Patents by Inventor Kun-Ta Wu
Kun-Ta Wu 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: 20250064478Abstract: A computer-assisted needle insertion method is provided. The computer-assisted needle insertion method includes the following steps. A first machine learning model and a second machine learning model are obtained. A computed tomography image and a needle insertion path are obtained, a suggested needle insertion path is generated according to the first machine learning model, the computed tomography image, and the needle insertion path, and the needle is instructed to approach a needle insertion point on a skin of a target. The needle insertion point is located on the suggested needle insertion path. A breath signal of the target is obtained, and whether a future breath state of the target is normal is estimated according to the second machine learning model and the breath signal. A suggested needle insertion period is output according to the breath signal in response to determining that the future breath state is normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Po-An Hsu, Chih-Chi Chang, Chih-Wei Chien, Chia-Pin Li, Kun-Ta Wu, Wei-Zheng Lu
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Patent number: 12203960Abstract: A manufacturing process for electrode of neuromodulation probe includes the steps of: preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode of neuromodulation probe; preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode in a surrounding manner by having the first-layer frames to be externally disposed side by side with the bevels of the two neighboring first-layer frames close to each other, so that the second-layer frames, the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of wires are enclosed thereinside; placing a cylinder amid the plurality of manufacturing fixtures for electrode to have the plurality of wires to surround the cylinder; having a fluid plastic to surround the cylinder by filling all the spaces between the plurality of wires and the plurality of electrodes, and waiting the fluid plastic to cure; removing the plurality of first-layer frames and the plurality of second-layer frames; and, pulling off the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jo-Ping Lee, Kun-Ta Wu, Wei-Chin Huang, An-Li Chen
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Patent number: 12171460Abstract: A computer-assisted needle insertion system and a computer-assisted needle insertion method are provided. The computer-assisted needle insertion method includes: obtaining a first machine learning (ML) model and a second ML model; obtaining a computed tomography (CT) image and a needle insertion path, generating a suggested needle insertion path according to the first ML model, the CT image, and the needle insertion path, and instructing a needle to approach a needle insertion point on a skin of a target, wherein the needle insertion point is located on the suggested needle insertion path; obtaining a breath signal of the target, and estimating whether a future breath state of the target is normal according to the second ML model and the breath signal; and outputting a suggested needle insertion period according to the breath signal in response to determining that the future breath state is normal.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Po-An Hsu, Chih-Chi Chang, Chih-Wei Chien, Chia-Pin Li, Kun-Ta Wu, Wei-Zheng Lu
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Publication number: 20230390908Abstract: A hammer tacker comprises a housing, a staple holder, and a latch operatively connected to the staple holder. The latch comprises a pivotable press member that is movable about a pivot axis between a lock position and a release position. The pivotable press member is resiliently biased towards the lock position. An elongated body of the staple holder is biased towards a normal position and movable against such bias to a jam release position while the staple holder remains in the operative position. The elongated body has a rearward portion thereof extending in longitudinally overlapping relation with a rearward portion of the pivotable press member, such that pivotal movement of the pivotable press member towards the rearward portion of the elongated body causes the pivotable press member to be moved from the lock position to the release position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Kun-Ta WU
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Patent number: 11794002Abstract: A neuromodulation probe includes a body and at least one coil set. The body has a first axis and a length along the first axis. The at least one coil set includes at least one coil, and the at least one coil is formed by winding spirally a conductive wire plural times about a second axis inside the body or on an outer surface of the body. The second axis is parallel to the first axis. The at least one coil has two opposite wire ends for providing an electric current to flow in or out of the at least one coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jo-Ping Lee, Chieh-Feng Chang, Chung-Hsin Su, Kun-Ta Wu, Chii-Wann Lin
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Patent number: 11766772Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
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Publication number: 20230204627Abstract: A manufacturing process for electrode of neuromodulation probe includes the steps of: preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode of neuromodulation probe; preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode in a surrounding manner by having the first-layer frames to be externally disposed side by side with the bevels of the two neighboring first-layer frames close to each other, so that the second-layer frames, the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of wires are enclosed thereinside; placing a cylinder amid the plurality of manufacturing fixtures for electrode to have the plurality of wires to surround the cylinder; having a fluid plastic to surround the cylinder by filling all the spaces between the plurality of wires and the plurality of electrodes, and waiting the fluid plastic to cure; removing the plurality of first-layer frames and the plurality of second-layer frames; and, pulling off the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: JO-PING LEE, KUN-TA WU, WEI-CHIN HUANG, AN-LI CHEN
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Patent number: 11564633Abstract: A state assessment system, a diagnosis and treatment system and a method for operating the diagnosis and treatment system are disclosed. An oscillator model converts a physiological signal of a subject into a defined feature image. A classification model analyzes state information of the subject based on the feature image. An analysis model outputs a treatment suggestion for the subject based on the state information of the subject. An AR projection device projects acupoint positions of a human body onto the subject, for the subject to be treated based on the treatment suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chii-Wann Lin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Jung-Chuan Pan, Heng-Jie Wang, Wei-Zheng Lu, Po-An Hsu, Kun-Ta Wu
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Publication number: 20220202442Abstract: A computer-assisted needle insertion system and a computer-assisted needle insertion method are provided. The computer-assisted needle insertion method includes: obtaining a first machine learning (ML) model and a second ML model; obtaining a computed tomography (CT) image and a needle insertion path, generating a suggested needle insertion path according to the first ML model, the CT image, and the needle insertion path, and instructing a needle to approach a needle insertion point on a skin of a target, wherein the needle insertion point is located on the suggested needle insertion path; obtaining a breath signal of the target, and estimating whether a future breath state of the target is normal according to the second ML model and the breath signal; and outputting a suggested needle insertion period according to the breath signal in response to determining that the future breath state is normal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Po-An Hsu, Chih-Chi Chang, Chih-Wei Chien, Chia-Pin Li, Kun-Ta Wu, Wei-Zheng Lu
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Publication number: 20220184382Abstract: A neuromodulation probe includes a body and at least one coil set. The body has a first axis and a length along the first axis. The at least one coil set includes at least one coil, and the at least one coil is formed by winding spirally a conductive wire plural times about a second axis inside the body or on an outer surface of the body. The second axis is parallel to the first axis. The at least one coil has two opposite wire ends for providing an electric current to flow in or out of the at least one coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: JO-PING LEE, CHIEH-FENG CHANG, CHUNG-HSIN SU, KUN-TA WU, CHII-WANN LIN
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Patent number: 11247075Abstract: An ultrasonic probe device includes a sealed housing, a spiral-track plate, a driving arm, an ultrasonic probe and a first shaft. The spiral-track plate, disposed inside the sealed housing, includes a pivotal hole and a spiral groove, in which the spiral groove is extended outward from a center of the spiral-track plate. The driving arm, adjacent to the spiral-track plate, includes a first slot and a rotational shaft hole. The ultrasonic probe includes a follower pillar, a detection side and a connection side opposing to the detection side. The follower pillar, connected with the connection side, penetrates through the first slot and enters the spiral groove. The spiral groove provides a planar motion track to the detection side of the ultrasonic probe. The first shaft orderly penetrates through the sealed housing, the pivotal hole of the spiral-track plate, and the rotational shaft hole of the driving arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chun-Jung Chen, Kun-Ta Wu, Chia-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20210196944Abstract: A bladder urine volume monitoring system and a bladder urine volume monitoring method are provided. The bladder urine volume monitoring system includes at least one ultrasound patch, at least one muscle stimulation patch, and a control circuit. The ultrasound patch is configured to be attached to a surface of an organism to detect a urine volume in a bladder. The muscle stimulation patch is configured to be attached to the surface of the organism to stimulate a muscle of the bladder. The control circuit is coupled to the ultrasound patch and the muscle stimulation patch. The control circuit drives the ultrasound patch to detect the urine volume in the bladder in a first period. The control circuit drives the muscle stimulation patch to stimulate the muscle of the bladder in a second period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yi-Hsin Lin, Chia-Pin Li, Kun-Ta Wu, Kuo-Chun Lee, Chun-Jung Chen, Chun-Yu Chan
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Publication number: 20200316763Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Kun-Ta WU
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Patent number: 10730173Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
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Publication number: 20200214642Abstract: A state assessment system, a diagnosis and treatment system and a method for operating the diagnosis and treatment system are disclosed. An oscillator model converts a physiological signal of a subject into a defined feature image. A classification model analyzes state information of the subject based on the feature image. An analysis model outputs a treatment suggestion for the subject based on the state information of the subject. An AR projection device projects acupoint positions of a human body onto the subject, for the subject to be treated based on the treatment suggestion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Chii-Wann Lin, Kuo-Chun Lee, Jung-Chuan Pan, Heng-Jie Wang, Wei-Zheng Lu, Po-An Hsu, Kun-Ta Wu
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Publication number: 20200196982Abstract: An ultrasonic probe device includes a sealed housing, a spiral-track plate, a driving arm, an ultrasonic probe and a first shaft. The spiral-track plate, disposed inside the sealed housing, includes a pivotal hole and a spiral groove, in which the spiral groove is extended outward from a center of the spiral-track plate. The driving arm, adjacent to the spiral-track plate, includes a first slot and a rotational shaft hole. The ultrasonic probe includes a follower pillar, a detection side and a connection side opposing to the detection side. The follower pillar, connected with the connection side, penetrates through the first slot and enters the spiral groove. The spiral groove provides a planar motion track to the detection side of the ultrasonic probe. The first shaft orderly penetrates through the sealed housing, the pivotal hole of the spiral-track plate, and the rotational shaft hole of the driving arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: CHUN-JUNG CHEN, KUN-TA WU, CHIA-PIN LI
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Publication number: 20170057071Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Kun-Ta WU
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Patent number: 8777079Abstract: A nail gun includes a rotatable shaft which can lock a switch of a trigger of the nail gun in a nail-empty condition. The rotatable shaft has a locking portion and a driven portion extending partly into a nail magazine, such that when a nail pushing member disposed in the nail magazine reaches a predetermined position, the nail pushing member pushes the driven portion to make the rotatable shaft rotate about an axis perpendicular to a marching direction of the nails loaded in the nail magazine. As a result, the locking portion of the rotatable shaft in an initial position and spaced away from the switch will move to a locking position to be engaged with the switch. Therefore, the nail gun can shoot nails continuously until there is totally no nail in the nail gun and the nail gun is locked.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.Inventors: Chien-Kuo Po, Kun-Ta Wu
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Patent number: 8695862Abstract: An oscillation reducing suspension device for a fan motor of a combustion-powered tool includes a rigid axial-play setting unit mounted on an upper major surface of a cylinder head, and having upper and lower limit defining members that are spaced apart from each other by an axial play route, a suspending mount configured to keep the fan motor oriented in a rotary axis, and having a lug which extends radially into the axial play route to divide the axial play route into proximate and distal regions, and an elastomeric damper unit having upper and lower damping members respectively disposed in the distal and proximate regions. By virtue of the rigid mount supporting the fan motor, and the resilient damper unit coupling the mount and the cylinder head, the fan motor is firmly secured to the cylinder head, and axial oscillation of the fan motor is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.Inventors: Jian-Rung Wu, Kun-Ta Wu, Chang-Sheng Lin, Chien-Kuo Po
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Publication number: 20140088425Abstract: A single chip includes an analog module, an ultrasound imaging module, a wireless network module, a switch circuit and a central processing unit (CPU). The ultrasound imaging module controls an ultrasound front end, and the wireless network module controls a radio-frequency (RF) front end. The CPU controls the switch circuit to electrically connect the analog module to the ultrasound imaging circuit or the wireless network module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Song-Nien Tang, Fu-Chiang Jan, Kun-Ta Wu, Guo-Zua WU