Patents Issued in January 18, 2022
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Patent number: 11224312Abstract: A food processor having an external slicing disc adjustment mechanism is provided. The food processor includes a work bowl and a lid configured to be selectively removable therefrom. The food processor further includes a slicing disc having a disc body and a slicing blade internal to the work bowl, and a mechanism for adjusting a spacing between the disc body and slicing blade. The mechanism includes a rotatable lever accessible form outside the work bowl.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: CONAIR LLCInventor: Joseph W. Zakowski
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Patent number: 11224313Abstract: A cutting board having a bottom portion and a top portion. The bottom portion includes a substantially flat first utility surface on an outer side of the bottom portion and one or more primary indentations on an inner side of the bottom portion. Each primary indentation is configured to partially encase an implement, such as a chefs knife. The top portion includes a substantially flat second utility surface on an outer side of the top portion and one or more supplemental indentations on an inner side of the top portion. Each supplemental indentation corresponds to a primary indentation and is configured to further partially encase the implement.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: Eivin Kilcher
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Patent number: 11224314Abstract: A dispenser assembly and method of providing a web material dispenser assembly that is configured to dispense towel and wipe web materials, whether continuous or interwoven, in a pull-through manner from a core of a roll of material. The dispenser assembly includes a housing having a base and a moveable cover. A roll guide is disposed in the housing and defines a portion of the dispense passage associated with extraction of material from the dispenser assembly. A restrictor plate is supported by the roll guide and is rotatable and axially translatable relative thereto. The restrictor plate defines a number of dispense openings that can be selectively aligned with the portion of the dispense passage defined by the roll guide such that the characteristics associated with the pull-through dispense activity of the dispenser assembly can be quickly and conveniently configured to achieve a desired dispense action.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: San Jamar, Inc.Inventor: Brian Albrecht
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Patent number: 11224315Abstract: Exemplary embodiments wet-on-demand dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser for dispensing wet-on-demand substrates includes a housing, a container for holding a fluid, one or more wetting tips in fluid communication with the container. Each of the one or more wetting tips has a movable valve member. The exemplary dispenser further includes a holder for holding a roll of substrate and the movable valve members are moved as a function of contact with the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kinsley N. Williams, Edward Valle, Jonathan M. Johnson, Nick E. Ciavarella
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Patent number: 11224316Abstract: A lockout system that limits use of a rolled web material dispenser assembly to dispense only authorized rolls of web material. The lockout system includes a hub and an insert that cooperate with one another to define mating registration elements that removeably cooperate with one another and provide a rotational cooperation therebetween when engaged with one another. The insert is shaped to be received in a bore of discrete authorized roll of web material. In one embodiment, the insert includes an overlapping portion formed between opposing ends of the insert and preferably between rotational bearing surfaces associated therewith. In another embodiment, the hub supported by the dispenser is moveable relative to the dispenser and renders the hub unavailable for operative cooperation with inserts that are not configured for cooperation therewith.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: San Jamar, Inc.Inventors: Jarod Sulik, Bernie Ziebart
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Patent number: 11224317Abstract: A toilet seat lifting handle includes a first tubular structure secured about the hinge assembly of a traditionally configured toilet seat. A second tubular structure handle protrudes at a right angle at a first end of the first tubular structure thereby lifting or lowering the toilet seat lid when actuated.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: Hugo Rosas, Jr.
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Patent number: 11224319Abstract: A base plate for a vacuum cleaner suction head is described, said base plate comprising a lower face, an upper face and a base plate channel open towards the surface to be vacuumed. The channel extends across the whole width of the base plate. The base plate channel comprises a front edge and a rear edge. The lower face comprises: a first surface which extends along the whole front edge of the channel and a second surface which extends along the whole rear edge of the channel, the first and second surfaces lying in a same horizontal plane. The lower face also comprises a front inclined surface extending from said first surface towards the front side. According to the invention, the front inclined surface is inclined upwards so that the front side is raised with respect to the surface to be vacuumed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: NEW ERMES EUROPE S.r.l.Inventor: Riccardo Roschi
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Patent number: 11224320Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a housing and a cover moveably mounted to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A filter is carried by the cover and includes an upstream surface and a downstream surface through which working air passes. When a user of the vacuum cleaner opens the cover, the upstream surface of the filter can be seen by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BISSELL Inc.Inventor: Phong H. Tran
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Patent number: 11224321Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus is provided. The dust collecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a dust collecting case including a dust outlet to discharge collected dust, a cyclone member configured to rotate and move linearly in the dust collecting case to be detachable from and attachable to the dust collecting case, a discharge cover configured to rotate and move linearly together with the cyclone member, and detachable from and attachable to an upper part of the dust collecting case to open and close the dust outlet, and a sealing member having elasticity disposed between the dust collecting case and the discharge cover. The discharge cover rotates along a horizontal direction of the dust collecting case to detach from the upper part of the dust collecting case and form a space between the sealing member and the dust collecting case.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Youngjun Cho, Byeongwoo Ahn, Jonggook Lim
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Patent number: 11224322Abstract: Vacuums including a hollow wand and a vacuum accessory are provided herein. The vacuum accessory is configured to releasably couple with the hollow wand. A first terminal is disposed at a distal end of the hollow wand. A second terminal is disposed at a proximal end of the vacuum accessory. The second terminal is configured to correspondingly electrically mate with the first terminal. A biasing member is operably coupled to one of the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein, when the hollow wand is releasably coupled to the vacuum accessory, the biasing member is compressed such that the first terminal and the second terminal are maintained in mating contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: REXAIR LLCInventors: Alan Belville, Mark Howie, Thomas L. Carrington, James D. Jakubos
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Patent number: 11224323Abstract: A self-driving cleaner includes a drive unit that drives movement of a cleaner body, a control circuit disposed in the cleaner body, a camera that captures an image in front thereof, an obstacle detection sensor that detects an object, and a rotational frequency sensor that detects a stuck state. The control circuit (a) identifies information about a target object that caused the stuck state, (b) receives information indicating whether the target object is to be cleaned, and (c) controls the drive unit and a suction unit, when receiving information indicating the target object to be cleaned, to perform a first mode where the space excluding the target object is cleaned first and, thereafter, the target object is climbed if receiving cleaning reservation and perform a second mode where the target object is climbed first and, thereafter, the space excluding the target object is cleaned if receiving a cleaning start instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takaoka, Tomohito Oohashi, Kazuyoshi Moritani, Yuko Tsusaka
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Patent number: 11224324Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner wherein a pre-motor filter, the suction motor, the energy storage unit and the pistol grip handle are substantially located within a volume defined by a projection of the air treatment member sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Daniel Innes, Andre D. Brown, Jason Thorne
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Patent number: 11224325Abstract: A self-driving cleaner includes a drive unit, a control circuit, a camera, a first sensor for detecting an object, and a second sensor for detecting a stuck state, and a third sensor for detecting a person. The control circuit is configured to (a) identify information about a target object which caused the stuck state, (b) receive information indicating whether the target object is to be cleaned, and (c) control the drive unit and a suction unit, when receiving information indicating that the target object is to be cleaned, to perform a first mode where a space excluding the target object is cleaned first and, thereafter, the target object is climbed if the person is not detected and perform a second mode where the target object is climbed first and, thereafter, the space excluding the target object is cleaned if the person is detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takaoka, Tomohito Oohashi, Kazuyoshi Moritani, Yuko Tsusaka
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Patent number: 11224326Abstract: A system for refilling, emptying and/or recharging of an autonomous floor cleaner includes a docking station adapted to be coupled with a household plumbing infrastructure. The docking station can be provided on a household appliance, which may be a toilet, a dishwasher, or another appliance coupled with the plumbing infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BISSELL Inc.Inventors: Eric Daniel Buehler, Jeffrey A. Scholten, Adam Brown
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Patent number: 11224327Abstract: A sponge fixing mechanism for sponge mop includes a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener has a chute and a mating surface in the chute. The chute has an outlet and an inlet respectively located at two opposite ends of the first fastener. The second fastener has a mating surface and is installed in the chute and detachably fastened to the first fastener with the mating surface thereof in sliding contact with the mating surface of the first fastener. One of the first fastener and the second fastener has a latching recess recessed from the mating surface thereof. The first fastener and the second fastener are fastened together by elastically engaging the latching protrusion into the latching recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DCLEAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Chao-Wei Cheng
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Patent number: 11224328Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement that includes a melamine-formaldehyde foam. The melamine-formaldehyde foam includes from about 0.1 to about 5 weight % of at least one linear polymer with a number average molecular weight Mn in the range from 500 to 10,000 g/mol. Additionally the present invention encompasses processes for making and methods for cleaning hard surfaces with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: David John Pung, Megan Showell Roberts, Johann Martin Szeifert
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Patent number: 11224329Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: a display unit that displays thereon an observation image corresponding to a result of examination on a subject; a first camera that performs imaging of plural persons surrounding the subject, and outputs a surrounding image; a selecting unit that selects, based on the surrounding image, an indicator from the plural persons; a line of sight detecting unit that detects a line of sight of the indicator; and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display thereon a superimposed image having a pointer superimposed on the observation image, the pointer being at a position according to a destination of the line of sight of the indicator.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Sumihiro Uchimura
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Patent number: 11224330Abstract: A medical imaging device including at least two cameras. The medical imaging device includes an elongated and narrow distal tip connected to a rigid elongated shaft member, wherein the distal tip includes a front camera and a first side camera. The cameras of the disclosed medical imaging device can be configured to provide variable cameras' magnifications, which in some cases may vary from one camera to another. The cameras of the medical imaging device may be provided with dissimilarity in the cameras' magnification factors. Such dissimilarities are used to show the same object in the same size in a panoramic image captured simultaneously by the multiple cameras, as the multiple cameras have multiple distances to the object.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: SURGICAL LTD 270.Inventors: Avraham Levy, Moshe Levi, Victor Levin, Golan Salman, Amram Aizenfeld, Leonid Krivopisk
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Patent number: 11224331Abstract: An advance and retreat assisting tool for a treatment instrument includes: a base; an attaching portion; a first cylinder which is attached to the base; a second cylinder which has a fixing portion fixing the treatment instrument and slides in an advance and retreat direction with respect to the first cylinder along a center axis of the first cylinder; an advance and retreat mechanism which advances and retreats the second cylinder along the center axis with respect to the first cylinder by rotation; and an assisting portion which urges the second cylinder in a predetermined direction along the center axis with respect to the base with an urging force smaller than a resistance force when the second cylinder slides and assists the rotation of the advance and retreat mechanism when the advance and retreat mechanism rotates in one direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuhiro Yamada
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Patent number: 11224332Abstract: An endoscope with a camera module turning function is revealed. The endoscope includes a housing provided with a mounting slot and an output portion, an insertion tube connected to the output portion, a bending member connected to the insertion tube and having a first upper turning hole and a lower turning hole, a first upper string passed through the first upper turning hole of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube, a lower string passed through the lower turning hole of the bending member and disposed in the insertion tube, a first roller provided with a first string groove on the circumference thereof, a control member provided with a pin and a connecting rod, and an elastic member fixed on the housing and connected to the lower string. The pin is connected to the first roller while the connecting rod is connected to the pin and a control button.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: IEI INTEGRATION CORP., ARMORLINK SH CORP.Inventor: Chin-Chia Chang
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Patent number: 11224333Abstract: A stereo endoscope including: a shaft; and an objective lens including: a distal objective lens portion, where beam paths of right and left partial images extend through common optical components; a proximal objective lens portion, where the beam paths of the right and left partial images extend through separate optical components; and a transition portion, where the beam paths of the right and left partial images, which emerge from the distal objective lens portion at an angle to one another, are aligned parallel to one another; the transition portion comprises a lateral spreading arrangement including optical components for increasing a distance between the beam paths of the right and left partial images; and the lateral spreading arrangement is configured to laterally spread the beam paths of the right and left partial images asymmetrically in relation to an optical axis of the distal objective lens portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventor: Jianxin Zhao
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Patent number: 11224334Abstract: A radial illumination system is for projecting a light pattern radially. A light source generates a light output to an optical fiber. A ferrule is provided around the end of the optical fiber, and a reflector is mounted over or in the ferrule or integral with the ferrule, for redirecting the light to form generally radial light. In this way, a simple design with low component count is able to perform the optical alignment and optical reflecting functions.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Pippinus Maarten Robertus Wortelboer, Antonius Johannes Josephus Rademakers
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Patent number: 11224335Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope with an image pickup that generates image data by capturing an image of tissue illuminated with light containing wavelength regions spaced from and not overlapping with each other. The image pickup has an RGB filter, the wavelength regions include first and second regions corresponding to a B region and to a G region of the filter. A processor calculates an index representing a molar concentration ratio of first and second biological substances contained in the tissue based on the image data including information on the first and second regions. In the first region, image data B of the tissue varies depending on the molar concentration ratio, the second region contains isosbestic points of the tissue, and, in the second region, image data G has a constant value. The processor calculates the index based on the data B and G.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventor: Toru Chiba
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Patent number: 11224336Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for characterizing, examining and/or diagnosing, and/or measuring viscosity of, a sample or object are provided herein. Such information may be obtained in application(s) using a system that includes a rotary junction, an elongated extender or at least one repeater attached to the rotary junction and a rotatable probe attached to the elongated extender and/or the at least one repeater. Examples of such applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments. The extenders and/or repeaters may be used with one or more forms of imaging, such as, but not limited to, Spectrally Encoded Endoscopy (“SEE”) and Optical Coherence Tomography (“OCT”).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Alexander Altshuler, Badr Elmaanaoui, Seiji Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11224337Abstract: An oropharyngeal glove for use with a rigid bronchoscope is provided for use during a rigid bronchoscopy procedure. When the oropharyngeal glove is in its installed state, it conforms to the patient's mouth and throat. The oropharyngeal glove includes upper and lower teeth guards that protect the patient's upper and lower front teeth, respectively, when the glove is in the installed state. A first opening is formed in the oropharyngeal glove in its proximal end that allows the rigid bronchoscope to enter glove. The oropharyngeal glove has a second opening formed in its distal end through which the rigid bronchoscope passes to enter the patient's trachea. The portions of the glove that conform to the patient's mouth and throat comprise a protective lining that protects the mouth, throat and vocal cords from being damaged by the rigid bronchoscope.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Skillhead LLCInventor: Ismael A. Matus
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Patent number: 11224338Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by a refraction measuring appliance, including: an initial step of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter of the individual; a step of processing the initial value in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter of the refraction measuring appliance, the regulating parameter being associated with the visuo-postural parameter; a step of regulating the refraction measuring appliance according to the initial value of the regulating parameter; and a step of measuring the refraction of the individual by the measuring appliance regulated in this way. Also disclosed is a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses including such a lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Jean-Luc Perrin, Guilhem Escalier, Isabelle Poulain, Benjamin Rousseau, Cécile Petignaud, Gildas Marin
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Patent number: 11224339Abstract: Facilitation of dynamic eye condition self-diagnosis is provided. A system can include a memory and a processor that executes computer executable components. The computer executable components can include: a status component that determines attributes of a user; a visualization component that generates a set of visualizations including at least one of: moving text, moving images or video; a test component that generates a set of tests using a subset of the set of visualizations; an assessment component that assesses an ability of the user to identify the subset of the set of visualizations displayed by the set of tests; and a vision scoring component that scores a vision of the user to generate a vision score, wherein the vision score is based upon an assessment of the ability of the user to identify the displayed subset of the set of visualizations and the attributes of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Raghav Batta, Elnatan Mataev, Heidi E Fritz
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Patent number: 11224340Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved method for photobleaching an eye of a subject. The disclosed method may be used in a number of psychophysical test methods, including, but not limited to, measurement of dark adaptation. The improved method for photobleaching involves at least one of the following improvements: (i) the use of a bleaching light emitting a particular wavelength of light or a tailored spectrum of wavelengths; (ii) restricting or otherwise spatially tailoring the region of the retina that is subject to photobleaching; and (iii) utilizing a bleaching light having an intensity that is at or below the intensity of ambient daylight. The present disclosure additionally provides a combination of a photobleaching light and an apparatus to administer a psychophysical test suitable for use in practicing the disclosed methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: The UAB Research FoundationInventors: John G. Edwards, Gregory R. Jackson
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Patent number: 11224341Abstract: A mobile communication device-based corneal topography system includes an illumination system, an imaging system, a topography processor, an image sensor, and a mobile communication device. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination pattern reflected off a cornea of a subject. The imaging system is coupled to an image sensor to capture an image of the reflected illumination pattern. A topography processor is coupled to the image sensor to process the image of the reflected illumination pattern. The mobile communications device includes a display, the mobile communications device is operatively coupled to the image sensor. The mobile communications device includes a mobile communications device (MCD) processor. A housing at least partially encloses one or more of the illumination system, the imaging system, or the topography processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Intelligent Diagnostics, LLCInventors: David A. Wallace, Philip Buscemi, Stephen D Klyce, Mark A Kahan, Paul E Glenn, John Rogers, Cesare Tanassi, David Kramer, Vrunjal Mehta
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Patent number: 11224342Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for examining the retinal vascular endothelial function of the vessels of the retina at the fundus (F) of a patient's eye. Using a fundus camera, the vessels of the retina are stimulated with flicker light during a stimulation phase and sequences of images of areas of the fundus (F) are recorded, from which vascular parameters are derived which describe the retinal vascular endothelial function of the vessels. By imaging a macula stop (MB), which covers the macula, onto the fundus (F), the fundus (F) can be illuminated with a higher light intensity, which improves the stimulation effect and the image quality and/or reduces the strain on the patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: IMEDOS SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Walthard Vilser, Jens Haueisen, Sascha Klee, Dietmar Link, Thomas Riemer, Martin Skorsetz
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Patent number: 11224343Abstract: An optical prism mounting system is described that includes a prism having a flexible insertion tab system. Also described, is a prism holder having an insertion channel, and a method of mounting the prism in a tonometer. The flexible insertion tab system includes a spring tab and a bendable tab; the spring tab is flexed as the prism moves along the channel; the flexible insertion tab system connects with the prism holder and snaps into a locked position at the end of the channel; and the prism and the prism holder can be separated after use by disengaging the flexible insertion tab system. An optical operating range of the optical prism is from about 0 ADC to about 600 ADC, and the maximum time for setting the tonometer is not more than about 150 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: FALCK MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Francis Y. Falck, Jr., Robert Falck
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Patent number: 11224344Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for characterizing physiological metrics can include: collecting temperature data from a set of temperature sensors associated with at least one heat flux channel of a temperature monitoring device configured to couple to an exterior region of a user; extracting a perfusion parameter based on the temperature data; determining a core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric) based on the perfusion parameter; and/or characterizing a user condition (e.g., fever) based on the core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: James Foody
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Patent number: 11224345Abstract: The Personal Warning Temperature (PWT) is a method of determining a person's personal warning temperature that defines a fever for that person. The method includes analyzing a person's body temperature measurements taken over time when the person is healthy, in order to find the person's average temperature; standard deviation; a channel defined by an upper and lower temperature bound using the average and standard deviation, and a selected multiplier for the standard deviation, such that nearly all body temperatures fall within the channel; and a personal warning temperature similarly defined using the average, standard deviation, and another selected multiplier for the standard deviation. The method also determines a correction or interpretation of a person's body temperature based on the time of day to account for known variations associated with circadian rhythm. A person can use their personal warning temperature for improved and accelerated awareness of their health status.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: IDEAL INNOVATIONS INCInventors: Robert William Kocher, Douglas Earl Dyer, John Shelly Bowling, II
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Patent number: 11224346Abstract: The Personal Warning Temperature (PWT) is a method of determining a person's personal warning temperature that defines a fever for that person. The method includes analyzing a person's body temperature measurements taken over time when the person is healthy, in order to find the person's average temperature; standard deviation; a channel defined by an upper and lower temperature bound using the average and standard deviation, and a selected multiplier for the standard deviation, such that nearly all body temperatures fall within the channel; and a personal warning temperature similarly defined using the average, standard deviation, and another selected multiplier for the standard deviation. The method also determines a correction or interpretation of a person's body temperature based on the time of day to account for known variations associated with circadian rhythm. A person can use their personal warning temperature for improved and accelerated awareness of their health status.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: IDEAL INNOVATIONS INCInventors: Robert William Kocher, Douglas Earl Dyer, John Shelly Bowling, II
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Patent number: 11224347Abstract: A biometric information measurement system includes a first measurement apparatus, a second measurement apparatus, and a control apparatus. The first measurement apparatus measures first biometric information of a subject. The second measurement apparatus measures second biometric information which is biometric information of the subject and which is different from the first biometric information. The control apparatus changes a condition of measurement performed by the second measurement apparatus on the basis of the first biometric information.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Sato, Motofumi Baba, Monta Ido, Masayoshi Nakao, Kengo Tokuchi
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Patent number: 11224348Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an implantable device for monitoring properties of cerebrospinal fluid of a patient. In one embodiment, the device may include a housing, a processor, a support member, one or more sensors, and a data storage. The sensors may be in communication with the processor and configured to detect one or more properties of cerebrospinal fluid. The device may be configured for transmitting the data and receiving instructions by an operator for the delivery of a therapeutic agent or imaging agent from a reservoir disposed within the housing in operable communication with a pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: JSR Research, LLCInventors: Joe Sam Robinson, Tigran Khachatryan
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Patent number: 11224349Abstract: 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. In some embodiments, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are configured to assess a vessel by automatically correcting for drift in the equipment utilized to obtain measurements related to the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: IMAGE GUIDE THERAPY CORPORATION, IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Justin Davies, Joseph Burnett
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Patent number: 11224350Abstract: A method for detecting an artifact of a blood pressure signal includes measuring consecutive signals of blood pressure in real time, dividing the consecutive signals into a plurality of unit waveforms by searching systolic starting points and peak points from the measured signals, determining two outputs by applying N consecutive unit waveforms among the plurality of unit waveforms as an input to a deep belief network (DBN), and determining whether the signal is an artifact or a normal signal by using the two determined outputs. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to minimize various false alarms of bio-signal streams which are measured in real time by automatically eliminating ABP artifacts using a deep belief network (DBN) which is one of deep neural network (DNN) models capable of learning causes and shapes of various types of artifacts together.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventor: Dong-Joo Kim
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Patent number: 11224351Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a body member including a heartbeat sensor, a first band member and a second band member respectively coupled to both ends of the body member, and a flexible battery having a portion accommodated inside the body member and both remaining ends accommodated inside the first band member and the second band member.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung-Suk Choi, Seung Yun Rho
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Patent number: 11224353Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting and analyzing changes in a body. A system includes an electric field generator, an external sensor device, a quadrature demodulator, and a controller. The electric field generator is configured to generate an electric field that associates with a body. The external sensor device sends information to the electric field generator and is configured to detect a physical change in the body in the electric field, where the physical change causes a frequency change of the electric field. The quadrature demodulator receives the electric field from the electric field generator and is configured to detect the frequency change of the electric field and to produce a detected response. The controller, coupled to the electric field generator, is configured to output a frequency control signal to the electric field generator and to modify the frequency of the electric field by adjusting the frequency control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Life Detection Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John B. Langley, II, Guy McIlroy
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Patent number: 11224354Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring electrodermal activity (EDA) in human subjects suitable for use in wearable electronic devices. An EDA monitoring system can include first and second dry electrodes, an alternating current (AC) excitation signal source, a trans-impedance amplifier, an analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter, a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processor, and a microprocessor. The AC excitation signal source can produce an AC excitation signal having a predetermined excitation frequency, such as about 100 or 120 Hertz (Hz). The analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter can include a sample-and-hold circuit that operates at a predetermined sampling frequency, such as about four times (4×) the predetermined excitation frequency of 100 or 120 Hz. The DFT processor can generate complex frequency domain representations of digitized, sampled voltage level sequences provided by the A-to-D converter for use in obtaining measures of a user's skin impedance or skin conductance.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Inventor: José Carlos Conchell Añó
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Patent number: 11224355Abstract: An MR imaging method with an imaging workflow is provided. Within the scope of the MR imaging method, at least one breath-holding command is output to a patient. An MR imaging is performed with an MR imaging method that may be used with free breathing. A breathing movement of the patient is detected based on measured data acquired when performing the MR imaging method. A time relationship is determined between the breathing movement of the patient and the breath-holding command. The imaging workflow is modified as a function of the determined time relationship. A breathing monitoring device and a magnetic resonance imaging system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventor: Ralf Kartäusch
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Patent number: 11224356Abstract: Disclosed herein are example embodiments of devices, systems, and methods for mechanical fractionation of biological tissue using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) feedback control. The examples may involve displaying an image representing first MRI data corresponding to biological tissue, and receiving input identifying one or more target regions of the biological tissue to be mechanically fractionated via exposure to first ultrasound waves. The examples may further involve applying the first ultrasound waves and, contemporaneous to or after applying the first ultrasound waves, acquiring second MRI data corresponding to the biological tissue. The examples may also involve determining, based on the second MRI data, one or more second parameters for applying second ultrasound waves to the biological tissue, and applying the second ultrasound waves to the biological tissue according to the one or more second parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: University of Washington, Koninklijke Philips N.V., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Kingdom of NetherlandsInventors: Ari Ilkka Mikael Partanen, Wayne Kreider, Vera Khokhlova
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Patent number: 11224357Abstract: Provided is a living body information identification system that can identify position information of a living body (a person) and state information about a state of the living body without attaching a wireless device or a sensor on a human body. The living body information identification system includes a transceiver configured to transmit radio waves and wirelessly receive a signal, and sensor modules configured to receive the radio waves, convert the received radio waves into power, and use the power as a power supply to transmit own unique ID information to the transceiver. The sensor modules receive the radio waves from the transceiver, convert the received radio waves into power, and use the power as a power supply to transmit state information about a state of the living body to the transceiver. The transceiver identifies the living body based on the ID information and the state information.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takuma Ikeda, Hiroyuki Tani
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Patent number: 11224358Abstract: A smart monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensor devices within a home or facility, at least one of the plurality of sensor devices comprising sensor elements configured to detect activity of an individual in the home or facility, and a computing device configured to receive activity signals from the plurality of sensor devices associated with the individual, parse the activity signals into scoring components including a sleep score, a motion score, and an event score, compute a current scoring of the individual based on the scoring components, compare the current scoring of the individual to historic scoring and peer scoring, generate a quality of life score for the individual based on the based on the comparison, and process a clinical analysis of the individual based on the quality of life score, the clinical analysis including graphical representations of the quality of life score and the scoring components.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: CareView Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven Gail Johnson, Derek del Carpio
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Patent number: 11224359Abstract: Abnormal motions are detected in sensor data collected with respect to performance of repetitive human activities. An autoencoder network model is trained based on a set of standard activity. Repetitive activity is extracted from sensor data. A first score is generated indicative of distance of a repetition of the repetitive activity from the standard activity. The repetitive activity is used to retrain the autoencoder network model, using weights of the autoencoder network model as initial values, the weights being based on the training of the autoencoder network model using the set of standard activity. A second score is generated indicative of whether the repetition is an outlier as compared to other repetitions of the repetitive activity. A final score is generated based on a weighting of the first score and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Huan Song, Liu Ren, Lincan Zou
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Patent number: 11224360Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating hearing health of a given user. An input audio signal is transformed into the frequency domain and a first and second hearing profile are applied to the input audio sample. The first hearing profile represents a healthy hearing standard and the second hearing profile is the given user's hearing profile. Using the hearing profiles, first and second perceptually relevant information (PRI) values are generated for the input audio sample. The first and second PRI values are analyzed against each other to generate a PRI index value for the given user, where the PRI index value is a hearing health index value for the given user. The given user's hearing profile may additionally be applied to differently processed audio samples to evaluate the amount of perceptual rescue offered by various digital signal processing algorithms.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Mimi Hearing Technologies GmbHInventors: Guido Knook, Nicholas R. Clark
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Patent number: 11224361Abstract: A sensor introducer for a physiological characteristic sensor assembly includes a sensor introducer body that includes an outer housing that defines an opening to receive the physiological characteristic sensor assembly and an inner housing surrounded by the outer housing. The sensor introducer includes a cradle movable relative to the inner housing from a first position to a second position to deploy the physiological characteristic sensor assembly. The cradle has a cradle flange to receive the physiological characteristic sensor assembly and a cradle body that receives a needle assembly. The cradle body includes at least one locking projection that engages the inner housing to inhibit the movement of the cradle relative to the inner housing in the first position and the at least one locking projection is movable relative to the inner housing to enable the cradle to move from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Ellis Garai, David Choy, Robert C. Mucic, David C. Antonio
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Patent number: 11224362Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to monitoring and/or controlling blood glucose levels in patients. In particular, times for obtaining metered blood glucose samples of a patient may be altered based, at least in part, on a blood glucose level of said patient observed from a blood glucose sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Meena Ramachandran
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Patent number: 11224363Abstract: An active-pulse blood analysis system has an optical sensor that illuminates a tissue site with multiple wavelengths of optical radiation and outputs sensor signals responsive to the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue site. A monitor communicates with the sensor signals and is responsive to arterial pulses within a first bandwidth and active pulses within a second bandwidth so as to generate arterial pulse ratios and active pulse ratios according to the wavelengths. An arterial calibration curve relates the arterial pulse ratios to a first arterial oxygen saturation value and an active pulse calibration curve relates the active pulse ratios to a second arterial oxygen saturation value. Decision logic outputs one of the first and second arterial oxygen saturation values based upon perfusion and signal quality.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATIONInventors: Massi Joe E. Kiani, Mathew Paul, Jesse Chen, Marcelo M. Lamego