Patents by Inventor Ying-Ching Lo

Ying-Ching Lo 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).

  • Publication number: 20040138568
    Abstract: The invention provides an ultrasonic monitor for measuring pulse rate values in a living subject, including a module with at least one source of ultrasonic energy, a gel pad comprised of a polymer and from about 50 to about 95% by weight of an ultrasound conductive diluent, wherein the gel pad is positioned in direct contact between the module and the living subject; an ultrasonic energy detector and associated hardware and software for detecting, calculating and displaying a readout of the measured rate values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Salutron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ying-Ching Lo, Tolentino Escorcio
  • Patent number: 5876350
    Abstract: A convenient low-cost heart rate monitor. In one embodiment, a digital filter structure includes a low pass filter having a notch at 60 Hz and a bandpass filter which amplifies signals in a frequency range from 10-40 Hz and has a notch at 60 Hz. This digital filter has a recursive structure and uses integer coefficients to simplify and speed up the calculations. A four bit microcontroller may implement the digital filter. The output of the digital filter is subject to enhancement signal processing to emphasize QRS complexes indicative of human heartbeats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Salutron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ying-Ching Lo, Yuh Show Tsai
  • Patent number: 5738104
    Abstract: A heart rate monitor for calculating heart rate based upon EKG signals. The monitor preferably utilizes 3 electrodes to pick up EKG signals and a differential amplifier to cancel common mode signals in the output of the electrode. An analog bandpass filter comprised of a low pass and high pass filter in series each with different rolloffs filters out low and high frequency components. The signals are digitized and digital filtering to remove power line hum and remnants of low and high frequency noise is performed. Then the EKG signals are digitally enhanced by differentiating and squaring the results of the differentiator then being averaged in a moving average computation so as to generate enhanced digital data. The enhanced digital data is then processed to learn the EKG characteristics, and a heart rate arbitrator processes the incoming signals to select out actual EKG complexes from EMG noise and other noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Salutron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ying-Ching Lo, Yuh Snow Tsai
  • Patent number: 5001649
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a driver system for an ultrasonic probe for allowing a user to have proportional control of the power dissipated in the probe in accordance with the position of power dissipation controls operable by the user and for automatically tuning upon user request such that the driving frequency is equal to the mechanical resonant frequency of said probe and such that the reactive component of the load impedance represented by said probe is tuned out. The system uses a tunable inductor in series with the piezoelectric crystal excitation transducer in the probe which has a flux modulation coil. The bias current through this flux modulation coil is controlled by the system. It is controlled such that the inductance of the tunable inductor cancels out the capacitive reactance of the load impedance presented by the probe when the probe is being driven by a driving signal which matches the mechanical resonance frequency of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Ching Lo, Samuel Zambre, Tolentino Escorcio
  • Patent number: 4970656
    Abstract: The system uses a tunable inductor in series with the piezoelectric crystal excitation transducer in the probe which has a flux modulation coil. The bias current through this flux modulation coil is controlled by the system. It is controlled such that the inductance of the tunable inductor cancels out the capacitive reactance of the load impedance presented by the probe when the probe is being driven by a driving signal which matches the mechanical resonance frequency of the probe. The resulting overall load impedance is substantially purely resistive. The system measures the phase angle and monitors the power level. The system uses this information to adjust the bias current flowing through the flux modulation coil to maintain the substantially purely resistive load impedance for changing power levels. This information is also used to adjust the frequency of the driving signal to track changing mechanical resonance conditions for the probe at different power levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Ching Lo, Tolentino Escorcio, Samuel Zambre, Ajeet Singh
  • Patent number: 4954960
    Abstract: A driver system for an ultrasonic probe using a tunable inductor in series with the piezoelectric crystal excitation transducer in the probe. The bias current through this flux moduation coil is controlled by the system such that the inductance of the tunable inductor cancels out the capacitive reactance of the load impedance presented by the probe when the probe is being driven by a driving signal which matches the mechanical resonance frequency of the probe. The resulting overall load impedance is substantially purely resistive. The system also adjusts the frequency of the driving signal to track changing mechanical resonance conditions for the probe at different power levels. This method of operation insures substantially maximum power transfer efficiency and substantially linear power control over a range of power dissipation levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Alcon Laboratories
    Inventors: Ying-Ching Lo, Samuel Zambre, Tolentino Escorcio