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).
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Publication number: 20230060614Abstract: 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 erType: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching LIN, Bing-Lin HO, Huang-Lin CHEN, Yu-Nung PENG
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Patent number: 11504188Abstract: 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 poType: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Bing-Lin Ho, Huang-Lin Chen, Yu-Nung Peng
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Publication number: 20210153950Abstract: 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 poType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching LIN, Bing-Lin HO, Huang-Lin CHEN, Yu-Nung PENG
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Patent number: 9345634Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20130012362Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 8182540Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventors: Chou-Ching Lin, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chia-Chu Chiang
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Patent number: 7951096Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Pin-Cheng Kung
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Publication number: 20090248165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Chou-Ching Lin, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chia-Chu Chiang
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Publication number: 20080097255Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin, Pin-Cheng Kung
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Publication number: 20080096724Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Ming-Shaung JU, Chou-Ching Lin, Bo-Wei Pan
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Publication number: 20070073184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicant: NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chih-Cheng Lu, Gin-Shin Chen, Sheng-Fu Chen, Ming-Shaung Ju, Chou-Ching Lin