Diagnostic Testing Patents (Class 600/300)
  • Patent number: 11967407
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and system for adjusting medicament doses. A method of providing a medication dose adjustment using a computing device comprises: receiving an adjustment cycle time period; receiving a threshold number of dose and blood glucose measurement pairs, the threshold number of dose and blood glucose measurement pairs being less than a total number of potential dose and blood glucose measurement pairs possible in the adjustment time cycle period; receiving a dose and blood glucose measurement pair; determining if a total number of dose and blood glucose measurement pairs received within a current adjustment cycle time period meets the threshold number, the current adjustment cycle time period depending on the received adjustment cycle time period; in response to a positive determination, determining if a dose adjustment is required based on the dose and blood glucose measurement pairs received within an adjustment cycle time period; and outputting the dose adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Timothy Moloy
  • Patent number: 11963802
    Abstract: Prediction of a disease onset risk is enabled by focusing on characteristic change in biological information depending on a time period. A prediction device SV acquires blood pressure data and determination data on irregular pulse waves and acquires input data indicating a sleep time period or information indicating a determination result of a sleep condition. Further, based on the input data indicating the sleep time period or the information indicating the determination result of the sleep condition, the sleep time period is set as a prediction target period and is divided into a first half and a second half. A degree of change in the blood pressure data and a degree of change in frequency of occurrence of irregular pulse waves in each of the first half time period and the second half time period are calculated and multiplied. With this, a total risk in the sleep time period is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Sato, Mitsuharu Konishi, Seisuke Fujiwara, Daisuke Nozaki
  • Patent number: 11963799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for non-invasive blood pressure measurement are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system comprises a wearable member configured to generate first and second signals, and a blood pressure calculation system. The blood pressure calculation system a pre-processing module configured to filter noise from the signals, and a wave selection module configured to identify subsets of waves of the signals, a feature extraction module configured to generate sets of feature vectors form the subsets of waves, and a blood pressure processing module configured to calculate an arterial blood pressure value based on the sets of feature vectors and an empirical blood pressure calculation model, the empirical blood pressure calculation model configured to receive the sets of feature vectors as input values. The blood pressure calculation system further includes a communication module configured to provide a message including or being based on the arterial blood pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ITAMAR MEDICAL SPRY 2021, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Elad Ferber, Pierre-Jean Cobut, Ramkrishnan Narayanan, Derya Gol Gungor
  • Patent number: 11964152
    Abstract: This application is generally related to identifying or otherwise programming one or more cycling parameters for operation of an implantable pulse generator to provide a neurostimulation therapy to a patient using a non-paresthesia stimulation pattern. In some embodiments, the cycling parameter is selected by measuring physiological signals during trial stimulation. In other embodiments, multiple cycling parameters are identified for use by the patient using a patient controller device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Filippo Agnesi, Lalit Venkatesan, Christopher S. L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11963795
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Steven J. Martisauskas, Erik G. de Jong, Andrzej T. Baranski, Serhan O. Isikman, Steven J. Banaska, Todd K. Whitehurst, Ming L. Sartee
  • Patent number: 11957620
    Abstract: A system for learning actual phacoemulsification energy setpoints at the time of occlusion breaks during ophthalmic surgery. Phacoemulsification energy setpoints may be recorded over different periods of time, such as during current cases and over a lifetime of cases. The recorded data would then be used to determine future phacoemulsification energy setting amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Wong, Kirk Todd, Johan Ekvall
  • Patent number: 11961612
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for applying performance data (e.g., Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM), Pay-for-Performance (P4P) measures, Meaningful Use (MU) measures) to a fantasy league health exchange. In aspects, a set of patient data for patients is determined. The set of patient data corresponds to a time interval of treatment of the patients by a population of clinicians. In addition, performance data is determined. The performance data corresponds to the population of clinicians and is based on the set of patient data and the time interval. Further, a provider ranking is determined using a classification model determined from the performance data and from explanatory attributes. The provider ranking can be used to forecast or project future performance results for selected individual or group providers. Further, the provider rankings can be used for draft picks, roster submission, or bets placed in a fantasy league exchange system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas S. McNair
  • Patent number: 11957480
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for sleep optimization are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes one or more peripheral devices, a network, one or more networked computers, and one or more remote servers. The peripheral devices and/or the networked computers collect one or more types of sleep data, calculate one or more sleep parameters, and transmit said sleep parameters to the one or more remote servers. The remote servers then perform calculations to determine optimal sleep recommendations. The sleep recommendations are then output to one or more networked computers and/or one or more peripheral devices as adjustments to sleep time and sleep duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Michael Grandner, Michael Perlis
  • Patent number: 11957474
    Abstract: An electrocardiogram device configured to transmit at least one signal responsive to a wearer's cardiac electrical activity can include a disposable portion and a reusable portion configured to mechanically and electrically mate with each other. The disposable portion can include a base having at least one mechanical connector portion, a plurality of cables and corresponding external ECG electrodes, and a first plurality of electrical connectors associated with the plurality of cables. The reusable portion can include a cover having at least one mechanical connector portion, a second plurality of electrical connectors configured to electrically connect with the first plurality of electrical connectors of the disposable portion, and an output connector port configured to transmit at least one signal responsive to one or more signals outputted by the external ECG electrodes of the disposable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali, Eric Karl Kinast, Austin Kretz Pike
  • Patent number: 11957454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for detection of pulse and/or pulse-related information of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Kiran Hamilton J. Dellimore, Jens Muehlsteff, Ralph Wilhelm Christianus Gemma Rosa Wijshoff, Lars Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11961204
    Abstract: A novel technique is provided that analyzes the state of life using multivariate data relating to life. A state visualization device includes: a coarse-graining portion configured to perform coarse-graining on values corresponding to a plurality of items included in sample data; a model creation portion configured to obtain, using binarized values, a mathematical model for calculating energies each fitting a frequency of occurrence of a state represented by a combination of values corresponding to the items; a graph creation portion configured to create a graph in which the state is placed in two-dimensional space; and an interpolation processing portion configured to create a landscape image by smoothing and interpolating a discrete graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RIKEN
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ishikawa, Eiryo Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11950875
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for the integration of an analyte data reader and a medication delivery device. The integrated device can include a medication delivery portion, wireless communications circuitry configured to receive data indicative of an analyte level, and electronics. The integrated device can also include one or more near-field communication (NFC) antennas. Example embodiments of adverse condition protection features of the integrated device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Cole, Cherie A. Bulala, Theodore J. Kunich, Xuandong Hua, Hila F. Ralston
  • Patent number: 11955224
    Abstract: A system for generating a pulmonary dysfunction nourishment program includes a computing device configured to receive at least a respiratory volume collection relating to a user, produce at least a respiratory parameter of a plurality of respiratory parameters as a function of the at least a respiratory volume collection, identify a functional signature as a function of the at least a respiratory parameter, wherein identifying further comprises receiving a conduct indicator, and identifying the functional signature as a function of the conduct indicator, the at least a respiratory parameter, and a functional machine-learning model, and generate a functional program as a function of the functional signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KPN Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11955233
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to remote control of dialysis machines. In certain aspects, a method includes receiving a request for a network connection from a dialysis machine and establishing the network connection with the dialysis machine. The method also includes receiving, from a client device, a request to access the dialysis machine, authorizing the client device to access the dialysis machine, receiving, from the dialysis machine, information pertaining to an operation of the dialysis machine, and providing, to the client device, the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Aiyuan Wang, Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Fei Wang, Sue-Jane Lee, David Yuds, Hak Kan Leung, Jeffrey Tarn
  • Patent number: 11955238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalizing medicine utilizing the true state of the patient are provided. A number of medical records for a patient are subjected to predictive modeling for various conditions (known as patient ‘true state’). The patient personal information, previous care, and true state may be provided into a state machine in order to determine the resources needed for the patient. The medical resources may be any of laboratory services, diagnostics, therapies and medications. Using the true state information, and number of activities may be performed for the patient based upon the patient's needs. These activities include scheduling lab or diagnostic procedures in advance of an appointment, filling in documentation gaps, identifying items that require additional documentation using the true state, and tracking follow-up. It may also be beneficial to validate the true state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apixio, LLC
    Inventors: Darren Matthew Schulte, John O. Schneider, Robert Derward Rogers, Vishnuvyas Sethumadhavan
  • Patent number: 11944277
    Abstract: A device for distending a body lumen for enhanced visualization with a capsule endoscope that includes a camera lens includes an attachment element configured to attach to the capsule endoscope and a plurality of struts extending from the attachment element and meeting at an apex. The plurality of struts are configured to extend both axially and radially away from the camera lens so as to form a frame therearound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Neptune Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Garrett J. Gomes
  • Patent number: 11948690
    Abstract: Pulmonary function estimation can include detecting one or more cough events from a time series of audio signals generated by an electronic device of a user. Based on the one or more cough events, one or more lung function metrics of the user can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ebrahim Nematihosseinabadi, Md M. Rahman, Viswam Nathan, Korosh Vatanparvar, Jilong Kuang, Jun Gao
  • Patent number: 11949640
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a widget insertion request associated with an email message and customizing one or more options of the widget based on one or more user selections. The widget is inserted into a body of the email message. The widget provides one or more interactive services to a recipient of the email message based on the one or more options. The email message is sent with the widget to the recipient to allow the recipient to interact with the widget upon receiving the email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew J. Bingham, Anastasia Shekhter, Gregory J. Richmond, Jenn Van Scoter, Josh R. Slater, Alyssa M. Branday
  • Patent number: 11942194
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for assessing a mental state of a subject in a single session or over multiple different sessions, using for example an automated module to present and/or formulate at least one query based in part on one or more target mental states to be assessed. The query may be configured to elicit at least one response from the subject. The query may be transmitted in an audio, visual, and/or textual format to the subject to elicit the response. Data comprising the response from the subject can be received. The data can be processed using one or more individual, joint, or fused models. One or more assessments of the mental state associated with the subject can be generated for the single session, for each of the multiple different sessions, or upon completion of one or more sessions of the multiple different sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ellipsis Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth E. Shriberg, Michael Aratow, Mainul Islam, Amir Hossein Harati Nejad Torbati, Tomasz Rutowski, David Lin, Yang Lu, Farshid Haque, Robert D. Rogers
  • Patent number: 11942222
    Abstract: A medical device for assessing clinical patient deterioration in an in-patient hospital environment is provided. The medical device includes a processor and sensors that couple externally to a skin of the patient to acquire electrocardiogram (ECG) and other physiologic signals. The processor is configured to receive a medical history of the patient; generate physiologic data, including ECG data, over a period of time based on one or more physiologic signals; and execute a risk assessment process associated with a clinical condition of the patient. The risk assessment process analyzes the physiologic data and the medical history of the patient to generate a risk estimate of deterioration of the patient's clinical condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Freeman, Christopher L. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 11938322
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatuses used for slow wave activity (SWA) optimization. An example method includes receiving one or more bio-signals from a user and classifying sleep stages by processing the bio-signals. The method further include determining dominant peripheral nervous system (PNS) oscillations based on the bio-signals and as a function of time and stage of sleep, and characterizing at least one property of the dominant PNS oscillations, including a phase, a phase shift, an amplitude, and/or frequency. The method further include providing an indication of an optimal window for maximizing SWA generation based on the phase, the phase shift, the amplitude, or the frequency. The indication is provided to stimulation circuitry that delivers stimulation to the user within the optimal window. Feedback is provided responsive to the stimulation based on an EEG signal of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Massimiliano de Zambotti, Fiona C. Baker, Ian M. Colrain, Mohamad Forouzanfar, Aimee Goldstone, Adrian Willoughby
  • Patent number: 11937944
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Steven J. Martisauskas, Erik G. de Jong, Andrzej T. Baranski, Serhan O. Isikman, Steven J. Banaska, Todd K. Whitehurst, Ming L. Sartee
  • Patent number: 11931169
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for recording and monitoring pain are disclosed. A device may record a date and time corresponding to a pain entry, a pain type corresponding to the pain entry, and a pain intensity corresponding to the pain entry. The device may further record a pain location on a body corresponding to the pain entry. The device may also display the pain entry. In various embodiments, the device may display a graphical pain representation superimposed over the pain location on the body. The device may also read an input encircling the pain location on the body. The device may further display a plurality of pain entries in a plot relative to time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nanolume, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald E. Harbut, Chris Rouw
  • Patent number: 11931168
    Abstract: Systems and methods for speech-controlled or speech-enabled health monitoring of a subject are described. A device includes a substrate configured to support a subject, a plurality of non-contact sensors configured to capture acoustic signals and force signals with respect to the subject, an audio interface configured to communicate with the subject, and a processor in connection with the plurality of sensors and the audio interface. The processor configured to determine biosignals from one or more of the acoustic signals and the force signals to monitor a subject's health status, and detect presence of speech in the acoustic signals. The audio interface configured to interactively communicate with at least one of the subject or an entity associated with the subject based on at least one of an action needed due to the subject's health status and a verbal command in detected speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Omid Sayadi, Steven Jay Young, Carl Hewitt, Alan Luckow
  • Patent number: 11934583
    Abstract: A data communication apparatus comprising: a plurality of data communication devices comprising a sensor operable to output contextual data associated with a wearer, a plurality of haptic energy generators operable to output a haptic energy toward skin of the wearer, and a control system operable to maintain a data feedback loop with the wearer by causing the plurality of haptic energy generators to output the haptic energy responsive to one of the contextual data and an external data source in data communication with the control system; an electrical network operable to transmit data and power between the plurality of data communication devices; and a wearable structure comprising a biocompatible material shaped to house the plurality of data communication devices and the electrical network, maintain a plurality of air gaps between the plurality of data communication devices, and define a skin contacting surface that is directly engageable with the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DATAFEEL INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Robert Leaper
  • Patent number: 11935637
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, a computer-readable medium, and techniques that provide an onboarding process and an adaptivity process for a drug delivery device. A processor executing an onboarding process determines whether a history of delivered insulin to a user meets certain sufficiency requirements. The onboarding process enables a processor to cause the drug delivery device to administer doses of insulin to a user according to an initial total daily insulin dose calculation that is determined based on the sufficiency of the insulin delivery history. The initial total daily insulin may be adapted according to the adaptivity process as new insulin delivery is collected. The insulin delivery history, when sufficient, may be used to set total daily insulin dosages that enable automated insulin delivery upon replacement of a drug delivery device. The adaptivity process may be implemented to modify an initial insulin delivery doses to provide adapted insulin delivery doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joon Bok Lee, Yibin Zheng, Jason O'Connor, Trang Ly, Eric Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11935399
    Abstract: Sensing devices in an installation state are flexibly managed and the sensing devices are controlled appropriately. The sensing devices each include a sensor, a selection control unit, and a notification unit. The sensor measures the ambient environment to generate a measurement signal. The selection control unit controls the selection state of the sensing device in response to the measurement signal from the sensor. The notification unit issues a notification that the sensing device has been selected in a case where the selection state indicates that the sensing device has been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Kimura
  • Patent number: 11931165
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in monitoring or treating a wound is disclosed. The apparatus can include a wound dressing, a circuit board, and a sensor. The wound dressing can be positioned over a wound of a patient and absorb wound exudate from the wound. The circuit board can be incorporated in or coupled to the wound dressing and include a first conductive pathway extending around at least part of a perimeter of a first side of the circuit board. The first conductive pathway can be electrically coupled to an electrical ground for the circuit board. The sensor can be mounted on the circuit board and output a signal usable to determine a value indicative of a physiological parameter of the patient. The first conductive pathway can protect the sensor against an electrostatic discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Fernando Bettani, Alberto Fasan, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Felix Clarence Quintanar, Daniel Lee Steward
  • Patent number: 11935656
    Abstract: Presented are systems and methods for the accurate acquisition of medical measurement data of a body part of patient. To assist in acquiring accurate medical measurement data, an automated diagnostic and treatment system provides instructions to the patient to allow the patient to precisely position a medical instrument in proximity to a target spot of a body part of patient. For a stethoscope examination, the steps may include utilizing object tracking to determine if the patient has moved the stethoscope to a recording site; utilizing DSP processing to confirm that the stethoscope is in operation, utilizing DSP processing to generate a pre-processed audio sample from a recorded audio signal; using machine learning (ML) to determine if a signal of interest (SOI) is present in the pre-processed sample. If SoI is present, using ML to evaluate characteristics in the signal which indicate the presence of abnormalities in the organ being measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: James Stewart Bates, Kristopher Perry, Chaitanya Prakash Potaraju, Pranav Bhatkal, Aditya Shirvalkar, Tristan Royal
  • Patent number: 11928645
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for coordinated distribution of hairstyling products using automatic pumps connected over a computer network is described, including, identifying a customer model of a customer, and receiving a product request for the customer. Based on the product request, a product and an amount of the product is determined to be distributed and a networked pump us selected, based on the product and the amount. For the selected pump, a request for distribution for the amount of the product is generated, and the selected pump automatically distributes the amount of the product based on the request for distribution. A confirmation of a distribution of the amount of the product is received from the selected pump, and the customer model is updated based on the amount of the product distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BJDS, INC.
    Inventors: Quis T Bakir, Robinson B Nunez
  • Patent number: 11929165
    Abstract: A closed-loop control for a medical therapeutic system is disclosed that includes one or more processes or components for/in the medical therapeutic system, a controller configured to determine whether one or more operations of the process(es) or component(s) are within a corresponding safety envelope, and one or more sensors. The process(es)/component(s) are configured to deliver a controlled amount of a substance, energy or force to a patient. The sensor(s) are configured to measure or determine a value of a measurable parameter of the process(es)/component(s) and/or effected by the operation(s), and provide the value(s) of the measurable parameter(s) to the controller. The controller determines whether each of the operation(s) are within the corresponding safety envelope according to a corresponding function that mathematically describes the operation. The safety envelope corresponds to known safe values of the measurable parameter, or an unmeasured parameter based on the measurable parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mast Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Harrison Benton Caudill
  • Patent number: 11925349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical instrument, comprising an end effector configured to grasp tissue. The end effector comprises a jaw, and a staple cartridge seatable in the jaw, wherein the staple cartridge comprises a sensor array. The surgical instrument further comprises a power source configured to supply power to the staple cartridge, and a transmission system. The transmission system is configured to wirelessly transmit the power from the surgical instrument to the staple cartridge, monitor an efficiency of a transfer of the power from the surgical instrument to the staple cartridge, and adjust a transfer parameter based on the efficiency of the transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Patrick L. Creamer
  • Patent number: 11928632
    Abstract: A method of deception detection based upon ocular information of a subject provides a video camera configured to record a close-up view of a subject's eye. A cognitive state model is configured to determine a high to a low cognitive load experienced by the subject. An emotional state model is configured to determine a high to a low state of arousal experienced by the subject. After asking a question, the ocular information is processed to identify changes in ocular signals of the subject. The cognitive state and emotional state models are evaluated based solely on the changes in ocular signals where a probability of the subject being either truthful or deceptive is estimated for a binary output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Senseye, Inc.
    Inventors: David Zakariaie, Jared Bowden, Patricia Herrmann, Seth Weisberg, Andrew R. Sommerlot, Taumer Anabtawi, Joseph Brown, Alexander Rowe
  • Patent number: 11918333
    Abstract: The exemplified intrinsic phase space tomography methods and systems facilitate the analysis and evaluation of complex, quasi-periodic system by generating computed phase-space tomographic images as a representation of the dynamics of the quasi-periodic cardiac systems. The computed phase-space tomographic images can be presented to a physician to assist in the assessment of presence or non-presence of disease. In some embodiments, the phase space tomographic images are used as input to a trained neural network classifier configured to assess for presence or non-presence of significant coronary artery disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Analytics For Life Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Grouchy, Meng Lei, Ian Shadforth, Sunny Gupta, Timothy William Fawcett Burton, Shyamlal Ramchandani
  • Patent number: 11922722
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine that a user is in a presence of an information handling system (IHS); determine a digital image of a face of the user; determine an angle of the face of the user with respect to a vertical axis of a camera based at least on the digital image; determine that the face is facing a display associated with the IHS; determine an amount of time, which the user spends looking at the display; determine, via multiple sensors associated with the IHS, a heart rate and a respiratory rate associated with the user; determine that the user should move based at least on the first amount of time, the heart rate, the respiratory rate, and the angle; and display information indicating that the user should move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Karunakar Palicherla Reddy
  • Patent number: 11918807
    Abstract: A method includes receiving monitoring data from at least one sensing device coupled to a subject and analyzing the monitoring data to identify one or more physiologic parameters of the subject. The method also includes providing signaling to at least one stimulating device in response to the identified physiologic parameters, the signaling comprising instructions to apply a stimulus to the subject. The method further includes receiving additional monitoring data from the at least one sensing device, analyzing the additional monitoring data to identify one or more changes in the one or more physiologic parameters of the subject after application of the stimulus to the subject, and providing additional signaling to the at least one stimulating device, the additional signaling comprising instructions to modify the stimulus applied to the subject based on the identified changes in the one or more physiologic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LifeLens Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Landy Toth, Robert S. Schwartz, Beth Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11911158
    Abstract: Aspects relate to systems and methods for determining actor status according to behavioral phenomena. An exemplary system includes at least an eye sensor, wherein the at least an eye sensor is configured to detect an eye parameter and at least a physiological sensor, wherein the at least a physiological sensor is configured to detect a circulatory parameter, and a processor in communication with the at least an eye speech sensor and the at least a physiological sensor and configured to determine an eye pattern as a function of the eye parameter and correlate the eye pattern and the circulatory parameter to a cognitive status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Bradford R. Everman, Brian Scott Bradke
  • Patent number: 11915800
    Abstract: The invention is based on a patient recruitment system (10) having at least one patient recruitment server (16), which comprises at least one search routine (70) that is provided to search for patient data records (32) on the basis of recruitment characteristics (66). It is proposed that the patient recruitment server (16) comprises a notification routine (82) which is provided to send a recruitment notification (76) regarding at least one patient data record (32) found on the basis of the recruitment characteristics (66).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CLINERION LTD
    Inventors: Andreas Walter, Ulf Claesson, Dominik Aronsky, Bernhard Bodenmann
  • Patent number: 11911155
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring blood oxygen saturation of a subject is provided. The apparatus includes a unit configured for wearing on the subject's upper arm, the unit comprising first and second light sources configured to emit light of first and second wavelengths and a photodetector configured to detect light of the first and second wavelengths, where the light sources are arranged to direct light into the upper arm and the photodetector is arranged to detect light reflected from within the upper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CURRENT HEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Stewart Whiting, Samuel Moreland, Hugh Carter, Morgan Smith
  • Patent number: 11915804
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media useful in a healthcare computing platform to build and publish an integrated medical consultation report to a patient's primary electronic medical record are provided. The integrated medical consultation report presents up-to-date objective medical factors from the patient's medical record concurrently with a subjective medical summary from an authoring clinician. The integrated medical consultation report is stored as a unique medical document in the patient's primary electronic record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori N. Cross, Rob Helton, Heather Rapp, Trent Ahlenius, John Moore, Lisa Pastine, Nicole McReeves
  • Patent number: 11911173
    Abstract: A system for quantifying risk associated with preclinical indicators of one or more clinical skin conditions, the system is formed of a plurality of measurement tools in connection with a processor, the measurement tools configured to various pre-clinical indicators of the skin health of a subject' hand, where the processor is configured to calculate a score based on the combined data from the plurality of measurement tools, this score being representative of the subject's risk of future development of one or more clinical skin conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Deb IP Limited
    Inventors: Paul Blount, John Hines, Caroline Fellows, Chris Lang, Chris Mann, Kevin Ormandy
  • Patent number: 11915827
    Abstract: A system for classification to prognostic labels includes a classification device configured to receive a first training set including a plurality of first data entries, each including at least an element of physiological state data and at least a correlated first prognostic label and a second training set including a plurality of second data entries, each including at least a second prognostic label and at least a correlated ameliorative process label, to record at least a physiological test sample, and to transmit the prognostic and ameliorative outputs to a user device. The system includes a prognostic label learner configured to generate the prognostic output as a function of the first training set and the physiological test sample and an ameliorative process label learner configured to generate the ameliorative output as a function of the second training set and the prognostic output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11903727
    Abstract: A method for power management of a wearable device or an implantable device comprising a sensor, the sensor configured for providing a physiological information of a user, the sensor being further configured to be operated in at least two power modes comprising a first power mode and a second power mode, wherein in the first power mode the physiological information of the user is gathered and in the second power mode the sensor consumes less power than in the first power mode, the method comprising: receiving a signal being indicative of whether a health device which is configured to treat a health condition of the user is in use, wherein the health device is positioned at a different location with respect to the user than the wearable device or the implantable device; and based on the signal operating the sensor for a time duration in the first power mode; and operating the sensor in the second power mode thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Declan Patrick Kelly, Michael Martin Scheja, Wei Chen, Rim Helaoui
  • Patent number: 11908573
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for coordinating service for a user assigned to a service unit of a service facility. The techniques include receiving user data associated with the user, or resource status data associated with a status of a resource. The techniques further include determining a classification of the user based on the user data, the classification corresponding to a condition or service status of the user. The user may then be assigned to a user group based on the classification of the user. The user group may be associated with a recommendation for treating the user. The resource may also be assigned to a resource group based on the resource status data. The techniques further include generating a visual representation of at least a portion of the service unit based on the assigned user group or assigned resource group, and providing the visual representation to a user device for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Forehand, Edmund Jackson, Nathan Watkins, J R Allen
  • Patent number: 11903739
    Abstract: A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a first prong, and a second prong. A first electrode on the first prong is configured to contact the first lung. A second electrode on the device is configured to contact the first lung or a second lung. A third electrode on the second prong is configured to contact the heart or the tissue surrounding the heart. Sensing circuitry in the housing in electrical communication with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode is configured to measure an impedance in the first lung and/or the second lung, and/or a transthoracic impedance across the first lung and the second lung through the first electrode and the second electrode, and to measure an electrical signal from the heart through the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Calyan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yatheendhar D. Manicka
  • Patent number: 11908576
    Abstract: A healthcare management system for a healthcare team caring for a patient to serve a healthcare need of the patient includes a wearable sensor worn by the patient for obtaining healthcare data from the patient; a healthcare clinical system having an healthcare analysis subsystem for analyzing the healthcare data; and a relay device in communication selectively with the wearable sensor and the healthcare clinical system. The healthcare analysis subsystem includes an artificial intelligence (AI) engine, the AI engine having a plurality of clinical analysis modules, each clinical analysis module is directed to a respective predetermined medical area, the respective clinical analysis module analyzing the healthcare data with a respective learned algorithm directed to the respective predetermined medical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EMFIT OY
    Inventors: Heikki Räisänen, Mikko Alasaukko-oja, Jukka Ranta, Timo Aittokoski, Jouni Mitjonen, Tomi Virtanen
  • Patent number: 11908581
    Abstract: Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Kayser, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Johannes de Bie, Lori Ann Zapfe, Jotpreet Chahal, Eugene Urrutia, Christopher Keegan, Karrie Schwencer, Elaine Montambeau, Sherrod Faulks
  • Patent number: 11907353
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling measurement units for a medical scale. One system includes a removable head unit configured to couple to a medical scale platform. The removable head unit includes a human machine interface (HMI) and an electronic processor coupled to the human machine interface. The electronic processor is configured to receive, via the HMI, a first user input selecting a permanent lock mode. The electronic processor is configured to, in response to receiving the user input, present a first authentication request and receive a second user input including a first authentication token. The electronic processor is configured to, when the first authentication token is valid, present a measurement unit selection prompt. The electronic processor is configured to receive a second user input selecting a measurement unit and, in response to receiving the second user input, activate the permanent lock mode based on the selected measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Pelstar, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Winkler, Ken Harris, Rosalyn Ben-Chitrit
  • Patent number: 11899738
    Abstract: System and method for recipe discovery and consumption logging. Improved solutions enable intelligent management of a user's personal fitness journey i.e., based on their overall health in their exercise and dietary habits. In one exemplary embodiment, recipes may be curated and tagged from a variety of sources such as health and fitness blogs and/or other articles of interest. Recipe tagging ensures that users can retrieve only the specific recipes of interest to them from a variety of sources which may be focused on the public at large. Additionally, the recipe discovery and consumption logging interface may enable users to log actual consumption activity for a selected recipe, including ad hoc user modifications to recipe ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MyFitnessPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Palak Gohil, Angeline Baniqued, Shubhansha Agrawal, Yuting Pu
  • Patent number: RE49853
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method to timely provide notifications of treatments, the method including receiving de-identified longitudinal medical records, receiving notification data, identifying anonymized patients that received the treatment, identifying notifications for the treatment that were received by the recipients, determining, for each of the identified notifications, whether the recipient is an anonymized patient identified as having received the treatment, determining, for each of the identified notifications for the treatment determined to be received by a recipient that is an anonymized patient identified as having received the treatment, a time relationship between the time when the treatment was received by the anonymized patient and the time that the notification was received by the recipient that is the anonymized patient, and determining, for each of the anonymized patients that received the treatment, associations between one or more time relationships for notifications received by the anonymiz
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: IQVIA Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Cai, Bob Doyle, George Mu, Dong Dai, Emily Zhao, Steven Rosztoczy