Patents by Inventor Benjamin A. Phillips

Benjamin A. Phillips 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: 20240131337
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for computer-assisted goal setting and tracking with respect to neuromodulation device treatment. A digital health system includes a user-interface device to receive a user input about a personalized objective of neuromodulation treatment or an intended manner of using the neuromodulation device by the patient. The user input can be in forms of text, voice, or other unstructured or unclassified data formats. A controller circuit can process the user input using analytical methods including natural language processing to generate a personalized treatment and device usage goal, and track the progress toward the personalized treatment and device usage goal using patient state information. The tracked progress may be presented to the patient, or be used to initiate or adjust a neuromodulation therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Amarpreet Singh Bains, Benjamin Phillip Hahn
  • Publication number: 20240127927
    Abstract: A medical system may include a patient system configured for use to determine health-related information for a patient, and deliver a neuromodulation therapy. The patient system may include a patient device having a user interface, storage for storing patient assistance data for each of a plurality of issues that may adversely affect patient satisfaction with the patient system, and a satisfaction monitor configured to determine, from the health-related information, that at least one of the plurality of issues may be adversely affecting the patient satisfaction, and send the patient assistance data, that corresponds to the at least one of the plurality of issues, to the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Nina Pehler, Diana-Lyn Catherine DeCarlo, Amarpreet Singh Bains, Benjamin Phillip Hahn
  • Publication number: 20240102344
    Abstract: A transmitter is powered by a regulated battery voltage and is installable in one of a plurality of different housings, each housing is characterized by a different design and each can form part of an inground tool for performing an inground operation in which a drill string extends from a drill rig to the inground tool. An antenna driver drives an antenna based on the regulated voltage to emanate an electromagnetic signal for remote reception. A controller limits power consumption from the regulated voltage so as not to exceed a power consumption threshold, irrespective of installation of the transmitter in any one of the housings when the transmitter would otherwise exhibit a different power consumption for each housing design. A corresponding method is described. Features relating to power consumption threshold modification based on temperature as well as mechanical shock and vibration are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Albert W. Chau, Scott Phillips, Benjamin J. Medeiros
  • Publication number: 20240057894
    Abstract: This document discusses systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and managing patients with chronic pain. A patient monitoring system comprises a sensor circuit to sense a physiological or functional signal indicative of or correlated to patient mobility, an electrostimulator to generate and deliver neuromodulation therapy to the patient, and a controller circuit to generate a mobility metric using the sensed physiological or functional signal. The mobility metric represents respective times spent in different activity intensity levels associated with one or more types of activities during a specific time period. The controller circuit can trend the mobility metric over time and determine a progress toward a personalized mobility goal of the patient, and control the electrostimulator to initiate or adjust the neuromodulation therapy in accordance with the trended mobility metric or the determined progress toward the mobility goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Bradley Lawrence Hershey, Dat Thanh Huynh, Amarpreet Singh Bains, Matthew Lee McDonald, Benjamin Phillip Hahn, Kristen Marie Lechleiter
  • Publication number: 20230190548
    Abstract: A wheelchair including a steering assembly configured to selectively attach to the wheelchair, the steering assembly including a steering member, a front wheel operably connected to the steering member, a frame assembly configured to carry the steering member and the front wheel, and a mounting assembly coupled to the frame assembly, and a drive assembly coupled to the wheelchair. The drive assembly is configured to operate in a first configuration in response to the steering assembly being detached from the wheelchair, and the drive assembly is configured to operate in a second configuration in response to the steering assembly being attached to the wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: William Alexander Emfinger, Benjamin William Gasser, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens
  • Publication number: 20230190547
    Abstract: An alignment system for a wheelchair based steering column includes a fork assembly configured to carry a front wheel, a bearing coupled to the fork assembly, a tube member that receives the bearing and a portion of the fork assembly, a cam defining sloped cam surface leading to a recess, the cam positioned in the tube member, a biasing member configured to apply a restoring force onto the cam, the biasing member positioned in the tube member, and a steering device coupled to the fork assembly. In response to applying a rotational force to the steering device, the fork assembly rotates, responsively rotating the front wheel and sliding the bearing along the cam surface away from the recess, the cam responsively linearly translates relative to the fork assembly overcoming the restoring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: William Alexander Emfinger, Benjamin William Gasser, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens
  • Publication number: 20230190546
    Abstract: A steering system for a wheelchair includes a steering device configured to be engaged by a user, a front wheel operably connected to the steering device, and a frame assembly configured to carry the steering device and the front wheel. The frame assembly is configured to removably engage a mounting member of the wheelchair. A mounting assembly can be coupled to the frame assembly. The mounting assembly is configured to selectively couple to the mounting member of the wheelchair and selectively electrically connect to a motorized drive assembly coupled to the wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: William Alexander Emfinger, Benjamin William Gasser, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens
  • Publication number: 20230181109
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to evaluate a neurostimulation treatment provided from a neurostimulation device, based on freeform text analysis. In an example, a system or device to evaluate a neurostimulation treatment provided from a neurostimulation device is configured to perform operations that: obtain text content, originating from text or voice input of a human patient, which relates to a state of a human patient; identify a state of the human patient from natural language processing of the text content; obtain device data from the neurostimulation device; identify a state of the neurostimulation treatment of the human patient from the device data; associate the identified state of the human patient to the identified state of the neurostimulation treatment; and initiate an action for the neurostimulation treatment, based on the identified state of the human patient that is associated with the identified state of the neurostimulation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Benjamin Phillip Hahn, Amarpreet Singh Bains
  • Publication number: 20230123473
    Abstract: This document discusses a computer-implemented method of machine recognition of a physiological condition of a subject. The computer-implemented method comprises obtaining a video stream of the subject using a video data source; identifying, using processing circuitry, one or more areas within image frames of the video stream that contain a physiological feature of the subject; analyzing video data of the identified one or more areas in the image frames using the processing circuitry to detect change of the physiological feature between a first frame of video data and a later frame of video data; determining one or more change parameters of the physiological feature from the video data; and generating an indication of a symptom of Parkinson's Disease according to a detection criterion applied to the one or more change parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Benjamin Phillip Hahn, Jonathan Bennett Shute, Amarpreet Singh Bains
  • Publication number: 20230097509
    Abstract: A system may include at least one data collection platform and an event detector configured to detect an event. The at least one data collection platform may be configured for use to collect healthcare-related data at a defined data resolution for transfer to a data receiving system that may include one or more processors, at least one data input for receiving healthcare-related data, and memory for storing instructions for implementation by the one or more processors to collect healthcare-related data via the at least one data input. The at least one data collection platform may be configured to change the data resolution for collecting healthcare-related data in response to the detected event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Bradley Lawrence Hershey, Benjamin Phillip Hahn
  • Patent number: 11497914
    Abstract: A control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a sealed electronics housing; an electronic subassembly disposed within the electronics housing; one or more connector assemblies coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a rechargeable battery disposed external to the electronics housing. The one or more connector assemblies are configured to receive a lead. The rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a single battery case attached directly to the sealed electronics housing and forming a sealed cavity that encapsulates both the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery case is electrically isolated from each of the positive electrode and the battery electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Phillip Hahn, David M. Dorman
  • Publication number: 20220134119
    Abstract: This document discusses systems, devices, and methods for computer-assisted pain or paresthesia assessment and pain management in a subject. A system includes a programming aid device including a user interface, a transceiver circuit to receive information about pain management for the patient from one or more of a software-based virtual agent (SVA) or a human assistant other than the patient, and a controller circuit to initiate and manage information exchange session between the patient and one or more of the SVA or the human assistant, via the user interface, regarding pain or paresthesia sensation and pain management. Based on the information exchange, the controller determines a stimulation setting, and generate a therapy control signal to the neuromodulation device to initiate delivery of neuromodulation energy according to the determined stimulation setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Lee McDonald, Benjamin Phillip Hahn, Kyle Harish Srivastava, Amarpreet Singh Bains
  • Publication number: 20210315840
    Abstract: This invention relates to high concentration solid oral dosage forms of a ketamine metabolite selected from 2R,6R-hydroxynorketamine, 2S,6S-hydroxynorketamine, R-5,6-dehydronorketamine and S-5,6-dehydronorketamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SMALL PHARMA LTD
    Inventors: Trevor ROBBINS, Benjamin PHILLIPS, David PEARSON, Lorraine SHARP, Richard MYERSON, Peter RANDS, Marie LAYZELL, Zelab JOEL, Tiffanie BENWAY, Ellen JAMES
  • Patent number: 11105817
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and markers for diagnosing cardiovascular disease and/or neurodegenearative diseases in a subject. The methods include obtaining a biological sample from a subject in need of diagnosis and detecting the amount of a citrullinated protein or a citrullinated peptide in the biological sample obtained from said subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Jennifer Van Eyk, Justyna Fert-Bober, Erin Crowgey, Ronald Holewinski, Benjamin Phillip Berman
  • Patent number: 10926834
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for a providing an assistive driving force to a wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Max Mobility, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Richter, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens, William Alexander Emfinger, Liyun Guo
  • Patent number: 10540873
    Abstract: Examples are directed towards providing a set of hub devices for providing per-room monitoring of an area associated with a structure. A set of hub devices monitors movements of a user through the monitored area to generate user traffic data. A dynamic map of the monitored area is generated based on the user traffic data. The set of hub devices detects sounds occurring within the monitored area. The detected sounds are identified. Some of the detected sounds are amplified and replayed on speaker(s) within the monitored area. Notifications of some detected sounds are provided to user device(s) to notify at least one user of the occurrence of the detected sounds. If a detected sound indicates a safety issue, a safe route leading from a current location of the user to a different potentially safer location is generated and provided to the user to facilitate an evacuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Benjamin Phillips
  • Patent number: 10521101
    Abstract: A computing device is described which has a sensor operable to receive user input associated with a display area. The computing device has a renderer operable to render a content item to the display area, the content item having a length and width. The computing device has a processor operable to detect when the user input comprises a scroll mode action and to trigger, in response to the scroll mode action, a scroll mode in which a dimension of the display area is mapped to the length or the width of the content. The scroll mode action comprises a swipe from an edge of the display area in a direction towards the center of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Benjamin Phillips
  • Publication number: 20190217102
    Abstract: A control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a sealed electronics housing; an electronic subassembly disposed within the electronics housing; one or more connector assemblies coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a rechargeable battery disposed external to the electronics housing. The one or more connector assemblies are configured to receive a lead. The rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a single battery case attached directly to the sealed electronics housing and forming a sealed cavity that encapsulates both the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery case is electrically isolated from each of the positive electrode and the battery electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin Phillip Hahn, David M. Dorman
  • Publication number: 20190176931
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for a providing an assistive driving force to a wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Richter, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens, William Alexander Emfinger, Liyun Guo
  • Patent number: 10167051
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method for a providing an assistive driving force to a wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MAX MOBILITY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Richter, Benjamin Phillip Hemkens, William Alexander Emfinger, Liyun Guo