Patents by Inventor Carla Mann Woods

Carla Mann Woods 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).

  • Patent number: 11976848
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Spectralance, LLC
    Inventors: Carla Mann Woods, Timothy Nugent, Mark Westcott, Arsen Norman Tokhmakhian
  • Publication number: 20240122797
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: SHAHRAM MOADDEB, CARLA MANN WOODS, RINDA SAMA, FAIZAL ABDEEN
  • Publication number: 20230341139
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: CARLA MANN WOODS, TIMOTHY NUGENT, MARK WESTCOTT, ARSEN NORMAN TOKHMAKHIAN
  • Patent number: 11583677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
  • Patent number: 11318308
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
  • Publication number: 20210330547
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shahram Moaddeb, Carla Mann Woods, Rinda Sama, Faizal Abdeen
  • Publication number: 20210213288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
  • Publication number: 20210219080
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
  • Publication number: 20210196885
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 10967124
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 10960208
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
  • Patent number: 10911879
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
  • Publication number: 20200154218
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 10531207
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 10462588
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
  • Publication number: 20190261099
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
  • Publication number: 20190261103
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 10291993
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Walsh, Carla Mann Woods, Richard C. Ross, Rankiri Tissa Karunasiri, Anthony K. Arnold, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra
  • Patent number: 10200798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Scott A. Crawford, Douglas P. Lynch, Carla Mann Woods, Glen A. Griffith
  • Publication number: 20180318502
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods