Patents by Inventor Jerry T. Huang

Jerry T. Huang 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: 11813028
    Abstract: An active detection self-propelled artificial intelligence surgery navigation cart applied in medical institutes includes a cart body, a control unit, a signal transmission unit, a detection unit, a robotic arm and/or an optical navigation host. The cart can travel to a designated place or follow a counterpart (based on a stored map path) according to a predetermined schedule or an inputted instruction, or the cart can be controlled by an external remote control system or a counterpart to be followed, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the burden of medical staff while they are walking around, so that the medical staff can concentrate on the care of patients or improve the quality of surgical operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EPED, Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 11642116
    Abstract: A surgical retractor includes a mounting base, a first rod member, a connecting member, a compression spring, a second rod member, an expansion member, an extension spring and a position member. One end of the first rod member is assembled on the mounting base, and the other end of the first rod member includes a blocking part; the connecting member is assembled on the first rod member and includes a shoulder and a first connecting part; the compression spring is arranged on the connecting member and abuts against the shoulder and the blocking part; the second rod member is slidably arranged on the first rod member; the expansion member is arranged at the end of the second rod member and includes a second connecting part; an extension spring connects the first connecting part and the second connecting part; a position member selectively abuts against the first rod member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: EPED, INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20230038650
    Abstract: A surgical retractor includes a mounting base, a first rod member, a connecting member, a compression spring, a second rod member, an expansion member, an extension spring and a position member. One end of the first rod member is assembled on the mounting base, and the other end of the first rod member includes a blocking part; the connecting member is assembled on the first rod member and includes a shoulder and a first connecting part; the compression spring is arranged on the connecting member and abuts against the shoulder and the blocking part; the second rod member is slidably arranged on the first rod member; the expansion member is arranged at the end of the second rod member and includes a second connecting part; an extension spring connects the first connecting part and the second connecting part; a position member selectively abuts against the first rod member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 10687902
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical navigation system including a positioning device, a processing device and a display device. The positioning device includes an auxiliary positioning assembly capable of wearing or fixing around a patient's affected part and an optics positioning assembly. The optics positioning assembly can sense the position of the auxiliary positioning assembly to form a positioning information. The processing device can receive the positioning information and integrate the positioning information with a medical image to form a navigation information, so that the navigation information is displayed on the display device through a stereoscopic image or a sectional image. Therefore, the doctor can accurately perform the relevant surgical operations on the patient's affected part through the displayed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: EPED, Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20200168123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clinical dental education and training method. The method collects and records a learner's operating conduct during learning or related data during a dental surgery practice, and generates an analysis result by various operating indexes of a data analysis, and provides the analysis result for the learner to know if there is any deficiency of the learner during the operation process, so as to enhance technical deficiency and improve teaching performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20200100846
    Abstract: An active detection self-propelled artificial intelligence surgery navigation cart applied in medical institutes includes a cart body, a control unit, a signal transmission unit, a detection unit, a robotic arm and/or an optical navigation host. The cart can travel to a designated place or follow a counterpart (based on a stored map path) according to a predetermined schedule or an inputted instruction, or the cart can be controlled by an external remote control system or a counterpart to be followed, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the burden of medical staff while they are walking around, so that the medical staff can concentrate on the care of patients or improve the quality of surgical operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20190336037
    Abstract: A light emitting surgical calibration probe device includes a first optical tracking assembly, a quick disconnect coupler, a second positioning assistance unit, and a probe. The first optical tracking assembly has at least one tracking markers on a surface, and a surgical navigation system converts the position of the tracking markers into an overall position. The quick disconnect coupler is detachably coupled to the first optical tracking assembly and the second positioning assistance unit, and the second positioning assistance unit is capable of emitting an indicating light source with a specific wavelength and provided for a surgical navigation system to perform a non-contact positioning function. The probe is movably coupled to the second positioning assistance unit. The first optical tracking assembly and the second positioning assistance unit allow doctors to know the position of a surgical robot with respect to a patient's trackable housing more accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20190192252
    Abstract: A surgical instrument positioning system and a positioning method thereof are provided. The natural feature information datum a of the human body presented by a medical image (for example, CT) taken before surgery is first input into the positioning system, and 3D datum reconstruction is performed. The position information of the hand-held instrument, obtained by the light sensing element, is then transmitted back to the positioning system. Then, the feature points can be automatically suggested via the positioning system or the feature points can be automatically designated or the feature points can be manually selected by the operator to establish the coordinate relationship between the patient position and the hand-held instrument, thereby solving the problem of the impact of the prior art on the surgical operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20190117047
    Abstract: An assistant clamper having lens and adapted to clamp at an apparatus is provided, which includes a tube, an optical lens, at least one light emitting element and a working channel. The tube extends along a lengthwise direction. The optical lens is disposed at the tube. The light emitting element is disposed at the tube and located on the same side of the optical lens. The working channel is disposed in the tube and penetrates two opposite sides of the tube along the axial direction of the tube, and the working channel is communicated to an opening portion of a side of the tube, and the apparatus is capable of passing into the working channel through the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20180338798
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surgical navigation system including a positioning device, a processing device and a display device. The positioning device includes an auxiliary positioning assembly capable of wearing or fixing around a patient's affected part and an optics positioning assembly. The optics positioning assembly can sense the position of the auxiliary positioning assembly to form a positioning information. The processing device can receive the positioning information and integrate the positioning information with a medical image to form a navigation information, so that the navigation information is displayed on the display device through a stereoscopic image or a sectional image. Therefore, the doctor can accurately perform the relevant surgical operations on the patient's affected part through the displayed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20180250079
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handpiece register for positioning an instrument in a medical surgery. The handpiece register comprises a plate body, more than three optical measurement units and a positioning block. Therefore, the handpiece register of the present invention may accomplish relative position of the instrument to assist a doctor to achieve an immediate relative position of the instrument and a surgical site in the surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 9999485
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for same are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: EPED INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Patent number: 9955929
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bite tray having fiducial markers for head scan registration and method of use. The bite tray is held by a patient in his teeth while the scan of his head and the fiducial markers is made by x-ray, CT, or MRI and the scan is entered into a computer to register the scan to the fiducial markers. Instrument optical markers are placed on a dental instrument and it is observed by a camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the instrument optical markers to the dental instrument. Patient optical markers are placed on the patient and it is observed by the camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the patient optical markers to the patient. The tip of the dental instrument is then touched to one of the fiducial markers making the location of the tip and the fiducial marker the same. The computer then registers the scan to the instrument and the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jerry T. Huang, Ta-Ko Huang
  • Patent number: 9913701
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for the method are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: EPED INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20170265972
    Abstract: A method for digital archiving and manufacturing of dental prosthetics and a prosthesis, and teaching and training for same are provided. The method mainly includes the following steps: preoperative scanning: creating a first digital model file; optical positioning and turning treatment: creating a second digital model file from a turning process; physical model calculation: creating reversely an autologous crown model file of a patient; and fixed denture manufacturing: manufacturing, according to the second digital model file and the autologous crown model file, a fixed denture that meets needs of the patient, so that an inner layer structure of a crown of the fixed denture can be tightly bound to an abutment, and it may be decided to retain an original crown contour according to needs. A tooth model based on a teaching digital model file can be used for teaching and training of a trainee with the foregoing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20170265962
    Abstract: An assisted guidance and navigation method in intraoral surgeries is a method using computerized tomography (CT) photography and an optical positioning system to track medical appliances, the method including: first providing an optical positioning treatment instrument and an optical positioning device; then obtaining image data of the intraoral tissue receiving treatment through CT photography, precisely displaying actions of the treatment instrument in the image data, and real-time checking an image and guidance and navigation. Therefore, during the surgery, the existing use habits of the physicians are not affected and accurate and convenient auxiliary information is provided, and attention is paid to using the treatment instrument in physical environments such as a patient's tooth or dental model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Zong-Han Lyu, Yu-Hsin Hsieh, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20170202636
    Abstract: An investigation and control device of a drive system is provided, which controls a power source of a surgical instrument by using a device for drive investigation and control, where the device for drive investigation and control receives a signal of the device for guide positioning and controls, according to a tracked connection state of the device for guide positioning and the surgical instrument, whether the surgical instrument is driven; and a control panel on the device for drive investigation and control electrically connects an device for instrumentation switch sensing and at least one practice model sensing device, so that the device for drive investigation and control controls, according to whether the instrumentation switch or/and the practice model is/are positioned correctly, whether the surgical instrument is normally driven, thereby completely and correctly controlling a correspondence between the surgical instrument and peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ta-Ko Huang, Zong-Han Lyu, Jerry T. Huang
  • Publication number: 20170196521
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bite tray having fiducial markers for head scan registration and method of use. The bite tray is held by a patient in his teeth while the scan of his head and the fiducial markers is made by x-ray, CT, or MRI and the scan is entered into a computer to register the scan to the fiducial markers. Instrument optical markers are placed on a dental instrument and it is observed by a camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the instrument optical markers to the dental instrument. Patient optical markers are placed on the patient and it is observed by the camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the patient optical markers to the patient. The tip of the dental instrument is then touched to one of the fiducial markers making the location of the tip and the fiducial marker the same. The computer then registers the scan to the instrument and the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: EPED Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Huang, Ta-Ko Huang
  • Patent number: 9554869
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bite tray having fiducial markers for head scan registration and method of use. The bite tray is held by a patient in his teeth while the scan of his head and the fiducial markers is made by x-ray, CT, or MM and the scan is entered into a computer to register the scan to the fiducial markers. Instrument optical markers are placed on a dental instrument and it is observed by a camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the instrument optical markers to the dental instrument. Patient optical markers are placed on the patient and it is observed by the camera and the observation is entered into the computer to register the patient optical markers to the patient. The tip of the dental instrument is then touched to one of the fiducial markers making the location of the tip and the fiducial marker the same. The computer then registers the scan to the instrument and the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: EPED Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Huang, Ta-Ko Huang
  • Publication number: 20140038128
    Abstract: A dental piezoelectric ultrasonic magnetic switching scaler handpiece is activated by magnetic means. The dental piezoelectric scaler handpiece includes a housing that contains a fixed magnet and a magnetically activated switch. An activation magnet longitudinally slides along the outside of the housing from a de-energized position to an energized position. The activation magnet is biased to the de-energized position by the fixed magnet. When a user moves the activation magnet away from the fixed magnet and toward the magnetically activated switch, the magnetic field of the activation magnet activates the magnetically activated switch and turns the dental scaler handpiece on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jerry T. Huang