Patents by Inventor Ann Huang

Ann Huang 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).

  • Publication number: 20090062726
    Abstract: An implant assembly comprises an elongated pusher member, and an implantable device (e.g., a vaso-occlusive device) mounted to the distal end of the pusher member. The implant assembly further comprises an electrolytically severable joint disposed on the pusher member, wherein the implantable device detaches from the pusher member when the severable joint is severed, and a return electrode carried by the distal end of the pusher member (e.g., a coil disposed about the pusher member) in proximity to, but electrically isolated from, the severable joint. The implant assembly further comprises a terminal carried by the proximal end of the pusher member in electrical communication with the severable joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Bsoton Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Ford, Scott McGill, Clifford Teoh, Michael Williams, Kamal Ramzipoor, Like Que, Ann Huang, Elena Oo, Christina Ma, Stella Chu
  • Publication number: 20080306503
    Abstract: A device for delivering an occlusive element such as a vaso-occlusive coil includes an elongate sheath. An elongate releasing member having a distal tip or end is moveable within a lumen of the elongate sheath. A filament is provided having first and second ends with each end being fixed relative to the elongate sheath to form a loop segment. The loop segment of the filament is passed through a securing member located on the proximal end of the occlusive element. The distal tip of the elongate releasing member is inserted into the portion of the loop segment that passes through the securing member to lock the occlusive element relative to the elongate sheath. The occlusive element is released by pulling the elongate releasing member proximally to retract the distal tip from the loop segment of the filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Like Que, Esther Chang, Ann Huang, Thazin Win
  • Publication number: 20080306504
    Abstract: A device for delivering an occlusive element includes an elongate pusher member having a lumen. A locking member is disposed within the lumen of the elongate pusher member. A moveable elongate releasing member is disposed within the lumen of the elongate pusher member. A filament is secured to the distal end of the elongate releasing member. The occlusive member is locked to the elongate releasing member when the filament passes through a securing member on the occlusive member and is pinched or wedged between the locking member and the elongate releasing member. The occlusive element is in an unlocked state when the elongate releasing member is retracted proximally relative to the elongate pusher member. The filament, along with the elongate releasing member, are retracted proximally until the filament is detached or uncoupled from the securing member of the occlusive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Thazin Win, Like Que, Esther Chang, Ann Huang
  • Publication number: 20080300616
    Abstract: A device for delivering an occlusive element includes an elongate pusher member having a lumen extending between distal and proximal ends. An elongate releasing member is slideably disposed within the lumen of the elongate pusher member. A retaining member is disposed on the distal end of the elongate pusher member and includes a finger portion having an aperture sized to receive the distal end of the elongate releasing member. An occlusive element such as a coil is provided and includes a securing member positioned at a proximal end thereof. The securing member is releasably secured to the finger portion of the retaining member. The securing member is secured to the finger portion when the elongate releasing member is disposed in the aperture of the finger portion and unsecured when the elongate releasing member is retracted proximally from the aperture of the finger portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Like Que, Esther Chang, Ann Huang, Thazin Win
  • Publication number: 20080119887
    Abstract: A device for delivering an occlusive element includes an elongate sheath. A distal blocking member is located at the distal end of the elongate sheath and includes an aperture therein. An elongate releasing member is disposed within a lumen of the elongate sheath. The elongate releasing member includes a proximal end and a distal end with the distal end terminating in at least one retaining member. The device includes an occlusive element such as, for example, a vaso-occlusive coil that has a securing member located at a proximal end thereof. The securing member of the occlusive element passes through the aperture of the distal blocking member and the at least one retaining member is releasably secured to the securing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Like Que, Ann Huang, Esther Change, Thazin Win, Stella Chu
  • Publication number: 20070112375
    Abstract: Vaso-occlusive devices are provided for occluding an aneurysm within the human vasculature. The vaso-occlusive device also includes a stretch-resisting member that extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the primary coil and is directly or indirectly attached to the primary coil at two locations axially separated from each other to prevent or minimize axial stretching of the primary coil. At one location, the stretch-resisting member is coupled to the primary coil via a flexible anchor assembly disposed within the lumen. In one embodiment, the anchor assembly may comprise an anchor coil and a link directly or indirectly coupled between the anchor coil and the stretch-resisting member. Alternatively, the anchor assembly may comprise a chain of twisted links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Nestor Aganon, Ann Huang, Maria Pizarro, John Minck
  • Patent number: 7166122
    Abstract: Vaso-occlusive devices are provided for occluding an aneurysm within the human vasculature. The vaso-occlusive device also includes a stretch-resisting member that extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the primary coil and is directly or indirectly attached to the primary coil at two locations axially separated from each other to prevent or minimize axial stretching of the primary coil. At one location, the stretch-resisting member is coupled to the primary coil via a flexible anchor assembly disposed within the lumen. In one embodiment, the anchor assembly may comprise an anchor coil and a link directly or indirectly coupled between the anchor coil and the stretch-resisting member. Alternatively, the anchor assembly may comprise a chain of twisted links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Nestor Aganon, Ann Huang, Maria Pizarro, John L. Minck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6913448
    Abstract: A load-regulating device for scroll type compressors comprising a compressor housing, a bracket body, a partition block, a gliding block, a pair of scrolls and a plurality of air chambers, wherein the gliding block being coupled with the pair of scrolls for defining a plurality of air chambers on the scrolls, the pressure variation in the air chambers is then utilized for causing the motion of the gliding block, enabling the compressor to cause the gliding block by means of the pressure variation to motion upwardly as the compressor is actuated, and preventing the fluid in the high-pressure chamber from leaking towards the low-pressure chamber, thus allowing the compressors to quickly build up the pressure; the gliding block is caused by the pressure variation to motion downwardly at times when the compression ratio is excessively high, so as to relieve part of the load, thus improving the performance and reliability of the compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kun-I Liang, Yu-Choung Chang, Ching-Feng Lai, Ann- Huang
  • Publication number: 20040166008
    Abstract: A baffle plate assembly has a baffle plate comprising a back plate and a partition wall. The back plate has an inner space and is attached to the housing of the compressor. The partition wall is formed on the back plate to divide the inner space of the back plate into at least one upper guiding channel communicating with the compressing chamber in the compressor and at least one lower guiding channel communicating with the motor chamber of the compressor. Accordingly, the working fluid can be respectively led into the compressing chamber and the motor chamber of the compressor through the at least one upper guiding channel and the at least one lower guiding channel in a certain proportion. Consequently, the compressor will operate at an optimal condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Yu-Choung Chang, Kun-I Liang, Ann Huang
  • Publication number: 20040126258
    Abstract: A baffle plate assembly has a baffle plate comprising a back plate and a partition wall. The back plate has an inner space and is attached to the housing of the compressor. The partition wall is formed on the back plate to divide the inner space of the back plate into at least one upper guiding channel communicating with the compressing chamber in the compressor and at least one lower guiding channel communicating with the motor chamber of the compressor. Accordingly, the working fluid can be respectively led into the compressing chamber and the motor chamber of the compressor through the at least one upper guiding channel and the at least one lower guiding channel in a certain proportion. Consequently, the compressor will operate at an optimal condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Yu-Choung Chang, Kun-I Liang, Ann Huang
  • Publication number: 20040126246
    Abstract: A load-regulating device for scroll type compressors comprising a compressor housing, a bracket body, a partition block, a gliding block, a pair of scrolls and a plurality of air chambers, wherein the gliding block being coupled with the pair of scrolls for defining a plurality of air chambers on the scrolls, the pressure variation in the air chambers is then utilized for causing the motion of the gliding block, enabling the compressor to cause the gliding block by means of the pressure variation to motion upwardly as the compressor is actuated, and preventing the fluid in the high-pressure chamber from leaking towards the low-pressure chamber, thus allowing the compressors to quickly build up the pressure; the gliding block is caused by the pressure variation to motion downwardly at times when the compression ratio is excessively high, so as to relieve part of the load, thus improving the performance and reliability of the compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kun-I Liang, Yu-Choung Chang, Ching-Feng Lai, Ann-Huang
  • Patent number: 6750580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor permanent magnet positioning and retaining device comprising a sleeve, a rotor iron core properly provided therein, a plurality of arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternation poles disposed between the sleeve and the rotor, a plurality of near triangle-shaped regions between two adjacent permanent magnets being formed by cutting off the outer perimeter corners of two adjacent permanent magnets, wherein said rotor iron core further comprises a plurality of circumferentially provided grooves for separating two arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternating poles and a plurality of dividers, each being provided between two arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternating poles; said divider, between the rotor iron core and the sleeve, further comprises a base being engaged with a groove so that the dividers are secured to the rotor iron core, a trunk capable of filling the gap between two adjacent permanent magnets to prevent said permanent magnets from moving in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Chun-Chung Yang, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Yu-Choung Chang, Kun-I Liang, Ann-Huang Dummy
  • Publication number: 20040002732
    Abstract: Vaso-occlusive devices are provided for occluding an aneurysm within the human vasculature. The vaso-occlusive device also includes a stretch-resisting member that extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the primary coil and is directly or indirectly attached to the primary coil at two locations axially separated from each other to prevent or minimize axial stretching of the primary coil. At one location, the stretch-resisting member is coupled to the primary coil via a flexible anchor assembly disposed within the lumen. The anchor assembly may comprise an anchor coil and a link or, alternatively, a chain of twisted links. In another embodiment, the anchor coil is incorporated into the primary coil by disposing the anchor coil windings between the windings of the primary coil. The vaso-occlusive assembly contains multiple detachment points at which the stretch-resistant coil(s) can be separated from the delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Clifford Teoh, Nestor Aganon, Ann Huang
  • Publication number: 20040002731
    Abstract: Vaso-occlusive devices are provided for occluding an aneurysm within the human vasculature. The vaso-occlusive device also includes a stretch-resisting member that extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the primary coil and is directly or indirectly attached to the primary coil at two locations axially separated from each other to prevent or minimize axial stretching of the primary coil. At one location, the stretch-resisting member is coupled to the primary coil via a flexible anchor assembly disposed within the lumen. In one embodiment, the anchor assembly may comprise an anchor coil and a link directly or indirectly coupled between the anchor coil and the stretch-resisting member. Alternatively, the anchor assembly may comprise a chain of twisted links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Nestor Aganon, Ann Huang, Maria Pizarro, John L. Minck
  • Patent number: 6512317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor comprising a rotary iron core formed by stacking a plurality of round steel plates, and a plurality of arc-shaped permanent magnets, wherein said individual arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternation poles are provided in the corresponding openings. In particular, the present invention discloses round-cornered permanent magnets by providing round instead of sharp comers at outer perimeter of two adjacent permanent magnets so as to form triangle-shaped regions. Moreover, to prevent said open areas from being filled up, portions of steel plates or holes through steel plates opposite said open areas are removed or created, respectively, so that magnetic flux leakage is minimized and motor performance is elevated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Yu-Choung Chang, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Chun-Chung Yang, Kun-I Liang, Ann Huang
  • Publication number: 20020079768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor comprising a rotary iron core formed by stacking a plurality of round steel plates, and a plurality of arc-shaped permanent magnets, wherein said individual arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternation poles are provided in the corresponding openings. In particular, the present invention discloses round-cornered permanent magnets by providing round instead of sharp corners at outer perimeter of two adjacent permanent magnets so as to form triangle-shaped regions. Moreover, to prevent said open areas from being filled up, portions of steel plates or holes through steel plates opposite said open areas are removed or created, respectively, so that magnetic flux leakage is minimized and motor performance is elevated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Yu-Choung Chang, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Chun-Chung Yang, Kun-I Liang, Ann-Huang
  • Publication number: 20020079770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanent magnet rotor permanent magnet positioning and retaining device comprising a sleeve, a rotor iron core properly provided therein, a plurality of arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternation poles disposed between the sleeve and the rotor, a plurality of near triangle-shaped regions between two adjacent permanent magnets being formed by cutting off the outer perimeter corners of two adjacent permanent magnets, wherein said rotor iron core further comprises a plurality of circumferentially provided grooves for separating two arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternating poles and a plurality of dividers, each being provided between two arc-shaped permanent magnets of alternating poles; said divider, between the rotor iron core and the sleeve, further comprises a base being engaged with a groove so that the dividers are secured to the rotor iron core, a trunk capable of filling the gap between two adjacent permanent magnets to prevent said permanent magnets from moving in
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Lai, Chun-Chung Yang, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Yu-Choung Chang, Kun-I Liang, Ann-Huang
  • Patent number: 6179588
    Abstract: A check valve device for a scroll machine is used to automatically maintain a unique flow direction of the working media. The check device is mounted on the neck of the non-orbiting scroll member of the scroll machine, in which the neck has an axle hole for defining a first passage for flowing the working media. The check valve includes a housing and a valve member. The housing has a through second passage, and couple with the neck in such a manner that a through passage is formed for connecting the first passage of the neck and the second passage of the housing. The valve member is located inside the second passage of the housing, and is formed as a plate with a pivot means to rotate along. While the scroll machine is in stop operation, the valve member is at a close position that the valve member can substantially block the flow of the working media inside the second passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kun-I Liang, Ching-Feng Lai, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Ann Huang, Yu-Choung Chang, Chun-Chung Yang, Ching-Eeng Tsai
  • Patent number: 6048184
    Abstract: A back-pressure sealing system for a revolving compressor, comprising: a stator with an outlet on the upper side and a neck, surrounding the outlet; a separating part above the stator, separating a low-pressure zone around the stator from a high-pressure zone above the outlet and having a central opening around the neck; a connecting system between the upper and lower sides of the separating part; a first sealing device for sealing the neck of the stator against the central opening of the separating part; and a second sealing device for sealing the connecting system; wherein the back-pressure from the high-pressure zone is used to tighten the first and second sealing devices for a good sealing effect and thus good effectiveness of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Choung Chang, Tse-Liang Hsiao, Su Tao, Kun-I Liang, Chun-Chung Yang, Ann Huang, Ching-Feng Lai
  • Patent number: D409219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Inventor: Ann Huang