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).
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Patent number: 11857281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Publication number: 20230116327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Patent number: 11464591Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Publication number: 20210068911Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Patent number: 10813711Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Sean Paul Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Patent number: 10806535Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Publication number: 20190209252Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Sean Paul Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Publication number: 20190167367Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Patent number: 10143526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Publication number: 20170151027Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Sean Walker, Curtis Caton, Terence Welsh, Neha Virmani, Yu Chiu, June Park
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Patent number: 7644805Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Inventor: Yu Chiu
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Publication number: 20070152450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2006Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventor: Yu Chiu
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Publication number: 20060153045Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2004Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Chih-Kung LeeInventors: 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