Patents by Inventor Kay Crotty

Kay Crotty 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES
    Publication number: 20220313109
    Abstract: There is provided a method of differentiating between a strain and a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) of a subject. The method comprises receiving data generated by an orientation sensor provided within a vaginal probe device that is located within the vaginal canal of the subject; utilizing a processor to process data generated by the orientation sensor to determine a direction of rotation of the vaginal probe device during a measurement period. When the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the cranial-ventral direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a contraction of the PFM during the measurement period; and when the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the caudal-dorsal direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a strain of the PFM during the measurement period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ben LEVY, Jeroen BERGMANN, Raunaq BOSE, Kay CROTTY
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring the pelvic floor muscles
    Patent number: 11406279
    Abstract: A method of differentiating between a strain and a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) of a subject includes receiving data generated by an orientation sensor provided within a vaginal probe device that is located within the vaginal canal of the subject and utilizing a processor to process data generated by the orientation sensor to determine a direction of rotation of the vaginal probe device during a measurement period. When the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the cranial-ventral direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a contraction of the PFM during the measurement period; and when the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the caudal-dorsal direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a strain of the PFM during the measurement period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ben Levy, Jeroen Bergmann, Raunaq Bose, Kay Crotty
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES
    Publication number: 20170319103
    Abstract: A method of differentiating between a strain and a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) of a subject includes receiving data generated by an orientation sensor provided within a vaginal probe device that is located within the vaginal canal of the subject and utilizing a processor to process data generated by the orientation sensor to determine a direction of rotation of the vaginal probe device during a measurement period. When the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the cranial-ventral direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a contraction of the PFM during the measurement period; and when the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the caudal-dorsal direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a strain of the PFM during the measurement period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ben Levy, Jeroen Bergmann, Raunaq Bose, Kay Crotty