Patents by Inventor Carlos Diogo ALVES DA COSTA GONÇALVES

Carlos Diogo ALVES DA COSTA GONÇALVES 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).

  • Contractible band for use in a wearable garment comprising a shape memory material part
    Patent number: 11248591
    Abstract: A textile contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part includes a shape memory material, in particular a shape memory alloy, or shape memory polymer, part and a textile part, said parts being successively coupled to form said contractible band, wherein the shape memory material part has an electrically-contractible shape memory material and a spring arranged to reverse the contraction of the shape memory material, and wherein the textile part has an elastic fabric band and an optical fiber strain sensor arranged to sense the fabric band strain. The sensor can be a lossy optical fiber arranged in meandering layout such that variation of band extension causes variation of transmitted light. The contractual band can be used for lymphedema or venous return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: IPCA—INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DO CÁVADO E AVE, CENTITVC—CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA E MATERIAIS TÉCNICOS, FUNCIONAIS E INTELIGENTES
    Inventors: Carlos Diogo Alves Da Costa Gonçalves, Ricardo João Ferreira Simões, Alexandre Manuel Teixeira De Barros Ferreira Da Silva, João Manuel De Carvalho Gomes
  • CONTRACTIBLE BAND FOR USE IN A WEARABLE GARMENT COMPRISING A SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL PART
    Publication number: 20200102940
    Abstract: Textile contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part, comprising a shape memory material, in particular a shape memory alloy, or shape memory polymer, part. The disclosure can be used for lymphedema or venous return. The contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part, comprises a shape memory material part and a textile part, said parts being successively coupled to form said contractible band, wherein the shape memory material part comprises an electrically-contractible shape memory material and a spring arranged to reverse the contraction of the shape memory material, wherein the textile part comprises an elastic fabric band and an optical fibre strain sensor arranged to sense the fabric band strain. The sensor can be a lossy optical fibre arranged in meandering layout such that variation of band extension causes variation of transmitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Carlos Diogo ALVES DA COSTA GONÇALVES, Ricardo João FERREIRA SIMÕES, Alexandre Manuel TEIXEIRA DE BARROS FERREIRA DA SILVA, João Manuel DE CARVALHO GOMES