Patents by Inventor Michelle Zheng
Michelle Zheng 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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Patent number: 11965040Abstract: The present invention provides modulators of complement activity. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Michelle Denise Hoarty, Ketki Ashok Dhamnaskar, Daniel Elbaum, Kristopher Josephson, Kelley Cronin Larson, Zhong Ma, Nathan Ezekiel Nims, Alonso Ricardo, Kathleen Seyb, Guo-Qing Tang, Douglas A. Treco, Zhaolin Wang, Ping Ye, Hong Zheng, Sarah Jacqueline Perlmutter, Robert Paul Hammer
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Patent number: 11943863Abstract: An electronic textile system and a docking assembly for the electronic textile system. The system includes a textile substrate, an input device attached to the textile substrate, and a docking assembly attached to the textile substrate for removably receiving a controller device. The docking assembly includes a first electrical interface for mating with a second electrical interface of the controller device. The system includes an electrical conductive pathway network integrated in the textile substrate for electrically coupling the input device and the first electrical interface. The input device may transmit to the controller device electronic signals representing input data when the controller device is received by the docking assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventors: Michelle Zheng, Adrian Philip Straka, Calvin Fook-Lam Kwok, Christopher Robin Leiphart, Yeh-Yun Tiau
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Publication number: 20230147489Abstract: A garment for detecting physiological data. The garment may include a garment body and a primary sensor panel affixed to a user facing side of the garment body. The primary sensor panel may include at least one bio signal sensor type to generate a primary set of bio signals. The garment may include a processor coupled to the primary sensor panel and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: receive, from the primary sensor panel, the primary set of bio signals; generate a bio signal waveform based on the primary set of bio signals; and determine a hemodynamic metric associated with the user based on the bio signal waveforms associated with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Parth Satvik Jain, Patricia Pamela Lim, Abdul Qadir Javaid, John Persic
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Publication number: 20230117030Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Adrian Philip Straka, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Publication number: 20230045382Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is to be attached to a cloth in which a conductive pattern is formed. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a boss portion provided on a surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the boss portion is inserted into the cloth; a connection terminal provided to the housing; and a conductive pad provided around the boss portion on the surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the conductive pad is electrically connected to the connection terminal. The conductive pad has a protrusion protruding in the same direction as the boss portion of the housing protrudes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Adrian STRAKA, Michelle ZHENG, Calvin Fook-Lam KWOK, Christopher Robin LEIPHART, Yuki KOYAMA, Kiyoshi ASAI, Toshihiko KATO
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Publication number: 20230045627Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is connected to the counterpart electrical connector. The electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having an annular portion; a first elastic member provided to the annular portion; and a second elastic member provided to the annular portion, wherein the first elastic member has a first region exposed on an inner surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a first member of the counterpart electrical connector, the second elastic member has a second region exposed on an outer surface of the annular portion and configured to contact a second member of the counterpart electrical connector, and the first elastic member and the first member are electrical contacts and/or the second elastic member and the second member are electrical contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Adrian STRAKA, Michelle ZHENG, Calvin Fook-Lam KWOK, Christopher Robin LEIPHART, Tomohito OKAMURA
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Publication number: 20220346227Abstract: An electronic textile system and a docking assembly for the electronic textile system. The system includes a textile substrate, an input device attached to the textile substrate, and a docking assembly attached to the textile substrate for removably receiving a controller device. The docking assembly includes a first electrical interface for mating with a second electrical interface of the controller device. The system includes an electrical conductive pathway network integrated in the textile substrate for electrically coupling the input device and the first electrical interface. The input device may transmit to the controller device electronic signals representing input data when the controller device is received by the docking assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Michelle ZHENG, Adrian Philip STRAKA, Calvin Fook-Lam KWOK, Christopher Robin LEIPHART, Yeh-Yun TIAU
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Publication number: 20220117553Abstract: A garment for detecting physiological data. The garment may include a garment body and a primary sensor panel affixed to a user facing side of the garment body. The primary sensor panel may include at least one bio signal sensor type to generate a primary set of bio signals. The garment may include a processor coupled to the primary sensor panel and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: receive, from the primary sensor panel, the primary set of bio signals; generate a bio signal waveform based on the primary set of bio signals; and determine a hemodynamic metric associated with the user based on the bio signal waveforms associated with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Tony CHAHINE, Michelle ZHENG, Parth Satvik JAIN, Patricia Pamela LIM, Abdul Qadir JAVAID, John PERSIC
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Publication number: 20210408746Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Tony CHAHINE, Michelle ZHENG, Adrian Philip STRAKA, Milad ALIZADEH-MEGHRAZI
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Patent number: 11121515Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: MYANT INC.Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Adrian Straka, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Patent number: 11097103Abstract: A resilient fabric band providing a sensor platform for a wearer in order to sense a plurality of biometric data, the band comprising: a pair of ECG sensors coupled to an interior surface of a body of the band, each of the pair of ECG sensors located on either side of a front to back centerline of the body; a pair of bio impedance sensors coupled to the interior surface of the body of the band, each of the pair of bio impedance sensors located on either side of the front to back centerline; a strain gauge sensor coupled to the body of the band; a computer device mounted on the body of the band via a housing, the computer device including a power source, a computer processor, a memory for storing instructions for execution by the computer processor, and a network interface for transmitting data sensed by the sensors; and a plurality of communication pathways connecting the computer device to each of the sensors, the communication pathway for sending power from the power supply to the sensors as controlled by tType: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: MYANT INC.Inventors: Adrian Straka, Jiwon Yang, Parth Jain, Mark Klibanov, Michelle Zheng, Gabriel Stefan, Monica Nealis, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Publication number: 20200144777Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Tony CHAHINE, Michelle ZHENG, Adrian STRAKA, Milad ALIZADEH-MEGHRAZI
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Publication number: 20200107731Abstract: A resilient fabric band providing a sensor platform for a wearer in order to sense a plurality of biometric data, the band comprising: a pair of ECG sensors coupled to an interior surface of a body of the band, each of the pair of ECG sensors located on either side of a front to back centerline of the body; a pair of bio impedance sensors coupled to the interior surface of the body of the band, each of the pair of bio impedance sensors located on either side of the front to back centerline; a strain gauge sensor coupled to the body of the band; a computer device mounted on the body of the band via a housing, the computer device including a power source, a computer processor, a memory for storing instructions for execution by the computer processor, and a network interface for transmitting data sensed by the sensors; and a plurality of communication pathways connecting the computer device to each of the sensors, the communication pathway for sending power from the power supply to the sensors as controlled by tType: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Adrian Straka, Jiwon Yang, Parth Jain, Mark Klibanov, Michelle Zheng, Gabriel Stefan, Monica Nealis, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Publication number: 20180345015Abstract: A resilient fabric band providing a sensor platform for a wearer in order to sense a plurality of biometric data, the band comprising: a pair of ECG sensors coupled to an interior surface of a body of the band, each of the pair of ECG sensors located on either side of a front to back centerline of the body; a pair of bio impedance sensors coupled to the interior surface of the body of the band, each of the pair of bio impedance sensors located on either side of the front to back centerline; a strain gauge sensor coupled to the body of the band; a computer device mounted on the body of the band via a housing, the computer device including a power source, a computer processor, a memory for storing instructions for execution by the computer processor, and a network interface for transmitting data sensed by the sensors; and a plurality of communication pathways connecting the computer device to each of the sensors, the communication pathway for sending power from the power supply to the sensors as controlled by tType: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Adrian Straka, Jiwon Yang, Parth Jain, Mark Klibanov, Michelle Zheng, Gabriel Stefan, Monica Nealis, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Publication number: 20180344171Abstract: A resilient fabric band providing a sensor platform for a wearer in order to sense, a plurality of biometric data, the band comprising: a pair of ECG sensors coupled to an interior surface of a body of the band, each of the pair of ECG sensors located on either side of a front to back centerline of the body; a pair of bio impedance sensors coupled to the interior surface of the body of the band, each of the pair of bio impedance sensors located on either side of the front to back centerline; a strain gauge sensor coupled to the body of the band; a computer device mounted on the body of the band via a housing, the computer device including a power source, a computer processor, a memory for storing instructions for execution by the computer processor, and a network interface for transmitting data sensed by the sensors; and a plurality of communication pathways connecting the computer device to each of the sensors, the communication pathway for sending power from the power supply to the sensors as controlled byType: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Adrian Straka, Jiwon Yang, Parth Jain, Mark Klibanov, Michelle Zheng, Gabriel Stefan, Monica Nealis, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
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Publication number: 20140214652Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented expense splitting method and system for allowing a payer to divide expenses among multiple purchasers. The method may include storing, in at least one computer memory, payer data and expense splitting instructions and accessing the computer memory with at least one computer processor and executing the instructions to perform multiple steps. The steps may include converting a captured receipt image to purchase data and providing a user interface displaying entries corresponding to purchases, and further providing a tagging option for tagging each of the entries with an indicator of at least one purchaser identity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Inventors: Michelle Zheng, Robert Andrew Nieporent, Sean H. Murray, Allison Anne Keevil
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Patent number: 6866856Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving the appearance of skin, particularly, treating, preventing, ameliorating, reducing and/or eliminating fine lines and/or wrinkles of skin, wherein the compositions include limonoid constituents which inhibit acetylcholine release at neuromuscular junctions of skeletal muscle so as to relax the muscles involved with wrinkling, folding and creasing of skin, e.g., facial movement and expression. The limonoids preferably include the plant alkaloids toosendanin and azadirachtin. The compositions, which also are used to treat hyperhidrosis, are preferably applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means to a site in need thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.Inventors: Michelle Zheng Lu, Robert E. Kalafsky, Michele C. Duggan
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Publication number: 20040127556Abstract: The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving the appearance of skin, particularly, treating, preventing, ameliorating, reducing and/or eliminating fine lines and/or wrinkles of skin, wherein the compositions include limonoid constituents which inhibit acetylcholine release at neuromuscular junctions of skeletal muscle so as to relax the muscles involved with wrinkling, folding and creasing of skin, e.g., facial movement and expression. The limonoids preferably include the plant alkaloids toosendanin and azadirachtin. The compositions, which also are used to treat hyperhidrosis, are preferably applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means to a site in need thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Michelle Zheng Lu, Robert E. Kalafsky, Michele C. Duggan
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Patent number: D917708Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: MYANT INC.Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi, Monica Nealis, Saransh Bhushan Jain, Yeh-Yun Tiau