Patents by Inventor Frank Garcia
Frank Garcia 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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Publication number: 20210282855Abstract: In one aspect, a method of tightening skin and/or reducing scar tissue is described herein. The method comprises performing a fractional laser ablation in a treatment area of the skin, thereby removing a column of the skin and forming a columnar vacancy in the skin, the columnar vacancy having a perimeter defined by a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side each comprising an epidermal layer, a dermal layer, and a subcutaneous layer of skin. The first side of the columnar vacancy is contacted to the second side of the columnar vacancy, thereby dosing the columnar vacancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: David BOINAGROV, James L. HOBART, Daniel K. NEGUS, Hartmuth HECHT, Frank GARCIA
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Publication number: 20210213296Abstract: Wearable devices are provided herein including wearable defibrillators, wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea, and wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure. The wearable external defibrillators can include a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and a first defibrillator electrode pad and a second defibrillator electrode pad. The ECG sensing electrodes and the defibrillator electrode pads are configured for long term wear. Methods are also provided for using the wearable external defibrillators to analyze cardiac signals of the wearer and to provide an electrical shock if a treatable arrhythmia is detected. Methods are also disclosed for refurbishing wearable defibrillators. Methods of using wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea and for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Uday N. KUMAR, Timothy BAHNEY, Maarten DINGER, Pedram AFSHAR, Jay DHULDHOYA, Riley MARANGI, Kevin M. FARINO, Christopher J. HASSER, Zachary J. MALCHANO, Frank GARCIA
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Publication number: 20210217519Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Shena Hae Park, Mark Day, Frank Garcia, Hung H. Ho, Nicholas Hughes, Genaro S. Sepulveda, Yuriko Tamura
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Patent number: 10953234Abstract: Wearable devices are provided herein including wearable defibrillators, wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea, and wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure. The wearable external defibrillators can include a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and a first defibrillator electrode pad and a second defibrillator electrode pad. The ECG sensing electrodes and the defibrillator electrode pads are configured for long term wear. Methods are also provided for using the wearable external defibrillators to analyze cardiac signals of the wearer and to provide an electrical shock if a treatable arrhythmia is detected. Methods are also disclosed for refurbishing wearable defibrillators. Methods of using wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea and for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: ELEMENT SCIENCE, INC.Inventors: Uday N. Kumar, Timothy Bahney, Maarten Dinger, Pedram Afshar, Jay Dhuldhoya, Riley Marangi, Kevin M. Farino, Christopher J. Hasser, Zachary J. Malchano, Frank Garcia
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Patent number: 10813565Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: iRhythm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shena Hae Park, Mark Day, Frank Garcia, Hung H. Ho, Nicholas Hughes, Genaro S. Sepulveda, Yuriko Tamura
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Publication number: 20200289014Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Shena Hae Park, Mark Day, Frank Garcia, Hung H. Ho, Nicholas Hughes, Genaro S. Sepulveda, Yuriko Tamura
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Publication number: 20200222707Abstract: A wearable external defibrillator with a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and a first defibrillator pad electrode and a second defibrillator pad electrode. The ECG sensing electrodes and the defibrillator pad electrodes are configured for long term wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Uday N. KUMAR, Zachary J. MALCHANO, Maarten DINGER, Timothy BAHNEY, Frank GARCIA
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Patent number: 10667712Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: iRhythm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shena Hae Park, Mark J. Day, Frank Garcia, Hung H. Ho, Nicholas Hughes, Genaro S. Sepulveda, Yuriko Tamura
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Publication number: 20190125445Abstract: In one aspect, methods of laser treatment of skin are described herein. In some embodiments, such a method comprises forming at least one fractional column or region of tissue in skin of a patient, wherein the fractional column has a structure along a z-direction orthogonal to an exterior surface of the skin, and wherein the structure of the fractional column varies along the z-direction in one or more ways. For instance, the structure of the fractional column can vary along the z-direction in one or more of the following ways: angular orientation relative to the exterior surface of the skin; ablated channel width or diameter; coagulation zone thickness; coagulation zone offset in an x-direction or a y-direction perpendicular to the z-direction; coagulation zone intensity; and thermal insult. Moreover, in some cases, the fractional column is defined by a plurality of segments that differ in a manner described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Frank GARCIA, David BOINAGROV, Hartmuth HECHT, James L. HOBART, Daniel K. NEGUS
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Publication number: 20190059995Abstract: In one aspect, devices for light treatment of skin are described herein. A device described herein, in some embodiments, comprises an interior compartment having a proximal end and a distal end, and an optical aperture disposed at the distal end. The device also comprises a laser or BBL source that produces a laser or BBL beam. The laser or BBL beam has a first optical path within the interior compartment, between the proximal end and the distal end. Additionally, the first optical path exits the interior compartment through the optical aperture. The device further comprises an imaging system that receives a return signal from the aperture. The return signal received from the aperture has a second path within the interior compartment. Further, a selectively reflective optical element is disposed in the first and second optical paths. The selectively reflective optical element generally transmits the laser or BBL beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: David BOINAGROV, Frank GARCIA, Hartmuth HECHT, James L. HOBART, Daniel K. NEGUS, Jason POZNER
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Publication number: 20190038354Abstract: In one aspect, devices for light treatment of skin are described herein. A device described herein, in some embodiments, comprises an interior compartment having a proximal end and a distal end, and an optical aperture disposed at the distal end. The device also comprises a laser or BBL source that produces a laser or BBL beam. The laser or BBL beam has a first optical path within the interior compartment, between the proximal end and the distal end. Additionally, the first optical path exits the interior compartment through the optical aperture. The device further comprises a camera that receives light from the aperture. The light received from the aperture has a second optical path within the interior compartment. Further, a selectively reflective optical element is disposed in the first and second optical paths. The selectively reflective optical element generally transmits the laser or BBL beam but generally reflects at least a portion of the light from the aperture toward the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: David BOINAGROV, Frank GARCIA, Hartmuth HECHT, James L. HOBART, Daniel K. NEGUS
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Publication number: 20190022400Abstract: Wearable devices are provided herein including wearable defibrillators, wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea, and wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure. The wearable external defibrillators can include a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and a first defibrillator electrode pad and a second defibrillator electrode pad. The ECG sensing electrodes and the defibrillator electrode pads are configured for long term wear. Methods are also provided for using the wearable external defibrillators to analyze cardiac signals of the wearer and to provide an electrical shock if a treatable arrhythmia is detected. Methods are also disclosed for refurbishing wearable defibrillators. Methods of using wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea and for diagnosing symptoms associated with heart failure are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Uday N. KUMAR, Timothy BAHNEY, Maarten DINGER, Pedram AFSHAR, Jay DHULDHOYA, Riley MARANGI, Kevin M. FARINO, Christopher J. HASSER, Zachary J. MALCHANO, Frank GARCIA
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Publication number: 20170056682Abstract: A wearable external defibrillator with a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and a first defibrillator pad electrode and a second defibrillator pad electrode. The ECG sensing electrodes and the defibrillator pad electrodes are configured for long term wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: ELEMENT SCIENCE, INC.Inventors: Uday N. KUMAR, Zachary J. MALCHANO, Maarten DINGER, Timothy BAHNEY, Frank GARCIA
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Publication number: 20160120434Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cardiac monitoring system and methods for using such a system. Preferred embodiments detect and record cardiac information via a wearable device, then extract data features from the recorded cardiac information. The extracted data features may then be analyzed and used in clinical diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Shena Park, Mark Day, Frank Garcia, Hung Ho, Nicholas Hughes, Genaro Sepulveda, Yuriko Tamura
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Patent number: 7837151Abstract: A system for the hookup of either a manned or unmanned air vehicle with a refueling air vehicle. A probe extending from an air vehicle being refueled is joined to a drogue at the end of a boom on a refueling air vehicle. In bringing the probe into the drogue an optical sensor on one of the vehicles is employed in conjunction with optical beacons on the other vehicle with the sensor measuring the relative motion between the probe and the drogue and generating a control signal for controlling motion of the probe relative to the drogue. The positioning of the probe relative to the drogue is accurately controlled during the fueling operation by a rigid actuator mechanism formed by a rod sidably fitted within a sleeve, the rod being driven by a tensioned reel in response to control signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sargent Fletcher, Inc.Inventor: Frank Garcia, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100127952Abstract: An antenna to increase VHF bandwidth comprises an inner and an outer helical element separated by a comb-like spacer. The inner helical element has a dual pitch and is fed a radio frequency driving signal while the outer helical element has a uniform pitch and is coupled to ground. The dual pitch inner helical element coupled with the uniform pitch outer helical element provides an increase in bandwidth without a corresponding increase in the length of antenna, and, in fact, allows for a shorter antenna for communication devices than is currently available, without loss of signal strength or quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: DAVID W. HENRY, FRANK GARCIA, SOOLIAM OOI
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Patent number: 7677501Abstract: A system for releasing an article such as a munition or store from an aircraft employs a sway brace or cradle built into the structure of a bomb rack from lateral or pitching motion before it is released. A claw mechanism is driven out of the sway braces into the article to hold the article in place on the sway braces. The claws retain the article in the sway braces until the article is no longer influenced by the sway braces.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Sargent Fletcher, Inc.Inventors: Lucas Adam Hundley, Guillermo Barba, Frank Garcia, Jr.
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Publication number: 20070296225Abstract: A locking mechanism for a communication device (100) is provided by an access cover (102) having a simple user interface with rugged features that prevent the access door from detaching if the device is dropped. The access cover (102) includes a latch (106) movable vertically in up and down positions (112, 114) in combination with a slideable lock (110) movable horizontally in side to side positions, one of the side positions preventing up and down movement of the latch. A single lock icon (120) is disposed across the latch (106) and slideable lock (110) such that an unlocked position (118) is indicated when the latch moves up and down (112, 114), and a locked position (116) is indicated when the slideable lock (110) is slid to the side position that prevents up and down movement of the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: Jeff Ashton, Jean-Philippe Cantave, Frank Garcia, Vance McGary
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Patent number: D540289Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Lan-Ting Liu, Frank Garcia, Vance M. McGary, Craig F Siddoway
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Patent number: D717258Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventors: LanTing L. Garra, Frank Garcia, Gregory T. Hoo