Patents by Inventor Robert L. Hood

Robert L. Hood 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: 12109349
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, apparatuses, and systems for aspirating an airway of a patient. The apparatuses include a main body having a pump and a storage canister housing coupled to the main body and containing a storage container that is at least partially collapsible. In some configurations, the main body can include a pressure sensor, a controller in communication with the pressure sensor, and having a processor, a memory, and a power source in communication with the controller. The storage canister housing can include a first end coupled to the main body, and a second end having a weighted portion and configured to be coupled to the first end to permit free rotation, such that the second end gravitationally rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Forhad Akhter, Austin R. Schoppe, Omar Navarro, Bruce Adams, Yusheng Feng, Robert Delorenzo, Robert L. Hood
  • Publication number: 20240100278
    Abstract: Certain embodiments include an endotracheal (ET) device assembly including an expansion lattice coupled with an expansion and/or contraction actuator. In certain aspects the expansion lattice is position within an open-ended sheath or cover that is position between the trachea and the expansion lattice when deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: DAVID BERARD, ISAAC TREVINO, YUSHENG FENG, ROBERT L. HOOD, ROBERT DELORENZO, DAVID RESTREPO
  • Publication number: 20210386924
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, apparatuses, and systems for aspirating the airway of a patient. The apparatus includes a main body having a pump and a storage canister housing coupled to the main body and containing a storage container that is at least partially collapsible. In some configurations, the main body can include a pressure sensor, a controller in communication with the pressure sensor, and having a processor, a memory, and a power source in communication with the controller. The storage canister housing can include a first end coupled to the main body, and a second end having a weighted portion and configured to be coupled to the first end to permit free rotation, such that the second end gravitationally rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Forhad AKHTER, Austin R. SCHOPPE, Omar NAVARRO, Bruce ADAMS, Yusheng FENG, Robert DELORENZO, Robert L. HOOD
  • Patent number: 10220124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of optical imaging and therapeutics. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide minimally-invasive Fiberoptic Microneedle Devices (FMDs) for light-based therapeutics, which physically penetrate tissue and deliver light directly into the target area below the skin surface. Embodiments of the invention enable depth-selective and deep photothermal therapeutics and include methods of treating cancer, methods of re-shaping or removing adipose tissue, and methods of delivering drugs or co-delivering drugs and energy to selected tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Rylander, Mehmet A. Kosoglu, Robert L. Hood, John L. Robertson, John H. Rossmeisl, David C. Grant, Marissa N. Rylander
  • Publication number: 20130338627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of optical imaging and therapeutics. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide minimally-invasive Fiberoptic Microneedle Devices (FMDs) for light-based therapeutics, which physically penetrate tissue and deliver light directly into the target area below the skin surface. Embodiments of the invention enable depth-selective and deep photothermal therapeutics and include methods of treating cancer, methods of re-shaping or removing adipose tissue, and methods of delivering drugs or co-delivering drugs and energy to selected tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher Rylander, Mehmet A. Kosoglu, Robert L. Hood, John L Robertson, John H. Rossmeisl, David C. Grant, Marissa N. Rylander
  • Patent number: 5403252
    Abstract: A climbing exercise apparatus is provided having a frame on which two pedals are pivotally mounted to provide a user with a vertically reciprocating exercise movement, and a control panel for user input and output. A dynamic break, alternator or the like applies a variable level of resistance (via a suitable transmission) against the user's movement. The resistance varies over time in accordance with a control signal generated by a computer. The value of the control signal is independent of the rate at which the user steps. A display successively displays images of hills. Each hill is associated with one of the series of values, and that value is graphically represented as part of or in visual association with the hill image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Life Fitness
    Inventors: Tomas F. Leon, Robert L. Hood, Robert E. Quast, David J. Thum, Emil S. Golen
  • Patent number: 5213555
    Abstract: An information, communication and control system for use in a health club which accumulates data from various types of exercise equipment and permits a number of exercise machines to be raced against one another. The exercise machines are equipped with keyboards from which users can enter data including their handicap (ability level) and the desired length of race. A central controller includes memory for storing data accumulated from the exercise machines and programs. The controller, responsive to the programs and input data, conducts a race between two or more exercise machines and displays the progress of the race on a video monitor. The controller can also be used to set up exercise programs for users on the various machines based on user performance data accumulated from the machines over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Inventors: Robert L. Hood, William H. Englehardt, Russell W. Krch
  • Patent number: D315646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Hood