Patents by Inventor Hsiang-Wei Ma

Hsiang-Wei Ma 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).

  • System and method for measuring and controlling foot temperature
    Patent number: 11357282
    Abstract: A system for measuring and controlling foot temperature. The system comprises a heating or cooling device including one or more sealed fluidic pathways having a cooling or heating fluid therein and disposed in or on an article of footwear or a sock. A pumping device coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to circulate the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A heat exchanger coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to remove or add heat from or to the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A controller coupled to the pumping device and the heat exchanger is configured to control the pumping device and the heat exchanger to cool or heat a foot located inside the article of footwear or the sock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Vivonics, Inc., University of North Texas Health Science Center
    Inventors: Ian Cohen, Gordon B. Hirschman, Anna M Galea, Hsiang-Wei Ma, Metin Yavuz, Linda Adams, Ali Ersen
  • System and Method for Measuring and Controlling Foot Temperature
    Publication number: 20190159546
    Abstract: A system for measuring and controlling foot temperature. The system comprises a heating or cooling device including one or more sealed fluidic pathways having a cooling or heating fluid therein and disposed in or on an article of footwear or a sock. A pumping device coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to circulate the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A heat exchanger coupled to the heating or cooling device is configured to remove or add heat from or to the fluid in the one or more sealed fluidic pathways. A controller coupled to the pumping device and the heat exchanger is configured to control the pumping device and the heat exchanger to cool or heat a foot located inside the article of footwear or the sock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ian Cohen, Gordon B. Hirschman, Anna M. Galea, Hsiang-Wei Ma, Metin Yavuz, Linda Adams, Ali Ersen