Patents by Inventor Rafi Ravid

Rafi Ravid 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).

  • Patent number: 11883136
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for measuring time-varying radar cross section (RCS) of an artery of a patient, which may be used to determine blood pressure of a patient. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided which comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver for generating RF waves, and at least one sensor configured for positioning on or adjacent the skin of a patient, and at least one of transmitting the RF waves into tissue of the patient and receiving RF wave reflections from at least one artery located within the tissue. The apparatus may further comprise a processor having computer instructions operating thereon configured to cause the processor to determine an RF arterial pulse waveform based on the received RF wave reflections. The time-varying radar cross section (RCS) comprises the RF arterial pulse waveform. This may be in turn correlated to blood pressure of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Ravid, Uriel Weinstein
  • Patent number: 11872012
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward physiological monitoring of patients, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for physiological monitoring of patients with a continuous or near-continuous transmission and analysis of monitored physiological data during the monitoring process. In some embodiments, a physiological patient monitoring system is provided which includes a physiological monitoring device which comprises a housing disposed on a patch, and the patch is configured for removable attachment to or proximate the skin of a patient, the housing including at least one memory. Antenna disposed on the housing transmit radio-frequency (RF) waves towards a targeted portion of an internal tissue of the patient and receive reflected RF waves from the internal tissue. RF circuitry in communication with the at least one memory perform an RF-based measurement of a lung fluid level of the patient during a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Rafi Ravid, David Meshulam, Roman Vaistikh, Leonid Bekman, Noa Graf, Ronen Eldar, Daniel Quartler, Arkadi Averboukh, Vered Cohen Sharvit
  • Publication number: 20240008792
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward cardiac diagnosis and/or arrhythmia monitoring, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for arrhythmia monitoring with a trained classifier including at least one neural network. In some embodiments, an external heart monitoring device may include a plurality ECG electrodes to sense surface ECG activity, ECG processing circuitry to process the surface ECG activity to provide at least one ECG signal, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a rhythm change classifier comprising at least one neural network, and at least one processor to receive the ECG signal(s), detect with the rhythm change classifier time data corresponding to a predetermined rhythm change in the ECG signal(s), determine based on the detected time data at least one ECG signal portion corresponding to the predetermined rhythm change, and transmit the at least one determined ECG signal portion to a remote computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Jacob Hecht, Rafi Ravid, David Meshulam, Vered Cohen Sharvit, Arkadi Averboukh
  • Patent number: 11813065
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward cardiac diagnosis and/or arrhythmia monitoring, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for arrhythmia monitoring with a trained classifier including at least one neural network. In some embodiments, an external heart monitoring device may include a plurality ECG electrodes to sense surface ECG activity, ECG processing circuitry to process the surface ECG activity to provide at least one ECG signal, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a rhythm change classifier comprising at least one neural network, and at least one processor to receive the ECG signal(s), detect with the rhythm change classifier time data corresponding to a predetermined rhythm change in the ECG signal(s), determine based on the detected time data at least one ECG signal portion corresponding to the predetermined rhythm change, and transmit the at least one determined ECG signal portion to a remote computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Rafi Ravid, David Meshulam, Vered Cohen Sharvit, Arkadi Averboukh, Jacob Hecht
  • Publication number: 20230137521
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system for use in either a patch mode or a holster mode for monitoring physiological data of a patient includes a multi-mode sensor configured to continuously and/or intermittently acquire the physiological data from the patient in the least two modes and to transmit the acquired physiological data to a remote location and/or record the acquired physiological data in an internal memory, the physiological data including one or more of patient electrocardiogram (ECG) data, patient posture, patient movement, radio-frequency (RF) based physiological data, body temperature, and/or patient respiration; an attachment mechanism disposed on the multi-mode sensor, the attachment mechanism configured to removably connect the multi-mode sensor to either a holster and associated monitoring cables worn by the patient or a patch worn by the patient; at least one electrical contact disposed on the multi-mode sensor, the at least one electrical contact configured to engage a counterpart electrical contact
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Arkadi Averboukh, Danny Koifman, Rafi Ravid, Aviv Rottenberg, Lior Sela, Leonid Bekman, David Meshulam
  • Publication number: 20220304584
    Abstract: Medical monitoring systems and techniques for remote monitoring of RF-based and light-based physiological information of a patient are provided. A system as disclosed herein includes an RF transmitter configured to be placed on a predetermined location of the patient and an RF receiver and associated circuitry configured to provide RF sensor signals including information about an RF-based aortic region waveform. The system includes at least one light source configured to be placed on the predetermined location and a light sensor and associated light sensor circuitry configured to provide light sensor signals including information about a light-based arterial waveform. The system includes a processor configured to determine a first fiducial point on the RF-based aortic region waveform, determine a second fiducial point on the light-based arterial waveform, determine a time difference parameter between the fiducial points, and determine at least a pulse wave velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Kent J. Volosin, Rafi Ravid
  • Publication number: 20220183607
    Abstract: A cardiac monitoring system for displaying contextual biometric information for arrhythmia events occurring in a patient is provided. The system includes a cardiac sensor configured to be coupled to the patient. The cardiac sensor is configured to transmit ECG signals and motion signals to a remote server. The remote server is in communication with the cardiac sensor and further in communication with a user interface. The remote server includes a database implemented in a non-transitory memory and a processor in communication with the database. The processor is configured to store the ECG signals and the motion signals in the database and identify an arrhythmia event based on the received ECG signals. The processor is also configured to determine, based on the motion signals, contextual biometric information of the patient for the arrhythmia event and display, on the user interface, the arrhythmia event with the contextual biometric information of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kent J. Volosin, Uriel Weinstein, Melissa Marie Fletcher Atienza, Ramu Perumal, Rafi Ravid
  • Patent number: 11259715
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, devices and systems for measuring vital signs in human and animals by interrogating electromagnetic signals reflected from tissues in a human or animal subject. Probes may transmit radio frequency electromagnetic waves into a living body and generate signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from within the body. Such embodiments may be suitable for wearable devices as well as for use by medical practitioners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Rafi Ravid, Uriel Weinstein, Roman Vaistikh, Gil Arditi
  • Publication number: 20210251507
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for measuring time-varying radar cross section (RCS) of an artery of a patient, which may be used to determine blood pressure of a patient. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided which comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver for generating RF waves, and at least one sensor configured for positioning on or adjacent the skin of a patient, and at least one of transmitting the RF waves into tissue of the patient and receiving RF wave reflections from at least one artery located within the tissue. The apparatus may further comprise a processor having computer instructions operating thereon configured to cause the processor to determine an RF arterial pulse waveform based on the received RF wave reflections. The time-varying radar cross section (RCS) comprises the RF arterial pulse waveform. This may be in turn correlated to blood pressure of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Zoll Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi RAVID, Uriel WEINSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20210244282
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward physiological monitoring of patients, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for physiological monitoring of patients with a continuous or near-continuous transmission and analysis of monitored physiological data during the monitoring process. In some embodiments, a physiological patient monitoring system is provided which includes a physiological monitoring device which comprises a housing disposed on a patch, and the patch is configured for removable attachment to or proximate the skin of a patient, the housing including at least one memory. Antenna disposed on the housing transmit radio-frequency (RF) waves towards a targeted portion of an internal tissue of the patient and receive reflected RF waves from the internal tissue. RF circuitry in communication with the at least one memory perform an RF-based measurement of a lung fluid level of the patient during a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Zoll Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Uriel WEINSTEIN, Rafi RAVID, David MESHULAM, Roman VAISTIKH, Leonid BEKMAN, Noa GRAF, Ronen ELDAR, Daniel QUARTLER, Arkadi AVERBUCH, Vered Cohen SHARVIT
  • Patent number: 11020002
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward physiological monitoring of patients, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for physiological monitoring of patients with a continuous or near-continuous transmission and analysis of monitored physiological data during the monitoring process. In some embodiments, a physiological patient monitoring system is provided which includes a physiological monitoring device which comprises a housing disposed on a patch, and the patch is configured for removable attachment to or proximate the skin of a patient, the housing including at least one memory. Antenna disposed on the housing transmit radio-frequency (RF) waves towards a targeted portion of an internal tissue of the patient and receive reflected RF waves from the internal tissue. RF circuitry in communication with the at least one memory perform an RF-based measurement of a lung fluid level of the patient during a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Rafi Ravid, David Meshulam, Roman Vaistikh, Leonid Bekman, Noa Graf, Ronen Eldar, Daniel Quartler, Arkadi Averbuch, Vered Cohen Sharvit
  • Patent number: 11013420
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for measuring time-varying radar cross section (RCS) of an artery of a patient, which may be used to determine blood pressure of a patient. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided which comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver for generating RF waves, and at least one sensor configured for positioning on or adjacent the skin of a patient, and at least one of transmitting the RF waves into tissue of the patient and receiving RF wave reflections from at least one artery located within the tissue. The apparatus may further comprise a processor having computer instructions operating thereon configured to cause the processor to determine an RF arterial pulse waveform based on the received RF wave reflections. The time-varying radar cross section (RCS) comprises the RF arterial pulse waveform. This may be in turn correlated to blood pressure of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Rafi Ravid, Uriel Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20210121090
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward cardiac diagnosis and/or arrhythmia monitoring, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for arrhythmia monitoring with a trained classifier including at least one neural network. In some embodiments, an external heart monitoring device may include a plurality ECG electrodes to sense surface ECG activity, ECG processing circuitry to process the surface ECG activity to provide at least one ECG signal, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a rhythm change classifier comprising at least one neural network, and at least one processor to receive the ECG signal(s), detect with the rhythm change classifier time data corresponding to a predetermined rhythm change in the ECG signal(s), determine based on the detected time data at least one ECG signal portion corresponding to the predetermined rhythm change, and transmit the at least one determined ECG signal portion to a remote computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Uriel Weinstein, Rafi Ravid, David Meshulam, Vered Cohen Sharvit, Arkadi Averboukh, Jacob Hecht
  • Publication number: 20190298208
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward physiological monitoring systems, devices and methods for implementation as wearable and/or wireless sensor(s) and to be used in aiding clinicians in the diagnosis and identification of various clinical conditions, events and/or trends. The systems and devices include an RF device configured to transmit radio-frequency (RF) waves towards an artery located within a tissue of a patient or a subject and to receive reflected RF waves from the artery. In some embodiments, the reflected RF waves are analyzed to determine various physiological conditions of the subject including but not limited to blood pressure, heart rate, arrhythmic events, and/or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Uriel WEINSTEIN, Rafi RAVID
  • Publication number: 20190046038
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward physiological monitoring of patients, and more particularly, systems, devices and methods for physiological monitoring of patients with a continuous or near-continuous transmission and analysis of monitored physiological data during the monitoring process. In some embodiments, a physiological patient monitoring system is provided which includes a physiological monitoring device which comprises a housing disposed on a patch, and the patch is configured for removable attachment to or proximate the skin of a patient, the housing including at least one memory. Antenna disposed on the housing transmit radio-frequency (RF) waves towards a targeted portion of an internal tissue of the patient and receive reflected RF waves from the internal tissue. RF circuitry in communication with the at least one memory perform an RF-based measurement of a lung fluid level of the patient during a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Uriel WEINSTEIN, Rafi RAVID, David MESHULAM, Roman VAISTIKH, Leonid BEKMAN, Noa GRAF, Ronen ELDAR, Daniel QUARTLER, Arkadi AVERBUCH, Vered Cohen SHARVIT
  • Publication number: 20170296093
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, devices and systems for measuring vital signs in human and animals by interrogating electromagnetic signals reflected from tissues in a human or animal subject. Probes may transmit radio frequency electromagnetic waves into a living body and generate signals responsively to the waves that are scattered from within the body. Such embodiments may be suitable for wearable devices as well as for use by medical practitioners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Rafi RAVID, Uriel WEINSTEIN, Roman VAISTIKH, Gil ARDITI
  • Publication number: 20160345845
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems and methods for measuring time-varying radar cross section (RCS) of an artery of a patient, which may be used to determine blood pressure of a patient. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided which comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver for generating RF waves, and at least one sensor configured for positioning on or adjacent the skin of a patient, and at least one of transmitting the RF waves into tissue of the patient and receiving RF wave reflections from at least one artery located within the tissue. The apparatus may further comprise a processor having computer instructions operating thereon configured to cause the processor to determine an RF arterial pulse waveform based on the received RF wave reflections. The time-varying radar cross section (RCS) comprises the RF arterial pulse waveform. This may be in turn correlated to blood pressure of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: KYMA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Rafi RAVID, Uriel WEINSTEIN
  • Patent number: 8526528
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes first and second transmitters, which are coupled to produce respective first and second Radio Frequency (RF) signals that are phase-shifted with respect to one another by a beamforming phase offset, and to transmit the RF signals toward a remote communication terminal. The terminal includes a reception subsystem including first and second receivers and a phase correction unit. The first and second receivers are respectively coupled to receive third and fourth RF signals from the remote communication terminal. The phase correction unit is coupled to produce, responsively to the third and fourth RF signals, a phase correction for correcting an error component in the beamforming phase offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Provigent Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Ravid, Zohar Montekyo, Ahikam Aharony
  • Publication number: 20120230444
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes first and second transmitters, which are coupled to produce respective first and second Radio Frequency (RF) signals that are phase-shifted with respect to one another by a beamforming phase offset, and to transmit the RF signals toward a remote communication terminal. The terminal includes a reception subsystem including first and second receivers and a phase correction unit. The first and second receivers are respectively coupled to receive third and fourth RF signals from the remote communication terminal. The phase correction unit is coupled to produce, responsively to the third and fourth RF signals, a phase correction for correcting an error component in the beamforming phase offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Provigent Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi RAVID, Zohar MONTEKYO, Ahikam AHARONY
  • Publication number: 20120195392
    Abstract: A transmitter includes an Outdoor Unit (ODU) including circuitry, and an Indoor Unit (IDU) that is configured to predistort a signal based on a non-linearity model of the circuitry having one or more model parameters, and to forward the predistorted signal to the ODU. The ODU is configured to accept the predistorted signal from the IDU, to amplify and transmit the predistorted signal using the circuitry, to estimate the non linearity model parameters, and to send the estimated model parameters to the IDU so as to cause the IDU to apply the model parameters in predistoring the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: PROVIGENT LTD.
    Inventors: Igal (Yehuda) Kushnir, Jonathan Friedmann, Ronen Shaked, Rafi Ravid