Patents Issued in September 15, 2020
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Patent number: 10772465Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a grill with a continuous cooking surface having individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones. One example provides a grill, comprising a grill plate defining a continuous cooking surface comprising a plurality of individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones, each heating zone comprising one or more heating elements positioned beneath the grill plate, and each isolation zone comprising a cooling fluid channel, and a cooling fluid circulation system configured to control a flow of a cooling fluid through the cooling fluid channel for each isolation zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Evo, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Shingler, Joseph R. Shaw
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Patent number: 10772466Abstract: In an embodiment, a grill is provided. The grill can include a grill cart and a burner box. The grill cart configured to be transitioned between an upright state and a folded state. The coupling between a first side frame and a base is located in a first plane that is substantially parallel with a plane defined by a bottom plate of the base, and the coupling between a second side frame and the bottom plate of the base is located in a second plane that is substantially parallel with the plane defined by the bottom plate. The first plane is located a first distance away from the plane defined by the bottom plate and the second plane is located a second distance away from the plane defined by the bottom plate. The first distance is not equivalent to the second distance. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: OHC IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Michael L. O'Shaughnessy, James A. Mitlyng, Thomas E. Mckinney
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Patent number: 10772467Abstract: Embodiments of a cooking station for cooking a food product are provided. In one embodiment, the cooking station includes a main body and an insert. The main body includes a vertically extending wall extending between a closed bottom end and a closable upper end with a lid. The main body is configured to extend longitudinally in a vertical orientation. The main body defines a lower insert opening and an upper insert opening, the main body including a slideable door moveable to close-off either the lower and upper insert openings. The insert is sized and configured to be removably positioned through either one of the lower insert opening and the upper insert opening, the first insert having heating element container structure configured to deliver heat to the food product.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLCInventor: Roger Dahle
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Patent number: 10772468Abstract: An electric motor-operated food processor has a base unit having an electric motor and a preparation vessel that can be arranged on the base unit. A heater and agitator are allocated to the preparation vessel. The food processor can have a distillation apparatus that can be connected with the preparation vessel. The distillation apparatus has a steam receptacle, a condenser and a liquid dispenser. The preparation vessel and steam receptacle are connected in terms of flow when the preparation vessel and distillation apparatus are in a connected state.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventors: Mirko Kvesić, Janik Nachbarschulte, Thomas Erner, Amin Nezami, Mathias Varnhorst, Daniel Katagarov, Philipp Bettenhausen
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Patent number: 10772469Abstract: A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: 10772470Abstract: Bath tubs have been around for many hundreds of years, however the bath tub & shower combination not as long. The bath and shower combination has its conveniences, it gives the user a choice; the choice of just taking a tub bath, a shower or both. However, if the choice entails taking a shower, the results could means water on bathroom floor. Water on the floor presents a safety hazard that the elderly and very young find difficult to negotiate. Therefore there is a need to prevent water from exiting the bath tub and shower enclosure. What is new about this device or this tub & shower modification is its ability to keep bathroom floor dry, during the bathing process. It does this by redirecting the water back into the tub's own drainage system through a combination usage of shower curtains, water shields and a modified drainage system.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: William White
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Patent number: 10772471Abstract: An apparatus for securing a collapsible water dam is an end-cap with a semi-cylindrical housing. The end-cap further includes a side flange coupled to each side of the housing at the bottom periphery of the outside wall of housing. The end-cap further includes a barrier wall inside the housing that creates a secure chamber for housing a collapsible water dam. The end-cap further includes a wall flange at the distal end of the housing. The wall flange couples to and joins both side flanges in a configuration that provides a tight fit with the end wall of a shower.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ALIZACH HOLDINGS, INC.Inventor: Adam Fine
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Patent number: 10772472Abstract: A loofah includes an inner core and an outer portion. The inner core includes a natural material. The outer portion includes a natural material. A water absorbency of the inner core is less than a water absorbency of the outer portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: XAMAX INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: Martin Weinberg
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Patent number: 10772473Abstract: A cleansing device for mammalian skin includes a cleansing head having a plurality of elastomeric cleansing features extending away from a first surface of the cleansing head. The cleansing head is attached to a handle. The cleansing device includes an actuator coupled to a rotating drive shaft and adapted to apply oscillating movement to one or more cleansing head sections of the cleansing head at a frequency of about 5 Hz to 30 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Luke Johnstone, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Patent number: 10772474Abstract: The wipe includes an elongated, shallow v-shaped tissue wipe having proximal and distal ends and, at the terminal proximal end, laterally spaced apart left-side and right-side finger apertures. Upper and lower tissue layers form finger apertures. An angle controller limits the v-shape of the wipe. A plurality of elongated corrugated ribs are longitudinal support elements and the upper tissue layer of said left and right side finger apertures form respective left and right finger tents permitting lateral expansion of the wipe between the finger apertures. Another embodiment has at least two elongated corrugated ribs disposed intermediate the laterally spaced apart left-side and right-side finger tents thereby permitting lateral expansion of said wipe the finger tents. The v-shaped wipe forms a distal excrement collection surface on a distal leg of the wipe longitudinally spaced apart from a proximal leg. The proximal leg terminates at the entrance of the finger tents.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: David Ganger
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Patent number: 10772475Abstract: The wet wipe flushable roll combination disclosed herein may comprise, at least, a plurality of wet wipes, an inner roll liner, an outer packaging, and a dispensing mechanism. The combination is formed by first rolling the inner roll liner and the plurality of wet wipes, and then enclosing the resulting wet wipe roll within the outer packaging such that the plurality of wet wipes may be pulled through the dispensing mechanism. The combination is preferably formed from flexible, moisture-resistant materials so as to prevent decomposition or contamination of the system and facilitate long-term storage. A preferred system for manufacturing the present combination may involve the use of proprietary robotic arms for the manipulation and assembly of each component.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Douglas Stewart
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Patent number: 10772476Abstract: A multiple toilet paper roll holder and dispenser holding a plurality of toilet paper rolls. The invention may be inserted into and secured within a hole cut into a wall. A sliding front window may provide access to restock the device. To restock the device a user may slide a front sliding window to access the interior, and then use two roll holder guides and a toilet roll bump to stock more toilet paper rolls into the interior of the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventors: Karen Isabel Hunt, Robert Wesley Hunt, Ryan Wesley Hunt
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Patent number: 10772477Abstract: Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are vacuum-based systems, products, devices, and methods for de-odorizing, disinfecting, or cleaning articles such as clothing, shoes, toys, or dishes. A system or device can comprise a vacuum chamber comprising an housing defining an internal space having an internal pressure and an opening; a vacuum lid adapted to engage with the opening of the vacuum chamber; and a vacuum source connected to the vacuum chamber, wherein operation of the vacuum source reduces the internal pressure of the internal space of the vacuum chamber, wherein the lower internal pressure enhances the vaporization and removal of odors located on one or more articles disposed within the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FATHHOME, INC.Inventors: Amir Khazaieli, Aaron Rowe
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Patent number: 10772478Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a cleaning module having a left spin-mop and a right spin-mop configured to contact a floor while rotating in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from above. The robot cleaner also includes a controller that manages the cleaning module such that, when the robot cleaner travels in a zigzag pattern including a first travel, during which the robot cleaner travels straight in a first direction, and a second travel, during which the robot cleaner travels straight in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, a movement trajectory of the left spin-mop or the right spin-mop during the second travel overlaps a movement trajectory of the left spin-mop and a movement trajectory of the right spin-mop during the first travel.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sungho Yoon, Jeongseop Park, Jihyun Lim
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Patent number: 10772479Abstract: A fabric production method and a fabric, the production method includes the following steps: (1) selecting an impermeable fabric, an intermediate absorbent layer and a polyester brocade microfiber fabric; (2) sequentially performing alkali fiber-splitting treatment and degreasing treatment on the polyester brocade microfiber fabric; (3) cleaning the treated polyester brocade microfiber fabric; (4) arranging the cleaned polyester brocade microfiber fabric as a surface material and the impermeable fabric as a base material, disposing the intermediate absorbent layer therebetween, and employing an ultrasonic laminating machine to laminate the three layers of materials into one; (5) slitting and crosscutting; (6) folding two ends of a strip of the composite material along a length direction thereof, and arranging a buckle, thus obtaining a semi-finished product; and (7) cleaning the obtained semi-finished product. The fabric has features such as powerful cleaning ability and good adsorption.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Suying Li
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Patent number: 10772480Abstract: A household appliance includes a cabinet defining a chamber with an access opening. A door assembly is movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open and close the access opening. The door assembly includes a door panel defining a front surface and side surfaces. A door panel flange extends inwardly from a rear edge of the side surface. A single-piece console defines a top surface, a front surface, and a rear attachment surface, the top surface substantially perpendicular to the front surface. A rotatable spacer is positioned between the rear attachment surface of the single-piece console and the door panel flange.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Mihir Suresh Ponkshe, Michael E. Gatt, Jonathan David Pugh, Jayesh Prakash Borase, Russikant Behera, Darryl C. Bodine, James W. Kendall, Krzysztof Ploszaj
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Patent number: 10772481Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a carrier roller assembly for supporting a rack within a wash chamber. The carrier roller assembly includes a carrier body defining a receiving slot for receiving a wire of the rack. A first and a second retention clip extend from the carrier body into the receiving slot for securely locking the wire in position after it is fully inserted into the receiving slot. The first retention clip and the second clip are different sizes for snapping around and securing wires having different diameters such that the carrier roller assembly is versatile and may be universally used with dishwasher appliances using differing wire sizes.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Abhisek Agrawal, Jeffrey Thomas Kiesler, Sukumar Arrojula
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Patent number: 10772482Abstract: A bleeding detection unit in a surgical system processes information in an acquired scene before that scene is presented on a display unit in the operating room. For example, the bleeding detection unit analyzes the pixel data in the acquired scene and determines whether there are one or more initial sites of blood in the scene. Upon detection of an initial site of blood, the region is identified by an initial site icon in the scene displayed on the display unit. In one aspect, the processing is done in real-time which means that there is no substantial delay in presenting the acquired scene to the surgeon.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Wenyi Zhao, Catherine J. Mohr, Jonathan M. Sorger
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Patent number: 10772483Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element that outputs a video signal and to which a processor drive clock is input from an external image processor. The imaging apparatus father includes a clock generation circuit and a memory. The clock generation circuit generates a clock synchronized with the video signal output from the imaging element. The memory stores the video signal output from the imaging element in synchronization with the clock synchronized with the video signal and outputs the stored video signal in synchronization with the processor drive clock.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Saeri Saito
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Patent number: 10772484Abstract: A pump device for use in operating theatres and to arrangements composed of corresponding pump devices and endoscopes. A pump device according to the invention for use in operating theatres includes a pump unit with a pump and a control unit, and a pump hose attached to the pump unit. The pump unit further includes a light source that can be controlled by the control unit to display the operating state of the pump unit. The pump hose has a fibre optic which extends along the pump hose, wherein the first end of the fibre optic is designed to couple in light from the controllable light source. The arrangement according to the invention includes a pump device according to the invention and an endoscope, which is designed to deliver flushing liquid to the operating site.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventor: Michael Wolter
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Patent number: 10772485Abstract: An apparatus may include an instrument including an elongated shaft and a shape sensor including an elongated optical fiber extending within the elongated shaft at a first radial distance from a neutral axis. The apparatus may also comprise a reference sensor disposed within the elongated shaft. The shape sensor may be fixed in a known first position relative to the reference sensor. The apparatus may also comprise a twist resistant feature disposed within the elongated shaft. The twist resistant feature may be coupled to the shape sensor to reduce twisting of the elongated optical fiber relative to the elongated shaft while permitting axial translation of the elongated optical fiber within the elongated shaft. The shape sensor may be coupled to the twist resistant feature at a known second position relative to the reference sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Randall L. Schlesinger, Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Christopher R. Carlson, Vincent Duindam, Anoop B. Kowshik, Timothy D. Soper
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Patent number: 10772486Abstract: An elevator provided in a treatment tool leading section of a leading end section of the endoscope includes a wide body portion that is provided on a distal end side with respect to a rotation shaft, and has a width more than that of a narrow body portion provided on a proximal end side. The wide body portion projects through an opening in an upper portion in an elevator accommodation groove in a state where the elevator rises most. The wide body portion prevents the treatment tool from dropping into a gap in a side when the elevator is lying. Meanwhile, when the elevator is cleaned with a cleaning brush, raising the elevator enables side faces of the elevator to be easily cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yasuhiko Morimoto
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Patent number: 10772487Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising an elongate flexible tube sized to be received within a tract and having a proximal end and a distal end; a drive mechanism coupled to the proximal end of the tube; and a liquid column extending from the proximal end to the distal end; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to cause movement of the liquid column within the tube to impart forward momentum to the tube and thereby promote advancement of at least the distal end of the tube within the tract when at least the distal end is received within a part of the tract.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Endogene LimitedInventor: Mikhail Soutorine
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Patent number: 10772488Abstract: A portable endoscopic inspection system comprises an endoscope having a proximal end with a flanged eyepiece for observation and a distal end with a lens assembly for insertion into a region of interest. A light port transports incident light to the region of interest along an lighting pathway, and reflected light is transported along an imaging pathway from the lens assembly to the eyepiece. A wireless imaging unit comprises a light source which detachably couples to the light port for generating the incident light, and an imaging sensor for recording images of the reflected light from the eyepiece. The wireless imaging unit comprises a variable coupling system which mechanically couples the imaging sensor to the flanged eyepiece independent of the shape and/or size of the flange of the eyepiece.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Endoluxe Inc.Inventors: Philip Zhao, Neal Patel
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Patent number: 10772489Abstract: Apparatus, including a guidewire having a distal end, that is configured to be inserted into proximity with a nasal sinus of a patient, the guidewire having a lumen. The apparatus also includes an optic fiber, traversing the lumen, configured to illuminate the distal end, and a coil, wound around the optic fiber and located within the lumen at the distal end, configured to generate a signal in response to a magnetic field interacting with the coil. A processor is configured to receive the signal and to evaluate a location of the distal end in response to the signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: Acclarent, Inc., Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Randy J. Kesten, Andres C. Altmann, Thomas R. Jenkins, Vadim Gliner
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Patent number: 10772490Abstract: A device for radiating pulsed light toward a thrombus in a blood vessel includes a light source configured to output monitoring light to be radiated into the blood vessel, a light detector configured to detect returned light of the monitoring light and output a detection signal, and a computer configured to acquire a time waveform, which is a change in an intensity of the returned light over time, based on the detection signal, wherein the computer is configured to obtain a parameter on the basis of the time waveform and evaluates a reaction in the blood vessel according to the radiation of the pulsed light on the basis of the parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Daisuke Yamashita, Yutaka Yamashita, Yukio Ueda, Yoshinori Tamaoki
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Patent number: 10772491Abstract: A method of cleaning an endoscope in a computer-controlled washer/disinfector comprising the steps of connecting each lumen of an endoscope to a fluid distribution system for selectively conveying pressurized air or pressurized fluids through lumens in an endoscope; identifying the type of endoscope to be cleaned in said washer/disinfector; determining a blockage threshold flow coefficient for each lumen for said endoscope to be cleaned; pressurizing each lumen in said endoscope individually and determining an actual flow coefficient through said lumen; determining whether said endoscope is suitable for cleaning by comparing said actual flow coefficients for a lumen in said endoscope to said blockage threshold flow coefficient for said lumen; and determining whether a connection to a lumen in said endoscope is properly connected based upon said flow coefficient through said lumen.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: STERIS INC.Inventors: Alain Chouinard, Louis Martineau, Nicolas Verreault, Maxime Robert
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Patent number: 10772492Abstract: A method of inhibiting flow of a purging fluid from a device comprises positioning an imaging hood in proximity to a tissue region to be visualized. The imaging hood includes a distal membrane which defines a main aperture. The imaging hood and the distal membrane define an open area. The method also comprises introducing the purging fluid into a proximal portion of the open area. The proximal portion is bounded by a proximal membrane including a plurality of apertures. The method also comprises pressurizing the proximal membrane with the purging fluid to a partially extended state in which the purging fluid flows through the plurality of apertures and through the main aperture. The method also comprises pressurizing the proximal membrane with the purging fluid to a blocking extended state in which the proximal membrane obstructs the main aperture to block the flow of the purging fluid through the main aperture.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: David Miller, Vahid Saadat, Zachary J. Malchano, Ruey-Feng Peh, Aseem K. Thakur, Christopher A. Rothe, Edmund Tam
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Patent number: 10772493Abstract: To accurately acquire an image of an inside of an oral cavity of a person to be treated, there is provided a dental retractor including a retracting base portion that includes an inner retracting portion extending in an arch-shaped profile to surround an inner portion of gum at any one side of an upper jaw and a lower jaw inside an oral cavity and having a pressing holding portion formed at an outer peripheral surface so that a tongue is accommodated therein and an outer retracting portion integrally extending from both ends of the inner retracting portion and extending in an arch-shaped profile to surround an outer portion of the gum, and a handle portion including a grip portion connected outward from the retracting base portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: DIO CORPORATIONInventors: Byung Ho Choi, Seung Mi Jung, Jin Chul Kim, Jin Baek Kim
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Patent number: 10772494Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) a light source that generates light for an image, (2) an optical subsystem that (a) receives the generated light from the light source, and (b) generates, based on the received light, converging light defining an exit pupil that includes the image, where the exit pupil is smaller than a pupil of an eye of a viewer, and (3) a control subsystem that controls at least one of the light source or the optical subsystem to reduce aberration of the image that is caused by the eye of the viewer. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Robert Konrad, Marina Zannoli, Douglas Robert Lanman, Kavitha Ratnam, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai
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Patent number: 10772495Abstract: An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source and operatively coupled to the processor; a camera including a lens and operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: execute an automated script for capture of the fundus image; and allow for manual capture of the fundus image.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Richard M. Farchione, Austin Gardner, Scott P. Gucciardi, Allen R. Hart, Eric P. Jensen, Thomas A. Myers, Salvin J. Strods, Ynjiun P. Wang, Charles E. Witkowski, II
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Patent number: 10772496Abstract: A method for imaging retinal structures involves offsetting an imaging aperture from the center of the reflected/scattered light distribution. Images are obtained with the imaging aperture at multiple offsets with respect to the center. The various obtained images are co-registered to a reference confocal image in a reference wavelength and averaged to generate high signal to noise ratio images. The images may be combined in various ways to enhance the contrast of retinal structures that would not be visible in confocal images.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: University of RochesterInventor: Ethan Andrew Rossi
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Patent number: 10772497Abstract: A mask for performing an eye exam of a subject includes one or more optically transparent sections for transmitting an incident light beam therethrough and incident on the subject's eye. In some embodiments, the one or more optically transparent sections are coated with an anti-reflective coating configured to reduce reflection of the incident light beam by the one or more optically transparent sections. In some embodiments, the one or more optically transparent sections may have a portion thereof that is tilted with respect to the incident light beam when the mask is optically interfaced with the docking portion of an ophthalmic instrument, such that the incident light beam forms a finite angle of incidence with respect to the corresponding portion of the optically transparent sections.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Envision Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Alexander C. Walsh, Paul G. Updike, Richard Castro
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Patent number: 10772498Abstract: An ophthalmological imaging device according to embodiments comprises an objective lens, an interference optical system, an optical scanner, a controller, and an image forming part. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The optical scanner deflects the measurement light. The controller controls the optical scanner such that a position away from an optical axis of the objective lens is set as a center to deflect the measurement light. The image forming part forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light by the interference optical system.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshikiyo Moriguchi
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Patent number: 10772499Abstract: A method of generating three dimensional shapes for a cornea and lens of an eye, the method including illuminating an eye with multiple sections of light and obtaining multiple sectional images of said eye based on said multiple sections of light. For each one of the obtained multiple sectional images, the following processes are performed: a) automatically identifying arcs, in two-dimensional space, corresponding to anterior and posterior corneal and lens surfaces of the eye by image analysis and curve fitting of the one of the obtained multiple sectional images; and b) determining an intersection of lines ray traced back from the identified arcs in two-dimensional space with a known position of a section of space containing the section of light that generated the one of the obtained multiple sectional images, wherein the determined intersection defines a three-dimensional arc curve.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Lensar, Inc.Inventors: Gary P. Gray, Rudolph W. Frey, Steven E. Bott
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Patent number: 10772500Abstract: A system and method for a portable eye examination camera is described herein. The system and method may include: a light source disposed within said portable camera at a set distance away from an eye of a patient; a first lens within said portable camera for focusing the light from said light source onto a retina of the eye and providing a wide field retinal image; a second lens for receiving said retinal image and causing a magnification of said retinal image; and a digital camera within a mobile computing device for recording said retinal image.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Spect Inc.Inventor: Satish Chander Gupta
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Patent number: 10772501Abstract: A method and an electronic device for positioning an eyeball in a retinopathy image are disclosed. The method includes: using retinopathy image data with corresponding labeled data to train a deep learning network based on a loss function, so as to obtain a trained deep learning network; and processing retinopathy image data to be tested by using the trained deep learning network to obtain corresponding eyeball center coordinates and/or an eyeball diameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Lvwei Wang, Zhenglong Li, Hui Li
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Patent number: 10772502Abstract: The invention provides devices and methods for non-invasive monitoring and measuring of intraocular pressure (IOP) of a subject. Embodiments include a lens that is adapted to fit on the subject's eye, a microstructure disposed in or on the lens, the microstructure having at least one feature that exhibits a change in shape and/or geometry and/or position on the lens in response to a change in curvature of the lens. When the curvature of the lens changes in response to a change in IOP, a corresponding change in shape and/or geometry and/or position of the feature may be used to determine the change in IOP. The change in the feature is detectable in digital images of the lens taken with a mobile electronic device such as a smartphone.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences CentreInventors: Yong Jun Lai, Kong Ying Xie, Robert James Campbell
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Patent number: 10772503Abstract: A computing device receives analyte data produced by an analyte monitoring sensor over a communications link from at least one first device. Health data, comprising at least part of the analyte data, may be communicated over a communications link to at least one second device in response to a request. The first device may be positioned over the analyte monitoring sensor using signal strength and location information. External analyte data may be employed to calibrate the analyte monitoring sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Senseonics, IncorporatedInventors: Barkha Raisoni, David Lerner, Christina Long, Xiaoxiao Chen, Todd Whitehurst, Ravi Rastogi, Andrew Dehennis
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Patent number: 10772504Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to devices, systems and methods for intra-operative imaging.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Moshiur M. Anwar, Catherine Park, Bernard Boser
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Patent number: 10772505Abstract: Provided is a bio-information measuring apparatus. According to an aspect, the bio-information measuring apparatus includes: an optical module comprising a light source configured to emit light onto or toward an object, and a detector configured to detect light reflected or scattered from the object; a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure between the optical module and the object; and a processor configured to restore a spectrum based on the detected reflected or scattered light, and to correct the restored spectrum based on the measured pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Dong Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10772506Abstract: An apparatus for dental confocal imaging comprises an illumination module for generating an array of light beams, an optics system for confocal focusing of the array of light beams and a probe head with a light-guiding part having an entrance face and an exit face. The illumination module, the optics system and the probe head are arranged such that the array of light beams from the illumination module passes through the optics system, enters the light-guiding part via the entrance face and exits the light-guiding part via the exit face. The optics system is configured such that, after having passed through the optics system, the outermost marginal rays of the outermost light beams with respect to the optical axis of the optics system are parallel or divergent to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Yossef Atiya, Tal Verker, Nir Makmel
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Patent number: 10772507Abstract: Breast monitoring systems are described including a breast sensor device having a substrate fabricated to substantially conform to one or more breasts of a subject, dynamically bendable optical fibers, and a connector; a light source configured to operably couple with the optical fibers through the connector; a photodetector configured to operably couple with the optical fibers through the connector and positioned to detect light transmission through the optical fibers; a reporting device; and a microcontroller including a microprocessor and circuitry, the circuitry including input circuitry configured to receive a first set of signals and at least one second set of signals from the photodetector; calculation circuitry configured to calculate a curvature delta value based on a comparison of the first and at least one second set of signals, and calculate a breast volume delta value from the calculated curvature delta value; and reporting circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Eleanor V. Goodall, Roderick A. Hyde, Wayne R. Kindsvogel, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Charles Whitmer
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Patent number: 10772508Abstract: A method for determining upper gastrointestinal bleeding course includes the steps of: providing an upper gastrointestinal bleeding monitoring system including a bleeding detecting device, a transmission module, a signal processing device and a signal display; acquiring a time signal of RGB three primary colors of an upper gastrointestinal tract image with the bleeding detecting device; transmitting the time signal of RGB three primary colors by the transmission module to the signal processing device; calculating an intensity ratio of the time signal of RGB three primary color; evaluating the upper gastrointestinal bleeding course according to the intensity ratio of the time signal of RGB three primary color; and displaying the evaluation result on the signal display.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: MEDIVISIONTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Cheng Chen, Chiao-Hsiung Chuang
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Patent number: 10772509Abstract: A method for determining emptying of upper gastrointestinal tract includes the steps of: providing an upper gastrointestinal monitoring system including a detecting device, a transmission module, a signal processing device and a signal display; acquiring a time signal of RGB three primary colors of an upper gastrointestinal tract image with the detecting device; transmitting the time signal of RGB three primary colors by the transmission module to the signal processing device; calculating an intensity ratio of the time signal of RGB three primary color; evaluating the upper gastrointestinal emptying according to the intensity ratio of the time signal of RGB three primary color; and displaying the evaluation result on the signal display.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: MEDIVISIONTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Cheng Chen, Chiao-Hsiung Chuang
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Patent number: 10772510Abstract: The present invention pertains to devices and methods for increasing the ease of data gathering and efficiency of information flow in a clinical setting. The devices of the present invention comprise medical examination tables, dental examination chairs and vital signs monitors, all of which further comprise integrated hardware and software that allow these devices to effectively collect and communicate data in a manner that allows for greater ease of use of these devices and subsequent increased efficiency in the clinical space on the part of the clinician. The medical examination tables and dental examination chairs of the present invention preferably include at least one load sensor for measuring a subject's weight when the subject is seated thereon. The methods of the present invention are directed at using the aforementioned devices to increase ease of data collection and efficiency of care delivery within a space in which the devices are used.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Midmark CorporationInventors: Asad Ahmad Abu-Tarif, Robert Allan Menke, Kim M. Noone
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Patent number: 10772511Abstract: Techniques for performing one or both of gesture recognition and biometric monitoring with an electronic device are disclosed, where the electronic device has a wireless communications capability using beamforming techniques and includes a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules. Each module includes at least one transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna, operable in one or more frequency ranges not less than 20 GHz, the receive antenna coupled with a first branch configured to receive H-polarized signals and a second branch configured to receive V-polarized signals. Performing one or both of gesture recognition and biometric monitoring includes detecting a presence and motion of a reflective object or anatomical feature by determining a relationship between received H-polarized signals and received V-polarized signals for two or more receive antennas as a function of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mustafa Emin Sahin, Udara Fernando, Seunghwan Kim
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Patent number: 10772512Abstract: The present invention provides non-invasive devices, methods, and systems for determining a pressure of blood within a cardiovascular system of a user, the cardiovascular system including a heart and the user having a wrist covered by skin. More particularly, the present invention discloses a variety of wrist-worn devices having a variety of sensors configured to non-invasively engage the skin on the wrist of the user for sensing a variety of user signals from the cardiovascular system of the user. Generally, approaches disclosed herein may passively track blood pressure values without any interaction required on the part of the user or may allow for on demand or point measurements of blood pressure values by having a user actively interact with the sensors of the wrist-worn device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventors: Erno H. Klaassen, Wren Nancy Dougherty, Richard C. Kimoto, Ravi Narasimhan, Thomas J. Sullivan, Stephen J. Waydo, Todd K. Whitehurst, Santiago Quijano, Derek Park-Shing Young, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: 10772513Abstract: A blood pressure ratio calculation device is a device for calculating a maximum-minimum blood pressure ratio corresponding to a ratio between a maximum blood pressure value and a minimum blood pressure value of an inspection target, and includes an input unit for inputting a relative blood pressure waveform corresponding to temporal change in relative blood pressure of the inspection target, a spectrum generation unit for generating a relative blood pressure waveform spectrum by performing Fourier transform on the relative blood pressure waveform, and an analysis unit for calculating the maximum-minimum blood pressure ratio on the basis of the relative blood pressure waveform spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Tomoya Nakazawa, Rui Sekine
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Patent number: 10772514Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a long-term blood pressure measurement device having a measurement sensor for detecting a pulse wave signal, having a measurement sensor for body current signals, having a pressure cuff for a non-invasive determination of the blood pressure, having a control and evaluation unit for determining blood pressure values, on the one hand from signals acquired by means of the pressure cuff (pressure cuff signals), and, on the other hand from a pulse wave transit time that is derived from body current signals and pulse wave signals, and having a memory for storing blood pressure values.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: MULLER & SEBASTIAN ELEKTRONIK GMBHInventor: Christian Zirngibl