Patents by Inventor Yu Chiu

Yu Chiu 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: 11857281
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Publication number: 20230116327
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Patent number: 11464591
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Publication number: 20210068911
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Patent number: 10813711
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Paul Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Patent number: 10806535
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Publication number: 20190209252
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Paul Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Publication number: 20190167367
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Patent number: 10143526
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Publication number: 20170151027
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving a flexible medical instrument to a target in an anatomical space with robotic assistance are described herein. The flexible instrument may have a tracking sensor embedded therein. An associated robotic control system may be provided, which is configured to register the flexible instrument to an anatomical image using data from the tracking sensor and identify one or more movements suitable for navigating the instrument towards an identified target. In some embodiments, the robotic control system drives or assists in driving the flexible instrument to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
  • Patent number: 7644805
    Abstract: An electrical generator is driven by gravitational force provided by a plurality of pairs of water tanks. Each pair of water tanks is suspended by an elongated chain supported by a series of pulleys. The water tanks in each pair of water tanks move between an upper position and a lower position alternately by filling selected ones of the water tanks with water and draining from the other selected ones of the water tanks. The vertical movement of the water tanks alternately filled with water is translated by ratchet wheels and bevel gear wheels to rotate the electrical generator in the same direction for generating the electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Inventor: Yu Chiu
  • Publication number: 20070152450
    Abstract: An electrical generator is driven by gravitational force provided by a plurality of pairs of water tanks. Each pair of water tanks is suspended by an elongated chain supported by a series of pulleys. The water tanks in each pair of water tanks move between an upper position and a lower position alternately by filling selected ones of the water tanks with water and draining from the other selected ones of the water tanks. The vertical movement of the water tanks alternately filled with water is translated by ratchet wheels and bevel gear wheels to rotate the electrical generator continuously for generating the electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Yu Chiu
  • Publication number: 20060153045
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical head with a single or multiple sub-wavelength light beams, which can be used in arenas such as photolithography, optical storage, optical microscopy, to name a few. The present invention includes a transparent substrate, a thin film, and a surface structure with sub-wavelength surface profile. The incident light transmits through the transparent substrate, forms a surface plasma wave along the sub-wavelength aperture located within the thin film, and finally re-emits through spatial coupling with the sub-wavelength profile of the surface structure. As the coupled re-emitting light beam or light beams can maintain the waist less than that of the diffraction limit for a few micrometers out of the surface with sub-wavelength profile in many cases, this invention can have applications ranging from micro or nano manufacturing, metrology, and manipulation by using light beams with waist smaller than the diffraction limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Chih-Kung Lee
    Inventors: Chih Lee, Liang Yu, Jiunn Liaw, Ding Lin, Jyi Yeh, Yu Chiu, Chun Chen, Chyan Wu, Chau Yeh, You Chang, Kuo Huang, Yi Chen, Yeong Wang