Patents by Inventor Carla Mann
Carla Mann 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: 11976848Abstract: An air purifying system for an indoor space includes a plurality of air purifying sites, each one of the plurality of air purifying sites configured to treat a sub-volume of the total volume of air in the indoor space, wherein each one of the plurality of air purifying sites includes a housing, an air inlet configured to direct treatment air having gaseous and non-gaseous components from the indoor space into the housing, a purifier carried within the housing, an air outlet configured to direct the treatment air that has passed through the purifier into the indoor space, and an air mover configured to move air between the air inlet and the air outlet, through the purifier, wherein the plurality of air purifying sites is configured to work cooperatively with a central air system of the indoor space.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Spectralance, LLCInventors: Carla Mann Woods, Timothy Nugent, Mark Westcott, Arsen Norman Tokhmakhian
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Publication number: 20240122797Abstract: A system for treatment of involuntary muscle contraction includes a wearable interface having an internal contact surface, the wearable interface configured to at least partially encircle a first portion of a limb of a subject, and an energy applicator carried by the wearable interface and configured to apply energy of two or more types to the limb of the subject. The system may further comprise a control unit configured to control the operation of the energy applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: SHAHRAM MOADDEB, CARLA MANN WOODS, RINDA SAMA, FAIZAL ABDEEN
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Publication number: 20230341139Abstract: An air purifying system for an indoor space includes a plurality of air purifying sites, each one of the plurality of air purifying sites configured to treat a sub-volume of the total volume of air in the indoor space, wherein each one of the plurality of air purifying sites includes a housing, an air inlet configured to direct treatment air having gaseous and non-gaseous components from the indoor space into the housing, a purifier carried within the housing, an air outlet configured to direct the treatment air that has passed through the purifier into the indoor space, and an air mover configured to move air between the air inlet and the air outlet, through the purifier, wherein the plurality of air purifying sites is configured to work cooperatively with a central air system of the indoor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: CARLA MANN WOODS, TIMOTHY NUGENT, MARK WESTCOTT, ARSEN NORMAN TOKHMAKHIAN
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Patent number: 11583677Abstract: An integrated headpiece for a cochlear implant system includes a microphone for outputting an audio signal; signal processing electronics for processing the audio signal; and a transmitter for transmitting a processed audio signal received from the electronics to an implanted receiver. All of the microphone, signal processing electronics, and transmitter are disposed in a common housing of the integrated headpiece. The headpiece may also be one of a set of headpieces that can be alternatively used as needed to suit power consumption requirements or environmental conditions. Cochlear implant systems include a circuit board having electronic circuitry configured to generate one or more signals configured to direct electrical stimulation of one or more stimulation sites within a patient, an induction coil configured to transmit a telemetry signal by generating a telemetry magnetic field, and a telemetry flux guide positioned between the induction coil and the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
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Patent number: 11318308Abstract: A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
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Publication number: 20210330547Abstract: A system for treatment of involuntary muscle contraction includes a wearable interface having an internal contact surface, the wearable interface configured to at least partially encircle a first portion of a limb of a subject, and an energy applicator carried by the wearable interface and configured to apply energy of two or more types to the limb of the subject. The system may further comprise a control unit configured to control the operation of the energy applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Shahram Moaddeb, Carla Mann Woods, Rinda Sama, Faizal Abdeen
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Publication number: 20210213288Abstract: An integrated headpiece for a cochlear implant system includes a microphone for outputting an audio signal; signal processing electronics for processing the audio signal; and a transmitter for transmitting a processed audio signal received from the electronics to an implanted receiver. All of the microphone, signal processing electronics, and transmitter are disposed in a common housing of the integrated headpiece. The headpiece may also be one of a set of headpieces that can be alternatively used as needed to suit power consumption requirements or environmental conditions. Cochlear implant systems include a circuit board having electronic circuitry configured to generate one or more signals configured to direct electrical stimulation of one or more stimulation sites within a patient, an induction coil configured to transmit a telemetry signal by generating a telemetry magnetic field, and a telemetry flux guide positioned between the induction coil and the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
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Publication number: 20210219080Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
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Publication number: 20210196885Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
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Patent number: 10967124Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
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Patent number: 10960208Abstract: A headpiece for use with a cochlear implant includes a headpiece housing, a microphone within the headpiece housing, an induction coil within the headpiece housing that transmits audio signals to the cochlear implant, signal processing electronics, within the headpiece housing and operably connected to the microphone and to the induction coil, that generate stimulation parameters, and a rechargeable battery operably connected to the induction coil such that the induction coil provides energy to charge the rechargeable battery when the induction coil is inductively coupled to a transmitter coil through which current is passing.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
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Patent number: 10911879Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
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Publication number: 20200154218Abstract: A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
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Patent number: 10531207Abstract: A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
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Patent number: 10462588Abstract: A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
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Publication number: 20190261099Abstract: A headpiece for use with a cochlear implant includes a headpiece housing, a microphone within the headpiece housing, an induction coil within the headpiece housing that transmits audio signals to the cochlear implant, signal processing electronics, within the headpiece housing and operably connected to the microphone and to the induction coil, that generate stimulation parameters, and a rechargeable battery operably connected to the induction coil such that the induction coil provides energy to charge the rechargeable battery when the induction coil is inductively coupled to a transmitter coil through which current is passing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
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Publication number: 20190261103Abstract: A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
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Patent number: 10291993Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
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Patent number: 10200798Abstract: A headpiece for use with a cochlear implant including a headpiece housing, a retention magnet within the headpiece housing that generates a retention magnetic field, the retention magnet including a bottom surface that faces the cochlear implant, a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and an outer radial surface between the top and bottom surfaces, an induction coil within the headpiece housing that transmits audio signals to the cochlear implant by generating a telemetry magnetic field, and a retention flux guide within the headpiece housing and adjacent to the top surface of the retention magnet.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
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Publication number: 20180318502Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods