Patents Issued in January 12, 2021
  • Patent number: 10888208
    Abstract: A supply unit for a cleaning machine which can be connected via at least one flexible hose, has a heating device for heating water, a water pump for conveying water into or out of the heating device, a hot water and/or steam connector which is connected to the outlet of the heating device, a dirty water tank, a suction device, which preferably includes a suction turbine, for sucking dirty water from a dirty water connector into the dirty water tank. In a preferred embodiment the unit has at least one, preferably precisely one central, drive unit for driving at least one, preferably a plurality of or all components to be driven of the supply unit and/or of a cleaning machine to be connected to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SWISSLOGO AC
    Inventors: Helmut Barbisch, Michael Keith Ching
  • Patent number: 10888209
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is disclosed for extracting a liquid from a surface. The apparatus includes at least one extraction head that has at least one aperture that is facing the surface to be cleaned. The vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum pathway situated between the at least one extraction head and a riser that is connected to a vacuum motor. The internal surfaces of the vacuum pathway are smooth and the vacuum pathway has certain dimensions and orientations that optimize the extraction of a liquid from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Harris Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward E. Durrant, Dale S. Jensen, Craig L. Donaldson, Roger C. Andersen, Monte G. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10888210
    Abstract: A cleaning mitt has upper and lower material cleaning layers attached to form an interior pocket. The lower material cleaning layer has a bottom exterior side having a moderately abrasive first cleaning surface for light duty scrubbing and cleaning and a top interior side having a second cleaning surface less abrasive than the first cleaning surface for streak-free polishing. The upper material cleaning layer has a bottom interior side having a third cleaning surface which has the identical abrasiveness as the second cleaning surface and a top exterior side having a fourth cleaning surface which is more abrasive than the second and third cleaning surfaces for medium duty scrubbing and cleaning. A fifth cleaning surface partially circumscribes the cleaning layers for heavy duty scrubbing and cleaning. The fifth cleaning surface may also be provided as a scrubber patch on one of the cleaning layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZENITH INNOVATION, LLC
    Inventor: Peter S Vosbikian
  • Patent number: 10888211
    Abstract: A dishwashing method in which water having an oxidizing and disinfecting action is provided in a dishwasher and used as dishwashing water or added to a dishwashing water, wherein, to provide the water, a) a stream of untreated water is fed into a reverse osmosis device and separated into a concentrate stream and a permeate stream, b) ozone is produced by an ozone generator, and c) the ozone is introduced into the permeate stream emerging from the reverse osmosis device, wherein the reverse osmosis controls ozone production in that the ozone generator is configured such that ozone is only produced and mixed with the permeate stream when the reverse osmosis device is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BWT Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Johann, Andrea Pavan
  • Patent number: 10888212
    Abstract: A dishwasher with a tub that at least partially defines a treating chamber with an access opening, a closure moveable relative to the tub to selectively open and close the access opening, a lower dish holder located within the treating chamber, a middle dish holder located within the treating chamber above the lower dish holder, and an upper dish holder located within the treating chamber above the middle dish holder and having container supports defining a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Feddema, Ajay Satish Singhal
  • Patent number: 10888213
    Abstract: An intubation system includes an intubation instrument for capturing an image, wherein the intubation instrument has a first interface for providing an image signal representing the captured image, a display device with a second interface for receiving the image signal, wherein the display device is provided and designed to display the image captured by the intubation instrument, and a cable with a third interface at a first end of the cable and with a fourth interface at a second end of the cable. The first, second, third, and fourth interfaces are designed such that the first interface at the intubation instrument is connectable directly to the second interface at the display device and is alternatively connectable directly to the third interface at the cable, and such that the second interface at the display device is connectable directly to the first interface at the intubation instrument and is alternatively connectable directly to the fourth interface at the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Merz, Eugenia Fuhr, Toralf Popp, Urs Vogel
  • Patent number: 10888214
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope including an insertion section formed in an elongated shape, a flexible tube portion provided at a proximal end side of the insertion section, and a rigidity changing mechanism portion provided inside the flexible tube portion, and configured to change rigidity of the flexible tube portion by an operation performed on a hand side, and a flexible overtube formed in a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction, into which the insertion section is inserted, where a rigidity change region of the flexible tube portion by the rigidity changing mechanism portion is set to be from an intermediate portion to a proximal end portion of the flexible tube portion, and a total length of the overtube in the axial direction is set to be shorter than a total length of the rigidity change region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru Okaniwa, Seisuke Takase, Hidehiro Joko, Isamu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10888215
    Abstract: A fluid collection vessel includes a catch portion that is configured to attach to an endoscope adjacent the port. The catch portion directs any leaked fluids the come out of the port into a neck portion that leads to a collection chamber. The catch portion includes an indented portion that is shaped and sized in correspondence with the neck and body of the endoscope so as to locate the port over the approximate center of the opening of the catch portion. The neck portion is an elongated component having a relatively narrow cross section that tends to inhibit spillage in the event of the collection vessel falling or being laid on its side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Theodore Pano Doukides
  • Patent number: 10888216
    Abstract: An endoscope device includes an imaging unit and an operation unit that is configured to receive results of an assessment on an endoscopic image of an object as captured by the imaging unit. A retrieval control unit is configured to retrieve one of assessment assist images stored in a data accumulation unit based on information on the assessment results. A display control unit is configured to display the retrieved one assessment assist image along with the endoscopic image on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Mitsunaga
  • Patent number: 10888217
    Abstract: An imaging module includes: an image-sensing device that includes a terminal group having a plurality of image-sensing terminals; a flexible substrate that includes: a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and conductors disposed on the first surface and the second surface; a single-core wire unit that: is disposed between the image-sensing device and the flexible substrate, electrically connects the terminal group to the conductors, and includes a plurality of flexible single-core wires; and a coaxial cable that is connected to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Domoto
  • Patent number: 10888218
    Abstract: A video laryngeal endoscope system having flat scan video kymography and laryngoscopic functions for analyzing a motion state of a larynx comprises: a laryngoscope for viewing vocal cords; a light source for illuminating the vocal cords; a video camera which has a beam splitter for separating an image viewed by means of the laryngoscope and the light source into two images to acquire a flat scan kymographic image and a stroboscopic image; a dual image capturing unit for converting two image signals transmitted from the video camera into a digital image signal; a storage unit for storing the digital image signal; a control unit for analyzing the digital image signal of the storage unit and simultaneously displaying analysis results of the flat scan kymographic image and the stroboscopic image; and a computer comprising analysis software for analyzing the image signal of the storage unit; and a monitor for displaying photographed images and analysis results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: UMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 10888219
    Abstract: An ophthalmic illumination system can include an optical fiber configured to transmit a light beam output by a light source and focused by a condenser. The optical fiber can include proximal, distal, and central portions. The proximal portion can be configured to receive the light beam focused by the condenser. The distal portion can be configured to emit the light beam to illuminate a surgical field. The central portion can extend between the proximal and distal portions. A core diameter of the proximal portion can be larger than core diameters of the central and distal portions. An ophthalmic illumination method can include focusing, using a condenser, a light beam emitted by a light source onto a proximal portion of an optical fiber. The method can also include transmitting, using the optical fiber, the light beam to a surgical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Smith, Alireza Mirsepassi
  • Patent number: 10888220
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of tomographic data based on measurement light controlled to scan the same position of a fundus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a correction coefficient by performing an arithmetic operation on a first approximate parameter obtained by transforming, in a first dimension, a parameter of the tomographic data to be used for calculating a motion contrast, and a second approximate parameter obtained by transforming the parameter in a second dimension smaller than the first dimension; a correction unit configured to correct a parameter of at least one piece of tomographic data through use of the correction coefficient; and a generation unit configured to generate a motion contrast image through use of the at least one piece of tomographic data corrected by the correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Riuma Takahashi, Hiroshi Imamura, Hiroki Uchida, Marek Rozanski, Tomasz Dziubak, Tomasz Bajraszewski
  • Patent number: 10888221
    Abstract: A pattern stimulus system is described that includes a hemispherical concave surface, a plurality of illumination sources, and a controller. The illumination sources are arranged on the hemispherical concave surface in a plurality of annular rows and a plurality of radial columns. The control is configured to operate the illumination sources to display a checkerboard pattern by illuminating a first subset of the illumination sources and dimming a second subset of the illumination sources. The control is further configured to invert the checkerboard pattern by dimming the first subset of the illumination sources and illuminating the second subset of the illumination sources. Methods are also described for using the pattern stimulus system to evaluate a condition of the eye and to diagnose diseases of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: John Hetling, Zahra Derafshi, Shresta Patangay
  • Patent number: 10888222
    Abstract: A system and a method for testing a visual field of a subject are described. The method includes determining inter-eye distance of the subject. Visual stimuli are displayed on a left display region and a right display region of a two-dimensional display to the subject based on the determined inter-eye distance. The left display region is configured to display content specific to the left eye and the right display region is configured to display content specific to the right eye of the subject. Subject responses to the visual stimuli are tracked. Based on the subject responses, a condition of the visual field of each eye the subject is evaluated and then results of the evaluation describing the subject's visual field condition is reported or stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC., CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Matthias Monhart, Maximilian Stocker, Robert J. Wood
  • Patent number: 10888223
    Abstract: A vital signs sensor includes an identifier storage device that stores an identifier of a subject, and a signal processing device that acquires a vital sign from the subject, and that wirelessly transmits the vital sign and the identifier that is stored in the identifier storage device, with correlating the vital sign with the identifier, wherein the identifier storage device has a structure where the identifier storage device is attachable to and detachable from the signal processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Konno, Hirohiko Ikeya
  • Patent number: 10888224
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for learning a model to predict movements of a person in bed is presented. The method includes receiving first data from a plurality of first sensors installed on a bed patient support apparatus, receiving second data from a plurality of second sensors installed on the person, and learning a model to predict the second data based on the first data by assuming a sensing range of motion intensity by the plurality of first sensors is greater than a sensing range of motion intensity by the plurality of second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Katsuki, Tetsuro Morimura
  • Patent number: 10888225
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and methodologies image a subject using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, wherein neuronal activity is assessed by measuring displacement of one or more red blood cells resulting from nearby electrical fields produced by the neuronal activity in the at least part of the subject's brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS INC
    Inventor: Irving N. Weinberg
  • Patent number: 10888226
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to specify a search start position of a matrix representing inter-regional connectivity between a plurality of regions in a brain based on a result of an analysis on an image of a subject and an attention degree set to each of the regions. The processing circuitry is configured to search the matrix using the search start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamagata, Masao Yui
  • Patent number: 10888227
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are presented herein that permit real-time, accurate detection of residual tumor in the operating room. The Raman-based wide-field imaging apparatus and methods described herein permit real-time imaging of tumor-targeted R-MR nanoparticles over a wide field. Apparatus and methods are presented herein for operating a Raman-based resection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Inventors: Moritz Kircher, Ricardo Toledo-Crow
  • Patent number: 10888228
    Abstract: Method and system form a correlated view of human or other animal anatomy using at least one transparent display screen associated with an electronic mobile device. The view relates an optical view with other electromagnetic spectrum images with a non-optical electromagnetic image of selected portions of human or other animal anatomy. At least three visible position markers associate with selected positions of a predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy. The disclosure forms a correlated view of the predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy by relating said at least one non-optical electromagnetic image of the at least three visible position markers with a visual image of said at least three visible position markers. The view correlates the size and dimensions of the optical view and non-optical electromagnetic image of the predetermined portion of human or other animal anatomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Suk K. Kim-Whitty
  • Patent number: 10888229
    Abstract: Among other things, we describe a system that includes a first medical device for treating a patient at an emergency care scene, the first medical device including a processor and a memory configured to detect a request for a connection between the first medical device and a second medical device for treating the patient at the emergency care scene, the request for connection including an identifier of the second medical device, responsive to receiving the request for connection, enabling a wireless communication channel to be established between the first medical device and the second medical device based on the identifier of the second medical device and an identifier of the first medical device; and enabling transmission and/or exchange of patient data between the first medical device and the second medical device via the wireless communication channel. Such communications with more than two devices may also be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Freeman, Guy R. Johnson, Frederick J. Geheb, Mark Weary, Timothy F. Stever
  • Patent number: 10888230
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting early stage dental caries and decays are provided. In particular, in an embodiment, laser-induced autofluorescence (AF) from multiple excitation wavelengths is obtained and analyzed. Endogenous fluorophores residing in the enamel naturally fluoresce when illuminated by wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet into the visible spectrum. The relative intensities of the AF emission changes between different excitation wavelengths when the enamel changes from healthy to demineralized. By taking a ratio of AF emission spectra integrals between different excitation wavelengths, a standard is created wherein changes in AF ratios within a tooth are quantified and serve as indicators of early stage enamel demineralization. The techniques described herein may be used in conjunction with a scanning fiber endoscope (SFE) to provide a reliable, safe and low-cost means for identifying dental caries or decays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Eric J. Seibel, Leonard Y. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10888231
    Abstract: An intraoral scanning apparatus has a source of low coherence light. An interferometer directs the low coherence light to a reference path and a sample path and generates image data according to interference from combined light returned along the reference and sample paths. A fixture is optically coupled to the sample path and has a bite portion featured for clamping between the jaws of a patient, a track that defines a curved scan path for scanning, one or more scanners configured to direct the sample path light to and from the teeth, and an actuator and translation apparatus that urges the one or more scanners along the curved scan path. A control logic processor synchronizes light scanning and acquisition from the fixture. A display is in signal communication with the control logic processor for display of acquired scan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Chuanmao Fan, Victor C. Wong, Yiyi Guan, Jean-Marc Inglese, Edward R. Shellard
  • Patent number: 10888232
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are configured to assess the severity of a blockage in a vessel and, in particular, a stenosis in a blood vessel. In some particular embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to assess the severity of a stenosis in the coronary arteries without the administration of a hyperemic agent. Further, in some implementations devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to normalize and/or temporally align pressure measurements from two different pressure sensing instruments. Further still, in some instances devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to exclude outlier cardiac cycles from calculations utilized to evaluate a vessel, including providing visual indication to a user that the cardiac cycles have been excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Anderson, Howard David Alpert
  • Patent number: 10888233
    Abstract: A monopolar physiological signal detection device and a method of operating the monopolar physiological signal detection device are provided. With a differential amplifier, a delay circuit, a driven-body circuit, and a band-pass filter, the monopolar physiological signal detection device can reduce the common-mode interference induced by supply mains. Moreover, the monopolar physiological signal detection device employs a single electrode to generate electric potentials with different time factors from the same skin surface. Accordingly, consecutive heartbeat related information of a user can be collected even when the user is under natural and comfortable postures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Yue-Der Lin
  • Patent number: 10888234
    Abstract: A method and system for determining fractional flow reserve (FFR) for a coronary artery stenosis of a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, medical image data of the patient including the stenosis is received, a set of features for the stenosis is extracted from the medical image data of the patient, and an FFR value for the stenosis is determined based on the extracted set of features using a trained machine-learning based mapping. In another embodiment, a medical image of the patient including the stenosis of interest is received, image patches corresponding to the stenosis of interest and a coronary tree of the patient are detected, an FFR value for the stenosis of interest is determined using a trained deep neural network regressor applied directly to the detected image patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Puneet Sharma, Ali Kamen, Bogdan Georgescu, Frank Sauer, Dorin Comaniciu, Yefeng Zheng, Hien Nguyen, Vivek Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 10888235
    Abstract: An animated electrophysiology map is generated from a plurality of data points, each including measured electrophysiology information, location information, and timing information. The electrophysiology and location information can be used to generate the electrophysiology map, such as a local activation time, peak-to-peak voltage, or fractionation map. Animated timing markers can be superimposed upon the electrophysiology map using the electrophysiology, location, and timing information. For example a series of frames can be displayed sequentially, each including a static image of the electrophysiology map at a point in time and timing markers corresponding to the state or position of an activation wavefront at the point in time superimposed thereon. The visibility or opacity of the timing markers can be adjusted from frame to frame, dependent upon a distance between the timing marker and the activation wavefront, to give the illusion that the timing markers are moving along the electrophysiology map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Hagfors, Michael A. Quinn
  • Patent number: 10888236
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system (100) for analyzing electrophysiological data, especially intracardial electrogram data, the system (100) comprising a data processing and control unit (15) for processing the electrophysiological data, a data output unit comprising a data output screen (324) for displaying results of electrophysiological data analysis, wherein the data processing and control unit (15) being configured to receive electrophysiological data obtained from a mapping catheter assembly (110, 111) that comprises an electrode assembly (120, 80) with a plurality of n electrodes (82), each electrode (82) configured for measuring electrophysiological data in the form of electrogram signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ablacon Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Ruppersberg
  • Patent number: 10888237
    Abstract: A computer system for determining Ventricular Far Field contribution in atrial electrograms of a patient. The system includes an interface module configured to receive a plurality of electrical signals generated by a plurality of sensors wherein the plurality of electrical signals relate to a plurality of locations in an atrium of the patient; a reference module configured to determine a reference signal reflecting electrical excitation of the patient's ventricles; and a data processing module. The data processing module is configured to select from the plurality of the received electrical signals such electrical signals which are recorded a number of conditions. The data processing module is further configured to determine a spatio-temporal distribution of the Ventricular Far Field inside the atrium by approximating the spatio-temporal distribution (VFFc) based on signal data of the selected signals by using an approximation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tobias Oesterlein, Olaf Dössel, Daniel Frisch, Axel Loewe, Gustavo Lenis, Nicolas Pilia
  • Patent number: 10888238
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman
  • Patent number: 10888239
    Abstract: A remotely-interfaceable electrocardiography patch is provided. The remotely-interfaceable electrocardiography patch includes a backing formed of a strip of material and an electrocardiographic electrode on each end of the backing to capture electrocardiographic signals. A flexible circuit includes a pair of circuit traces electrically coupled to the electrocardiographic electrodes. A wireless transceiver communicates at least one of the electrocardiographic signals and other physiological measures with one or more of a physiology and activity sensor, communication device, server, and personal computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 10888240
    Abstract: An electrode carrier system includes one or more electrode assemblies having an electrode body. One or more tubular members extend from the electrode body and define a lumen terminating in a distal opening. The electrode assemblies carry a reservoir containing a conductive fluid or gel. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the lumens in the tubular members, and the electrode assemblies are typically supported on a backing which may optionally be configured as a headband. Systems are for tracking patient movement may be used in combination with the electrode carrier system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CeriBell, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Parvizi, Xingjuan Chao, Bradley G. Bachelder, Raymond Woo, Mathew A. Herron, Vahid Saadat, Alexander M. Grant, Jianchun Yi
  • Patent number: 10888241
    Abstract: Apparatus, system, and computer readable media determine the probability of visual recognition of an image by a subject using electroencephalography (EEG) corresponding to a Visual Evoked Potential (VEP). The apparatus comprises means for presenting a series of visual stimuli corresponding to said image to evoke EEG signals. The visual stimuli of the image are presented in an orientation sequence based on a timing cycle. At least one prism is provided for placement in front of the series of visual stimuli corresponding to said image. The EEG signals evoked in response to said visual stimuli and said prism placed in front of said visual stimuli are recorded and processed by a processor. VEP is generated corresponding to the presence of a shift and thereby provides object statistic reliability of the visual recognition of the image by the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ronald Siwoff
  • Patent number: 10888242
    Abstract: A method for operating a removable smartphone case is disclosed. The method involves transmitting radio waves below the skin surface of a person, receiving radio waves on a two-dimensional array of receive antennas, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, generating digital data in response to the received radio waves, wherein the digital data is indicative of a health parameter of the person, and communicating the digital data generated in response to the received radio waves from the removable smartphone case to a smartphone that is connected to the removable smartphone case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Movano Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 10888243
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments enable equipment and methodologies that generate a magnetic field using at least one coil under the control of a controller and transduce radio-frequency energy into lower-frequency current or voltage under control of the controller for application to tissue in a subject's body, whereby the transduction produces a lower-field current or voltage that has an effect upon the subject's body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: WEINBERG MEDICAL PHYSICS INC
    Inventor: Irving N. Weinberg
  • Patent number: 10888244
    Abstract: Devices that sense sweat and are capable of providing chronological assurance are described. The device uses at least one sensor to measure sweat or its components and to determine a sweat sampling rate. The chronological assurance is determined, at least in part, using the sweat sampling rate. The sweat sampling rate may be determined, at least in part, using a sweat volume and/or a sweat generation rate, both of which may be measured or predetermined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventor: Jason Charles Heikenfeld
  • Patent number: 10888245
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of monitoring fat burning in a subject non-invasively by measuring electric conductivity or resistance on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ontario Limited
    Inventor: Geoffrey Locke Taylor
  • Patent number: 10888246
    Abstract: The present document relates to a method for generating a contrast enhancement map of a portion of a patient. The method comprises acquiring a magnetic resonance, MR, quantification sequence of the portion, wherein the MR quantification sequence comprises quantification information of a longitudinal R1 relaxation rate, R1, and proton density, PD, of the portion, generating an R1 map of the portion based on the MR quantification sequence, wherein a value of R1 for each voxel of the R1 map is determined, generating a PD map of the portion based on the MR quantification sequence, wherein a value of PD for each voxel of the PD map is determined, estimating a R1? map of the portion, based on the PD map and a predetermined relationship of R1 and PD of the portion, wherein an estimated value of R1 for each voxel of the R1? map is calculated, generating a delta R1 map based on the R1 map and the R1? map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Synthetic MR AB
    Inventor: Marcel Warntjes
  • Patent number: 10888247
    Abstract: In a method for filtering magnetic resonance (MR) image data, complex MR image data is acquired from a region to be imaged, and a sliding window averaging is applied to the complex MR image data to generate filtered MR image data. For each window position of the sliding window averaging: a phase variation of the complex MR image data of individual image points of a sliding window is estimated with a model using a linear phase progression, and filtered complex MR image data is generated based on the estimated phase variation of the complex MR image data. The generation of the filtered complex MR image data uses an average formation of the complex MR image data of the individual image points of the sliding window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Dominik Nickel, Alto Stemmer
  • Patent number: 10888248
    Abstract: Information extracted from sequential images captured from the perspective of a distal end of a medical device moving through an anatomical structure are compared with corresponding information extracted from a computer model of the anatomical structure. A most likely match between the information extracted from the sequential images and the corresponding information extracted from the computer model is then determined using probabilities associated with a set of potential matches so as to register the computer model of the anatomical structure to the medical device and thereby determine the lumen of the anatomical structure which the medical device is currently in. Sensor information may be used to limit the set of potential matches. Feature attributes associated with the sequence of images and the set of potential matches may be quantitatively compared as part of the determination of the most likely match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Giuseppe Maria Prisco
  • Patent number: 10888249
    Abstract: A system for collecting cannabis and the psychoactive component tetrahydrocannabinol from a sample of exhaled breath is disclosed. Single or multiple exhaled breaths are conditioned by removing contaminants, and regulating flow rate and/or pressure to collect a sample of tetrahydrocannabinol for timely local or remote analysis. The cannabis detection system comprises a containment trap for removing interfering materials from the breath of the subject and a collection component for sampling components of breath introduced into the system through the containment trap for analysis to determine a presence of THC in the breath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Cannabix Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Rajpaul Attariwala, Kulwant Malhi
  • Patent number: 10888250
    Abstract: A system for measuring the flow rate of an airflow exhaled or inhaled by a person includes a measuring apparatus and a device. The device includes a tubular pipe for guiding the airflow and a structure with a plurality of ducts configured to separate the airflow. The device further includes a first groove opening into the outer face of the wall of the tubular pipe and a component for communicating fluidically with at least one peripheral duct in the structure. A second groove, distanced from the first groove, opens into the outer face of the wall of the tubular pipe and includes a component for communicating fluidically with the at least one peripheral duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FIM MEDICAL
    Inventor: Benjamin Hannes
  • Patent number: 10888251
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically determining the status of a wearable sensor device configured to be worn by a user. The wearable sensor device includes at least one accelerometer that generates device acceleration data indicating an acceleration of the sensor device. The device acceleration data is used for both (a) a sensor device attachment analysis and (b) a turn protocol compliance analysis. The sensor device attachment analysis includes comparing the device acceleration data to stored reference data, determining an attachment or position status of the sensor device with respect to the user based on the comparison, and generating a corresponding alert notification. The turn protocol compliance analysis includes monitoring an orientation of the user based on the device acceleration data, comparing the monitored user orientation to at least one turn parameter defined by a turn protocol, and generating a turn protocol alert notification based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LEAF HEALTHCARE, INC.
    Inventors: Barrett J. Larson, Daniel Z. Shen
  • Patent number: 10888252
    Abstract: A scapulae position measurement device and method includes a main body extending in the vertical direction, configured to be positioned to run along the spinal column, having a vertical scale, and a moveable arm, extending in a horizontal direction on the right or left side of the main body, having a horizontal scale. The scapulae position measurement device is capable of measuring position changes of the horizontal direction (X axis) and vertical direction (Y axis) of the scapulae, and capable of displaying the tension/relax state of the surrounding muscles of the scapulae with an objective numerical value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Maido Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tatsumi, Tomoko Maekawa
  • Patent number: 10888253
    Abstract: An audiometer is provided which has: a main body section; and multiple sets of a headphone section and a response operation section, wherein the main body section performs wireless communication with the headphone section and performs wireless communication with the response operation section independently of the wireless communication with the headphone section, thereby supplying a test sound output command to the headphone section to cause the headphone section to output the test sound and receiving information on operation by a subject from the response operation section, and performs the wireless communication with the headphone section and the response operation section of each set by a time-division multiplexing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: RION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Hamanaka, Kaori Sato
  • Patent number: 10888254
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus, systems, and methods wherein pre-event and post-event analyte concentration readings associated with an event are collected and processed to determine a numerical delta. The numerical delta may be displayed on a visual display to aid in a ready determination of the affect that the event (alone or in combination with medication and/or insulin dosages) had on the analyte concentration levels. Medication and/or insulin dosages may be displayed alongside the numerical delta to gauge immediate relationships between numerical delta, dosage, and/or an associated event. Apparatus and systems for calculating and displaying the numerical delta are described, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG
    Inventors: David A. Simmons, Jeffery S. Reynolds, Paul M. Ripley, Stanley A. Telson
  • Patent number: 10888255
    Abstract: A biological component estimation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a light detector array including a plurality of light detectors; a plurality of light sources disposed on both ends of the light detector array; and a processor configured to calculate a blood vessel alignment index, which indicates a degree of alignment of the biological component estimation apparatus with respect to blood vessels, by using an intensity of a first light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the first light is emitted to a user's skin from a first light source disposed on one end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources, and an intensity of a second light that is measured by the plurality of light detectors after the second light is emitted to the user's skin from a second light source disposed on the other end of the light detector array among the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Yong Nam, Kun Sun Eom, Joon Hyung Lee, Ki Young Chang
  • Patent number: 10888256
    Abstract: A system and method for contactless blood pressure determination. The method includes: receiving a captured image sequence; determining, using a trained hemoglobin concentration (HC) changes machine learning model, bit values from a set of bitplanes in the captured image sequence that represent the HC changes of the subject; determining a blood flow data signal; extracting one or more domain knowledge signals associated with the determination of blood pressure; building a trained blood pressure machine learning model with a blood pressure training set, the blood pressure training set including the blood flow data signal of the one or more predetermined ROIs and the one or more domain knowledge signals; determining, using the blood pressure machine learning model trained with a blood pressure training set, an estimation of blood pressure; and outputting the determination of blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NURALOGIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kang Lee, Evgueni Kabakov, Phil Levy
  • Patent number: 10888257
    Abstract: Analyte sensor connectors that connect analyte sensors, e.g., conductive members of analyte sensors, to other devices such as sensor electronics units, e.g., sensor control units, are provided. Also provided are systems that include analyte sensors, analyte sensor connectors, and analyte sensor electronics units, as well as methods of establishing and maintaining connections between analyte sensors and analyte sensor electronics units, and methods of analyte monitoring/detection. Also provided are methods of making analyte sensor connectors and systems that include analyte sensor connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad E. Moein, Louis G. Pace, Udo Hoss, Phu X. Le, Samuel M. Curry