Patents by Inventor Ryan McGinnis

Ryan McGinnis 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: 10532211
    Abstract: A system for controlling a therapeutic device and/or environmental parameters can include one or more body worn sensor devices that detect and report one or more physical, physiological, or biological parameters of a person in an environment. The sensor devices can communicate sensor data indicative of the one or more physical, physiological, or biological parameters of a person to an external hub that processes the data and communicates with the therapeutic device to provide a therapy (e.g., neuromodulation, neurostimulation, or drug delivery) as a function of the sensor data. In some embodiments, the therapeutic device can be implanted in the person. In some embodiments, the therapeutic device can be in contact with the skin of the person. The sensor devices can also communicate to the hub that communicates with one or more devices to change the environment as a function of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MC10, Inc.
    Inventors: Roozbeh Ghaffari, Shyamal Patel, Milan Raj, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20190374157
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing personalized biofeedback therapy to a user experiencing a panic attack are described. The method comprises receiving an indication that the user is experiencing a panic attack, receiving, from a recommendation system, a recommended biofeedback therapy for the user, providing the recommended biofeedback therapy to the user during the panic attack, and transmitting to the recommendation system, information related to the panic attack after the panic attack has subsided, wherein the information related to the panic attack is used to provide an updated recommended biofeedback therapy for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan McGinnis, Ellen McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20190314192
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing sleep abnormality in a user is disclosed. The system can include an accelerometer sensor in contact with the skin of the user to measure the deflection of the body during respiration and generate a respiration waveform. A controller receives the respiration waveform from the accelerometer sensor to determine a sleep abnormality measurement as a function of the respiration waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Milan Raj, Ryan McGinnis
  • Patent number: 9955915
    Abstract: A method for calculating the location of the center-of-rotation of a joint with an attached member. The method employs an inertial measurement unit (IMU) having an angular rate gyro and an accelerometer and coupling the inertial measurement unit to the member for detection of movement of the member. The inertial measurement unit outputs data representative of angular velocity and acceleration of the member mounted IMU in response to movement of the joint. The method further comprising analyzing the angular rate and acceleration data to determine the center-of-rotation of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Noel Perkins, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20170095670
    Abstract: A system for controlling a therapeutic device and/or environmental parameters can include one or more body worn sensor devices that detect and report one or more physical, physiological, or biological parameters of a person in an environment. The sensor devices can communicate sensor data indicative of the one or more physical, physiological, or biological parameters of a person to an external hub that processes the data and communicates with the therapeutic device to provide a therapy (e.g., neuromodulation, neurostimulation, or drug delivery) as a function of the sensor data. In some embodiments, the therapeutic device can be implanted in the person. In some embodiments, the therapeutic device can be in contact with the skin of the person. The sensor devices can also communicate to the hub that communicates with one or more devices to change the environment as a function of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Roozbeh Ghaffari, Shyamal Patel, Milan Raj, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20170083312
    Abstract: A system for development of an algorithm for analysis of sensor data includes one or more wearable sensor devices, a smart device, and a cloud computing platform. The sensors in the wearable sensor device produce sensor data (e.g., physiological data) from a user that can be processed by a software algorithm in the wearable sensor device or by a connected smart device (e.g., a smartphone) via cloud computing, producing an algorithm output. The raw sensor data along with other information, such as the algorithm output and sensor data features can be sent to the cloud computing platform for storage and to enable developers to access the data in order to modify the software algorithms. The wearable sensor device can be configured to send more or less data to the cloud computing platform according to the performance of the software algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: MC10, INC.
    Inventors: Jesus Pindado, Melissa Ceruolo, Shyamal Patel, Ryan McGinnis, Paolo DePetrillo
  • Publication number: 20150223753
    Abstract: A method for calculating the location of the center-of-rotation of a joint with an attached member. The method employs an inertial measurement unit (IMU) having an angular rate gyro and an accelerometer and coupling the inertial measurement unit to the member for detection of movement of the member. The inertial measurement unit outputs data representative of angular velocity and acceleration of the member mounted IMU in response to movement of the joint. The method further comprising analyzing the angular rate and acceleration data to determine the center-of-rotation of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Noel Perkins, Ryan McGinnis
  • Patent number: 9032794
    Abstract: A measurement system having a miniature, wireless inertial measurement unit (IMU) disposed within or on a moving object, such as a ball or other member, to calculate the kinematics of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Noel Perkins, Ryan McGinnis
  • Patent number: 8687867
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that detect and classify mass-like regions exhibiting spiculated and/or dense characteristics with high sensitivity and at acceptable false positive rates. One or more suspicious masses are identified in medical imagery of the breast. In certain embodiments, a quantitative measure of spiculation and quantitative measure of density are computed for each suspicious mass located. At least one classification scheme, developed using true and false positives with similar quantitative measures, is then selected for each suspicious mass according to both quantitative measures. In certain other embodiments, a measure of breast location is computed for each suspicious mass. In one embodiment, the location determines whether a suspicious mass appears inside or outside of the parenchyma region of the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: iCad, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Collins, Kevin Woods, Brent Woods, William Pierson, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20140083963
    Abstract: A container for storing various yard equipment items is provided. The container includes an open volume for receiving a lawn mower, an open rear end for inserting and removing the lawn mower, a pair of sidewalls, an open bottom, and a top wall including several risers and treads. The risers and treads provide the top wall with a stair step configuration. The stair steps enable the housing to match the contours of the yard equipment contained therein, and additionally provide storage space on the top of the housing for storing a plurality of items. The yard equipment can be inserted into and removed from the container without disturbing the items stored on the steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Janet Wyner, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20140045630
    Abstract: A measurement system having a miniature, wireless inertial measurement unit (IMU) disposed within or on a moving object, such as a ball or other member, to calculate the kinematics of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Noel PERKINS, Ryan McGINNIS
  • Publication number: 20130073248
    Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing movement of equipment. The apparatus includes an inertial measurement unit continuously measuring six rigid body degrees of freedom of the equipment and outputting data representative thereof, wherein the inertial measurement unit defines a planar substrate having a single common plane. The inertial measurement unit further includes at least one angular rate gyro and at least one accelerometer sufficient to measure the six rigid body degrees of freedom and each being mounted on the single common plane. The apparatus further includes a processing unit determining the acceleration of the mass center of the equipment, the angular velocity and the angular acceleration of the equipment through a single derivative operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Noel Perkins, Ryan McGinnis, Kevin King
  • Patent number: 8213700
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are presented that identify suspicious anomalies in a colon with higher sensitivity and at a lower false positive rate. A plurality of images of an anatomical colon is acquired. Candidate suspicious anomalies are identified in each image. The candidate suspicious anomalies across images are then compared using registration and matching. Features of candidate suspicious anomalies across images may be jointly evaluated to perform classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: iCAD, Inc.
    Inventors: Senthil Periaswamy, Michael J. Collins, Ryan McGinnis, Robert L. Van Uitert
  • Patent number: 8175351
    Abstract: Methods are presented that detect and classify mass-like regions exhibiting spiculated and/or dense characteristics with high sensitivity and at acceptable false positive rates. One or more suspicious masses are identified in medical imagery of the breast. In certain embodiments, a quantitative measure of spiculation and quantitative measure of density are computed for each suspicious mass located. At least one classification scheme, developed using true and false positives with similar quantitative measures, is then selected for each suspicious mass according to both quantitative measures. In certain other embodiments, a measure of breast location is computed for each suspicious mass. In one embodiment, the location determines whether a suspicious mass appears inside or outside of the parenchyma region of the breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Icad, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Collins, Kevin Woods, Brent Woods, William Pierson, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20110206250
    Abstract: This discloses methods and systems for the processing of medical image data of a colon acquired with an imaging device, such as a computerized tomography (“CT”) scanner and more particularly, to methods and systems for the classification of structures or objects in said medical image data. The disclosed methods and systems analyze image data for objects such as rectal tubes or stools, or for clusters of suspicious regions, and may eliminate such objects from further analysis prior to presenting potential polyps to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: iCAD, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan McGinnis, Robert L. Van Uitert, Senthil Periaswamy
  • Publication number: 20110026791
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, methods, and a medical imaging system are presented that compute and output a density estimate of a breast. The density estimate may be computed using information from at least two digital images, wherein each image represents a view of at least a portion of the breast from a different specific angle. The density estimate may be computed using information from at least one digital breast image and at least one digital opposite breast image, wherein the at least one digital breast image represents a view of at least a portion of the breast from a specific angle and wherein the at least one digital opposite breast image represents a view of at least a portion of the opposite breast. The density estimate may be computed using computed parenchyma information, the parenchyma information being computed using texture information and density information derived from at least one digital image of at least a portion of the breast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Michael J. Collins, Hrishikesh Haldankar, Brent Woods, Ryan McGinnis, Kevin Woods
  • Publication number: 20100246912
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are presented that identify suspicious anomalies in a colon with higher sensitivity and at a lower false positive rate. A plurality of images of an anatomical colon is acquired. Candidate suspicious anomalies are identified in each image. The candidate suspicious anomalies across images are then compared using registration and matching. Features of candidate suspicious anomalies across images may be jointly evaluated to perform classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Senthil Periaswamy, Michael J. Collins, Ryan McGinnis, Robert L. Van Uitert
  • Publication number: 20100189326
    Abstract: The application discloses computer-based apparatus and methods for analysis of images of the colon to assist in the detection of colonic polyps. The apparatus and methods include the detection, classification and display of candidate colonic folds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Ryan McGinnis, Kevin Woods, Senthil Periaswamy, Robert L. Van Uitert
  • Publication number: 20100183210
    Abstract: The application discloses computer-based apparatus and methods for analysis of images of the colon to assist in the detection of colonic polyps. The apparatus and methods include the classification of anomalies which are suspected colonic polyps by morphological types, and the use of information about the morphological type to assist in the determination of whether the anomaly is a polyp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Robert L. Van Uitert, Senthil Periaswamy, Ryan McGinnis
  • Publication number: 20100067754
    Abstract: Methods, a system, and a computer readable medium are presented that detect and classify mass-like regions exhibiting spiculated and/or dense characteristics with high sensitivity and at acceptable false positive rates. One or more suspicious masses are identified in medical imagery of the breast. In accordance with certain embodiments, for each suspicious mass located, a quantitative measure of spiculation and quantitative measure of density are computed. At least one classification scheme is then selected for each suspicious mass according to both quantitative measures. Each classification scheme is developed using true positives and false positives with similar quantitative measures. In accordance with certain other embodiments, for each suspicious mass located, a measure of breast location is computed. At least one classification scheme is then selected for each suspicious mass according to the measure of breast location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: iCAD, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Collins, Kevin Woods, Brent Woods, William Pierson, Ryan McGinnis