Patents by Inventor Ming-Shaung Ju

Ming-Shaung Ju 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).

  • Publication number: 20230060614
    Abstract: A MRI-guided stereotactic surgery method including the following steps: assigning coordinates of a surgery target point of a surgery cannula and an insertion direction of the surgery cannula; performing coordinate transformation to transform the coordinates of the surgery target point into an insertion position of the surgery target point; substituting the insertion position and the insertion direction into an inverse kinematics model to obtain five parameters respectively corresponding to five degrees of freedom of a MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device; controlling the MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device according to the parameters to start a stereotactic surgery procedure, thereby inserting the surgery cannula; obtaining an actual cannula position according to a magnetic resonance (MR) image; comparing the actual cannula position with the surgery target point to obtain a position error vector; and withdrawing the surgery cannula to finish the stereotactic surgery procedure when the position er
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching LIN, Bing-Lin HO, Huang-Lin CHEN, Yu-Nung PENG
  • Patent number: 11504188
    Abstract: A MRI-guided stereotactic surgery method including the following steps: assigning coordinates of a surgery target point of a surgery cannula and an insertion direction of the surgery cannula; performing coordinate transformation to transform the coordinates of the surgery target point into an insertion position of the surgery target point; substituting the insertion position and the insertion direction into an inverse kinematics model to obtain five parameters respectively corresponding to five degrees of freedom of a MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device; controlling the MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device according to the parameters to start a stereotactic surgery procedure, thereby inserting the surgery cannula; obtaining an actual cannula position according to a magnetic resonance (MR) image; comparing the actual cannula position with the surgery target point to obtain an actual position vector; and withdrawing the surgery cannula to finish the stereotactic surgery procedure when the actual po
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Bing-Lin Ho, Huang-Lin Chen, Yu-Nung Peng
  • Publication number: 20210153950
    Abstract: A MRI-guided stereotactic surgery method including the following steps: assigning coordinates of a surgery target point of a surgery cannula and an insertion direction of the surgery cannula; performing coordinate transformation to transform the coordinates of the surgery target point into an insertion position of the surgery target point; substituting the insertion position and the insertion direction into an inverse kinematics model to obtain five parameters respectively corresponding to five degrees of freedom of a MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device; controlling the MRI-compatible stereotactic surgery device according to the parameters to start a stereotactic surgery procedure, thereby inserting the surgery cannula; obtaining an actual cannula position according to a magnetic resonance (MR) image; comparing the actual cannula position with the surgery target point to obtain an actual position vector; and withdrawing the surgery cannula to finish the stereotactic surgery procedure when the actual po
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching LIN, Bing-Lin HO, Huang-Lin CHEN, Yu-Nung PENG
  • Patent number: 9345634
    Abstract: A hand rehabilitation device includes a base having an arm support. A first actuator is mounted to the base and includes a first output end. A second actuator is connected to the first output end of the first actuator and includes a second output end. A handle is connected to the second output end. One of the first and second output ends rotates about an axis. The other of the first and second output ends reciprocates in a direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Meng-Dar Shieh, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Ching Lin, Yung-Nien Sun, Pin-Cheng Kung, Chia-Chun Hung, Yi-Ting Lee
  • Publication number: 20130012362
    Abstract: A hand rehabilitation device includes a base having an arm support. A first actuator is mounted to the base and includes a first output end. A second actuator is connected to the first output end of the first actuator and includes a second output end. A handle is connected to the second output end. One of the first and second output ends rotates about an axis. The other of the first and second output ends reciprocates in a direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Meng-Dar Shieh, Shu-Min Chen, Yu-Ching Lin, Yung-Nien Sun, Pin-Cheng Kung, Chia-Chun Hung, Yi-Ting Lee
  • Patent number: 8182540
    Abstract: Disclosed is a skull endosseous implant adapted to be implanted in the subject's skull to provide an access channel. A variety of sensor means may be installed in the access channel for monitoring the intracranial status of the subject. The present invention further provides a kit containing the skull endosseous implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Chou-Ching Lin, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chia-Chu Chiang
  • Patent number: 7951096
    Abstract: A rehabilitation apparatus is disclosed. The rehabilitation apparatus includes a supporting housing, a rotary housing, an actuator, a control unit, and a torque detector. The rotary housing is slidably mounted to the supporting housing to hold a body segment. The actuator has a driving shaft to rotate the rotary housing. The control unit is electrically connected to the actuator to control the actuation of the actuator. The torque detector is electrically connected to the control unit, thereby detecting a torque exerted on the driving shaft, and transmitting a torque signal to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Pin-Cheng Kung
  • Publication number: 20090248165
    Abstract: Disclosed is a skull endosseous implant adapted to be implanted in the subject's skull to provide an access channel. A variety of sensor means may be installed in the access channel for monitoring the intracranial status of the subject. The present invention further provides a kit containing the skull endosseous implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Chou-Ching Lin, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chia-Chu Chiang
  • Publication number: 20080097255
    Abstract: A rehabilitation apparatus is disclosed. The rehabilitation apparatus includes a supporting housing, a rotary housing, an actuator, a control unit, and a torque detector. The rotary housing is slidably mounted to the supporting housing to hold a body segment. The actuator has a driving shaft to rotate the rotary housing. The control unit is electrically connected to the actuator to control the actuation of the actuator. The torque detector is electrically connected to the control unit, thereby detecting a torque exerted on the driving shaft, and transmitting a torque signal to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Pin-Cheng Kung
  • Publication number: 20080096724
    Abstract: An ankle rehabilitation apparatus is disclosed. The ankle rehabilitation apparatus comprises a base, a rotary plate, a rotary plate, an actuator, a control unit, and a torque detector. The rotary plate is pivotally connected to the base to hold a user's ankle. The actuator has a driving shaft to rotate the base. The control unit is electrically connected to the actuator to control the actuator to rotate the rotary plate. The torque detector is electrically connected to the control unit to detect a torque exerted to the driving shaft, and outputting the torque signal according to the torque to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching Lin, Bo-Wei Pan
  • Publication number: 20070073184
    Abstract: A sensor device that detects Laplacian electroencephalogram (LEEG) signals includes a signal acquisition module placed on a scalp of a subject to acquire brain signals. A signal processor is coupled or connected to the signal acquisition module to perform a Laplacian operation on the signals acquired by the signal acquisition module such that the noise signal is reduced to yield an analog LEEG signal with a high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Lu, Gin-Shin Chen, Sheng-Fu Chen, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin