Patents Issued in September 27, 2022
  • Patent number: 11452428
    Abstract: A pole handle of adjustable length with two sliding members is lockable with a clamp and a compact handle both have a ball joint or ball socket. The ball joint or ball socket have an aperture for an ejection rod. The pole handle and compact handle are used with cleaning pad with a ball socket or ball joint and the cleaning pad may be contained in a sealed housing with a lid penetrable with the ball joint or ball socket on the pole handle or compact handle. The cleaning pad is ejected by the pole handle or the compact handle with the ejection rod extending past the ball joint or ball socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Garner Meszaros, Vaughan Payne, Deborah Humphries
  • Patent number: 11452429
    Abstract: A hands-free, easy to use, manufacture and assemble upright dustpan with a hinged back door. The dustpan can pivot on the main body and the hinged back-door can be locked or unlocked via a latching mechanism and a trigger, all located on the dustpan's main body. When the latching mechanism is triggered, the hinged back door opens either under its own weight or under the weight of the debris and thus allows debris to leave the compartment and fall into the waste receptacle when the dust pan is held above the waste receptacle in pivoted orientation. The trigger can be actuated by the edge of the waste receptacle, or any rigged body. Whereas the hinged back door can be closed back by tapping on the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Bilal Arshad Bajwa, Mohammad Safarish
  • Patent number: 11452430
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a household appliance and a method for controlling same. The household appliance includes: at least one chamber for accommodating a to-be-processed object and at least one door for closing the chamber; a collection module, at least for collecting a time signal when the door is opened; a controller, connected to the collection module to receive and analyze the time signal generated by the collection module when the door is opened, count a high-frequency time segment when the door is opened in a predetermined time period T1, and generate a control signal for controlling an operation state of a function loading module; and the function loading module, connected to the controller to receive the control signal for controlling operation of the function loading module. Therefore, the present invention provides a household appliance with a new control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ismael Jesus Almendros Carmona, Min Chen, Beibei Wang, Hailing Zhang, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11452431
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes: a case; a tub; a door; a sump disposed below the tub and configured to store washing water; a spray nozzle configured to spray washing water into the tub; a heater configured to heat washing water and generate steam; a steam nozzle disposed at the door or the tub and configured to discharge steam to the tub; a first rack disposed in the tub and configured to receive a washing target to be washed by washing water sprayed from the spray nozzle; and a second rack disposed in the tub and configured to receive a washing target to be washed by steam supplied from the steam nozzle. The steam discharged from the steam nozzle is supplied to an inside of the second rack through one of a lower surface or a circumferential surface of the second rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangwoo Woo
  • Patent number: 11452432
    Abstract: In an endoscope device, a data reading unit reads measurement correction data corresponding to a type of an optical adapter from a first memory. A still image file generating unit generates a still image file including image data when moving image recording processing is performed. A data writing unit writes the measurement correction data in the still image file. A moving image file generating unit generates a moving image file including the image data when the moving image recording processing is performed. A file recording unit causes the still image file in which the measurement correction data is written, and the moving image file to be associated with each other and to be recorded in a second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Furuhata
  • Patent number: 11452433
    Abstract: Exemplary apparatus for coupling to a probe and providing information regarding at least one structure can be provided. For example, the apparatus can include an electronics arrangement which is configured to obtain the information and transmit the information wirelessly, and a structural connection configuration which is structured and configured to be attached to the probe. The electronics arrangement can include a detector arrangement which is configured to detect at least one return radiation from at least one portion of at least one sample based on the predetermined patterns, and provide the data for the portion(s) based on the return radiation(s). In addition, a computer arrangement can be provided which is configured to generate the information with includes image data for the portion(s) as a function of the data and prior knowledge of the predetermined patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Guillermo J. Tearney, Tao Wu, Kevin E. Woods, Timothy Nehiley Ford
  • Patent number: 11452434
    Abstract: A baby endoscope which forms a medical device includes: a rotary member; an exterior member which rotatably holds the rotary member about a predetermined rotation axis, houses the rotary member in the exterior member, and has a surface which is brought into contact with a portion of an outer peripheral surface of an operation section of a mother endoscope on an outer peripheral portion; and a bending operation lever mounted on the rotary member, and is disposed within a width of the exterior member in a direction of the rotation axis when the exterior member is viewed in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuto Yoshinaga, Chikayoshi Meguro, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11452435
    Abstract: A deflection device of steerable endoscope includes a first base, a second base, elastic reposition members and tendon wires. The second base is located above the first base along the endoscope center axis. The elastic reposition members are inlaid between the first and the second bases. Each elastic reposition member includes a first plate connecting to the first base, a second plate connecting to the second base, and a waveform bar connecting the first and the second plates. The wave-height of the waveform bar is not parallel to the endoscope center axis. The tendon wires are located on the two opposite sides of each elastic reposition member. The tendon wires are parallel to and distant from the endoscope center axis. Bending of the steerable endoscope is precisely controlled, and structure of the deflection device is simplified in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ISSA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yun Chen, Chi-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 11452436
    Abstract: A system for modularly assembling a scope device includes an optical module which has an optical housing and a longitudinal member extending distally therefrom. A distal end of the member includes a camera for visualizing a target area, electric wires and a light source extending from the camera to the optical housing. The system also includes a deflector module coupleable with the optical module. The deflector module includes a deflector housing and a deflector shaft extending distally therefrom. The shaft includes a first channel sized, shaped and configured to receive the member therein and a deflectable portion extending along a distal portion of the shaft. The deflector housing includes an actuator for deflecting the deflectable portion, the optical and deflector housings including corresponding connecting elements to engage one another when the member is inserted through the first channel and the deflector and optical housings are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael S. H. Chu, Sacha Tang, Mayur Kiran Patel
  • Patent number: 11452437
    Abstract: A light source apparatus for an endoscope includes an optical fiber that guides emission light emitted from a light source and is incident on a fiber end face, a ferrule having a ferrule end face having a through-hole in which the optical fiber is inserted, a holder to which the ferrule is fixed, the holder having a reflecting surface that reflects first reflected light to thereby emit second reflected light, the first reflected light being the emission light reflected on the fiber end face, and an optical sensor that receives the second reflected light disposed between the light source and the fiber end face and in a region facing the reflecting surface through an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11452438
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a long member that is connected to a direction changing portion provided in an insertion portion and enables the direction changing portion to move; a sliding member that includes a first contact portion that is brought into contact with an inner surface of a guide tube that allows insertion of the long member and a second contact portion that is brought into contact with the inner surface of the guide tube; a flow path that includes an opening portion formed in a direction that intersects a longitudinal axis of the sliding member such that a fluid flows into a clearance between the guide tube and the sliding member; and an operation member that causes the sliding member to move forward and backward relative to the guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ito, Hidetada Sueyasu
  • Patent number: 11452439
    Abstract: A device may be configured for white balancing a medical videoscopic camera system prior to videoscopic medical procedures, as well as optionally simultaneously or non-simultaneously applying a fog-prohibiting agent to the distal lens of a medical videoscope such as an endoscope or laparoscope. The device combines a white balancing mechanism, protective mechanism, and defogging mechanism in one simple easy to use device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Adam Muratori, Bill Kane, David Fink, Joe Gordon, Mark Guarraia, Paul Bertram, Paul Puniello, Justin Morse
  • Patent number: 11452440
    Abstract: A visual function evaluation is performed using a sequence of interactions with a mobile device. A patient user may perform a variety of visual tests using the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the test results to a remote server implementing analysis of the visual function results using network service. The network service receives the test results, processes the results, and provides the processed results to a healthcare provider. The processed results may include trends of the user's visual function test performance. The healthcare provider, such as a physician, may optimize and administer treatment based on the data. Early detection of changes in visual function can enable the healthcare provider to individualize treatment, helping to prevent vision loss while minimizing visits to the office, discomfort, and expense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Daniel Palanker, Mark Blumenkranz
  • Patent number: 11452441
    Abstract: A comfortability-tension threshold for a user is determined and a current pose of the user and a determined optimal pose are compared. The current pose and the determined optimal pose are mapped to an angle for adjusting on-screen content of a display of the computer system and the on-screen content of the display of the computer system is adjusted based on the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Abayomi Akinwande, Charles Muchiri Wachira, William Ogallo, Aisha Walcott
  • Patent number: 11452442
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for generating wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images. In embodiments, multiple OCTA scans of a sample are automatically acquired at overlapping locations. The systems and methods include functionality to adaptively control the scanning procedure such that eye blink and eye motion events are detected in real time and accounted for during 3D scan acquisition. Also disclosed are methods for detecting and correcting motion-related artifacts in OCTA datasets which allow for the longer scan times over larger fields of view required for wide-field imaging. These methods may include division of en face angiogram images into a set of motion-free parallel strips, and application of gross and fine registration methods to align overlapping strips into a motion-corrected composite image. A series of overlapping motion-corrected composite images may be combined into a larger montage to enable wide-field OCTA imaging using multiple OCTA scans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Huang, Gangjun Liu, Yali Jia
  • Patent number: 11452443
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for improving optical coherence tomography machine outputs through multiple enface optical coherence tomography angiography averaging techniques. The embodiments disclosed herein can be utilized in ophthalmology for employing optical coherence tomography (OCT) for in vivo visualization of blood vessels and the flow of blood in an eye of a patient, which is also known generally as optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: SriniVas R. Sadda, Akihito Uji
  • Patent number: 11452444
    Abstract: A system is disclosed in which an eye-tracking sensor signal is received and a moving image is generated to be rendered on one or more displays based on the eye-tracking sensor signal. Responsive to an input control signal from a user-operable control device or based on a determination that the user's gaze direction is tracking the moving image, the system adjusts the moving image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jon R. Dory, David H. Hanes, John Michael Main
  • Patent number: 11452445
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus of an embodiment example includes a front image acquiring device, a first search processor, and a second search processor. The front image acquiring device is configured to acquire a front image of a fundus of a subject's eye. The first search processor is configured to search for an interested region corresponding to an interested site of the fundus based on a brightness variation in the front image. The second search processor is configured to search for the interested region by template matching between the front image and a template image in the event that the interested region has not been detected by the first search processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Ono, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 11452446
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandros Karargyris, Thomas G. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11452447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging an eye are disclosed. The systems and methods may include at least one plenoptic camera. The systems and methods may include an illumination source with a plurality of lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: John Berestka
  • Patent number: 11452448
    Abstract: A system for determination of intraocular pressure includes: an intraocular pressure sensor; a light source illuminating the sensor with one or more wavelengths of light; and a detector that measures emitted light from the sensor. The sensor includes a substrate member, a spacer member, and a flexible membrane, which define a sealed cavity. The flexible membrane moves in response to intraocular pressure changes. A device for measuring intraocular pressure includes: the sensor; an anchoring member attached to the sensor for immobilizing the sensor in an eye; and a protective member attached to the anchoring member and covering the sensor to prevent contact between the flexible membrane and the eye. A method for determination of intraocular pressure includes: placing the sensor in an eye; illuminating, with a light source, the sensor with one or more wavelengths of light; and detecting, with a detector, a resultant light that contains information about intraocular pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IOPTIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Hastings, E. Britt Brockman, Ingrid L. St. Omer, John C. Wright
  • Patent number: 11452449
    Abstract: A system for operating third party proprietary software on a medical monitoring device operating native proprietary software and a system for obtaining compatible third party proprietary software for operation on the monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventor: Massi Joe E. Kiani
  • Patent number: 11452450
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating administration of a pharmaceutical product. Accordingly, the system may include at least one sensor, a storage device, a processing device, and a Mobile Administration Interlocking Device (MAID). Further, the at least one sensor may be disposed on body of a user. Further, the at least one sensor may be configured for generating at least one physiological data associated with the body. Further, the storage device may be configured for storing at least one dosage data. Further, the at least one dosage data may be prescribed by a medical professional. Further, the processing device may be communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor. Further, the processing device may be communicatively coupled with the storage device. Further, the MAID may be configured for provisioning the pharmaceutical product to the user. Further, the MAID may be communicatively coupled with the processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alfred Hyamo Bedell, Alice Bedell
  • Patent number: 11452451
    Abstract: An eavesdropping arrangement for acquiring a measured physiological variable of an individual includes a receiver and a communication interface in a housing separate from the receiver. The communication interface is positioned along a communication link between a first sensor, which is configured to measure aortic blood pressure and to provide a signal representing measured aortic blood pressure, and a central monitoring device configured to monitor the measured aortic blood pressure. The communication interface includes a connection to the communication link that permits the communication interface to eavesdrop on the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure such that information representing measured aortic blood pressure is sent to the receiver while allowing the central monitoring device to receive and use the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBA
    Inventors: Ulrik HĂ¼binette, Magnus Samuelsson
  • Patent number: 11452452
    Abstract: An OCT signal processing device has an acquisition unit for acquiring three or more OCT signals being temporally different from each other with respect to the same position on a subject, from an OCT device that detects an OCT signal based on reflection light of measurement light applied to a subject and reference light corresponding to the measurement light, and a calculation unit for calculating motion contrast based on a plurality of OCT signals. The calculation unit selects two or more sets of OCT signals having different time interval between the OCT signals among sets obtained by extracting a plurality of OCT signals out of the three or more OCT signals, and calculates motion contrast for each of the selected two or more sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeno, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Yasuhiro Furuuchi, Hajime Namiki
  • Patent number: 11452453
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a cutting-out unit, and a display controller. The storage unit is configured to store an image of fluorescence emitted from an observation target area of a living body in a recording medium as a fluorescence image of the observation target area, the image of fluorescence being captured with a first definition, the image of fluorescence being obtained by applying excitation light to the observation target area to which a fluorescent reagent is added in advance. The cutting-out unit is configured to cause a user to select at least a partial area of the fluorescence image and to cut out the selected area as a fluorescence image of a ROI area. The display controller is configured to cause a display unit to display the fluorescence image of a ROI area with a second definition that is lower than the first definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Kishima
  • Patent number: 11452454
    Abstract: A non-invasive, transcutaneous, real-time viral detection device that is configured for self-administration, e.g., at a user's home. In one embodiment, and after positioning the device relative to the human body part (e.g., the user's finger), light sources in the device are activated (excited), and resulting data captured. In particular, a set of Raman spectra are collected from a configured set of emitters and detectors in the device and delivered to a nearby receiver, preferably wirelessly. The receiver filters and de-convolves the Raman spectra producing a data set representative of the constituent elements in the user's tissue of interest. The data set is applied against a statistical classifier, e.g., a neural network that has been trained to recognize and distinguish the absence or presence of viral components, e.g., C-19, or its associated blood-borne acute phase reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: 123IV, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen B. Chefitz, Rohit Singh
  • Patent number: 11452455
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for generating a quantitative indication of the degree of oiliness of skin. In exemplary embodiments, a difference image generated from parallel- and a cross-polarized images of an area of skin is subjected to an intensity thresholding operation. An oiliness metric is generated based on the average intensity of those pixels whose intensities do not exceed the threshold, and/or on the average intensity of those pixels whose intensities exceed the threshold. An indication based on the metric is generated and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Canfield Scientific, Incorporated
    Inventor: Sachin V. Patwardhan
  • Patent number: 11452456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining the core body temperature of a subject. To enable continuous core body determination without having to place or direct a sensor at a precise position of the subject's body, the device comprises an image data input (31) for obtaining image data (11) of a subject's skin, a thermal sensor data input (32) for obtaining thermal sensor data (21) of the subject's skin, an image analysis unit (33) for deriving photoplethysmography, PPG, signals from the obtained image data and for detecting one or more skin areas (34) having the strongest PPG signals, and a temperature determination unit (35) for determining the core body temperature (36) of the subject from obtained thermal sensor data for the detected one or more skin areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ihor Olehovych Kirenko, Caifeng Shan, Ronaldus Maria Aarts
  • Patent number: 11452457
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for predicting and detecting a change in a physiological condition of a subject are disclosed. A device for detecting and predicting a change in physiological condition of a subject may include one or more processors configured to: (i) analyze changes in a heart rhythm of a subject; (ii) analyze a signal from one or more biomarkers that are associated with a physiological condition of the subject; and (iii) determine, based on the changes in the heart rhythm and the signal from the one or more biomarkers, whether there is a change in the physiological condition of the subject during a time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MEDICUS ENGINEERING APS
    Inventors: Jesper Fleischer, Simon Lebech Cichosz
  • Patent number: 11452458
    Abstract: A method (200) of deriving systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises: (i) receiving (202) data related to at least one cardiac cycle of a bio-signal from the subject; (ii) calculating (208) a rise time and a fall time of the at least one cardiac cycle based on the received data; (iii) calculating (208) a parameter derived from a function of the rise time and fail time; and (iv) determining (210) the systolic blood pressure and/or diastolic blood pressure of the subject based on the calculated parameter. A related apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Visit Thaveeprungsriporn, Somchai Baotong, Srisuda Aphaipanan, Amornsri Khitwongwattana
  • Patent number: 11452459
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first glass plate, a second glass plate facing in the opposite direction to the first glass plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the second plate comprising an outer surface facing in the opposite direction to the first plate and an inner surface facing the first plate; an inner middle plate positioned between the first plate and the second plate; a touch screen display positioned between the middle plate and the first plate; an opaque layer comprising a first opening and a second opening positioned within 150 mm from the first opening, the opaque layer being directly or indirectly attached to the inner surface of the second plate comprising a hole overlapping with the first opening but comprising no hole overlapping with the second opening; a camera assembly partially positioned inside the hole of the second plate and the first openi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Su Jung, Yong-Seok Lee, Seung-Jae Bae, Jong-Kyun Im, Jin-A Mock, Jin-Young Park
  • Patent number: 11452460
    Abstract: A method for measuring sound from vortices in the carotid artery comprising: a first and second quality control provisions, wherein the quality control compares detected sounds to pre-determined sounds, and upon confirmation of the quality control procedures, detecting sounds generated by the heart and sounds from vortices in the carotid artery for at least 30 seconds. A method for determining stenosis of the carotid artery in a human patient consisting of a first step of placing a sensing device comprising an array and three sensing elements onto the patient, wherein a first sensing element is placed near the heart and the two remaining sensing elements are placed adjacent to the carotid arteries; the sensing elements then measure sounds from each of the three sensing elements, resulting in sound from three channels. The sound is measured in analog and modified to digital format and then each of the three channels are analyzed before a power spectral density analysis is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: CVR Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Kline, Peter Bakema, Young Truong, Richard Finlayson, Orville Day
  • Patent number: 11452461
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for positioning a patient within a patient receiving area for a magnetic resonance examination. The techniques may include positioning the patient on a mobile patient table of a patient support facility and moving the patient table in a first horizontal direction until a region of the patient to be examined is arranged in a field of view of a patient receiving area of a magnetic resonance system. Moreover, the patient positioning techniques may include moving the patient table in a second horizontal direction and/or in a vertical direction within the patient receiving area, and acquiring medical magnetic resonance data of the region of the patient to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Joerg Roland
  • Patent number: 11452462
    Abstract: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system, including: two separate static magnetic field generators, which are each cylindrical, are axially aligned, and are separated by a rotary load-bearing structure arranged to freely rotate about an axis of a static magnetic field generated by the static magnetic field generators, wherein the rotary load-bearing structure is mounted on thrust bearings which take an axial load between the static magnetic field generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventor: Michael Mallett
  • Patent number: 11452463
    Abstract: A radiation therapy system comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system combined with an irradiation system, which can include one or more linear accelerators (linacs) that can emit respective radiation beams suitable for radiation therapy. The MRI system includes a split magnet system, comprising first and second main magnets separated by gap. A gantry is positioned in the gap between the main MRI magnets and supports the linac(s) of the irradiation system. The gantry is rotatable independently of the MRI system and can angularly reposition the linac(s). Shielding can also be provided in the form of magnetic and/or RF shielding. Magnetic shielding can be provided for shielding the linac(s) from the magnetic field generated by the MRI magnets. RF shielding can be provided for shielding the MRI system from RF radiation from the linac.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: VIEWRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shmaryu M. Shvartsman, Gordon D. DeMeester, James F. Dempsey, John Lester Patrick
  • Patent number: 11452464
    Abstract: Systems and methods for guided endoscope navigation include a registration module (118) configured to, using a processor, register a first set of images (112) with a second set of images (114) of an endoscope (102). A selection module (120) is configured to receive selected areas of interest on the first set of images and transform the selected areas of interest to an endoscope coordinate frame. A guidance module (122) is configured to overlay guidance tools onto the second set of images to permit a user of the endoscope to navigate to the selected areas of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Aleksandra Popovic, Haytham Elhawary
  • Patent number: 11452465
    Abstract: Regarding acceleration on each of three axes Gx, Gy, and Gz calculated by a microcomputer, acceleration on one of the three axes is acceleration in a vertical direction perpendicular to the ground, and acceleration on each of the other two axes is acceleration in a direction parallel to the ground, the other two axes being perpendicular to each other. A type of action of the human body in a predetermined period is determined by comparing a predetermined threshold value with the acceleration in the vertical direction in the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo Ohyama, Hajime Kubota
  • Patent number: 11452466
    Abstract: Applicators for applying an on-skin assembly to skin of a host and methods of their use and/or manufacture are provided. An applicator includes an insertion assembly configured to insert at least a portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, a housing configured to house the insertion assembly, the housing comprising an aperture through which the on-skin assembly can pass, an actuation member configured to, upon activation, cause the insertion assembly to insert at least the portion of the on-skin assembly into the skin of the host, and a sealing element configured to provide a sterile barrier and a vapor barrier between an internal environment of the housing and an external environment of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Baker, Philip Thomas Pupa, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Jonathan Bodnar, Jason Halac, John Michael Gray, Neal Davis Johnston, Justen Deering England, Peter C. Simpson, Paul V. Neale, Jennifer Blackwell, Maria Noel Brown Wells, Kenneth Pirondini, Andrew Michael Reinhardt, Mark Douglas Kempkey, Young Woo Lee, Warren Terry, Patrick John Castagna, David A. Keller, Randall Scott Koplin, Andrew Joncich, Nirav Bhatt
  • Patent number: 11452467
    Abstract: An analyte monitoring system includes an analyte sensor, a transceiver, and a display device. The analyte sensor may include an analyte indicator that exhibits one or more detectable properties based on an amount or concentration of an analyte in proximity to the analyte indicator. The transceiver may receive first sensor data directly from the analyte sensor and may calculate first analyte information using at least the received first sensor data. The display device may receive second sensor data directly from the analyte sensor and calculates second analyte information using at least the received second sensor data. The transceiver may convey the first analyte information, and the display device may receive the first analyte information conveyed by the transceiver and display the first and second analyte information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Senseonics, Incorporated
    Inventors: James Masciotti, Abhi Chavan
  • Patent number: 11452468
    Abstract: A monitoring system for cardiac operations with cardiopulmonary bypass comprising: a processor operatively connected to a heart-lung machine; a pump flow detecting device connected to a pump of the heart-lung machine to continuously measure the pump flow value and send it to the processor; a hematocrit reading device inserted inside the arterial or venous line of the heart-lung machine to continuously measure the blood hematocrit value and to send it to the processor; a data input device to allow the operator to manually input data regarding the arterial oxygen saturation and the arterial oxygen tension; computing means integrated in the processor to compute the oxygen delivery value on the basis of the measured pump flow, the measured hematocrit value, the preset value of arterial oxygen saturation, and the preset value of arterial oxygen tension; and a display connected to the processor to display in real-time the computed oxygen delivery value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventor: Marco Ranucci
  • Patent number: 11452469
    Abstract: A sensor device which is adapted for detecting target molecules in-vitro and in-vivo, comprises a MIR source emitting in 2 um to 10 um range for exciting the target species and a probe beam with orthogonal polarizations and split frequencies in the KHz. to MHz range. The probe beam measures the effects of specie concentration change and of its excitation. The evanescent fields of the orthogonally polarized beams in the probe beam undergo differential phase shifts when target species concentration changes in epidermis or when its refractive index changes due to photo-thermal excitation by the MIR beam. The phase shift is directly proportional to concentration change and refractive index change and are measured using a heterodyne interferometer operating at the same frequency as the split frequency. The measured phase shift can be related to specie concentration change in target volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Arun Ananth Aiyer
  • Patent number: 11452470
    Abstract: An illustrative optical measurement device includes a light source configured to emit light pulses directed at a target. The optical measurement device further includes a detector configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light pulses after the photons are scattered by the target. The optical measurement device further includes a processing unit configured to generate, based on the arrival times of the photons at the detector, histogram data associated with the target. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the histogram data, an absolute optical property associated with the target. The processing unit is further configured to determine, based on the absolute optical property, a blood oxygenation level of the user, and perform an operation based on the blood oxygenation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Field, Michael Henninger, Katherine Perdue, Isai Olvera, Hamid Dehghani, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Antonio H. Lara, Bryan Johnson, Victoria A. Poissant
  • Patent number: 11452471
    Abstract: A retractor has an oximeter sensor at its tip, which allows measuring of oxygen saturation of a tissue being retracted by the retractor. The tip includes one or more openings for at least one source and detector. A specific implementation is a spinal nerve root retractor with an oximeter sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ViOptix, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Jian-min Mao, Robert E. Lash
  • Patent number: 11452472
    Abstract: A miniaturized sensing probe and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The miniaturized sensing probe includes: a probe substrate including a probe part and a circuit connection part; a sensor disposed on the probe part and electrically connected to the circuit connection part; and a needle unit used to accommodate the probe part of the probe substrate; wherein the sensor performs sensing when placed into an analyte through the needle unit and transmits a sensing signal through the circuit connection part. The miniaturized sensing probe of the present invention may be easily placed into the analyte without the use of other instrument or surgery. This means is of benefit to a clinician performing an early diagnosis on a patient with a peripheral vascular disease or monitoring the biological value of the muscle during surgery in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yu-Ting Cheng, Erh-Chieh Liang, Kun-Lin Tsou, Yih-Sharng Chen
  • Patent number: 11452473
    Abstract: A medical device with a capacitive sensing function includes a medical body having a syringe and a sensing circuit having an electrode, a protective film adhered to the medical body and including a plastic film, an electrode provided on the plastic film and opposite from the electrode of the medical body, and a capacitive sensor formed by the electrode of the medical body and the electrode of the protective film and being a part of the sensing circuit, wherein a capacitance value of the capacitive sensor changed under the condition of removing the protective film from the medical body, the sensing circuit being configured to detect the capacitance value and trigger corresponding function of the medical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNSON MEDTECH LLC
    Inventors: Libing Zhang, Anil Babu, Kenneth Heberling, Joseph Mello, Timothy Carney, Hanna Alesi
  • Patent number: 11452474
    Abstract: A system includes an applicator and a dermal patch coupled to the applicator. The applicator includes a needle configured to puncture a subject's skin to draw a physiological sample, a first actuating lever configured to move form an undeployed position to a deployed position, and a second actuating lever configured to move form an undeployed position to a deployed position. The dermal patch includes a fluid reservoir configured to store a processing fluid, a sample collection chamber configured to receive the processing fluid and the physiological sample, wherein the applicator is configured to cause the needle to puncture the subject's skin to draw the physiological sample when the first actuating lever is moved from the undeployed lever position to the deployed lever position and cause the processing fluid to release from the fluid reservoir when the second actuating lever is moved from the undeployed position to the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Satio, Inc.
    Inventors: Namai Nawana, Ziad Tarik Al-Shamsie
  • Patent number: 11452475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing and training the quality of attentional awareness and control of an individual. The individual's attention is monitored using a neurophysiological system such as EEG while using a computer system and display that provides signals that allow the correlation of behavioral measures of attention with neurophysiological measures. The combination of those signals is a novel, accurate and reliable system for assessing any individual's true attention capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Think-Now Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory V. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11452476
    Abstract: A detection report data generation method including acquiring event type information of an electrocardiogram event corresponding to electrocardiogram event data, wherein the event data has one or more pieces of event type information; screening the event data according to signal quality evaluation indexes so as to obtain report conclusion data and report entry data; carrying out quality assessment on an event segment included in the event data according to the signal quality evaluation indexes, and determining a pre-selected sample segment according to a quality assessment result; determining position information of an event heart beat in the pre-selected sample segment, and determining segment interception parameters; carrying out interception processing on the pre-selected sample segment according to the segment interception parameters so as to obtain a typical data segment; generating report graphic data according to the typical data segment; and outputting the entry data, the graphic data and the conclusi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Lepu CloudMed Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kaifeng Zang, Haitao Lu, Pengfei Zhao, Yan Jiang, Baoquan Wang, Jun Cao
  • Patent number: 11452477
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electrogram (EGM) processing system provides, for display by a head-mounted display (HMD) worn by a user, a holographic rendering of intracardiac geometry. The HMD also displays an electrogram waveform. The EGM processing system determines a gaze direction of the user by processing sensor data from the HMD. The HMD displays a marker overlaid on the electrogram waveform at a location based on an intersection point between the gaze direction and the electrogram waveform. The EGM processing system determines a measurement of the electrogram waveform using the location of the marker. The HMD displays the measurement of the electrogram waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SentiAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Blume, Michael K. Southworth, Jonathan R. Silva, Jennifer N. Avari Silva, Ignacio Soriano