Patents by Inventor Bryan Allen CLARK
Bryan Allen CLARK 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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Patent number: 11957912Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes a first sensor circuit to sense a first signal indicative of a functional state of the subject, a second sensor circuit to sense a second signal different from the first signal, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit may determine an operating mode of the second sensor circuit according to the sensed first signal, trigger the second senor circuit to sense the second signal under the determined operating mode, and generate a pain score using at least the second signal sensed under the determined operating mode. The pain score may be output to a patient or used for closed-loop control of a pain therapy.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Dat Thanh Huynh, Bryan Allen Clark, Jianwen Gu
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Publication number: 20240099645Abstract: A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract may include receiving an electrical signal that includes data pertaining to motility in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient and analyzing one or more characteristics of the electrical signal relative to one or more respective thresholds indicative of an occurrence or an imminence of a condition of the gastrointestinal tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: George Wilfred DUVAL, Bryan Allen CLARK, John Allen HINGSTON
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Patent number: 11925485Abstract: An example of a system for monitoring and treating respiratory distress in a patient may include one or more non-invasive monitoring devices to acquire patient condition signals and a respiratory distress monitoring circuit to monitor a state of the respiratory distress using the patient condition signals. The respiratory distress monitoring circuit may include a signal processing circuit to generate patient condition parameters using the patient condition signals and a respiratory distress analyzer, which may include a parameter analysis circuit and a notification circuit. The parameter analysis circuit may be configured to produce a patient condition metric being a function of the patient condition parameters and to perform prediction and/or detection of an exacerbation of the respiratory distress based on the patient condition metric. The notification circuit may be configured to produce an alert notifying a result of the performance of the prediction and/or detection.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Bryan Allen Clark, Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Viktoria A. Averina
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Patent number: 11883664Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pain in patient are described. A system may include sensors configured to sense physiological or functional signals, and a pain analyzer to generate signal metrics from the physiological or functional signals. The pain analyzer also generates weight factors corresponding to the signal metrics. The weight factors may indicate the signal metrics reliability in representing an intensity of the pain. The pain analyzer generates a pain score using a plurality of signal metrics and a plurality of weight factors. The pain score may be output to a user or a process. The system may additionally include an electrostimulator to generate and deliver closed-loop pain therapy according to the pain score.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, Bryan Allen Clark, David J. Ternes, David L. Perschbacher, James John Kleinedler, Elizabeth Mary Annoni
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Patent number: 11864907Abstract: A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract may include receiving an electrical signal that includes data pertaining to motility in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient and analyzing one or more characteristics of the electrical signal relative to one or more respective thresholds indicative of an occurrence or an imminence of a condition of the gastrointestinal tract.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: George Wilfred Duval, Bryan Allen Clark, John Allen Hingston
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Patent number: 11857794Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes one or more physiological sensors configured to sense a physiological signal indicative of patient brain activity. The physiological signals may include an electroencephalography signal, a magnetoencephalography signal, or a brain-evoked potential. The system may extract from the brain activity signal one or more signal metrics indicative of strength or pattern of brain electromagnetic activity associated with pain, and generate a pain score using the one or more signal metrics. The pain score can be output to a patient or a process. The system may select an electrode configuration for pain-relief electrostimulation based on the pain score, and deliver a closed-loop pain therapy according to the selected electrode configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Jianwen Gu, Rosana Esteller, Bryan Allen Clark, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Kyle Harish Srivastava
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Publication number: 20230380670Abstract: A surgical system for use with a surgical robot may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, an attachment mechanism including a fixture configured to receive the handle of the endoscope and a mounting structure configured to attach the fixture to the surgical robot, a motorized introducer apparatus spaced apart from the surgical robot and configured to translate the elongate shaft of the endoscope relative to a patient, and an input device configured to be operated using one hand only. The input device may include a plurality of tactile buttons operable using the one hand, and a joystick configured for operation by a thumb of the one hand. The input device may include a plurality of motion sensors configured to determine position and orientation of the input device in space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEInventors: FARID TAVAKKOLMOGHADDAM, ZHANYUE ZHAO, ANNE GU, AVNISH SACHAR, CHRISTOPHER J. NYCZ, BRYAN ALLEN CLARK, PARIS MARKS SAINT-PREUX
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Patent number: 11751804Abstract: An example of a system for managing pain may include a pain monitoring circuit, a pain relief device, and a control circuit. The pain monitoring circuit may include a parameter analyzer and a pain score generator. The parameter analyzer may be configured to receive and analyze at least two parameters selected from a physiological parameter indicative of a physiological function or state of a patient, a functional parameter indicative of a physical activity or state of the patient, or a patient parameter including subjective information provided by the patient. The pain score generator may be configured to compute a composite pain score using an outcome of the analysis. The composite pain score may indicate a degree of the pain. The pain relief device may be configured to deliver a pain-relief therapy. The control circuit may be configured to control the delivery of the pain-relief therapy using the composite pain score.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Bryan Allen Clark, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, James John Kleinedler, Kyle Harish Srivastava, David J. Ternes, David L. Perschbacher, Rosana Esteller
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Patent number: 11691014Abstract: An Example of a system for providing a patient with pain management may include a sleep monitoring circuit, a pain relief device, and a control circuit. The sleep monitoring circuit may be configured to sense one or more sleep signals from the patient and to determine a sleep state of the patient using the one or more sleep signals. The one or more sleep signals may include one or more physiological signals corresponding to the sleep state of the patient. The pain relief device may be configured to deliver one or more pain relief therapies. The control circuit may be configured to control the delivery of the one or more pain relief therapies using therapy parameters and to adjust the therapy parameters based on the determined sleep state.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Bryan Allen Clark, Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Jianwen Gu
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Patent number: 11690559Abstract: An example of a system for monitoring and treating respiratory distress in a patient may include signal inputs, a signal processing circuit, and a respiratory distress analyzer. The signal inputs may be configured to receive patient condition signals indicative of autonomic balance of the patient. The signal processing circuit may be configured to process the patient condition signals and to generate patient condition parameters indicative of the autonomic balance using the processed patient condition signals. The respiratory distress analyzer may be configured to determine a state of the respiratory distress using the patient condition parameters, and may include a parameter analysis circuit configured to analyze the autonomic balance of the patient and to determine the state of the respiratory distress using an outcome of the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Viktoria A. Averina, Jeffrey E. Stahmann, Bryan Allen Clark
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Publication number: 20230120858Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain in a subject. A system may include one or more sensors configured to sense from the subject information corresponding to emotional reaction to pain, such as emotional expression. The emotional expression includes facial or vocal expression. A pain analyzer circuit may generate a pain score using signal metrics of facial or vocal expression extracted from the sensed information. The pain score may be output to a user or a process. The system may additionally include a neurostimulator that can adaptively control the delivery of pain therapy by automatically adjusting stimulation parameters based on the pain score.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Bryan Allen Clark, Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Sandra Nagale, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, David L. Perschbacher
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Publication number: 20230103448Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes one or more physiological sensors configured to sense a physiological signal indicative of patient brain activity. The physiological signals may include an electroencephalography signal, a magnetoencephalography signal, or a brain-evoked potential. The system may extract from the brain activity signal one or more signal metrics indicative of strength or pattern of brain electromagnetic activity associated with pain, and generate a pain score using the one or more signal metrics. The pain score can be output to a patient or a process. The system may select an electrode configuration for pain-relief electrostimulation based on the pain score, and deliver a closed-loop pain therapy according to the selected electrode configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Jianwen Gu, Rosana Esteller, Bryan Allen Clark, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Kyle Harish Srivastava
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Publication number: 20230100876Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, kits and systems for enhancing the efficacy and longevity of denervation procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAInventors: Bryan Allen Clark, Akshay Ashok Gupte, Bryce Calvin Beverlin, II, David Ernest Wechter, Kate Taylor
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Patent number: 11571577Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain in a subject. A system may include one or more sensors configured to sense from the subject information corresponding to emotional reaction to pain, such as emotional expression. The emotional expression includes facial or vocal expression. A pain analyzer circuit may generate a pain score using signal metrics of facial or vocal expression extracted from the sensed information. The pain score may be output to a user or a process. The system may additionally include a neurostimulator that can adaptively control the delivery of pain therapy by automatically adjusting stimulation parameters based on the pain score.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Bryan Allen Clark, Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Sandra Nagale, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, David L. Perschbacher
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Patent number: 11540874Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, kits and systems for enhancing the efficacy and longevity of denervation procedures.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Bryan Allen Clark, Akshay Ashok Gupte, Bryce Calvin Beverlin, II, David Ernest Wechter, Kate Taylor
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Patent number: 11541240Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes one or more physiological sensors configured to sense a physiological signal indicative of patient brain activity. The physiological signals may include an electroencephalography signal, a magnetoencephalography signal, or a brain-evoked potential. The system may extract from the brain activity signal one or more signal metrics indicative of strength or pattern of brain electromagnetic activity associated with pain, and generate a pain score using the one or more signal metrics. The pain score can be output to a patient or a process. The system may select an electrode configuration for pain-relief electrostimulation based on the pain score, and deliver a closed-loop pain therapy according to the selected electrode configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Elizabeth Mary Annoni, Jianwen Gu, Rosana Esteller, Bryan Allen Clark, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Kyle Harish Srivastava
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Publication number: 20220379119Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes a first sensor circuit to sense a first signal indicative of a functional state of the subject, a second sensor circuit to sense a second signal different from the first signal, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit may determine an operating mode of the second sensor circuit according to the sensed first signal, trigger the second senor circuit to sense the second signal under the determined operating mode, and generate a pain score using at least the second signal sensed under the determined operating mode. The pain score may be output to a patient or used for closed-loop control of a pain therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Dat Thanh Huynh, Bryan Allen Clark, Jianwen Gu
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Publication number: 20220323760Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pain in patient are described. A system may include sensors configured to sense physiological or functional signals, and a pain analyzer to generate signal metrics from the physiological or functional signals. The pain analyzer also generates weight factors corresponding to the signal metrics. The weight factors may indicate the signal metrics reliability in representing an intensity of the pain. The pain analyzer generates a pain score using a plurality of signal metrics and a plurality of weight factors. The pain score may be output to a user or a process. The system may additionally include an electrostimulator to generate and deliver closed-loop pain therapy according to the pain score.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, Bryan Allen Clark, David J. Ternes, David L. Perschbacher, James John Kleinedler, Elizabeth Mary Annoni
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Patent number: 11446499Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pain in patient are described. A system may include sensors configured to sense physiological or functional signals, and a pain analyzer to generate signal metrics from the physiological or functional signals. The pain analyzer also generates weight factors corresponding to the signal metrics. The weight factors may indicate the signal metrics reliability in representing an intensity of the pain. The pain analyzer generates a pain score using a plurality of signal metrics and a plurality of weight factors. The pain score may be output to a user or a process. The system may additionally include an electrostimulator to generate and deliver closed-loop pain therapy according to the pain score.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Jianwen Gu, Bryan Allen Clark, David J. Ternes, David L. Perschbacher, James John Kleinedler, Elizabeth Mary Annoni
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Patent number: 11439827Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing pain of a subject. A system includes a first sensor circuit to sense a first signal indicative of a functional state of the subject, a second sensor circuit to sense a second signal different from the first signal, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit may determine an operating mode of the second sensor circuit according to the sensed first signal, trigger the second senor circuit to sense the second signal under the determined operating mode, and generate a pain score using at least the second signal sensed under the determined operating mode. The pain score may be output to a patient or used for closed-loop control of a pain therapy.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation CorporationInventors: Kyle Harish Srivastava, Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Dat Thanh Huynh, Bryan Allen Clark, Jianwen Gu