Externally Supported Or Worn (e.g., Garment, Belt Etc.) Patents (Class 600/15)
  • Patent number: 11911629
    Abstract: There is a present unmet need for non-invasive therapeutic methods for administration to brain cancer subjects that would provide a robust attack against their primary or metastatic brain cancer. The present disclosure describes such methods to therapeutically induce regression and/or elimination of primary and metastatic brain cancers through Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment (TEMT). The methods involve 1) enhancement of brain meningeal lymph flow to increase immune trafficking between the brain cancer and cervical lymph nodes, 2) rebalancing of immune or non-immune signaling within the brain, particularly from the brain tumor to the lymphatic system, and/or 3) direct attack on cells within and around the brain tumor itself. Thus, the above described TEMT methods could induce and boost a specific immune or non-immune response to a given brain tumor, as well as directly attack the brain tumor, to provide an effective therapeutic intervention against both primary and metastatic brain cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NeurEM Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary W. Arendash
  • Patent number: 11844647
    Abstract: For intraluminal ultrasound probes, two long-thin arrays (e.g., 1D arrays) are provided in the intraluminal ultrasound probe for bi-plane imaging. The arrays are rotatable relative to each other so that during insertion the arrays align to be long and thin, allowing the shaft of the probe to be narrow. For bi-plane imaging after insertion, one array is rotated relative to the other array, defining two non-parallel imaging planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Rickard C. Loftman, William R. Dreschel
  • Patent number: 11793253
    Abstract: In some embodiment, a glove includes a hand-receiving portion including an opening, four enclosed finger pockets, and an enclosed thumb pocket, whereby the opening is configured to receive a hand of a user, and the hand-receiving portion is configured to enclose the hand of the user. The glove may also comprise a strap extending from the hand-receiving portion adjacent the opening. The strap may also include an outer surface configured to contact a ferromagnetic surface. In some embodiments, the glove also includes a cavity within the strap, which defines an angled base surface. The glove may comprise a magnet located within the cavity, wherein the cavity positions the magnet such that the magnet is angled with respect to the outer surface of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PURE SOURCE, LLC
    Inventor: Joel Farmer
  • Patent number: 11771913
    Abstract: Described herein are high-power pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) applicator apparatuses. These apparatuses are configured to drive multiple applicators to concurrently deliver high-power PEMF signals to tissue. The apparatuses may be further configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote server for patient monitoring, prescription and/or device servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Regenesis Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin L. Kirk, John Y. Babico, Frank E. Contreras, Joseph E. Bright, Donald B. Tate
  • Patent number: 11759256
    Abstract: A microstrip impedance transformer that permits efficient (i.e. low loss) coupling of a microwave feed line (e.g. a conventional 50? coaxial cable) to an instrument cable, where the instrument cable has a lower impedance (e.g. in the range 12 to 14?) and includes an internal passageway. The microstrip impedance transformer is configured to perform impedance matching between the microwave feed line and the instrument cable in a manner that does not adversely affect a separate feed, e.g. for delivering fluid, into the internal passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Malcolm White, Shaun Preston
  • Patent number: 11730969
    Abstract: A transcranial magnetic stimulation system includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field to be applied to a patient's head, the magnetic field generator comprising one or more magnetic induction coils and a housing for the coils. One or more imaging devices configured to permit direct visualization of the coils on the patient's head are embedded in the housing. The one or more imaging device(s) may include one or more cameras, preferably one or more visible light imaging cameras, one or more ultraviolet light imaging cameras, or one or more infrared imaging cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AMPA INC.
    Inventors: Donald A. Vaughn, Jonathan A. S. Downar
  • Patent number: 11712358
    Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance for assisting with a spastic gait. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Edwin E. Spencer
  • Patent number: 11701523
    Abstract: A device is disclosed wherein the device may include a ring having an inside diameter and an outside diameter and a bore defined by the inside diameter. In addition, the device may include a plurality of permanent magnets each having a magnetic field circumferentially spaced around the ring between the inside diameter and the outside diameter where each of the plurality of permanent magnets is oriented such that the magnetic field of each of the permanent magnets is directed in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SPSCANCO, LLC
    Inventor: Enio Rafael Oliveros Maita
  • Patent number: 11691024
    Abstract: Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: BTL Medical Solutions A.S.
    Inventors: Tomás Schwarz, Ondra Prouza
  • Patent number: 11612744
    Abstract: A head cap with channel identification includes a head cap, channel identification module, a controlling module, and electrical stimulation modules. The head cap includes the channels therein, and the head cap includes brain regions corresponding to the brain areas of the human being. The electrical stimulation modules disposed in the channels, and the channel identification modules disposed around the peripheral of the channels. The controlling module is electrically coupled to the channel identification modules. When the electrical stimulation modules disposed in some of the channels, the channel identification modules around the peripheral of the channels and the electrical stimulation module are constituted a circuit conduction status or a short circuit status, then the channel identification module transmits a signal to the controlling module to determine the desired sites of the electrical stimulation module where is corresponding to one of the brain areas of the human being according to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shih-Ching Chen, Chih-Wei Peng, Che-Wei Lin, Jia-Jin Chen, Chun-Wei Wu, Samuel Wang, Chun-Ie Wu, Nguyen Van Truong
  • Patent number: 11589657
    Abstract: A wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. The wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to be magnetically coupled to itself when folded over or when separate band portions are overlapping. The magnets can include a polymer mixed with a magnetic material to provide magnetic properties and flexibility. The magnets can be joined together by a continuous support structure that extends through opposing pairs of the magnets. The support structure can provide substantial and ability as well as tensile strength. The magnets and the support structure can be surrounded by a flexible cover to protect the components within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Zaki Moustafa, Hsiang Hung Chen, Stephen E. Dey, Qigen Ji, Hao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11511125
    Abstract: Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, easy to use treatment for spasticity that does not involve medication. Methods and devices herein use low-frequency repetitive magnetic fields to enhance communication in the spinal nerve, thereby allowing improved relaxation, control, and coordination in a muscle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Wave Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventor: Yi Jin
  • Patent number: 11464973
    Abstract: The present method and system provides for the clinical application of neurostimulation and/or neuromodulation to a patient. The method and system includes receipt and acquisition of patient data, processing of that data relative to one or more known data sets, and determination of a good-fit trigger specific treatment protocol. The method and system provides for application of the protocol to the patient, including delivery of neuromodulation and biofeedback. Based thereon, the method and system re-iterates the goodness of fit determination for further treatment to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Evoke Neuroscience, Inc
    Inventor: David W. Hagedorn
  • Patent number: 11439841
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices suitable for transdermally killing adipocytes in a subcutaneous fat layer of a human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LIGHTFECTIVE LTD
    Inventor: Yotam Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11426598
    Abstract: A reusable adhesive pad with embedded magnets consists of a layer of fibrous cloth with elasticity, a layer of silicone gel padding, and permanent magnets. The fibrous cloth with elasticity is made from fiber materials with a stretchable characteristic. The silicone gel padding is spread out fully and glued on one surface of the fibrous cloth with elasticity. In addition, the silicone gel padding is provided with holes that the permanent magnets with cylindrical or conical outers can be filled in and glued to the adhesive surface of the fibrous cloth with elasticity. Since the other sides of the permanent magnets protrude outwards the surface of the silicone gel padding, applying the invention to the human skin can perform the acupuncture and moxibustion treatment and the magneto-therapy to lessen painful discomfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Wen-Shen Ko, Chih-Han Ko, Wang-Hsiang Ko, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11311741
    Abstract: Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for treatment of anxiety. Described are methods and devices to treat anxiety that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect symptoms of anxiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WAVE NEUROSCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: James William Phillips, Yi Jin
  • Patent number: 11197775
    Abstract: An anatomical ring device for attachment to a penis includes a closed ring body defining an interior opening that is shaped and sized to receive a penis. The ring body may include two or more high-stretch sections separating two or more low-stretch sections of the ring body. The low-stretch sections may include a material that is substantially less stretchable than a material that comprises the high-stretch sections. The low-stretch sections may include two or more stiffeners disposed in the ring body. The high-stretch sections may include areas of the ring body that are situated between the stiffeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Health Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Francois Hacquard
  • Patent number: 11097123
    Abstract: An electro-magnetic stimulation device that alleviates the pain felt by a user when the device is placed on the user's body part that requires pain mitigation. The electro-magnetic stimulation device comprises of a leather chamois, a 99.99% led free copper plate that is attached to the leather chamois, a plurality of staggered magnetically connected magnets that are attached to the 99.99% led free copper plate, and an ionic solution that hydrates the leather chamois.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Juan Jose Ugartemendia
  • Patent number: 11077315
    Abstract: A deep and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of an individual is performed by applying magnetic pulses at least to a region of the scalp of the individual, the region being at least the bilateral prefrontal cortex, and can include preferably the bilateral prefrontal cortex and can include the insula. A threshold intensity of the magnetic pulses is determined by applying to the individual one or more reference magnetic stimulations, and a reaction of the individual to the reference stimulation is determined. The reaction corresponds to a right thumb movement. A magnetic stimulation is repeatedly applied for at least 80 trains per session for a duration not exceeding 2 seconds each with a time interval between a train application and the next one not less than 20 seconds, wherein the magnetic stimulation has a frequency of at least 18 Hz with an intensity of stimulation at least 120% of the threshold intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: POLICLINICO SAN DONATO S.P.A.—ISTITUTO DI RICOVERO E CURA A CARATTERE SCIENTIFICO
    Inventor: Livio Luzi
  • Patent number: 11033083
    Abstract: A wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. The wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to be magnetically coupled to itself when folded over or when separate band portions are overlapping. The magnets can include a polymer mixed with a magnetic material to provide magnetic properties and flexibility. The magnets can be joined together by a continuous support structure that extends through opposing pairs of the magnets. The support structure can provide substantial and ability as well as tensile strength. The magnets and the support structure can be surrounded by a flexible cover to protect the components within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zaki Moustafa, Hsiang Hung Chen, Stephen E. Dey, Qigen Ji, Hao Zhu
  • Patent number: 11020603
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a pulsed electromagnetic field system having planar microcoil arrays integrated into clothing. Preferably, each of the planar microcoil arrays has two or more planar microcoils positioned on a substrate. The planar microcoil arrays are connected to a controller configured to generate an electrical current and transmit that electrical current, in accordance with a particular stimulation protocol, to each of the planar microcoil arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kamran Ansari, Nadia Ansari
  • Patent number: 10980752
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a device for herbal medicine in which the airborne release of medicinal ingredients can be controlled, which comprises: separating two or more medicinal herbal ingredients prescribed or prepared according to pharmacological effects on the basis of the weight ratio of each medicinal ingredient to total weight of the medicinal ingredients; grinding the medicinal ingredients separated on the basis of weight ratio, wherein fine particles are ground to different sizes according to the setting of release duration; preparing herbal medicine by mixing the ground medicinal ingredients together, and then mixing the ingredients with a binding agent; and adhering the herbal medicine to a base sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: BM BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hi Gu Kim
  • Patent number: 10945085
    Abstract: An apparatus, including an external component of a medical device configured to generate a magnetic flux that removably retains, via a resulting magnetic retention force, the external component to a recipient thereof, wherein the external component is configured to enable the adjustment of the generated magnetic flux so as to vary the resulting magnetic retention force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Johan Gustafsson, Marcus Andersson, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh
  • Patent number: 10874400
    Abstract: A plurality of structures that resiliently attract one another are provided for implanting in a patient around a body tissue structure of the patient. For example, the body tissue structure may be the esophagus, and the plurality of structures may be implanted in an annulus around the outside of the esophagus, the annulus being substantially coaxial with the esophagus. The attraction may be between annularly adjacent ones of the structures in the annulus, and it may be provided, for example, by magnets or springs. The array of structures is preferably self-limiting with respect to the smallest area that it can encompass, and this smallest area is preferably large enough to prevent the apparatus from applying excessive pressure to tissue passing through that area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Torax Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Jerome K. Grudem, Jr., Todd A. Berg, William J. Swanson
  • Patent number: 10835754
    Abstract: Helmets for applying a magnetic field to the head of a subject, comprising: a housing comprising a concave surface configured to receive a portion of the head of the subject; a motor coupled to one or more of: a first permanent magnet via a first axle along a first axis of rotation, wherein the first axle drives movement of the first magnet; a second magnet via a second axle along a second axis of rotation wherein the second axle drives movement of the second magnet; and a third magnet via a third axle along the third axis of rotation wherein the third axle drives movement of the third magnet, wherein the axes are parallel; and a fit mechanism comprising a adjuster coupled to the first magnet, wherein movement of the adjustor moves the first magnet independently of the second or the third magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Wave Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Charles, Daniel Ernest Hamilton, Derek John Hugger, James W. Phillips, Jacob Wenner Eisner, Jeffrey Alan Kessler, Aaron Soloway, Peter Scott MacDonald
  • Patent number: 10716953
    Abstract: Embodiments enables a wearable phototherapy apparatus that produces beneficial effects to a human body such as activation of stem cells, improvement in strength, improvement in stamina, pain relief via a non-transdermal container. May include an optional transdermal container that releases or increases copper peptide GHK-Cu in a subject's body. The non-transdermal apparatus reflects or emits specific wavelengths of light to elevate levels of the copper peptide GHK-Cu in the body. The non-transdermal apparatus includes one or more materials that prevent the Left-Handed molecule from direct contact with the body while the enclosure is coupled to the body and prevents the Left-Handed molecules from entering the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOLETLUNA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: David Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10653548
    Abstract: Apparatus for an orthopedic brace with magnetic assistance. A pair of braces are configured to each support and secure a magnetic device on each leg above the knee. The magnetic devices generate a magnetic force sufficient to reduce a spastic gait. Each magnetic device has a magnetic field that interacts with a magnetic field of the other magnetic device. The magnetic field produces a magnetic force that repels the other magnetic device as the magnetic devices move relative to each other when the wearer walks. The shape of the magnetic field is configured to aid the wearer in avoiding the legs colliding while walking. In one embodiment discrete magnets are disposed on the medial side of each brace. In another embodiment magnetic material is integral with the medial side of each brace and the magnetic material has a selected field strength curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Edwin E. Spencer
  • Patent number: 10639494
    Abstract: The invention provides wearable devices for effecting transcranial magnetic stimulation to be used by patients who have suffered brain injuries. Permanent magnets are shifted or rotated to deliver a time-varying magnetic field, preferably about the locus of the injury. In an embodiment, the strong magnetic fields of the permanent magnets are directed to the injured area for therapeutic purposes. A novel mechanism is provided that uses a small battery-powered electromagnet to interact with the weak peripheral magnetic fields of the permanent magnets and to shift the permanent magnets between two or more stable positions. As a result, a lightweight, quiet, wearable device with low power consumption is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Rhode Island Board of Education
    Inventors: Ying Sun, Brian Silver, Tanya Wang
  • Patent number: 10639491
    Abstract: The device for positioning a magnetic coil for transcranial magnetic stimulation in relation to the head of a patient includes a head unit with a support for the patient's head and a positioning unit, which is connected to the support, with a coil seat for holding the magnetic coil. The device also includes a fixedly installed holding arm holding the head unit. A reversibly movable connection is provided between the head unit and the holding arm, and configured such that a change of a force, which is applied onto the support by the head of the patient, leads to a relative movement between the head unit and the holding arm through the movable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: MAG & More GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Wölfel, Christian Hirschbeck, Kerstin Häringer
  • Patent number: 10475560
    Abstract: Items such as electronic devices, fabric-based items, and other items may include strands of magnetic material. The magnetic material may be formed from particles of a rare-earth alloy or other magnetic materials in a binder. Strands of magnetic material may have magnetic cores surrounded by one or more additional layers such as non-magnetic layers or may have non-magnetic cores surrounded by one or more additional layers including a magnetic layer. The strands of material may be uniform along their lengths or may be segmented into non-magnetic and magnetic portions. Items may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of magnetic material. Magnetic material may interact with permanent magnets and electromagnets. Magnetic sensors may monitor for the presence of magnetic portions of a fabric or other structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Shravan Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 10448868
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes apparatus for monitoring hand or wrist movement, the apparatus including a magnetic ring adapted to be worn on a finger of a patient and a data acquisition unit adapted to be worn on a wrist of the patient, the data acquisition unit including a magnetic sensor that can measure the strength and orientation of magnetic fields generated by the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Nizan Friedman, Justin Rowe, David J. Reinkensmeyer, Mark G. Bachman
  • Patent number: 10406192
    Abstract: The present invention is a diffusional patch having an oil mixture (20) providing mechanical treatment support by reducing the edema in volume and in mass by throwing out the liquid inside by means of diffusion effect after entering into the region with edema by means of the diffusion effect and placed into a porous sheath (10) in microfiber structure, in order to be used in treatment of region with edema which may occur in sports injuries and/or disc hernia (50); characterized in that said oil mixture (20), of which the ingredient proportions in weight are given, comprises the below mentioned ingredients and does not comprise water: Ingredient Amount (%) Dextrin Palmitate Derivatives 1-10 Paraffin 1-30 Oleum nigellae sativae (black cumin oil) 0-20 Oleum origani (carvacrol) 0-20 Oleum lauri expressum (laurel oil) 0-30 Oleum chamomillae (chamomile oil) 0-30 Balsamum meccae (balsam oil) 0-30 Styrax liguidus (sweetgum) 0-30 Oleum limonis (lemon oil) 0-10 Oleum rosmarini (rosemary oil) 0-10 Olive oil 0-30 Oleum v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: METUAS MEDIKAL SAGLIK HIZMETLERI DANISMANLIK IHRACAT ITHALAT A.S. SIRKETI
    Inventors: Mehmet Sorar, Tuba Çalik
  • Patent number: 10357660
    Abstract: Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for treatment of coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia. Described are methods and devices to treat coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect symptoms of coma, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, cognitive performance, and/or amblyopia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NeoSync, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Phillips, Yi Jin
  • Patent number: 10350427
    Abstract: An rTMS coil or set of coils are designed to affect multiple regions of the brain with synchronous magnetic field pulses. Multiple coils aligned over the targeted regions of interest, or a single coil that is stretched or enlarged in a shape that allows the magnetic field to affect the areas of interest are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of optimizing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kosivana Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Yi Jin, Charles Knezevich, Robert D. Silvetz, Mark Chien
  • Patent number: 10265527
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating a neurological disorder or deficit, such as tinnitus and phantom limb pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Hubert H. Lim, Craig D. Markovitz, Sarah J. Offutt
  • Patent number: 9962555
    Abstract: Helmets for applying a magnetic field to the head of a subject, comprising: a housing comprising a concave surface configured to receive a portion of the head of the subject; a motor coupled to one or more of: a first permanent magnet via a first axle along a first axis of rotation, wherein the first axle drives movement of the first magnet; a second magnet via a second axle along a second axis of rotation wherein the second axle drives movement of the second magnet; and a third magnet via a third axle along the third axis of rotation wherein the third axle drives movement of the third magnet, wherein the axes are parallel; and a fit mechanism comprising a adjuster coupled to the first magnet, wherein movement of the adjustor moves the first magnet independently of the second or the third magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Charles, Daniel Ernest Hamilton, Derek John Hugger, James W. Phillips, Jacob Wenner Eisner, Jeffrey Alan Kessler, Aaron Soloway, Peter Scott MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9814898
    Abstract: Described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems for the treatment of neurological disorders. One variation of a magnetic neural stimulation system includes magnetic stimulators shaped as helical or ramped coils, where each turn of the coil has an acute turning angle of less than 90 degrees. Also described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems that include an array of stimulators and one or more shielding components. The shielding components modulate the density profile of the induced eddy currents to increase stimulation to targeted neural tissue regions while decreasing stimulation to non-targeted neural regions. Other variations of magnetic stimulation systems include one or more stimulators and a shield in which some of the induced eddy currents in the shield may act to attenuate the magnetic field in certain regions of the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: NeuroPrex Inc.
    Inventors: Hong-tsz Pan, Zhaoyin Wu, Hsiu-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 9776015
    Abstract: Improvements applied to a textile product, and more particularly wherein the improved product is a woven textile product—fabric containing bioceramic microparticles embedded into the fibers thereof with high capacity of irradiation in the infrared region, provided to be used both in humans and animals, more particularly the invention is related to a textile product containing bioceramic microparticles with high capacity of infrared irradiation which, in contact with the heat of the human body, is capable of transmitting infrared radiation in the range between 3 ?m and 14.8 ?m, preferentially in the 14.8 micron range, said infrared radiation at this wavelength being capable of regulating the blood microcirculation, as the result of its high protection, the blood microcirculation being the nervous center of human and/or animal metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Mario Hirata
  • Patent number: 9687274
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to magnetic medical devices for the treatment of chronic medical conditions such as Vulvodynia, Vaginismus, Vaginal Stenosis, Vaginal Atrophy, among others. The magnetic medical device in accordance with the present invention is of a generally elongated shape having an ogive top end, a middle portion of an active diameter, and a bottom end of a passive diameter. The magnetic medical device has an array of magnets within, where the magnets generate a negative magnetic field adjacent to an external surface of the magnetic medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: VuVatech LLC
    Inventors: Tara Leann Langdale, Robert James Smithson
  • Patent number: 9648941
    Abstract: A magnetic tool belt and wrist strap kit including length-adjustable, padded waist belt and wrist strap bodies, each having a centered portion with tapered portions on each side thereof. Magnets arranged within each body permit magnetic attachment of ferrous hand tools and related hardware and accessories in a wide variety of locations, angles, and positions thereon. Vertical tubes on a front side of the waist belt body permit storage of screwdrivers or similar items therein. An attachable u-shaped frame centrally disposed on the front side of the waist belt body is provided to support a plaster mud pan thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Sergio Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9592149
    Abstract: A heat generating device includes a heat generating element enclosed in an air-permeable stretch bag. The heat generating element includes an air-permeable first side adapted to be located proximal to the skin of a wearer, a second side adapted to be located distal to the skin of a wearer, and a heat generating member interposed between the first side and the second side. It is preferred that a part of the heat generating element is fixed to a part of the inner side of the stretch bag in the overlap between the stretch bag and the heat generating element in a plan view of the heat generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Hidaka, Kazuo Ohashi, Kyouko Tagami, Takeshi Oka, Ryuichi Noki, Takashi Higashi
  • Patent number: 9550067
    Abstract: A shoe-shaped magnetic coil system for the treatment of foot pain which has an electrical pulse generator and a magnetic coil system connected to the electrical pulse generator. The magnetic coil system is in the general shape of a shoe with the electric current pulses flowing through magnetic coils of the magnetic coil system being capable of creation of intense magnetic pulses within a patient's foot and ankle. The coil of wire is formed of coil sections having a smallest area in the region of the patient's toes with a generally increasing area of the coil sections as the ankle region is approached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Zygood, LLC
    Inventors: Susan R. Fischell, Robert E. Fischell
  • Patent number: 9533168
    Abstract: A coil for transcranial magnetic stimulation which is location-specific for unilateral brain regions is designed with multiple spaced apart stimulating elements having current flow in a first direction, and multiple return elements having current flow in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. The multiple stimulating elements and return elements are distributed on one side of a central axis of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BRAINSWAY, LTD.
    Inventors: Abraham Zangen, Yiftach Roth
  • Patent number: 9463330
    Abstract: A method for the delivery of a skin care active agent comprising the following step: applying an active agent(s) between a target dermal barrier and a magnetic device comprising one or more pairs of displaced dipolar magnetic elements linked by a magnetic return wherein the magnetic return is orientated on the surfaces of the dipole pair distal to the dermal barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 9452037
    Abstract: A method for the delivery of an oral care active agent comprising the following step: applying an active agent(s) between a target oral biological barrier and a magnetic device comprising one or more pairs of displaced dipolar magnetic elements linked by a magnetic return wherein the magnetic return is orientated on the surfaces of the dipole pair distal to the biological barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 9282914
    Abstract: For an improved use even with medical imaging a comprehensive medical system for magnetic navigation of an object with a magnetic element within a human body is provided, having a magnet apparatus for generating a variable magnetic field in the region of the object, wherein the magnet apparatus has a plurality of electromagnets, which electromagnets are disposed in a flexibly-embodied net type structure, which net-type structure is especially able to be disposed directly on the body such that it surrounds the object on four sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: David Groke, Michael Wiets
  • Patent number: 9095694
    Abstract: A morphologically adaptable apparatus for altering the charge distribution upon living membranes with functional stabilization of the membrane physical electrical integrity, the apparatus having a quadripolar, circular, center charged, energy balanced magnetic device in a four (4) magnet array of alternating polarity in which the magnetic poles are in multiple planes and are separated by a predetermined distance which provide an effective magnetic sphere of influence on all adjacent poles to suppress the firing of action potentials of mammalian sensory neurons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Gradient Technologies LLC
    Inventor: William Farone
  • Patent number: 9011310
    Abstract: Effective systems and methods for improving neural communication impairment of a vertebrate being and affecting motor activity of a peripheral body part including a first signal-providing component configured to provide pulsed peripheral stimulation signals at the peripheral body part, a second signal-providing component configured to provide a pulsed motor cortex stimulation signal to a motor cortex area, a substantially DC signal-providing component configured to provide direct current spinal stimulation signal at a neural spinal junction and a controller component configured to control timing of the pulsed peripheral stimulation signals and the pulsed motor cortex stimulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventor: Zaghloul Ahmed
  • Patent number: 9005103
    Abstract: A device and a method of applying the device for the treatment of obesity or overweight in mammals, especially humans refers to a suitable substrate to be worn at the body of the patient and includes a thyroid stimulating pulsating magnetic field, whereby the magnetic field can be controlled and programmed as to the duration, frequency and pulsation of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Albert Hesse
  • Publication number: 20150080638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a therapeutic magnetic pouch for a pet collar. The device includes a pouch having an interior volume in which magnets can be placed. The pouch includes a hook and loop fastener along the top and bottom edges thereof. The pouch wraps around a portion of an existing pet collar and secures in position by overlapping the hook and loop fasteners. The magnets are disposed so that the north-pole of the magnets faces the outer surface of the pouch, which directly contacts a pet's neck. The magnets induce electromagnetic currents to the pet's body, which can be beneficial for inflammatory processes in elbow joints and knees, as well as for arthritis. The device also accelerates the healing process of fractures, sprains, and strains. In this way, the present invention provides a holistic and cost-effective alternative for pet medical care, increasing the overall health of the pet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Deborah Kunnari