Patents by Inventor Chih Min Yao

Chih Min Yao 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: 20160038356
    Abstract: A wheel chair with urinal device includes a wheel chair a cushion connected thereto and the cushion has a hole. A drain pan with a slanted bottom wall is removably located beneath the cushion and a drain hole is defined through the lower front end of the slanted bottom wall. Multiple outlets defined in the support frame communicate with the space above the slanted bottom wall. A box is removably attached to the rear side of the backrest and has a collection unit and a cleaning unit received therein. The cleaning unit provides detergent to clean and flush the waste in the drain pan and collected in the collection unit. The user activates and controls the cleaning unit by operating a cleaning switch on the armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: JEN-HUO YAO, LIANG-CHU YAO, HSIAO-CHANG YAO, ZAI-FU YAO, CHIH-MIN YAO
  • Publication number: 20150157063
    Abstract: A pair of pants for a person with limited mobility, which is convenient for the person sitting in a urinal chair to urinate, includes a pants body and a zipper. The pants body has a waistband, two pants legs, a crotch and an opening defined between the waistband and the crotch of the pants body. The zipper has two rows of teeth at two opposite edges of the opening and a zipper head moving along the two rows of the teeth. The zipper head is pulled to move upwardly from the crotch to the waistband of the pants body to open the zipper. Therefore, when the zipper head is positioned at the waistband of the pants body, the zipper is fully opened; in contrast, when the zipper head is positioned at the crotch of the pants body, the zipper is fully closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chang Yao, Liang-Chu Yao, Chih-Min Yao, Zai-Fu Yao, Jen-Huo Yao
  • Patent number: 8929623
    Abstract: A computer for aiding determination of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) includes a storage device storing with a medical image and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU executes a method for aiding determination of OSA. The method for aiding determination of OSA includes the following steps. The medical image is obtained. An upper airway model is established. A narrowest cross-section and a nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are defined in the airway model. A cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and a cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are calculated. A stenosis rate is calculated according to the cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and the cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section. The stenosis rate is provided. In addition, in the method for aiding determination of OSA, a respiratory flow field simulation may be further performed to obtain and provide a flow field pressure distribution of the upper airway model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Hung Ta Hsiao, Sheng Chuan Wang, Franco Lin, Lung Cheng Lee, Chih Min Yao, Ning Hung Chen, Chung Chih Yu
  • Publication number: 20140352050
    Abstract: A urinal chair includes a chair body and a urinal device. The chair body has a seat supporting frame defining an open seat area. The urinal device includes a top open drain pan, a cushion, a container and a cleaning device. The drain pan is supportably mounted upon the seat supporting frame of the chair body to fit in the open seat area of the chair body. The drain pan is slanted to drain toward a drainage aperture therein. The cushion is fit over the drain pan and defines a hole to permit drainage through the cushion to the drain pan. The container is disposed under the drain pan to collect liquid from the drain pan. Moreover, the cleaning device includes a cistern and a spout connected to the cistern. The spout is directed toward the drain pan for cleaning the drain pan with water stored in the cistern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jen-Huo Yao, Liang-Chu Yao, Hsiao-Chang Yao, Zai-Fu Yao, Chih-Min Yao
  • Patent number: 8861825
    Abstract: A computer for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch comprises a storage device for storing a medical image and a central processing unit, the central processing unit carry out a method for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch. The method includes obtaining a medical image; establishing a skull model according to the medical image; receiving a patch setting command, and disposing a patch model on the skull model according to the patch setting command; generating an internal grid mesh data of the skull model disposed with the patch model; executing a biomechanical simulation of a patch structural strength according to the skull model disposed with the patch model, the internal grid mesh data and a boundary condition; and providing a stress distribution, a strain distribution or a displacement distribution of the patch model to assist in determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: Shou-I Chen, Sheng-Chuan Wang, Hung-Ta Hsiao, Lung-Cheng Lee, Ming-Hsiao Lee, Chih-Min Yao
  • Publication number: 20130103375
    Abstract: A computer for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch comprises a storage device for storing a medical image and a central processing unit, the central processing unit carry out a method for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch. The method includes obtaining a medical image; establishing a skull model according to the medical image; receiving a patch setting command, and disposing a patch model on the skull model according to the patch setting command; generating an internal grid mesh data of the skull model disposed with the patch model; executing a biomechanical simulation of a patch structural strength according to the skull model disposed with the patch model, the internal grid mesh data and a boundary condition; and providing a stress distribution, a strain distribution or a displacement distribution of the patch model to assist in determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Shou-I Chen, Sheng-Chuan Wang, Hung-Ta Hsiao, Lung-Cheng Lee, Ming-Hsiao Lee, Chih-Min Yao
  • Publication number: 20110293156
    Abstract: A computer for aiding determination of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) includes a storage device storing with a medical image and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU executes a method for aiding determination of OSA. The method for aiding determination of OSA includes the following steps. The medical image is obtained. An upper airway model is established. A narrowest cross-section and a nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are defined in the airway model. A cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and a cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are calculated. A stenosis rate is calculated according to the cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and the cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section. The stenosis rate is provided. In addition, in the method for aiding determination of OSA, a respiratory flow field simulation may be further performed to obtain and provide a flow field pressure distribution of the upper airway model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Hung Ta Hsiao, Sheng Chuan Wang, Franco Lin, Lung Cheng Lee, Chih Min Yao, Ning Hung Chen, Chung Chih Yu