Patents Issued in September 15, 2020
  • Patent number: 10772515
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a blood pressure measurement device equipped with a pressing surface having plural pressure sensors arranged in one direction, an air bag for pressing the pressing surface against a living body part in a state that the one direction crosses a direction in which the radius artery T runs, an air bag drive unit, a rotational drive unit for driving the pressing surface rotationally about at least one of axes X and Y, and a control unit which performs a rotation control on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by the pressure sensors in a process that the pressing force was increased and calculates blood pressure values on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by the pressure sensors after the rotation control in a process that the pressing force was decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd., Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
  • Patent number: 10772516
    Abstract: A heart rate monitor (40) for detecting a pulse of a person (10) employs a platform (43), a plurality of multi-axis accelerometers (41R, 41L) and a pulse detector (44). The multi-axis accelerometers (41R, 41L) are adjoined to the platform (43) to generate differential mode signals (AZR, AZL) indicative of a sensing by the accelerometers (41) of physiological motion (12) of the person (10) relative to acceleration sensing axes (42R, 42L) and to generate common mode signals (AXR, AXL, AYR, AYL) indicative of a sensing by the accelerometers (41R, 41L) of extraneous motion by the person (10) relative to the acceleration sensing axes (42R, 42L). The pulse detector (44) is operably connected to the multi-axis accelerometers (41R, 41L) to generate a pulse signal (PS)as a function of a vertical alignment of the acceleration sensing axes (42R, 42L) combining the differential mode signals (AZR, AZL) and cancelling the common mode signals (AXR, AXL, AYR, AYL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: James Knox Russell, Haris Duric, Chenguang Liu
  • Patent number: 10772517
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for heart rate detection are described. In one example, a headphones apparatus and method includes emitting a first light in a first light direction directed at a left ear location from a left ear light emitter, and detecting a detected first light at a left ear light detector following interaction of the first light with a left ear tissue. The method includes emitting a second light in a second light direction directed at a right ear location from a right ear light emitter, the right ear location different from the left ear location. The method further includes detecting a detected second light at a right ear light detector following interaction of the second light with a right ear tissue, and estimating a heart rate from the detected first light and the detected second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen
  • Patent number: 10772518
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for heart rate monitoring of an object, the system comprising means for measuring heart beats of the object with a first unit at a first sampling rate, determining a heart rate, determining a time difference between consecutive heart beats, determining a time of each heart beat, or determining at least a part of a wave form of a heart beat signal, wherein the first unit includes further means for changing the sampling rate as a response to the determined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Kimmo Pernu, Mikko Martikka, Erik Lindman
  • Patent number: 10772519
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a control signal based on sub-muscular activation. Information for a first sub-muscular control channel of a plurality of sub-muscular control channels is derived from the plurality of neuromuscular signals. Each of the plurality of sub-muscular control channels is configured to process information associated with activation of one or more sub-muscular structures. A control signal is generated based on the derived information for the first sub-muscular control channel and the control signal is provided to a control interface to control an operation of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Barachant, Patrick Kaifosh, Daniel Wetmore
  • Patent number: 10772520
    Abstract: A neurophysiological monitoring system includes at least one surgical instrument having at least one magnetometer and a control unit configured to receive magnetic field data generated by the at least one magnetometer. The control unit may provide stimulation to a nerve at a known stimulation time and receive magnetic field data from the at least one magnetometer indicative of a response to stimulation of the nerve at a receive time. An interpretation of the magnetic field data based upon the receive time and the stimulation time may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Dennis Chien
  • Patent number: 10772521
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for managing biological signals. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a cardiac biological signal that includes information describing events, determining a merit of each event based on one or more of a severity of a cardiac condition associated with the event and a quality of the event, and handling a subset of the events that meet a merit criterion. The subset can be handled for medical purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BRAEMAR MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventors: Lev Korzinov, Eric Baumann
  • Patent number: 10772522
    Abstract: A system and method for health monitoring are disclosed. The system includes a patch device and an electronic module coupled to the patch device. The method includes providing a patch device, coupling an electronic module to the patch device to provide a wearable device, and monitoring health of a user using the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VITAL CONNECT, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Zadig
  • Patent number: 10772523
    Abstract: A patch including a fiducial layer, an adhesive, and a sensor layer. The fiducial layer having a surface adapted to secure to a portion of skin on a patient, wherein the fiducial layer further includes a plurality of fiducial markers having at least one of acoustic properties, material density, and proton content different from those of human tissue. The adhesive being disposed along the surface of the fiducial layer. The sensor layer removably secured to a side of the fiducial layer and positionable distal the skin of the patient. The sensor layer including a plurality of sensors evenly spaced from one another, adapted to be in electrical communication with the skin of the patient, and each adapted to measure at least electric field or impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Medicomp, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Marcus, Anthony Balda, Scott Baskerville, George Koos
  • Patent number: 10772524
    Abstract: A biomedical electrode which is detachably attached to a garment and includes: an electrode coming into contact with a living body clothed in the garment to acquire a biological signal emitted by the living body; and a locked section which is conductive, is electrically connected to the electrode, is detachably locked to a locking section which is conductive and is provided in the garment, and is electrically connected to the locking section when locked to the locking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shingo Tsukada, Nahoko Kasai, Koji Sumitomo, Hiroshi Nakashima, Masanobu Sato, Toru Arakane, Yuri Hamano, Keiji Takeda, Noriko Nagai, Takashi Teshigawara
  • Patent number: 10772525
    Abstract: An example device for detecting one or more parameters of a cardiac signal is disclosed herein. The device includes one or more electrodes and sensing circuitry configured to sense a cardiac signal via the one or more electrodes. The device further includes processing circuitry configured to determine a representative signal based on the cardiac signal, the representative signal having a single polarity, and determine an end of a T-wave of the cardiac signal based on an area under the representative signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Medtronic, Inc., UMC UTRECHT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Alfonso Aranda Hernandez, Berthold Stegemann, Marc A. Vos, David J. Sprenkeler
  • Patent number: 10772526
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining whether the brain is fatigued may include: an electroencephalogram signal collection module for collecting electroencephalogram signals of a testee; a quantization processing module for quantifying the electroencephalogram signals utilizing a sample entropy algorithm to obtain a final sample entropy value of the electroencephalogram signals; and a fatigue state determination module for determining whether the brain of the testee is fatigued according to the final sample entropy value, wherein it is determined that the brain of the testee is in a fatigue state when the final sample entropy value is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui Li
  • Patent number: 10772527
    Abstract: This invention, which focuses on personality and aptitude matching by psychophysiologic response to stimuli, is referred to as Brain Matching. In general terms, this invention starts by selecting highly specialized skill sets and top performer group for each skill set. The various groups are analyzed though psychophysiologic stimuli testing by using basically the same testing consisting of large numbers stimuli tests in a consistent testing environment. Stimuli tests can range from hundreds to thousands of images each producing a brainwave response. Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning computers look at the test results, highly specialized group by other highly specialized group to reduce the groups signature/response commonality into a template. Test subjects are then tested using the same stimuli. The subject's test results are analyzed for correlation with the various specialized expert groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Kocher, Loran Dean Ambs, Douglas Earl Dyer
  • Patent number: 10772528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rehabilitation system (10) for a patient (24) suffering from a damaged muscle and/or nerve, said system (10) comprising: a brain activity sensor (14) for measuring a patient's brain activity related to controlling the damaged muscle and/or nerve; —a muscle sensor (18) for measuring a muscular activity of the damaged muscle and/or a neural activity of the damaged nerve; a display (22) for displaying a representation (34) of an affected body part of the patient (24); and a control unit (20) for determining an intended movement of the affected body part in which the damaged muscle and/or nerve is arranged, and for controlling the display (22) to display a representation (36) of the intended movement, wherein the control unit (20) is configured to determine the intended movement based on the patient's brain activity measured by the brain activity sensor (14) and based on the muscular and/or neural activity of the damaged muscle and/or nerve measured by the muscle sensor (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mirela Alina Weffers-Albu, Raymond Van Ee
  • Patent number: 10772529
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing therapeutic auditory stimulation. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a system for providing therapeutic auditory stimulation may comprise a diagnostic unit that computes an EEG spectral density of a patient and a heart rate spectral density of a patient and provides values for one or more EEG frequency bands and one or more heart rate frequency bands. The system may also comprise a therapy unit that generates, based on the provided values, one or more stimulation waveforms corresponding to one or more of the EEG frequency bands and provides the stimulation waveforms for therapeutic auditory stimulation. The stimulation waveforms may comprise audible carrier frequencies modulated by signals with frequencies that vary exponentially with time. The EEG frequency bands may comprise the delta, theta, alpha, beta 1, beta 2, and gamma EEG frequency hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BioSensor, Inc.
    Inventor: Natalia Izvarina
  • Patent number: 10772531
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for detecting and correcting for magnetic field distortions within a magnetic field used for medical magnetic localization systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.á r.l.
    Inventors: Eitan Oren, Alon Izmirli, Adam Fischbach, Charles B. Byrd, Eric Betzler, Scott Meyerson, Guy Hevel, Adrian Herscovici, Roie Shlomovitz, Shay Levi, Nir Ben Dor
  • Patent number: 10772532
    Abstract: A method of registering a luminal network to a 3D model of the luminal network with real-time feedback is disclosed, including generating the 3D model of the luminal network based on images of the luminal network, generating an electromagnetic field about the luminal network, inserting a location sensor into the electromagnetic field, tracking the location of the sensor within the luminal network, comparing the tracked locations of the sensor with sensors located outside of the luminal network and the portions of the 3D model representative of open space, and presenting on a user interface an indication of which portions of the luminal network have been sufficiently traversed by the sensor to register that portion of the luminal network to the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Andrew E. Brown, Elad D. Lachmanovich, Eyal Klein, Oren P. Weingarten, Alexander Y. Nepomniashchy
  • Patent number: 10772533
    Abstract: An adaptive audio therapy system which detects and processes one or more individuals' conditions to provide adaptive, continuous audio therapy in real-time. The adaptive audio therapy system generally includes a detection device that is typically in physical contact with an individual, such as a pacifier or steering wheel. The detection device may include sensors to detect various conditions of the individual, such as heart rate, respiration rate, temperature, and the like. A computing device receives and processes the various conditions detected by the sensors. Based on the detected conditions, the computing device provides audio therapy which is adaptive to the condition of the patient and which is continuously adapted in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Werzowa
  • Patent number: 10772534
    Abstract: A gastric emptying breath test method that includes collecting a breath sample of the subject at only a single time point after the subject consumes the breath test meal, wherein the single time point is a time point selected from within an identified time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED BREATH DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Kerry C. Bush
  • Patent number: 10772535
    Abstract: A self-diagnostic method for momentarily generating a jaundice index, clinically equivalent to the serum bilirubin level, for newborns including Step S1: obtaining a newborn's image of face based on color markers; Step S2: color correction of the image based on the color markers; Step S3: calculating jaundice index based on color information of pixels of the facial image, excluding undesired interfering. The method can be executed by an APP (Application) product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsu Chou, Yuh-Hwan Liu
  • Patent number: 10772536
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide methods, apparatus and computer systems comprising an input unit for inputting one or more data sets to be processed comprising a capacitance measuring device configured to measure one or more conductive elements on a sensor plane and provide a corresponding data set of measurements obtained from the conductive elements. A computing unit is coupled to the input unit and for processing the data sets; the computing unit comprises at least one processor with non-transient memory. An output unit is connected to the computing unit for outputting data received from the computing unit. A computer program stored in memory comprising instructions that cause the computer to isolate and discharge conductive and reference impedance elements, perform a charge transfer to the one or more conductive elements on the sensor plane, measure the relative difference between the conductive elements and reference impedance element, and store measurements in non-transient memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Michael L. Mathiasmeier, Dwayne Leroy Mason
  • Patent number: 10772537
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for determining a physiological activity signal in a subject using various movement sensors that each transmit a temporal movement signal, a physiological reference signal is determined from the various movement signals that best depicts a physiological movement of the subject, the movement sensor that generates the physiological reference signal is identified as a physiological reference sensor, at least one physiological addition signal is determined from the temporal movement signals that is similar to the physiological reference signal up to a limit, and the physiological reference signal and the at least one addition signal are added to form the physiological activity signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Roessler
  • Patent number: 10772538
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring workplace safety and evaluating risks is provided, the method comprising receiving signals from at least one wearable device, identifying portions of the signals corresponding to physical activities, excerpting the portions of the signals corresponding to the physical activities, and calculating risk metrics based on measurements extracted from the excerpted portions of the signals, the risk metric indicative of high risk lifting activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ONE MILLION METRICS CORP.
    Inventors: Haytham Elhawary, Aditya Bansal, Jeff Doong, Matthew Glazer, Evan Roche, Mijael Damian, Derek Squires, Marina Teper
  • Patent number: 10772539
    Abstract: Aspects of automatically detecting periods of sleep of a user of a wearable electronic device are discussed herein. For example, in one aspect, an embodiment may obtain a set of features for periods of time from motion data obtained from a set of one or more motion sensors in the wearable electronic device or data derived therefrom. The wearable electronic device may then classify the periods of time into one of a plurality of statuses of the user based on the set of features determined for the periods of time, where the statuses are indicative of relative degree of movement of the user. The wearable electronic device may also derive blocks of time each covering one or more of the periods of time during which the user is in one of a plurality of states, wherein the states include an awake state and an asleep state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Antony Arnold, Subramaniam Venkatraman
  • Patent number: 10772540
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having optimized electrodes and/or configurations of electrode elements as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Pesantez, Xiaolong Li, Bradley Chi Liang
  • Patent number: 10772541
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for noninvasive analysis of tissue, by irradiating a surface of the tissue with infrared radiation such that an interaction of the radiation with a component of the tissue other than water in two spectral bands is substantially identical, measuring an intensity of the radiation that emerges from the tissue in each of the spectral bands, determining change in at least one of shape and intensity of signals received by the at least one radiation detector, calculating a relative absorption by the tissue of radiation in one of the first and second spectral bands relative to absorption by the tissue of radiation in the other of the first and second spectral bands, and determining concentration of a predetermined substance, in accordance with the calculated relative absorption and in accordance with determined change in the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: I. R. Med Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronnie Klein, Arkadi Zilberman, Yaniv Cohen, Ben Zion Dekel
  • Patent number: 10772542
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating a composite signal into a plurality of signals is described. A signal processor receives a composite signal and separates a composite signal into separate output signals. Feedback from one or more of the output signals is provided to a configuration module that configures the signal processor to improve a quality of the output signals. In one embodiment, calibration data from multiple calibration data sets is used to configure the demodulation of the composite signal into separate output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Walter M. Weber, Ammar Al-Ali, Mohamed K. Diab, Marcelo M. Lamego
  • Patent number: 10772543
    Abstract: A device configured to determine a biological indicator level in tissue. The device includes at least one emitter configured to emit light, a detector configured to receive light and transmit data representative of the received light and a processor coupled to the at least one emitter and the detector. The device further includes a non-transitory storage medium coupled to the processor and configured to store instruction to cause the device to determine a level of a biological indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LVL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nithin O. Rajan, Dustin M. Freckleton, Paulo E. Xavier Da Silveira, Byron Olson
  • Patent number: 10772544
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for determining physiological information based on distortion factors and physiological signals. Physiological signals are received by a system. The system may receive or determine a value indicative of oxygen saturation. The distortion factors may be calculated based on the value indicative of oxygen saturation and the physiological signals. The distortion factors may be used to determine physiological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Tom Wilmering
  • Patent number: 10772545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring a physiological parameter of a subject by means of an optical measurement device, said method comprising the steps of: setting into place the optical measurement device (1, 1bis) facing a skin surface (10) of the subject, so that the object focal spot of the optical objective is positioned at a predetermined skin depth, receiving by the photosensitive receiver (4) light rays from the first object focal spot, at the predetermined skin depth, analyzing the light rays received by the photosensitive receiver (4), and comparing the results of the analysis with known data, so as to determine the physiological parameter of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Bioserenity
    Inventors: Sylvain Zorman, Pierre-Yves Frouin
  • Patent number: 10772546
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to a sensor that includes a first a first polymer-luminescent sensing compound configured to produce a first luminescent signal in the presence of a first analyte and a second polymer-luminescent sensing compound configured to produce a second luminescent signal in the presence of a second analyte. The second luminescent signal can have a luminescent lifetime that is at least 1.1 times greater than a luminescent lifetime of the first luminescent signal. Such temporally differences in signal can be used to deconvolute the first luminescent signal from the second luminescent signal even when, for example, the first luminescent signal and the second luminescent signal have the same or a similar emission spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Profusa, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary K. Balaconis, Scott Nichols, Sierra Guidry, Yu Zhang, Ryan Schweller, Soya Gamsey, Jacob William Clary, Sulolit Pradhan, Natalie Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 10772547
    Abstract: An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel H. Lee, Michael R. Love, Louis G. Pace, Phillip Yee
  • Patent number: 10772548
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a pre-sample reservoir, a diversion mechanism, and a flow metering mechanism. The diversion mechanism has an inlet port couplable to a lumen-defining device to receive bodily-fluids from a patient, a first outlet port fluidically couplable to the pre-sample reservoir, and a second outlet port fluidically couplable to a sample reservoir. The diversion mechanism defines a first fluid flow path and a second flow path that are configured to place the first outlet port and the second outlet port, respectively, in fluid communication with the inlet port. The flow metering mechanism is configured to meter a flow of a predetermined volume of bodily-fluid through the first fluid flow path into the pre-sample reservoir, to meter a flow of a second volume of bodily-fluid through the second fluid flow path into the sample reservoir, and to display a volumetric indicator associated with the predetermined volume and the second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bullington, Richard G. Patton, Shan E. Gaw
  • Patent number: 10772549
    Abstract: A handling device for medical technology includes a main body part and a front wall which define a receiving space. A cannula protrudes with its proximal cannula end into the receiving space. A hose-like sleeve is held with its distal sleeve end on at least one holding element of the holding device, which holding element is formed or arranged directly on the front wall. The holding element bears externally on the sleeve in a contact area. Moreover, a method produces a handling device of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Greiner Bio-One GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Ebetsberger, Georg Kofler, Florian Oefferlbauer
  • Patent number: 10772550
    Abstract: The invention relates to analyte monitoring/drug (pharmaceutical agent) delivery device. The invention is suited for monitoring various blood constituents such as glucose. The device has a housing that at least partially encloses a plurality of microneedles disposed on a carrier and an electronics portion. Each microneedle is in fluid communication with a corresponding microchannel. Each microneedle is individually addressable. That is, each microneedle can be extended and retracted individually via an actuator. The electronics portion includes a processor and associated circuitry (e.g., memory, supporting electronics and the like), a motor or the like, a sensor, a power supply (e.g., battery) and optionally an interface. In general, the processor controls the operation of the device and is data communication with the actuator, motor, sensor and interface. The invention provides for autonomous operation, that is, without intervention of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Intuity Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gregory Aceti, Sterling Eduard McBride, Richard Morgan Moroney, III, Christopher Carter Gregory, Peter John Zanzucchi
  • Patent number: 10772551
    Abstract: A status indicator provides a graphical representation of progress of a task to a user. A cognitive state of the user is detected by a computer operatively coupled to one or more sensors or cameras. The progress indicator is automatically modified by the computer in response to detecting the cognitive state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Clifford A. Pickover, Dana L. Price, Aaron J. Quirk
  • Patent number: 10772552
    Abstract: A wearable device for the quantification of regulatory substances produced in the body, such as analytes and hormones, is disclosed. The wearable device includes contact sensors formed on an outer portion of a casing of the wearable device, and those contact sensors are positioned to contact skin of a wearer of the device and configured to measure galvanic skin response and temperature. The wearable device also includes a microprocessor in the casing of the wearable device adapted to control programs and execute algorithms, a system memory in the casing of the wearable device adapted to store data, an entry port in the casing of the wearable device adapted to receive a biological-assay cartridge containing a biological sample, and a biological-assay reader placed inside the casing of the device and configured to read the biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Alfred H. Bedell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10772553
    Abstract: The present application describes a urine sensing probe and a system for detecting urine. The urine sensing probe includes a needle having a tubular portion and one or more optical fibers positioned within the needle. The one or more optical fibers have a distal surface that is oriented towards a beveled distal section of the needle and is oriented to one of its lateral sides. The distal surface of the one or more optical fibers ranges from about 90 to a critical angle with respect to a vertical axis of the needle. The present application also describes a system for sensing urine including a urine sensing probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John C. Victor, Michael J. Morris, Mahmoud R. Shahriari
  • Patent number: 10772554
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the detection of alterations in glucose metabolism in a subject. The disclosed methods and systems provide, in certain embodiments, administering a first eye test to the subject when the subject is in a normal state, obtaining a first set of one or more images of the first eye test of the subject, administering a second eye test to the subject and obtaining a second set of one or more images of the second eye test of the subject. The methods further provide for analyzing one or more differences identified between the first set of one or more images and the second set of one or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Michael Lawless Kelly
  • Patent number: 10772555
    Abstract: Provided is an insomnia treatment assistance device including: a bedtime setting unit that sets a bedtime of a user on the basis of sleep efficiency of the user and notifies it to the user; an execution time setting unit that sets a time earlier than the bedtime by a first predetermined time as a sleepiness test execution time; and a reminder message presentation unit that presents a reminder message for prompting execution of a sleepiness test to the user at the sleepiness test execution time. The sleepiness test can be performed at an appropriate time depending on the sleep efficiency that suggests a degree of amelioration of insomnia even in a case where the sleepiness test is performed once a day. It is possible to appropriately measure user's sleepiness depending on the degree of amelioration of insomnia while minimizing a user's burden for the sleepiness test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventor: Taro Ueno
  • Patent number: 10772556
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a patient's blood glucose levels and communicating such levels to a patient care network is provided. More particularly, a monitor for measuring blood glucose levels may be adapted to alert the patient and preselected members of the patient care network in the event that the patient's blood glucose levels fall below a threshold amount. The monitor may be further adapted to communicate with means for automatically delivering glucose into a patient's body and means for delivering insulin into the patient's body, each means operating alone or in combination. Such a system and method may have applications in preventing symptomatic hypoglycemic episodes and providing diagnostic aid to medical professionals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Claudio Afonso Ambrósio
  • Patent number: 10772557
    Abstract: Kit for assembling an implantable medical device (30) provided with a data acquisition device (1), the kit comprising: a medical implant (100); a data acquisition device (1) which includes: one or more sensors (5); an electronic data processing device (2) electrically connectable or connected to the one or more sensors (5); a data memory (16); a data transmission device (4); and a biocompatible sterilisable housing (9) encapsulating at least the data processing device (2), the data memory (16) and the data transmission device (4); wherein the housing (9) comprises means (10) for releasably affixing the housing (9) to the implant (100), the data processing device (2) is programmed to calculate statistical data based on measurement data received from the one or more sensors (5) and to store the statistical data in the data memory (16); and wherein the one or more sensors (5) are either arranged in the housing (9); or the one or more sensors (5) are separately fixable to the implant (100) in a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AO Technology AG
    Inventor: Markus Windolf
  • Patent number: 10772558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new integrated, holistic approach to empower older adults to enhance their quality of life and independence through a personalized lifestyle and nutrition program. This is achieved by measuring the physical status of the adults with respect to strength and endurance. In addition, their nutritional status is assessed. Based on those assessments recommendations are provided with respect to particular exercise programs and nutrients that support the functions bones, muscles and cartilage. These methods can be implemented as a software program and executed on computer systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Denis Breuille, Elizabeth Offord Cavin, Daniel Ryan Moore, Richard Gannon, Marie Noelle Horcajada, Aline Boisset Michaud, Michaela Hoehne
  • Patent number: 10772559
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable system for monitoring a person's food consumption comprising a motion sensor worn on a person's wrist, a camera worn on the person's ear or housed in the person's eyewear, and a data processor which analyzes data from the motion sensor. The camera is automatically triggered to take pictures of food when analysis of data from the motion sensor indicates that the person is eating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 10772560
    Abstract: A wearable paper-based platform with simultaneous passive and active feedback for monitoring perspiration is provided. The sensor platform comprises two modules: a disposable wicking-based sweat collection patch with discrete colorimetric feedback, and a reusable electronic detachable module for active feedback. The disposable patch comprises a hygroscopic wicking material laminated between two polymeric films. The wicking material is patterned with a radial finger design that offers discretized visual readout of the sensor. The active module attaches to the film and alerts the user when the film collects a pre-determined volume of sweat. The multi-feedback system allows high-performance athletes who value objective quantification of perspiration to better assess their sweat loss during physical activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Babak Ziaie, Manuel P. Ochoa, Vaibhav Jain, Rahim Rahimi
  • Patent number: 10772561
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an interface between an organism and other computing machine-based entities, and, more specifically, to sensors that facilitate determination of a state of neural activity with which to associate data representing, for example, an intent and/or a command; to implementations of sensors under control to, for example, modify sensing characteristics to interpolate response signals spatially or temporally, or both, to facilitate determination of a state of neural activity; to the formation or implementation of a data model that includes, for example, data arrangements representative of at least neuronal activity to facilitate determination of a state of neural activity; and to mobile human-machine interface to facilitate control based on neuronal activity of an organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Alan Donaldson
  • Patent number: 10772562
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein disclose a method for monitoring non-invasive arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate (PR) and detecting level of carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) in a blood flow of an aircraft pilot during an in-flight condition for detection of symptoms of hypoxia. The method comprises detection of an artery microcirculation of blood in forehead of the aircraft pilot by using an infrared (IR) photometric technique. A pulse oximetry (PO) reflectance sensor is installed over the detected artery with microcirculation in the forehead. The values of AI, VI and GI are combined with a signal strength and a signal quality of the PO sensor to calculate a final weighted index of confidence for SpO2 (CIsat) and PR (CIpr) measurements. The measured values of CIsat and CIpr are implemented to calculate an overall weighted confidence index (CI) to determines an accuracy of measurements of SpO2 and PR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TheraTactics Inc
    Inventors: William Leon Bednarski, Donald Edward Bebout
  • Patent number: 10772563
    Abstract: Arrangements are described for fitting a cochlear implant to a recipient patient. An acoustic stimulus is delivered to an ear of the patient over a range of acoustic frequencies. A baseline acoustic transfer function resulting from the acoustic stimulus is measured using a response sensor configured to sense pressure response characteristics in the middle ear. And a maximum comfortable level (MCL) of stimulation is determined for at least one stimulation contact in the electrode array, based on performing an electrically evoked measurement to an electric stimulation signal and using the response sensor to measure a modified acoustic transfer function. The modified acoustic transfer function is compared to the baseline acoustic transfer function to determine when a stapedius reflex response occurs and identify the MCL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Darshan Shah, Carolyn Garnham, Patrick Hübner
  • Patent number: 10772564
    Abstract: Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire that includes separate sections with engaged core components. For example, a sensing guide wire can include a proximal portion having a proximal core member and at least one proximal electrical conductor and a distal portion coupled to the proximal portion, the distal portion having a distal core member, a sensing element, and at least one distal electrical conductor coupled to the sensing element, wherein engagement structures of the proximal and distal core members are engaged and wherein the at least one distal electrical conductor is coupled to the at least one proximal electrical conductor such that the at least one proximal electrical conductor is in electrical communication with the sensing element. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Burkett, Eric Henderson
  • Patent number: 10772565
    Abstract: The delivery system may include, for example, an outer catheter having a distal tip and an inner support member, such as an inner catheter, disposed within the outer catheter. The inner support member includes an anchor member adjacent a distal tip of the inner support member and a support portion axially inward of the anchor member. The support portion is configured for supporting an implantable device thereon. A diameter of the anchor member corresponds to a diameter of a portion of a vessel in which the anchor member is to be disposed. The anchor member is configured to be lodged in the portion of the vessel to locate an intended position of the anchor member and to prevent movement of the inner support member relative to the vessel during release of the implantable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventor: Rami Kahwash