Patents by Inventor On Mashiach

On Mashiach 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).

  • Electrical contacts on a medical device patch
    Patent number: 9403025
    Abstract: A device for conveying power from a location external to a subject to a location within the subject may include a flexible carrier and an adhesive on a first side of the carrier. A coil of electrically conductive material may be associated with the flexible carrier. A mechanical connector may be associated with the carrier opposite the adhesive, wherein the mechanical connector is configured to retain a housing and permit the housing to rotate relative to the flexible carrier. At least one electrical portion may be associated with the carrier in a manner permitting electrical connection to be maintained between the flexible carrier and the housing as the housing is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Tim Ruytjens
  • Apparatus and methods for implant coupling indication
    Patent number: 9403009
    Abstract: A device is disclosed that includes an external unit configured to communicate with an implant unit beneath the skin of a subject and an indicator associated with the external unit. The indicator is configured to produce an indicator signal when the external unit is within a predetermined range of the implant unit. In addition, the indicator may be configured to vary the indicator signal according to a distance between the external unit and the implant unit. Furthermore, a method of locating an external unit with respect to an implant unit is disclosed that includes detecting a distance between the external unit and the implanted unit located beneath the skin of a subject, producing an indicator signal when the external unit is within a predetermined range of the implant unit, and varying the indicator signal as a function of a distance between the external unit and the implant unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NYXOAH SA
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Insert tool for selectively powering an implant unit
    Patent number: 9393435
    Abstract: An implant unit delivery tool is disclosed having an implant tool and an implant activator. The implant tool may be configured to retain an implant unit during an implantation procedure in which the implant unit is fixated to tissue. The implant activator may be associated with the implant tool. Additionally, the implant activator may be configured to selectively transfer power to the implant unit during the implantation procedure to cause modulation of at least one nerve in the body of a subject prior to final fixation of the implant unit to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Electrode configuration for implantable modulator
    Patent number: 9358392
    Abstract: A device according to some embodiments may include an implantable flexible carrier and a pair of electrodes located on the carrier. The electrodes may be spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and may be configured to cause, when supplied with an electrical signal, a unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate at least one nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Searching for Content by Key-Authors on Online Social Networks
    Publication number: 20160147893
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client device of a first user of an online social network, a search query associated with a first topic. The method also includes identifying one or more key-authors associated with the first topic. The method further includes retrieving multiple objects of the online social network matching the search query, where one or more of the retrieved objects are associated with the first topic and are authored by at least one of the identified key-authors. The method also includes generating multiple search-results modules, each search-result module including references to one or more of the retrieved objects. At least one of the search-results modules is a key-authors-module that includes references to one or more of the retrieved objects associated with the first topic that are authored by at least one of the identified key-authors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Li-Tal Mashiach, Igor Ribeiro de Assis, Alexander Perelygin, Veselin S. Stoyanov
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FEEDBACK-BASED NERVE MODULATION
    Publication number: 20160121122
    Abstract: A device according to some embodiments may include a housing configured for location external to a body of a subject. The device may also include at least one processor associated with the housing and configured to communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode, receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit, and send a control signal to the implanted circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • HYPERTENSION THERAPY IMPLANT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160121121
    Abstract: An implant unit according to some embodiments may include a flexible carrier, at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier, and at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes. The at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit may be configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin and for location proximate to terminal fibers of the medial branch of the subject's hypoglossal nerve, such that an electric field extending from the at least one pair of modulation electrodes can modulate one or more of the terminal fibers of the medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Suture holes on a flexible implant
    Patent number: 9327132
    Abstract: A device according to some embodiments may include an implant unit which may include a flexible carrier, an antenna arranged on the flexible carrier, at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier, at least one implantable circuit electrically connected to the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the antenna; and at least one pair of suture holes passing through the flexible carrier. The at least one pair of suture holes may be arranged on the flexible carrier such that the flexible carrier may be configured to conform to tissue in a subject's body, and such that each suture hole of the at least one pair of suture holes may be positioned to allow suturing to tissue adjacent to the suture holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Apparatus and methods for modulating nerves using parallel electric fields
    Patent number: 9314613
    Abstract: A device may include at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured for implantation in the vicinity of a nerve to be modulated such that the electrodes are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the nerve to be modulated. The electrodes may be further configured to facilitate an electric field in response to an applied electric signal, the electric field including field lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the nerve to be modulated. The device may further include at least one circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and being configured to cause application of the electric signal applied at the at least one pair of modulation electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Ceramic encapsulation of an implantable device
    Patent number: 9308381
    Abstract: An implantable device is provided. The implantable device may include a flexible carrier configured for implantation in a subject, at least one pair of modulation electrodes associated with the carrier, an antenna configured to receive an electrical signal disposed on the flexible carrier, a circuit electrically coupling the antenna to the at least one pair of modulation electrodes; and a ceramic housing. At least one of the antenna and the circuit may be located within the ceramic housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NYXOAH SA
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Itzik Mashiach
  • Devices and methods for delivering energy as a function of condition severity
    Patent number: 9302093
    Abstract: A device for regulating energy delivery to an implanted circuit is disclosed. The device may include at least one implantable circuit and at least one pair of implantable electrodes in electrical communication with the circuit. The at least one pair of implantable electrodes may be configured to modulate at least one nerve. The at least one implantable circuit may be configured deliver a signal to the at least one pair of implantable electrodes. The signal may have at least one of a power level or a duration determined based on a severity of a detected physiologic condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NYXOAH SA
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20160030740
    Abstract: A method for delivering energy as a function of degree coupling may utilize an external unit configured for location external to a body of a subject and at least one processor associated with the implant unit and configured for electrical communication with a power source. The method may determine a degree of coupling between the primary antenna and a secondary antenna associated with the implant unit, and regulate delivery of power to the implant unit based on the degree of coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: NYXOAH SA
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20160030739
    Abstract: A method for delivering energy as a function of degree coupling may utilize an external unit configured for location external to a body of a subject and at least one processor associated with the implant unit and configured for electrical communication with a power source. The method may determine a degree of coupling between the primary antenna and a secondary antenna associated with the implant unit, and regulate delivery of power to the implant unit based on the degree of coupling between the primary antenna and the secondary antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Nyxoah SA
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Residual signal feedback-based control of an implant
    Patent number: 9248302
    Abstract: A wireless feedback device for monitoring an implant unit configured for location in a body of a subject is provided. The device may include a flexible substrate configured for removable attachment to the subject's skin, a primary antenna disposed on the flexible substrate, an interface configured to receive from the primary antenna a feedback signal based on wireless interaction with a secondary antenna associated with an implant unit configured to be located in the body of the subject, and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be configured detect a feedback signal on the primary antenna after cessation of a transmission to the secondary antenna, analyze the feedback signal to determine information relating to a function of the implant unit, and cause at least one response based on the analysis of the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Carsten Mueller
  • Apparatus and methods for feedback-based nerve modulation
    Patent number: 9248290
    Abstract: A device according to some embodiments may include a housing configured for location external to a body of a subject. The device may also include at least one processor associated with the housing and configured to communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode, receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit, and send a control signal to the implanted circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Hypertension therapy implant apparatus
    Patent number: 9248291
    Abstract: An implant unit according to some embodiments may include a flexible carrier, at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier, and at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes. The at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit may be configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin and for location proximate to terminal fibers of the medial branch of the subject's hypoglossal nerve, such that an electric field extending from the at least one pair of modulation electrodes can modulate one or more of the terminal fibers of the medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Electrical contacts on a medical device patch
    Publication number: 20160001084
    Abstract: A device for conveying power from a location external to a subject to a location within the subject may include a flexible carrier and an adhesive on a first side of the carrier. A coil of electrically conductive material may be associated with the flexible carrier. A mechanical connector may be associated with the carrier opposite the adhesive, wherein the mechanical connector is configured to retain a housing and permit the housing to rotate relative to the flexible carrier. At least one electrical portion may be associated with the carrier in a manner permitting electrical connection to be maintained between the flexible carrier and the housing as the housing is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Tim Ruytjens
  • Implant encapsulation
    Patent number: 9220907
    Abstract: An implant unit may include a substrate and an implantable circuit arranged on the substrate. An encapsulation structure may be disposed over at least a portion of the substrate and at least a portion of the implantable circuit, the encapsulation structure including a parylene layer and a silicon layer disposed over the parylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventors: Adi Mashiach, Itzik Maschiach
  • Implant sleep apnea treatment device including an antenna
    Patent number: 9220908
    Abstract: A sleep apnea treatment device may include a flexible carrier configured to be implanted in a body of a subject. The device may also include at least one electrode disposed on the flexible carrier, the at least one electrode being configured to modulate nerve fibers of the subject. A flexible antenna may be disposed on the flexible carrier, the flexible antenna electrically connected to the at least one electrode in a manner permitting at least some energy received by the flexible antenna to be transferred to the at least one electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Adi Mashiach
  • Statistical Filtering of Search Results on Online Social Networks
    Publication number: 20150363402
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query from a first user of an online social network and identifying a set of objects associated with the online social network that substantially match the query. The method also includes calculating, for each identified object, multiple scores corresponding to multiple scoring axes, respectively, each scoring axis having a threshold score that is statistically determined for the scoring axis. The method further includes filtering one or more of the identified objects from the set of objects based on the calculated scores, where each filtered object is associated with one or more scores for one or more scoring axes, respectively, below the threshold score of the respective scoring axis. The method also includes generating one or more search results corresponding to one or more of the identified objects remaining in the set of objects, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas E. Jackson, Li-Tal Mashiach