Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Goff
Thomas G. Goff 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).
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Patent number: 11813385Abstract: A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ResMed Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel Bowditch
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Publication number: 20230310073Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Shockwave Medical, Inc.Inventors: John M. ADAMS, Thomas G. GOFF, Doug HAKALA
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Publication number: 20230270586Abstract: An obstructive sleep apnea detection device including an optical engagement surface adapted to engage a user's skin; a light source adapted to emit light from the optical engagement surface; a photodetector adapted to detect light at the optical engagement surface and to generate a detected light signal; a position sensor adapted to determine patient sleeping position; a controller adapted to determine and record in memory blood oxygen saturation values computed from the detected light signal and user position information from the position sensor; and a housing supporting the optical engagement surface, the photodetector, the light source, the position sensor, and the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel L. Bowditch
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Patent number: 11696799Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: John M. Adams, Thomas G. Goff, Doug Hakala
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Patent number: 11660228Abstract: An obstructive sleep apnea detection device including an optical engagement surface adapted to engage a user's skin; a light source adapted to emit light from the optical engagement surface; a photodetector adapted to detect light at the optical engagement surface and to generate a detected light signal; a position sensor adapted to determine patient sleeping position; a controller adapted to determine and record in memory blood oxygen saturation values computed from the detected light signal and user position information from the position sensor; and a housing supporting the optical engagement surface, the photodetector, the light source, the position sensor, and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Oura Health OyInventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel L. Bowditch
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Publication number: 20210154429Abstract: A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: RESMED INC.Inventors: Thomas G. GOFF, Kirby CHIANG, Nathaniel BOWDITCH
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Patent number: 10881829Abstract: A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: ResMed Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel L. Bowditch
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Publication number: 20200383724Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: John M. ADAMS, Thomas G. GOFF, Doug HAKALA
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Patent number: 10682178Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Shockwave Medical, Inc.Inventors: John M. Adams, Thomas G. Goff, Doug Hakala
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Publication number: 20200163794Abstract: An obstructive sleep apnea detection device including an optical engagement surface adapted to engage a user's skin; a light source adapted to emit light from the optical engagement surface; a photodetector adapted to detect light at the optical engagement surface and to generate a detected light signal; a position sensor adapted to determine patient sleeping position; a controller adapted to determine and record in memory blood oxygen saturation values computed from the detected light signal and user position information from the position sensor; and a housing supporting the optical engagement surface, the photodetector, the light source, the position sensor, and the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Thomas G. GOFF, Kirby CHIANG, Nathaniel L. BOWDITCH
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Patent number: 10632009Abstract: An obstructive sleep apnea detection device including an optical engagement surface adapted to engage a user's skin; a light source adapted to emit light from the optical engagement surface; a photodetector adapted to detect light at the optical engagement surface and to generate a detected light signal; a position sensor adapted to determine patient sleeping position; a controller adapted to determine and record in memory blood oxygen saturation values computed from the detected light signal and user position information from the position sensor; and a housing supporting the optical engagement surface, the photodetector, the light source, the position sensor, and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: HANCOCK MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Kirby Chiang, Nathaniel L. Bowditch
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Patent number: 10478202Abstract: A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: John M. Adams, Thomas G. Goff
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Patent number: 10314989Abstract: Described here are positive airway pressure (PAP) systems and methods with various mechanisms for altering the air pressure based in part on the head position of the user. This can be achieved actively or passively. Passively, pressure is altered when head position is altered, as gravity acts to open or close venting elements. Actively, head position information can then be communicated to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or within a separate housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Hancock Medical, Inc.Inventors: Thomas G. Goff, Nathaniel L. Bowditch, Tarmigan Casebolt
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Publication number: 20190142625Abstract: An obstructive sleep apnea detection device including an optical engagement surface adapted to engage a user's skin; a light source adapted to emit light from the optical engagement surface; a photodetector adapted to detect light at the optical engagement surface and to generate a detected light signal; a position sensor adapted to determine patient sleeping position; a controller adapted to determine and record in memory blood oxygen saturation values computed from the detected light signal and user position information from the position sensor; and a housing supporting the optical engagement surface, the photodetector, the light source, the position sensor, and the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: HANCOCK MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Thomas G. GOFF, Kirby CHIANG, Nathaniel L. BOWDITCH
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Patent number: 10112025Abstract: Systems and methods provide a self-contained, intermittent positive airway pressure system for treating sleep apnea, snoring, and other respiratory disorders. The systems and methods provide an air flow director that can be worn in or over the nose of the individual in communication with an upper airway. The systems and methods provide an airflow regulation assembly that can also be worn in its entirety by the individual in communication with the air flow director. The airflow regulation assembly includes a source of positive pressure. The airflow regulation assembly intermittently operates the source of positive pressure to increase positive air pressure in the air flow director sufficient to resist tissue collapse in the upper airway during only a portion of the respiratory cycle less than the entire respiratory cycle.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Hancock Medical, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel L. Bowditch, Thomas G. Goff, Tarmigan Casebolt
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Publication number: 20180256250Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Shockwave Medical, Inc.Inventors: John M. ADAMS, Thomas G. GOFF, Doug HAKALA
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Patent number: 9993292Abstract: An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: John Adams, Thomas G. Goff, Doug Hakala
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Publication number: 20180028208Abstract: A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: John M. ADAMS, Thomas G. GOFF
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Publication number: 20180021535Abstract: Embodiments of a hose for use with a respiratory device are disclosed. The hose comprises a structural element and a sealing element. The sealing element can be inside or outside of the structural element. The sealing element and structural element are only selectively connected. Such a hose design provides greater flexibility and enhanced user comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: HANCOCK MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Thomas G. GOFF, Kirby CHIANG
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Patent number: 9814476Abstract: A valvuloplasty system includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the valve. The shock wave generator is moveable within the balloon to vary shock wave impingement on the valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: John M. Adams, Thomas G. Goff