Patents Issued in December 8, 2020
  • Patent number: 10857364
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system and method with feedback optimized electrical field generation for stimulating target tissue of a patient to treat neurological and non-neurological conditions. The system generally includes implantable electrodes, implantable sensors, an implantable or external electrical signal generator, and an implantable or external controller. The controller controls the electrical signal generator to generate electrical noise stimulation signals that are delivered to the target tissue via the electrodes and that produce an optimized electric field having maximized voltage with low current density. The sensors produce temperature and impedance data for the target tissue and the controller automatically responds to values of the sensor data that indicate potential damage to the target tissue to reduce the strength of the electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Soin Neuroscience, LLC
    Inventor: Amol N. Soin
  • Patent number: 10857365
    Abstract: Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to techniques for the transfer of isochronous stimulation data over a standardized isochronous audio or data link between components of an implantable medical device system. More specifically, as described further below, a first component is configured to generate dynamic stimulation data based on one or more received sound signals. The first component is configured to obtain static configuration data and to encode the dynamic stimulation data and the static configuration data into a series of isochronous wireless packets. The first component is configured to transmit the series of wireless packets over an isochronous wireless channel to a second component of the implantable medical device system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Werner Meskens, Koen Van Herck
  • Patent number: 10857366
    Abstract: A holder for an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed. The holder is configured to hold the IMD in a single, operational orientation when the holder containing the IMD is implanted in a patient. The holder is designed to prevent the IMD from moving within the patient and shifting orientation. The holder may have an opening for receiving a connecting pin, for stimulating electrodes, for example, in a mating orientation with respect to a receptacle contained within the IMD. According to some embodiments, the IMD features a metal housing that can serve as an electrode and the holder is configured with a window to allow a portion of the housing to electrically contact flesh of a patient during operation. Holders for containing a single IMD and holders for containing multiple IMDs are disclosed. Holders for containing multiple IMDs are configured to maintain alignment of the IMDs with respect to each other, for example, a parallel alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Lee McDonald, Jillian Doubek, Samuel Tahmasian
  • Patent number: 10857367
    Abstract: A feedthrough for an implantable medical electronic device that has a housing and a header. The feedthrough having an insulator that has a housing-side surface and a header-side surface opposite it, a feedthrough flange surrounding the insulator, and at least one primary connection element penetrating the insulator and for connection of an electrical or electronic component of the device. This electrical or electronic component is arranged in the housing. The connection element is fastened by a hard solder connection, so that it is fluid-tight in a passage of the insulator. The primary connection element has a housing-side end that is essentially even with the housing-side surface of the insulator or is recessed into the insulator with respect to this surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Kronmueller, Michael Arnold
  • Patent number: 10857368
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrically conductive and hermetic vias disposed within an insulator substrate of a feedthrough assembly and methods for making and using the same. Such aspects of the present invention consequently provide for the miniaturization of feedthrough assemblies inasmuch as the feedthrough components of the present invention are capable of supporting very small and hermetic conductively filled via holes in the absence of additional components, such as, for example, terminal pins, leadwires, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith W. Seitz, Xiaohong Tang, William C. Thiebolt, Jonathan Calamel, Thomas Shi, Thomas Marzano
  • Patent number: 10857369
    Abstract: An EMI/energy dissipating filter for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The filter comprises a first gold braze hermetically sealing the insulator to a ferrule that is configured to be mounted in an opening in a housing for the AIMD. A lead wire is hermetically sealed in a passageway through the insulator by a second gold braze. A circuit board substrate is disposed adjacent the insulator. A two-terminal chip capacitor disposed adjacent to the circuit board has an active end metallization that is electrically connected to the active electrode plates and a ground end metallization that is electrically connected to the at least one ground electrode plates of the chip capacitor. There is a ground path electrically extending between the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor and the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Richard L. Brendel
  • Patent number: 10857370
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: 10857371
    Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system includes a support structure that the patient may wear, and one or more sensors that may acquire patient physiological signals, such as ECG and others. A processor of the WCD system may determine diagnostics from the patient physiological signals. These diagnostics include a six-second ECG portion, heart rates as histograms, heart rates against QRS width, heart rate trends, clinical event counters, diagnostics relating to heart rate variability and about the atrial arrhythmia burden of the patient. In some embodiments, the WCD system includes a user interface with a screen that displays these diagnostics. In some embodiments, the WCD system exports these diagnostics for viewing by a different screen. When viewed, these diagnostics permit more detailed analysis of the state of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: West Affum Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Laura M. Gustavson, David P. Finch, Joseph L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10857372
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device for treating skin using non-thermal plasma. It comprises a housing having a skin interface electrode for application to skin during treatment, a generator for generating non-thermal plasma at the skin interface electrode; and an isolating element to isolate a region surrounding said skin interface electrode other than during treatment so that non-thermal plasma generated at the skin interface electrode within said region sterilises the skin interface electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jasper Zuidervaart, Eduard Antonius Van Der Zwan, Stephan Mooibroek, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
  • Patent number: 10857373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment device for a surface to be treated using a dialectically impeded plasma, comprising a housing (1) which has an end wall (14, 14?) and comprising an electrode (18, 33) which is shielded from the surface to be treated by a dielectricum (19, 34) that forms at least one part of the end wall (14, 14?) and which can be connected to a high-voltage generator (17). The end wall (14, 14?) has at least one spacer (29, 29?) by means of which at least one gas chamber is formed when the at least one spacer (29, 29?) rests against the surface to be treated, and the dialectically impeded plasma is formed in the gas chamber for the treatment process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CINOGY GmbH
    Inventors: Mirko Hahnl, Karl-Otto Storck, Leonhard Trutwig, Dirk Wandke, Matthias Kopp, Andreas Helmke
  • Patent number: 10857374
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a miniaturized excitation coil with increased safety as an excitation coil used in magnetic stimulation therapy. The present invention provides an excitation coil having a spiral conductive wire part that generates a magnetic field, characterized by the conductive wire end faces of the spiral conductive wire part being parallel with respect to the central axis of the excitation coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Masamichi Midorikawa, Takamitsu Okayama
  • Patent number: 10857375
    Abstract: Aspects for treating spinal cord injuries are disclosed. In a particular aspect, a method includes identifying a neurological level of a spinal cord injury, and activating neurons via laser therapy in which a laser beam is applied to an area proximate to the neurological level. In another aspect, a computer-readable storage medium includes computer-readable instructions for performing various acts. Such acts comprise ascertaining a neurological level of a spinal cord injury, and receiving data corresponding to a severity of the spinal cord injury. The acts further comprise outputting a laser calibration according to the neurological level and the severity. A medical device apparatus is also provided, which includes various computer executable components. The computer executable components include an assessment component configured to receive parameters corresponding to a spinal cord injury, and a calibration component configured to ascertain a laser calibration according to the at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Luberski Inc.
    Inventor: Steven E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 10857376
    Abstract: A therapy apparatus for treating a patient's brain is provided. The therapy apparatus includes a light source having an output emission area positioned to irradiate a portion of the brain with an efficacious power density and wavelength of light. The therapy apparatus further includes an element interposed between the light source and the patient's scalp. The element is adapted to inhibit temperature increases at the scalp caused by the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Pthera, LLC
    Inventors: Luis De Taboada, Jackson Streeter
  • Patent number: 10857377
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling a laser output. According to an embodiment, there are provided a method for controlling a laser output of a laser device, provided with a laser generator and a handpiece for radiating a laser generated at the laser generator onto a target, and a device performing the method. The method includes the steps of: measuring, by a plurality of distance sensors arranged along a circumference of one end of the handpiece from which the laser is outputted, distances between the plurality of distance sensors and the target; based on the distances between the distance sensors and the target, calculating an effective area which is a region of the target onto which the laser is really radiated; and increasing or reducing the laser output to radiate the laser onto the effective area with a predetermined energy density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Speclipse, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Pyun, Wanki Min, Hyoung Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 10857378
    Abstract: A hand-held laser treatment device automatically sweeps a line of laser energy across a treatment area of a patient without moving the device. Laser energy sources reside in a scan head housing, which is rotatably connected to a body housing at a housing mount. A motorized scanning mechanism in the body housing drives a pushrod connected that is to the scan head to cause the scan head to reciprocate about the housing mount axis, moving an emitted line of laser energy up and down. The scanning mechanism comprises a rotational motor, a pushrod drive cam, a guide cam and an amplitude adjustor, all coaxially aligned along a motor axis. Interposed between the pushrod drive cam and the guide cam are the pushrod and a guide bearing aligned along an axis parallel to the motor axis. The degree of sweep is adjustable to change the size of the area treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Erchonia Corporation, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin B Tucek, Steven C Shanks
  • Patent number: 10857379
    Abstract: A kit comprising a wearable lamp platform a frame for holding the wearable lamp platform in a fixed orientation spaced from the user's body, an adapter arranged and configured to couple a data acquisition device to the optical lens of the at least one port; and a power source controller electrically coupled to the wearable lamp platform provides a simple and elegant solution to providing economic, at-home skin condition analyses. The wearable lamp platform includes a plurality of treatment lamps arranged and configured to irradiate a portion of a wearer's body, and at least one port extending through the lamp platform from the outer surface to the inner surface. The at least one port has disposed therein an optical lens and a plurality of image-acquisition lamps disposed thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Higgins, Alexandru Paunescu
  • Patent number: 10857380
    Abstract: A method for at-home skin condition analyses includes coupling an adapter to a port of a wearable lamp platform. placing the wearable lamp platform on a portion of a user's body, coupling a data acquisition device to the adapter and activating the data acquisition device to acquire data pertaining to the user's body through the optical lens, analyzing the data pertaining to the user's body, determining a light treatment regimen for the user's body, and applying light treatment to the user's body according to the determined light treatment regimen. The port has disposed therein an optical lens and having a plurality of image image-acquisition lamps disposed thereabout. The image-acquisition lamps are energized by a power source electrically coupled to the wearable lamp platform, and the wearable lamp platform comprises a plurality of treatment lamps arranged and configured to irradiate a portion of a wearer's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Higgins, Alexandru Paunescu
  • Patent number: 10857381
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for an integrated phototherapy system that can include integrating a bili light, radiometer, and transcutaneous bilirubin sensor are disclosed. In some embodiments, the integrated phototherapy system has a control system that can receive and send data and automate features of the phototherapy system. Data that can be input by a healthcare provider and/or measured by the system can include treatment time, distance between the patient and the bili light, intensity level, irradiance level, bilirubin level, temperature, and the light intensity or irradiance of other light sources or pieces of equipment. The phototherapy system can be compatible with any electronic healthcare records system, and measured data can aggregated and uploaded to such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Janel A. Duggins
  • Patent number: 10857382
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for managing and minimizing chronic pain. In particular, provided herein are systems and methods for managing and minimizing chronic pain with light therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Mohab M. Ibrahim, Rajesh Khanna
  • Patent number: 10857383
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a carrier configured for use with a broadband x-ray source comprising an electron source and a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target is provided. The carrier comprising a housing configured to be removably coupled to the broadband x-ray source and configured to accommodate a secondary target capable of producing monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to incident broadband x-ray radiation, the housing comprising a transmissive portion configured to allow broadband x-ray radiation to be transmitted to the secondary target when present, and a blocking portion configured to absorb broadband x-ray radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Imagine Scientific, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric H. Silver
  • Patent number: 10857384
    Abstract: Streamlined and partially automated methods of setting normal tissue objectives in radiation treatment planning are provided. These methods may be applied to multiple-target cases as well as single-target cases. The methods can impose one or more target-specific dose falloff constraints around each target, taking into account geometric characteristics of each target such as target volume and shape. In some embodiments, methods can also take into account a planner's preferences for target dose homogeneity. In some embodiments, methods can generate additional dose falloff constraints in locations between two targets where dose bridging is likely to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems International AG
    Inventors: Santtu Ollila, Mikko Vainio, Jarkko Peltola, Janne Nord
  • Patent number: 10857385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of medical devices. Disclosed is an adjustable collimator, which can solve the problem that existing collimators cannot achieve precise therapy in a small irradiation field. The adjustable collimator comprises a controller and two blade sets arranged opposite to each other; the blade sets comprise a plurality of blades, the controller drives the blades to move so as to form a first irradiation field through which a ray can pass; at least one blade in the blade set is a small irradiation field blade, and at least one irradiation field hole is provided on the small irradiation field blade; the controller is further used to drive the small irradiation field blade to move such that the irradiation field hole becomes a second irradiation field through which the ray can pass, wherein the second irradiation field is smaller than the first irradiation field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: OUR NEW MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, WUHAN CYBERMED SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiqun Xiao, Haifeng Liu
  • Patent number: 10857386
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating and delivering a volumetric modulated arc therapy (“VMAT”) plan to a patient. In some aspects, the method includes receiving a representation of a patient comprising information related to target and non-target volumes of interest and generating an objective function based on the representation of the patient. The method also includes performing an iterative optimization process using the objective function to generate a VMAT plan and generating a report according to the VMAT plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Ke Sheng
  • Patent number: 10857387
    Abstract: A beam profile measurement (BPM) system is described including a BPM phantom including a tank to house liquid, a dosimeter disposed in the tank to detect ionization of a radiation beam emitted from a linear accelerator (LINAC), and a positioning device to move the dosimeter in a vertical direction. The BPM system also includes a BPM controller to operably couple to the BPM phantom and the LINAC. A method is described including positioning, using a BPM controller, a dosimeter of the BPM phantom in a first location, positioning, using the BPM controller, the LINAC in a second location, performing, using the BPM controller, a first movement of the LINAC from the second location to a third location, emitting a radiation beam from the LINAC during the first movement, and performing, via the dosimeter, an ion measurement of the radiation beam during the emitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ACCURAY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jonathan McCoy, Atsushi Mitsuishi, Hidetaka Koga, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Shigemi Ogawa, Tadashi Otani
  • Patent number: 10857388
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer includes administering a first dose of radiation to a subject; determining a level of a biomarker obtained from the subject, the level indicating an immune response of the subject to the first dose; and not administering a second dose of radiation to the subject unless and until the level of the biomarker is beyond a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Giordano, Matthias Benker, Matthias Ahlgrimm
  • Patent number: 10857389
    Abstract: A proton therapy system based on a compact superconducting cyclotron, including: a superconducting cyclotron system, an energy selection system, a beam transport system, a fixed therapy room subsystem and a rotating frame therapy subsystem; a fixed-energy proton beam extracted from a superconducting cyclotron of the superconducting cyclotron system is adjusted into a continuous and adjustable proton beam of 70 MeV to 200 MeV by the energy selection system, thus realizing a longitudinal adjustment for a proton range during treating a tumor, and the continuous and adjustable proton beam is respectively transmitted to the fixed therapy room subsystem and the rotating frame therapy subsystem by the beam transport system. The cooperative control of the superconducting cyclotron system, the energy selection system, the beam transport system and the therapy head realizes the transverse expansion of proton beams, thus realizing intensity modulated radiation therapy for the tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HEFEI CAS ION MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL DEVICES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuntao Song, Jinxing Zheng, Qingxi Yang, Yonghua Chen, Hansheng Feng, Lu Liu, Junjun Li, Kaizhong Ding, Gen Chen, Pengyu Wang, Junsong Shen, Mingzhun Lei, Jianghua Wei
  • Patent number: 10857390
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for the monitoring of patient motion via the detection of changes in capacitance, as measured using a capacitance position sensing electrode array. The changes in capacitance may be processed to determine a corresponding positional offset, for example, using a calibration data set relating capacitance to offset for each electrode of the array. The detected positional offset may be employed to provide feedback to a surgeon or operator of a medical device, or directly to the medical device for the control thereof. A medical procedure may be interrupted when the positional offset is detected to exceed a threshold. Alternatively, the detected positional offset may be employed to manually or automatically reconfigure a medical device to compensate for the detected change in position. Various configurations of capacitive position sensing devices are disclosed, including embodiment in incorporating capacitive sensing electrodes with a mask or other support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dalhousie University
    Inventor: James Leonard Robar
  • Patent number: 10857391
    Abstract: A method may include acquiring a first image including a target point and a first reference point, the target point corresponding to at least one part of a subject, the first reference point corresponding to a first marker disposed on the couch of the medical device; determining a first spatial position of the first marker, the first spatial position corresponding to a first working position of the couch; determining a first spatial position of the at least one part of the subject based on the first image and the first spatial position of the first marker; determining a second spatial position of the first marker, the second spatial position corresponding to a second working position of the couch; determining a second spatial position of the at least one part of the subject based on the second spatial position of the first marker and the first spatial position of the at least one part of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Johannes N Stahl, Supratik Bose, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 10857392
    Abstract: To overcome the difficulties inherent in conventional proton therapy systems, new techniques are described herein for synchronizing the application of proton radiation with the periodic movement of a target area. In an embodiment, a method is provided that combines multiple rescans of a spot scanning proton beam while monitoring the periodic motion of the target area, and aligning the applications of the proton beam with parameters of the periodic motion. For example, the direction(s) and frequency of the periodic motion may be monitored, and the timing, dose rate, and/or scanning direction and spot sequence of the beam can be adjusted to align with phases in the periodic motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Bach, Isabel Huth, Juergen Heese, Franko Piskulich, Lei Dong
  • Patent number: 10857393
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for electrohydraulic generation of Shockwaves at a rate of between 10 Hz and 5 MHz, and/or that permit a user to view a region of a patient comprising target cells during application of generated Shockwaves to the region. Methods of applying electro-hydraulically generated Shockwaves to target tissues (e.g., for reducing the appearance of tattoos, treatment or reduction of certain conditions and/or maladies).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: SOLITON, INC., BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Christopher C. Capelli, Robert Crowley
  • Patent number: 10857394
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel reconfigurable spatial and temporal light modulation method that exploits the imaging medium itself by employing a multi-element ultrasonic transducer array as an in-situ acoustic modulator. The medium density can be modulated using different ultrasonic pressure patterns to pattern an incident collimated beam of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Maysamreza Chamanzar, Yasin Karimi, Matteo Giuseppe Scopelliti
  • Patent number: 10857395
    Abstract: This application provides, among other things, novel aqueous oral care compositions useful for combining and delivering poorly compatible ingredients, for example to deliver effective levels of cationic antibacterial agents in combination with short chain polyphosphate salts that protect against erosion and staining, by addition of a stabilizing amount of an anionic surfactant and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Carl Myers, Rehana Begum-Gafur, Katelyn Duchemin, Melissa Muir
  • Patent number: 10857396
    Abstract: An emergency air supply system and method for delivering breathable air to an individual in need thereof. The system includes a wall mounted housing that contains an air tank, an inflatable bag, and an ocular respiratory mask. The air tank is removably connected to the inflatable bag, and the inflatable bag is connected to the ocular respiratory mask. During use, the inflatable bag is inflated by an air supply of the air tank, the inflatable bag is removed from the air tank, and the ocular respiratory mask, which remains connected to the inflatable bag, is worn by the individual in need of breathable air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Adam Hayes
  • Patent number: 10857397
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to a connector for a powered air-purifying respirator (“PAPR”). A powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) connector may comprise a tab extending from the PAPR connector, wherein the tab is positioned to contact an inner surface of a housing; and a flange extending from the PAPR connector, wherein the flange is configured to receive an attachment mechanism, wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to attach the PAPR connector to the housing; wherein the PAPR connector is rotatable within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Devendra Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Arora, Durgam Gangadhar
  • Patent number: 10857398
    Abstract: A personal powered air respirator, for example a welding or spraying helmet (10), includes a remote controller (30) for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the helmet and a means of displaying information regarding said parameter in, on or adjacent the interior of the vision panel (12) of the helmet. The invention allows for convenient adjustment in use. The remote controller is adapted to clothing, such as belt, glove or pocket, or may be incorporated in equipment for use with the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: John Robert Boffey
  • Patent number: 10857399
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents a patient respiratory mask that is configured to pick up patient speech from within the patient respiratory mask utilizing a microphone and to transmit that speech to a speaker or other communications device and a method of patient communication utilizing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Lucca Ventures, Inc.
    Inventor: Lucca Riccio
  • Patent number: 10857400
    Abstract: An activated carbon adsorber, in particular an activated carbon adsorber for use by a user of an externally ventilated breathing mask or breathing hood. The activated carbon adsorber includes a housing for accommodating a filter cartridge, and the housing has the following features: an air inlet supply port to receive compressed air from an air supply unit; a connector for connecting to a breathing mask or hood; a unit which can be fastened to the body of or to or on the housing of the activated carbon adsorber and which is capable of forming a detachable connection with another component in particular a sliding or slip connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SATA GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Brose, Ralf Gehrung, Marco Schönemann
  • Patent number: 10857401
    Abstract: The invention provides a well rescue device for rescuing a victim trapped in a well. The well rescue device includes a clamp assembly configured to provide support to a torso of the victim while moving the victim. Additionally, the well rescue device includes a seat assembly configured to provide seating support to the victim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDUL AZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KACST)
    Inventors: Omar Mohammed Alhusseini, Khalid Abdulrahman Aldakkan
  • Patent number: 10857402
    Abstract: A firefighting monitor includes logic circuitry for determining the reaction force caused by the flow of firefighting fluid therethrough. The reaction force may be communicated to structures remote from the monitor for taking appropriate actions in response to the reaction forces exceeding one or more criteria. The monitor may also use flow and nozzle data for calculating a reach of the stream of the fluid, and may transmit this reach data to a remote location. The monitor may also utilize multiple pressure sensor transducers positioned inside the monitor for determining the rate of fluid flow, rather than a paddle wheel-type sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric N. Combs
  • Patent number: 10857403
    Abstract: An infrastructure monitoring assembly includes a fire hydrant; a pipe connected in fluid communication with the fire hydrant, a fluid at least partially filling the pipe; a sensor positioned in the fluid, the sensor configured to measure a parameter of the fluid; and a processor connected in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to receive a signal from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory E. Hyland, Robert Paul Keefe, Marietta Edmunds Zakas, Clayton Robert Barker
  • Patent number: 10857404
    Abstract: An endless loop rope climbing machine that maintains a constant rope speed through a hydraulic resistance mechanism. This method and device uses a climbing rope threaded about a tapered friction sheave connected to a hydraulic pump via a shaft. The user selects a desired fluid flow rate corresponding to a preferred rope climbing speed using a flow adjustment mechanism. Force exerted on the rope by the climber initiates the flow of fluid through the hydraulic system. Fluid is propelled through the system to a pressure compensated flow control (PCFC) valve in fluid communication with the hydraulic pump. A pressure compensating spool within this PCFC valve shifts in position to regulate fluid flow, returning a constant velocity of fluid to the hydraulic pump. The shaft connected to the hydraulic pump rotates at a consistent speed regardless of the force applied by the climber, thereby maintaining the steady rope climbing speed selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Small
  • Patent number: 10857406
    Abstract: An exercise system for use with tools having weighted masses includes a housing having an upper end and a lower end, and a strike post having an upper end that is located above the upper end of said housing and a lower end that is located between the upper and lower ends of the housing. The strike post is configured to move along a vertical axis that extends between the upper and lower ends of the housing. A shock absorbing pad overlies the upper end of the strike post. A spring assembly is disposed between the lower end of the strike post and the lower end of the housing. During a physical exercise session, the shock absorbing pad is hit with a toll having a weighted mass to apply an impact force, which is transferred through the strike post to the spring assembly for compressing the spring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Nazareno Reina, Peter Marino
  • Patent number: 10857407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exercise apparatus. The exercise apparatus includes a platform which has an endless belt revolved around it. The endless belt defines an exercising space. A left strap extends from a left front portion to a left rear portion of the exercising space, and a right strap extends from a right front portion to a right rear portion of the exercising space. The left strap and the right strap respectively have a first connecting part and a second connecting part which could be connected or detached with each other. When the two connecting parts are connected with each other, the left strap and the right strap form a retaining portion for resisting forward movement of a user. When the two connecting parts are detached, the left strap and the right strap could be positioned on a left side and a right side of the exercising space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan Francis Crist, Joe Chen
  • Patent number: 10857408
    Abstract: A sleeve for a body roller has a main area, a first flap and a second flap. The main area has a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first wrapping end, and a second wrapping end. The first flap is near the first lateral side and extends from the first wrapping end. The second flap is near the second lateral side and extends from either the first wrapping end or the second wrapping end. The main area has a length from the first wrapping end to the second wrapping end that is less than a circumference of the body roller such that when the sleeve is wrapped with the length oriented around the circumference of the body roller, an opening is formed between a first inner edge of the first flap and a second inner edge of the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Fariba Miri-Ghomizadeh
  • Patent number: 10857409
    Abstract: A physical training system includes a belt having a back attachment member and a first band attachment loop for an elastomeric belt. The back attachment member is moveably positioned on the belt and at least partially encircles the belt. The back attachment member comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending completely across a width of the belt on the outer side of the belt, and the second portion extending at least partially across the width of the belt on the inner side of the belt. The first band attachment loop is moveably connected to the back attachment member. The elastomeric band extends through the first band attachment loop. A foot coupling includes at least one flexible strap and a second band attachment loop. The elastomeric band extends between the foot coupling and the back attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Functionwear, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Schreiber, Christopher T. Cranke
  • Patent number: 10857410
    Abstract: A tire exercise system has a tire having an interior portion covered with an inner tire cover. At least four shoulder strap attachment points are attached to the tire and configured to secure a right and left shoulder strap. At least two handles are attached to the tire and configured to accommodate human hands. At least two anchors are attached to the tire and configured to accommodate a rope system. A waist harness includes a waist belt. An anchor is attached to the waist belt. A rope system is attached to the tire and the waist harness. The rope system includes a first carabiner attached to a bungee cord, which can then be attached to the tire. A ring is attached to the bungee cord. A rope is attached to the ring. A second carabiner is attached to the rope, which can then be attached to the waist harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent Matthew Antunez, John T. Sharp
  • Patent number: 10857412
    Abstract: A weighted wrist band assembly includes a band that is wearable around a cuff of a boxing glove when the boxing glove is worn for boxing training. A strap is coupled to the band and the strap is matable to the band such that the band and the strap form a closed loop around the cuff of the boxing glove. A grip is coupled to the band and the grip is unrestrained when the band and strap are worn around the boxing glove. Thus, a trainee can manipulate the grip when the trainee is wearing boxing gloves. A flexible weight is positioned within the band for increasing a weight of the boxing glove thereby enhancing strength training and endurance training when the boxing glove is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Maurepaz Auguste
  • Patent number: 10857413
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular strap-based exercise apparatus, kit, and method of use thereof, and more particularly to an apparatus, kit, and method for modularly connecting components of a strap-based exercise device. In an embodiment, the strap-based exercise apparatus includes one or more infinity loops configured to attach various portions of the exercise apparatus together. The exercise apparatus may be provided as a kit including an elongated member, a grip assembly, and one or more mechanisms for adjusting the length of a strap and connecting straps together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Fitness Anywhere LLC
    Inventors: Randal Hetrick, Mauricio Hernan Delgado
  • Patent number: 10857414
    Abstract: A wearable resistance exercise garment and method of resistance exercise provides stretchy material athletic pants with elastic bands attached at the ankle ends for resistance exercises. The wearer pulls one end of the elastic bands in a first direction to generate an external resistance force that is counterbalanced by the weight and feet of the wearer. The pants have an upper waist section and a pair of legs terminating at two ankle ends. The ankle ends form openings that enable passage of the feet. A hook and loop fastener strap regulates the snugness around the ankle. A fastenable pocket forms at ankle ends. Elastic bands have a first end fixedly attach to the pocket, and a second end that can be grasped by the wearer. The bands are pulled in first direction and manipulated for resistance training. When not in use, the bands are tucked into their respective pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Tracy L Lopez
  • Patent number: 10857415
    Abstract: A multifunctional therapeutic workout enhancement brace has a joint-receiving sling, a pair of adjustable cuffs, and a tension-diverting band. The joint-receiving sling is a flexible piece of material that is molded to conform to the shape of the user's joint. The pair of adjustable cuffs are mounted along opposite edges of the joint-receiving sling. Thus, enabling the user to attach the adjustable cuffs to opposite sides of the user's joint. The tension-diverting band is a strip of material that is mounted in between the adjustable cuffs and the joint-receiving sling. Thus positioned, the tension-diverting band transfers forces that are directed toward the user's joint out of the joint-receiving sling and into the adjustable cuffs. Further, the joint-receiving sling, the pair of adjustable cuffs, and the tension-diverting band work in concert to reduce the torque applied to the user's joint during exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Jordan Alexander Abecasis