, Randy Garland, Albert Kim, Ian Lindberg, John Lindberg, Michael Mirabito, Michael Nogaj, Thomas Rafferty, Rahul Rangarajan, Michael Shepherd
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Publication number: 20160374576Abstract: An implantable pressure sensor arrangement is disclosed. The sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor, a cable having a plurality of conductors coupled to the pressure sensor, a flexible balloon partially fitted around the subassembly, thereby encasing the pressure sensor while each end of the cable is extending away from the balloon, the flexible balloon is then filled with an incompressible fluid, thereby allowing pressure changes outside of the balloon to be sensed by the pressure sensor inside of the balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Babak Ziaie, Albert Kim
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Patent number: 9510771Abstract: The present application includes a position tracking system for tracking the location of surgical objects within the surgical field, a neuromonitoring system for detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures during a surgical procedure, and a processing system communicatively linked to both the position tracking system and the neuromonitoring system.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.Inventors: Eric Finley, Albert Kim, Thomas Scholl, Jeffrey Barnes, Bryce Nesbitt
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Patent number: D886000Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Craig Metros, George Bucher, James Grake, Andrew Bazinski, Albert Kim
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Patent number: D887336Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Craig Metros, George Bucher, James Grake, Albert Kim, Adam Riccobelli
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Patent number: D887911Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Craig Metros, George Bucher, James Grake, Andrew Bazinski, Albert Kim
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Patent number: D890041Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Craig Metros, George Bucher, James Grake, Andrew Bazinski, Albert Kim