Patents Issued in October 24, 2017
  • Patent number: 9795295
    Abstract: A mechanical IOP (intra ocular pressure) monitor includes a cylinder fitted with an ocular plate attached to the cylinder interior. The cylinder interior comprises a mechanism for transducing pressure, detecting intraocular pressure and a signaling component for indicating when a set intraocular pressure is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Michael L. Cohen
  • Patent number: 9795296
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a system, apparatus and methods for measurement of biometric data of a diver. In many embodiments, the system includes a mouthpiece having a sensor device comprising a light emitter and detector configured to emit and detect light at a wavelength having an absorbance correlated with a level of a blood gas saturation e.g., oxygen, nitrogen, CO2. The emitter is positioned to emit light onto oral tissue of the diver and the detector positioned to detect light which is received from the oral tissue either by transmittance of light through the oral tissue or by reflection of light from the tissue. The target oral tissue can include one or both of gum or buccal tissue. Such embodiments allow data to be collected without having to wear additional sensors or measurement devices and allow for measurement of blood gas levels as the diver breaths through their mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: InCube Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Mir Imran
  • Patent number: 9795297
    Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ARC DEVICES, LTD
    Inventors: Irwin Gross, Michael G. Smith, Mark Khachaturian, Martin Crawley, Steven Gerst, John Barrett, Michael Cronin, Derek Turnbull, Jason Bodnick
  • Patent number: 9795298
    Abstract: There is provided a system of transmitting partograph information and analyzing the same comprising a client device adapted to receive partograph information as inputs; the inputs transmittable to a partograph processing server via a wireless communication network; wherein the partograph processing server is configured to receive the partograph information; conform the partograph information to a standardized format and disseminate the partograph information to at least one computer device. Preferably, the partograph processing server further comprises an analyzer to analyze the partograph information for one or more abnormality condition and provides an alert to the at least one computer device and the client device. Alternatively, the analyzer is installed in the client device in the form of a software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: EINNOVATIONS HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ramon G. Duremdes, Ian Christopher De Jesus, Kristian R. Sumabat, Kathryn T. Genson
  • Patent number: 9795299
    Abstract: A modular holder or patch is described that may be used with or as part of a wireless physiological sensing device. The wireless physiological sensing device may include a holder or patch, first and second electrodes, and an electronics package that may be removably coupled with the holder or patch and which may be in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes. The electronics package may include a housing, a wireless transceiver and electronic circuitry configured to process signals received via the first and second electrodes and the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Brian Keith Russell
  • Patent number: 9795300
    Abstract: A wearable, portable physiological monitor configured to wirelessly transmit real time information regarding a plurality physiological parameters. The portable monitor includes a plurality of sensor ports, where at least a first sensor port is positioned on a side of a housing of the portable monitor such that, when the portable monitor is attached to an arm of a patient, a wired connection extending from the first sensor port to a first physiological sensor positioned on a digit of the patient follows a path to the digit of the patient that avoids tangling of the wired connection. The portable monitor further includes one or more processing devices configured to cause display of parameter values, combine information indicative of the signals into a single word or bit stream, and encode and generate a baseband signal. Further includes a transmitter to modulate the baseband signal and wirelessly transmit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ammar Al-Ali
  • Patent number: 9795301
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, apparatus and method can be provided for generating information for at least one structure. For example, using at least one first arrangement, it is possible to receive at least one first radiation from the at least one structure and at least one second radiation from a reference, and interfere the first and second radiations to generate at least one third radiation. Further, with at least one second arrangement, it is possible to generate spectroscopic data as a function of the at least one third radiation, and reduce at least one scattering effect in the spectroscopic data to generate the information. In addition or as an alternative, according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to classify a type of the structure based on the spectroscopic data to generate the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Fleming, Brett Eugene Bouma, Joseph Gardecki, Guillermo J. Tearney
  • Patent number: 9795302
    Abstract: Implementations of the tissue illumination systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein take advantage of the translucent nature of tissue to reveal properties by light transmission, for example, tissue type, tissue transition locations, underlying structures, and the like, that are not easily distinguished by reflected light. Illuminating a back-side of a translucent tissue permits a user to distinguish between different types of tissue, tissue transition locations, and/or structures that are difficult or impossible to discern under overhead or front-side illumination. Implementations include a light source that is positionable behind a tissue or disposable within a body cavity or duct, for example, within a heart ventricle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Stanton J. Rowe, Emil Karapetian, Erin M. Spinner, Devin H. Marr, Glen T. Rabito
  • Patent number: 9795303
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for hyperspectral imaging analysis that assists in real and near-real time assessment of biological tissue condition, viability, and type, and monitoring the above overtime. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful in surgery, clinical procedures, tissue assessment, diagnostic procedures, health monitoring, and medical evaluations, especially in the detection and treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hypermed Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Svetlana V. Panasyuk, Jenny Freeman, Alexander Panasyuk
  • Patent number: 9795304
    Abstract: A low profile temperature transducer has a working surface for placement against a body surface and a first output. The transducer is a flat laminate composed of alternating conductive and dielectric layers. The laminate defines at least one slotline antenna for exposure to the body surface to pick up thermal emissions from the underlying tissue at depth. A feed network having a characteristic impedance is connected to the first output and a slotline-to-stripline transition is connected between the at least one antenna and the feed network, the transition providing a match between the impedance at the at least one antenna and the characteristic impedance. Also, a temperature sensor may be present at the working surface to detect the body surface temperature under the transducer, that surface temperature being used to calculate actual temperature at depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Coral Sand Beach LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Carr, Robert C. Allison
  • Patent number: 9795305
    Abstract: A temperature probe includes a handle and a shaft extending from the handle. The shaft includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a tip at the distal end. The temperature probe also includes a capacitance sensor disposed on one of the handle and the shaft, the capacitance sensor configured to measure a change in capacitance when positioned proximate a conductor. The temperature probe further includes a temperature sensor disposed on the shaft, the temperature sensor configured to measure a body cavity temperature of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Mullin, Matthew J. Kinsley, Eric Andreassen, David E. Quinn, Henry J. Smith, III, John A. Lane, John Delaney, Scott A. Martin, Michael J. Anson
  • Patent number: 9795306
    Abstract: A method of estimating a blood pressure based on an image is provided. The method includes obtaining, by camera, an image including a skin of a user, determining, by a computer device, a skin region, in which at least one portion of the skin is displayed, from the image, and storing a mean value of color data of a designated color model for each of two target regions which have different positions in the skin region from each other, estimating, by the computer device, a pulse-wave transit time (PTT) based on a pulse wave signal determined based on a change in the mean value of the color data for each of the two target regions, and estimating, by the computer device, the blood pressure using the PTT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Kwang-Seok Hong, Ho Sung Lee, JinSoo Park
  • Patent number: 9795307
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a medical device for measuring blood pressure. The medical device may include an elongated shaft having a proximal region and a distal region. An optical fiber may extend along the proximal region. The optical fiber may be secured to an inner surface of the shaft. An optical pressure sensor may be coupled to the optical fiber. The optical pressure sensor may be disposed along the distal region. A sealing member may be attached to the optical fiber and may have a surface engaged with the inner surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Lloyd Radman, Anthony Suardini
  • Patent number: 9795308
    Abstract: A device for measuring brachial arterial blood pressure in an individual has a blood pressure cuff attachable to an upper arm, means, separate to the blood pressure cuff, for measuring the heart rate, and a control unit connected to both the blood pressure cuff and the heart rate monitoring means, such that, in use, the control unit monitors the heart rate for the establishment of a stable resting heart rate, initiates a blood pressure measurement, and calculates the pulse pressure (PP) to establish the status of the brachial artery during the blood pressure measurement. Where the heart rate drops to within +12 bpm of a reference, resting heart rate for the individual the device will initiate a blood pressure measurement in accordance with a reference, resting heart rate protocol. However, where an irregular heart rate (IRHR) is found the device will initiate a blood pressure measurement in accordance with a timed protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Dermot Jerome Murray
  • Patent number: 9795309
    Abstract: A wearable terminal can include a main body configured to be in contact with a body of a user using one side of the main body, a photo plethysmography including a transmitter combined with one side of the main body and outputs a output signal, and a receiver detecting a reflection signal corresponding to the output signal returned, a cover configured to cover the photo plethysmography and be combined with the main body and a controller configured to measure a heart rate based on a reflection signal measured by the photo plethysmography. The cover is combined with the main body and parts corresponding to the transmitter and the receiver of the photo plethysmography include transparent units through which the output signal and the reflection signal are passing and a barrier unit positioned between the transparent units and shielding the output signal and the reflection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hongjo Shim, Gukchan Lim, Youngho Sohn, Seonghyok Kim, Hyunwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 9795310
    Abstract: As placement of a physiological monitoring sensor is typically at a sensor site located at an extremity of the body, the state of microcirculation, such as whether vessels are blocked or open, can have a significant effect on the readings at the sensor site. It is therefore desirable to provide a patient monitor and/or physiological monitoring sensor capable of distinguishing the microcirculation state of blood vessels. In some embodiments, the patient monitor and/or sensor provide a warning and/or compensates a measurement based on the microcirculation state. In some embodiments, a microcirculation determination process implementable by the patient monitor and/or sensor is used to determine the state of microcirculation of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ammar Al-Ali
  • Patent number: 9795311
    Abstract: A pressure detection tablet is disclosed. The tablet is a capsule including a dye encapsulated within an inner coating, in which the inner coating is configured to rupture at a pressure equal to or greater than a pressure threshold. The tablet further includes an outer coating surrounding the capsule, in which the outer coating is configured to provide delivery of the capsule to a targeted site. The dye may be a non-metabolized, water soluble dye, such that a ruptured capsule releases the dye which can be visually detected in the urine. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method of making the tablet, using the tablet to detect peak pressure in the colon and reducing the risk of developing a colonic disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Himanshu Mishra, Mona Sharma, Mandar Shirish Dixit
  • Patent number: 9795312
    Abstract: A method and medical device for determining sensing vectors that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a plurality of sensing vectors, setting a blanking period and a blanking period adjustment window for the plurality of sensing vectors in response to the sensed cardiac signals, determining first signal differences during the blanking period adjustment window, and adjusting the blanking period in response to the determined first signal differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Saul E Greenhut, Robert W Stadler, Xusheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9795313
    Abstract: A bioelectrode including a plate, a first electrode disposed on a first side of the plate, and a second electrode disposed on the first side of the plate and separate from the first electrode. The bioelectrode further includes a first guard portion disposed on a second side of the plate, a second guard portion disposed on the second side of the plate and separate from the first guard portion, and a preamplifier configured to output a voltage signal based on a biosignal measured between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Youn Ho Kim, Jee Hoon Kim, Kwang Suk Park, Jeong Su Lee, Yong Gyu Lim
  • Patent number: 9795314
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example method may include a method of identifying an activation time in a cardiac electrical signal. The method may include sensing a cardiac electrical signal, generating an approximation signal based at least in part on one or more parameters of the cardiac electrical signal, identifying a fiducial point on the approximation signal and determining, based at least in part on a timing of the fiducial point in the approximation signal, an activation time in the cardiac electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob I. Laughner, Paul Hultz, Shibaji Shome, Pramodsingh H. Thakur, Scott A. Meyer
  • Patent number: 9795315
    Abstract: A pair of new catheters designed to be deployed as a catheter system to allow a simultaneous acquisition of electrograms from widely dispersed electrodes in the left atrium, right atrium, and coronary sinus. The first catheter is the spiral globe catheter which has the primary shape of a spiral globe and has additional modifications to facilitate safe entry into the left atrium, to orient the primary axis of the spiral globe toward the mitral valve, and to maximize contact of electrodes to multiple areas of the left atrium. The second catheter is the right atrial and coronary sinus catheter (RA-CS catheter) which allows for electrogram acquisition from the length of the coronary sinus and dispersed areas of the right atrium. The catheter system is designed to provide adequate electrode sensor information so that panoramic mapping of the both atria and the coronary sinus may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: John Bullinga
  • Patent number: 9795316
    Abstract: A lightweight, disposable and substantially radiolucent electrode or sensor assembly for that universally connects to separate, non-integrated electrodes or sensors for the monitoring of the physiological parameters of a live subject wherein the electrode assembly is comprised of one or more radiolucent electrical connectors for connecting the electrode assembly to the sensors. The present invention also discloses a method of positioning the electrode assembly on a patient whose physiological signs are being monitored such that access to the patient's chest is substantially unimpeded so as not to obstruct the electromagnetic imaging of the patient's chest, the application of defibrillation paddles or surgical procedures that require access to the chest area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Quintanar, Kal Hendry, Tom Nguyen, Andrew Muser
  • Patent number: 9795317
    Abstract: Provided is a body composition measurement device capable of accurately acquiring visceral fat quantity-related information as body composition-related information of a human body. A body composition measurement device has a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage that occurs at a human-body-mimic resistor in order to measure a resistance value of a compensating resistor unit and detects a voltage that occurs at voltage measurement electrode pair as a result of current that is generated by a current generation unit and that is supplied to the abdomen of the subject via the current supply electrode pair, and a calculation unit that generates body composition-related information for the subject on the basis of the voltage occurring at the voltage measurement electrode pair and the voltage generated at the human-body-mimic resistor, which have been detected by the voltage detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ochi, Hiroaki Fukuda, Tatsuya Takahashi, Jakusei Kiyosaki
  • Patent number: 9795318
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a setting unit which sets a section position, a first image creating unit which creates a first image at the set section position by a multi planar reformat on the basis of a magnetic resonance signal collected from a subject by a first imaging sequence at a 3D region or multiple section positions different from the set section position, a determining unit which determines a section position of the first image, and a second image creating unit which creates a second image at the determined section position by the multi planar reformat on the basis of a magnetic resonance signal collected from the subject by a second imaging sequence different from the first imaging sequence at a 3D region or multiple section positions different from the determined section position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshio Fukuta
  • Patent number: 9795319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of navigation of a tool to be used in a surgical operation for treating a target region within the body of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: IMACTIS
    Inventors: Stephane Lavallee, Lionel Carrat
  • Patent number: 9795320
    Abstract: In a method, system and device a member is provided around an aneurysm enabling treatment and monitoring of the aneurysm. In accordance with one embodiment the device is adapted to be adjusted postoperatively. Hereby the treatment can be efficiently carried out without having to perform surgery when adjusting the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 9795321
    Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with at least one of the following as a condition: (i) the sitting position being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region, (ii) a movement volume of a sitting position center of gravity which is a center of gravity of the sitting position exceeding a given threshold value within a given time, and (iii) the sitting position center of gravity moving toward a preset bed-leaving range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9795322
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for monitoring and correcting sitting posture of a user and for discouraging sedentary behavior. The system comprises a processor, a portable seat cover with embedded pressure sensors and an angle sensor, a notification device, and a non-transitory storage medium for storing program code. The program code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to initiate an idleness timer to count how long the user has been sitting, monitor the user's sitting posture by receiving real-time sensor measurements; identify a sitting posture by applying a posture identification rule, generate a posture correction notification through the notification device if the identified sitting posture is not ergonomically correct, determine whether a sedentary threshold has been reached and generate a stand notification if the sedentary threshold has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Right Posture Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mangalanath Wickramanayake Karunaratne, Rashmi Suganda Mendis, Sasanka Ushani Kudagoda, Ganidu Ashen Madapatha, Uswatta Liyanage Mudith Jayanuwan Uswatta, Asela Indika Mahathma Arachchi
  • Patent number: 9795323
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described. The computer-implemented method is used for populating data of a graphical user interface (GUI). The computer-implemented method includes generating one or more graphical elements of one or more activities captured by a monitoring device. The monitoring device is usable by a user during the capturing. The method further includes generating a timeline including a time period over which the activities are performed. The timeline includes a chronological order of time within the time period. The method further includes generating an activity symbol for one or more of the activities performed during the time period. The activity symbol has an image that is graphically overlaid on the graphical elements of the activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, James Park, Hans Christiansen Lee
  • Patent number: 9795324
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, and related system, for monitoring the wellbeing of an individual by providing eyewear that includes at least one sensor for monitoring the motion of the user. In various embodiments, the system receives data generated by the at least one sensor, uses the data to determine the user's movements using the received data, and compares the user's movements to previously established movement patterns of the user. If the system detects one or more inconsistencies between the user's current movements as compared to the previously established movement patterns of the user, the system may notify the user or a third party of the detected one or more inconsistencies. The system may similarly monitor a user's compliance with a medical regime and notify the user or a third party of the user's compliance with the regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Vision Service Plan
    Inventors: Jay William Sales, Richard Chester Klosinski, Jr., Matthew Allen Workman, Meghan Kathleen Murphy, Matthew David Steen
  • Patent number: 9795325
    Abstract: A new hearing profile assessment plays each of a plurality of frequency tones multiple times at a plurality of loudness levels. For each frequency, the patient indicates which tones that they can hear, establishing minimum-amplitude thresholds for each frequency. The assessment adapts loudness levels until the patient indicates consistent minimum-amplitude thresholds for each frequency. Also, a new system for training the hearing of a subject is disclosed. The system instructs the subject to vocalize various sound items and remember the sounds that they vocalize. The system plays either recorded samples of the subject's own voice, or comparison samples of a synthesized voice or other's vocalizations of the same sound items. The system prompts the subject to compare the played samples with the sounds they remembered vocalizing. The system uses the feedback to adjust sound processing parameters for a hearing aid, cochlear implant, sound output devices, or a training program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: POSIT SCIENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael M. Merzenich, Wesley Marshall Jackson
  • Patent number: 9795326
    Abstract: Low profile continuous analyte measurement systems and systems and methods for implantation within the skin of a patient are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Udo Hoss, John Charles Mazza, Phu Le
  • Patent number: 9795327
    Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring device for obtaining numerical information concerning a substance present in the interstitial subcutaneous fluid, the device being equipped with a sensor unit that outputs signals in accordance with the numerical information concerning the substance and an arithmetic unit (control unit) that receives the signals outputted from the sensor unit and arithmetically processes the signals. The sensor unit is equipped with a sensor, some of which is punctured into the skin. The arithmetic unit (control unit) has been disposed so as to be separate from the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Arkray, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Shoshihara, Yasunori Shiraki, Koji Katsuki
  • Patent number: 9795328
    Abstract: Methods to provide glycemic control and therapy management based on monitored glucose data, and current and/or target Hb1AC levels are provided. Systems to provide glycemic control and therapy management based on monitored glucose data, and current and/or target Hb1AC levels are provided. Kits to provide glycemic control and therapy management based on monitored glucose data, and current and/or target Hb1AC levels are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Barry Taub, Timothy Christian Dunn, Nathan Christopher Crouther
  • Patent number: 9795329
    Abstract: A system includes a light source and a light detector. The system further includes a first optical system configured to direct a transmitted portion of light onto the detector. The first optical system is further configured to block a scattered portion of the light. The system also includes a second optical system configured to direct the transmitted and scattered portions of the light onto the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GlucoVista Inc.
    Inventor: Yonatan Gerlitz
  • Patent number: 9795330
    Abstract: In-vivo devices, systems and methods for the detection of blood within in-vivo bodily fluids. The methods include irradiating in-vivo fluids passing through a gap in a housing of an in-vivo device introduced to the GI tract of a subject with a plurality of illumination sources positioned on a first side of a gap; detecting with at least one light detector positioned on the opposite side of the gap and facing the illumination sources, light irradiated by the illumination sources; transmitting a plurality of values representing the light detected over time; converting these values to blood concentration values over time, and comparing the blood concentration values to a predetermined threshold value. Based on the comparison, the method includes determining the type of bleeding profile, such that if a plurality of blood concentration values measured consecutively is above the threshold value, the bleeding profile indicates bleeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GIVEN IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Amit Pascal, Zvika Gilad, Elisha Rabinovitz, Yaniv Birnboim
  • Patent number: 9795331
    Abstract: Devices and methods for positioning a portion of a sensor at a first predetermined location, displacing the portion of the sensor from the first predetermined location to a second predetermined location, and detecting one or signals associated with an analyte level of a patient at the second predetermined location are disclosed. Also provided are systems and kits for use in analyte monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Ashley Stafford
  • Patent number: 9795332
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing reliable blood oxygen (SaO2) and heart rate measurements includes a chemical energy heating source in conjunction with a harness that is adapted to secure the chemical energy heating source and a pulse oximeter probe proximate to a region of the body which is to be warmed prior to measurement. Preferably, the chemical energy heating source is in the form a mixture including a metal powder, which releases heat at a predetermined rate via oxidation of the metal powder when exposed to the atmosphere. The apparatus may be designed to be reusable or disposable and can be used in a transmission or reflectance mode, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventor: Catherine P. Abee
  • Patent number: 9795333
    Abstract: A blood sampling device includes a housing and a lancet supporting a lancet needle or tip, the lancet and needle being urged or urgeable in a pricking direction. A trigger mechanism is moveable to a fire position for releasing the lancet to travel in the pricking direction. A removable safety cap initially covers the lancet needle. The lancet has an initial position in which movement of the trigger mechanism to the fire position is blocked and an intermediate position in which the trigger mechanism may be moved to the fire position. The intermediate position is obtainable only on removal of the safety cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: OWEN MUMFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: Clive Nicholls, Christopher Hudson
  • Patent number: 9795334
    Abstract: A tissue penetrating system has a housing member, a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member and a plurality of sample chambers. Each sample chamber is associated with a penetrating member. A tissue stabilizing member has a tissue interface surface configured to be applied to a tissue surface and provide for spontaneous flow of blood for sample capture. The tissue stabilizing member is coupled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Jason Hegener
  • Patent number: 9795335
    Abstract: The methods, systems, and computer program products described herein enable the amount of information that can be acquired during a defined period of vestibular testing to be significantly increased while also significantly reducing the time required to collect data during such vestibular testing. These objects are achieved by intelligent data collection methods and systems configured to adaptively control a motion platform in a way that increases the amount of information gleaned from each data collection event and to achieve synergies based on the different types of, and the order of, data analysis and calibration methods used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    Inventors: Daniel Michael Merfeld, Shomesh Ernesto Chaudhuri, Koeun Lim, Adrian Priesol, Richard Lewis, Faisal Karmali
  • Patent number: 9795336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for measuring bladder pressure, comprising: a measurement rod inserted into the abdomen of a user to measure both abdomen pressure and bladder pressure; and a body unit provided to be worn on the waist of the user and electrically connected to the measurement rod so as to calculate and store urinary detrusor pressure measured by subtracting a measurement abdomen pressure from a measurement bladder pressure measured by the measurement rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, GIL MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventor: Kyung Jin Chung
  • Patent number: 9795337
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include a system and method for development of core muscles' support, comprising a means for identifying a user qualifying movement, a means for detecting a core muscle contraction in the identified qualifying movement, a means for discriminating between a core muscle contraction and no core muscle contraction in the identified qualifying movement; and a means to provide feedback to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Alert Core, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Takeo Uehara, Brian Taylor Brunn
  • Patent number: 9795338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for observing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) in a human body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for observing an SLN by detecting near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence caused by a fluorescent material such as indocyanine green (ICG) at the SLN and a method for detecting NIR fluorescence at an SLN. Particularly, in the implementation of a composite image obtained by reproducing a fluorescent material such as ICG and NIR fluorescence emitted by excitation light together with a visible light image, it is possible to detect an SLN with high accuracy through a color contrast method and/or a temporal modulation method using an NIR fluorescence image signal and a visible reflection light image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: INTHESMART CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Uk Kang, Garry V. Papayan
  • Patent number: 9795339
    Abstract: A sensor for measuring biometric information includes a biometric electrode sensing biometric information in a state in which the biometric electrode is in contact with a surface of the skin; and a signal line transmitting the sensed biometric information, wherein the biometric electrode is printed on an inner surface of an item of clothing that comes into contact with a human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University
    Inventors: Youn Tae Kim, Jae Hyo Jung, Ji Hoon Lee, Si Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9795340
    Abstract: This invention relates to a vacuum-pump sucker for high-resolution microscopy comprising a sucker body and a transparent plate. The vacuum-pump sucker is designed as a stabilizer for sample stabilization in a clinical optical virtual biopsy system with sub-micron resolution. The sucker is connected with a vacuum pump. As the vacuum pump pumps out air or gas, tissues around the imaged area will be sucked by the sucker and the distance between objective lens and the imaged tissue can be stabilized. In this way, the stability and resolution of the clinical biopsy system can be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chi-Kuang Sun, Szu-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9795341
    Abstract: A physiological monitoring system features a Floormat and Handheld Sensor connected by a cable. A user stands on the Floormat and grips the Handheld Sensor. These components measure time-dependent physiological waveforms from a user over a conduction pathway extending from the user's hand or wrist to their feet. The Handheld Sensor and Floormat use a combination of electrodes that inject current into the user's body and collect bioelectric signals that, with processing, yield ECG, impedance, and bioreactance waveforms. Simultaneously, the Handheld Sensor measures photoplethysmogram waveforms with red and infrared radiation and pressure waveforms from the user's fingers and wrist, while the Floormat measures signals from load cells to determine ‘force’ waveforms to determine the user's weight, and ballistocardiogram waveforms to determine parameters related to cardiac contractility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOSENSE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Banet, Marshal Singh Dhillon, Susan Meeks Pede, Lauren Nicole Miller Hayward, Arthur Deptala, Jonas Dean Cochran
  • Patent number: 9795342
    Abstract: A method of producing an artificial neural network capable of predicting the survivability of a patient, including: storing in an electronic database patient health data comprising a plurality of sets of data, each set having at least one of a first parameter relating to heart rate variability data and a second parameter relating to vital sign data, each set further having a third parameter relating to patient survivability; providing a network of nodes interconnected to form an artificial neural network, the nodes comprising a plurality of artificial neurons, each artificial neuron having at least one input with an associated weight; and training the artificial neural network using the patient health data such that the associated weight of the at least one input of each artificial neuron is adjusted in response to respective first, second and third parameters of different sets of data from the patient health data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD., NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Zhiping Lin, Wee Ser, Guangbin Huang
  • Patent number: 9795343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing information are provided. The method includes measuring biometric information corresponding to a health condition of a body part of a user, determining a visual metaphor representation for characterizing a degree of the health condition based on mapping information between components of the visual metaphor representation and types of the measured biometric information, transforming, by a processor, the measured biometric information into the determined visual metaphor representation, and providing the transformed visual metaphor representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-jin Seo, Jae-young Lee, Sung-hyun Cho, Cory Kim, Jong-eun Yang
  • Patent number: 9795344
    Abstract: An emitter is configured to move around the object and to emit radiation toward an object. A controller is configured to control the emitter to stop a radiation emission, when the emitter is located in a radiation reception zone in which the radiation emitted by the emitter is received or in which the radiation emitted by the emitter is supposed to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Kook Cho