Patents by Inventor Robert A. Connor

Robert A. Connor 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).

  • Wearable Device for Optical Breast Imaging and Spectroscopic Tissue Analysis
    Publication number: 20210022613
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable optical breast imaging device (such as a “smart bra”) with at least one cup, multiple light emitters on the interior of the cup which emit light beams at different times, and multiple light receivers on the interior of the cup. Changes in the spectra of light energy caused by transmission of the light energy through breast tissue are analyzed to diagnose whether there is abnormal tissue within the breast and, if so, to identify the location of abnormal tissue within the breast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Space-efficient optical structures for wide field-of-view augmented reality (AR) eyewear
    Patent number: 10859834
    Abstract: This invention comprises novel optical structures for Augmented Reality (AR) eyewear which can potentially improve virtual image quality, reduce eyewear size, selectively mask environmental light, and enable multiple focal planes. An optical structure for AR eyewear can comprise an annular array of light-energy emitters around a lens in front of a person's eye, wherein the lens has a plurality of nested annular light guides. This optical structure can also include an array of selectively-movable light reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Holovisions
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Motion recognition clothing with flexible optical sensors
    Patent number: 10839202
    Abstract: This invention discloses optical strain, stretch, and/or bend sensors which can provide precise and consistent measurement of human motion, posture, and gestures without the locational limitations of camera-based motion capture, the point-estimate limitations of inertial-based motion capture, or the variability of electrically-conductive strain, stretch, and/or bend sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wrist-Worn Device with One or More Cameras and a Comfortable Arm Posture During Imaging
    Publication number: 20200348627
    Abstract: This invention is a smart watch or other wrist-worn device with one or more cameras and a display which enables a person wearing the device to aim the focal direction of imaging while keeping with their arm in a comfortable, non-contorted configuration. The display can serve as a view finder for a camera. An arcuate array of cameras can be distributed around a portion of the circumference of the person's wrist and one camera from the array can be selected to record images from a particular angle at a particular time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • System for Remote Medical Imaging using Two Conventional Smart Mobile Devices and/or Augmented Reality (AR)
    Publication number: 20200327670
    Abstract: This invention is a system for remote medical imaging which uses conventional mobile devices (such as two smart phones) and/or augmented reality to calibrate attributes such as the size, color, and shape of a wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality on a person's body. One of the mobile devices is placed near the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality and acts as a digital fiducial marker or color key to help calibrate the size, color, and/or shape of the wound, injury, skin lesion, and/or tissue abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Devices and Methods to Help Prevent Decubitus Ulcers
    Publication number: 20200315885
    Abstract: This invention can help a person in bed to avoid decubitus ulcers. This device has a flexible body support structure (such as a sheet or blanket) which is automatically moved from a first configuration which is flat to a second configuration which enfolds and/or wraps around a person's body. The device turns a person from lying on their first side to lying on their opposite side by: enfolding the person in the support structure; rotating or pivoting the support structure; and then releasing the person by unfolding the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Sleepnea LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable food consumption monitor
    Patent number: 10772559
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable system for monitoring a person's food consumption comprising a motion sensor worn on a person's wrist, a camera worn on the person's ear or housed in the person's eyewear, and a data processor which analyzes data from the motion sensor. The camera is automatically triggered to take pictures of food when analysis of data from the motion sensor indicates that the person is eating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Head-Worn Mobile Neurostimulation Device
    Publication number: 20200238097
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable neurostimulation device which transmits selected patterns of low-intensity electromagnetic energy into a person's head for therapeutic purposes. This device can include a wearable ring and/or band which at least partially encircles a person's head and has flexible electroconductive prongs and/or teeth which protrude into and/or under the person's hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart clothing with converging/diverging bend or stretch sensors for measuring body motion or configuration
    Patent number: 10716510
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing with stretch and/or bend sensors for measuring changes in a person's body configuration. This smart clothing has an elastic nonconductive layer onto which helical converging/diverging conductive pathways are printed using ink which is a mixture of elastic nonconductive material and conductive material. Changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Janjua aneurysm net with a resilient neck-bridging portion for occluding a cerebral aneurysm
    Patent number: 10716573
    Abstract: This invention is an intrasacular aneurysm occlusion device with a proximal resilient stent which becomes wider than the aneurysm neck and a distal flexible net which is expanded by being filled with embolic members. The stent and the net work together. The stent occludes the aneurysm neck and prevents the device from slipping out. The net conforms to the walls of even an irregularly-shaped aneurysm sac and keeps the stent pressed against the inside of the aneurysm neck. This has advantages over the prior art, especially for aneurysms with irregularly-shaped sacs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Aneuclose
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable Devices for the Wrist and/or Arm with Multiple and Multi-Configuration Displays
    Publication number: 20200218312
    Abstract: This invention provides innovative designs for wearable devices for the wrist and/or arm which include multiple displays and/or multi-configuration displays. This provides larger overall display size for better human-to-computer interaction, while being relatively comfortable and attractive. Designs with multi-configuration displays enable transition to larger overall display configurations when needed for human-to-computer interaction and more compact display configurations when not in use for such interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Smart Clothing with Inertial, Strain, and Electromyographic Sensors for Human Motion Capture
    Publication number: 20200163621
    Abstract: This invention is smart clothing which enables human motion capture through combined analysis of data from inertial sensors, strain (or bend) sensors, and electromyographic (EMG) sensors. In a preferred embodiment, a first inertial motion sensor is located proximal to the body joint, a second inertial sensor is located distal to the body joint, two strain sensors span the body joint in different configurations, and an electromyographic (EMG) sensor collects data concerning electromagnetic energy from the muscles which move the body joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Systems for Nutritional Monitoring and Management
    Publication number: 20200152312
    Abstract: This invention is a system for nutritional monitoring and management which includes a camera, a spectroscopic sensor, a fiducial component, a wearable biometric sensor, a smart utensil or dish, a passive feedback mechanism which provides a person with information concerning food item types and/or quantities, and an active stimulus mechanism which modifies the person's food-related physiological processes. This system can help a person to improve their dietary habits and health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable device for the arm with close-fitting biometric sensors
    Patent number: 10627861
    Abstract: This is a wearable biometric device for an arm including spectroscopic sensors which project light onto an arm surface at different angles. Data from these sensors can be used to measure a person's hydration levels, oxygen levels, glucose levels, or heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • "Bowl-of-Spaghetti" Type Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device
    Publication number: 20200100795
    Abstract: This invention is a “bowl-of-spaghetti” type intrasacular aneurysm occlusion device including: a catheter; embolic coils; a bowl or cup shaped neck bridge; an opening in the neck bridge through which the coils are inserted into the aneurysm sac; and a closure mechanism which closes the opening after the coils have been inserted into the aneurysm sac. It is a called a “bowl-of-spaghetti” type device because the neck bridge can look like a bowl and the embolic coils can look like spaghetti noodles in the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Aneuclose LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable deformable conductive sensors for human motion capture including trans-joint pitch, yaw, and roll
    Patent number: 10602965
    Abstract: This invention comprises wearable deformable electromagnetic energy pathways which enable ambulatory (camera-free) three-dimensional human body motion capture including trans joint pitch, yaw, and roll. It can be embodied in a plurality of elongate electrically-conductive strips which diverge as they span a body joint in a proximal to distal manner and pairs of electromagnetic energy emitters and receivers which are in electromagnetic communication with the strips. In an example, conductive-fluid-filled lumens can be used instead of electrically-conductive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Arcuate wearable device with a circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors for measuring hydration level
    Patent number: 10607507
    Abstract: This invention is an arcuate wearable device with a circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors which measures a person's body hydration. In an example, this invention can be embodied in a modular smart watch band, a specialized hydration-monitoring band, or a finger ring. A circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors helps to ensure continuous measurement of body hydration, even if a wearable device shifts and/or rotates on a person's wrist, arm, or finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Augmented Reality (AR) Eyewear with at Least One Quasi Fresnel Reflector (QFR)
    Publication number: 20200089004
    Abstract: This invention is Augmented Reality (AR) eyewear with a Quasi Fresnel Reflector (QFR) which reflects light rays from a lateral Light Emitter Array (LEA) toward a person's eye to create virtual images in the person's field of view. This eyewear can have two Quasi Fresnel Reflectors (QFRs), one for each of the person's eyes. A Quasi Fresnel Reflector (AFR) can have: an array of linear, partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces; an array of nested, arcuate, partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces; and/or a spoke-and-ring array of partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Intrasaccular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with Net or Mesh Expanded by String-of-Pearls Embolics
    Publication number: 20200054344
    Abstract: This invention is an intrasaccular aneurysm occlusion device comprising: a net or mesh with a self-expanding resilient proximal portion (which is deployed close to the aneurysm neck) and an expandable flexible distal portion (which is deployed close to the aneurysm dome); and a “string of pearls” of embolic members which are inserted into the net or mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Aneuclose LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Wearable Device with Automatic and Temporary Sensor-Activated Band Contraction
    Publication number: 20200042036
    Abstract: This invention is wearable computing device for measuring biometric parameters whose contraction (e.g. tightness or looseness) around a person's wrist and/or forearm is automatically and temporarily changed based on information from one or more motion, optical, and/or electromagnetic energy sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor