Electrode Attached To Or Positioned Relative To A Specific External Body Portion Patents (Class 600/382)
  • Patent number: 11937946
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for reducing noise in cardiac monitoring including wearable monitoring devices having at least one electrode for cardiac monitoring; in some implementations, the wearable device using a composite adhesive having at least one conductive portion applied adjacent the electrode; and, in some implementations, including circuitry adaptations for the at least one electrode to act as a proxy driven right leg electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: RDS
    Inventors: George Stefan Golda, Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Mark P. Marriott, Sam Eletr, Bruce O'Neil
  • Patent number: 11935635
    Abstract: A medical lookup patch, for application to a medical device, includes a substrate having a front, a back, and a perimeter edge defined therebetween. The patch includes an engagement element of a hook-and-loop engagement system on the back of the substrate, for engaging with a complemental engagement element on the medical device. The front of the substrate includes first, second, and third information areas. Brand information is displayed in the first information area, and instructive information is displayed in the second information area. Lookup information is displayed in the third information area and defines a machine-readable code which, when processed by a machine, directs the machine to display human-readable information different from the lookup information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DJO, LLC
    Inventor: Donald P. LoGuercio
  • Patent number: 11925799
    Abstract: A muscle-stimulating waist trainer is an apparatus that strengthens and tones abdominal muscles. The apparatus includes a piece of athletic wear, a plurality of muscle-stimulation pads, a pair of conductive snaps, and a controller unit. The piece of athletic wear covers and compresses the body of a user. The piece of athletic wear positioned the plurality of muscle-stimulation pads against a desired muscle group. The piece of athletic wear may be, but is not limited to, a pair of athletic pants, a waistband, and an arm sleeve. The plurality of muscle-stimulation pads stimulates the desired muscle group, promoting increased tension for the desired muscle group and a toned physique after prolonged use. The pair of conductive snaps mounts the controller unit onto the piece of athletic wear and transmits the current from the controller unit through the athletic wear, and to the plurality of muscle-stimulation pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Nicole Britta Cristiani, Nino Cristiani
  • Patent number: 11896393
    Abstract: A wearable diagnostic electrocardiogram (ECG) garment is disclosed herein. The wearable diagnostic ECG garment comprises a garment body, a plurality of electrodes positioned on the body, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising a connection stud, a contact pad interface and a contact pad, an electrode connector extending from the body, and a plurality of wires positioned in the garment body, each of the plurality of wires connected from the electrode connector to an electrode of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CB Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Christian McClung, Stephen Dunphy
  • Patent number: 11896384
    Abstract: A sensor device is described that includes a dry electrode, a pressure sensor, and a communication apparatus. The dry electrode is configured to be placed adjacent to a belly of a pregnant patient. The pressure sensor is coupled to the dry electrode to sense pressure within the belly. The sensed pressure indicates counts of physiological activities of a fetus within the pregnant patient over a period of time. The communication apparatus is coupled to the pressure sensor and the dry electrode. The communication apparatus is configured to transmit data characterizing the counts of the plurality of physiological activities to a cloud computing server for generating an assessment of health of the fetus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Aga Khan University
    Inventors: Saleem Sayani, Muhammad Abdul Muqeet, Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmed, Naeem Sheikh, Sannan Ahmed Qureshi, Nadeem Zuberi
  • Patent number: 11878104
    Abstract: A wound dressing for pressure gradient wound therapy. The wound dressing includes a dressing body and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer provides an adhesive region for providing a seal between the wound dressing and the periphery of a wound site, in use. Sensors are provided associated with the adhesive region, the sensors being configured to monitor one or more conditions indicative of a hermeticity of the seal between the wound dressing and the periphery of the wound site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ConvaTec limited
    Inventors: Ankur Kodavanti, Greeshma Girijakumari, Harshad Kulkarni, Joshin Sahadevan, Praveen Kadni, Sandeep Damodaran, Srinivasan Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 11877614
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to devices, systems and methods for optimizing and masking compression in a biosensing garment. The biosensing garment has a first fabric portion configured to be disposed about a circumferential region of a user, the first fabric portion having an inner surface including electrode sensor assembly configured to be placed in contact with the skin of the user, the first fabric portion having a first compression rating; and a second fabric portion extending from the first fabric portion, the second fabric portion having a second compression rating less than the first compression rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanna Berzowska, Frederic Chanay, Maria Elina Nurkka
  • Patent number: 11872051
    Abstract: A system and method is used to monitor, control, and/or provide feedback relative to one or more factors related to a patient's body, such as a shoulder, pursuant to a treatment process. The system monitors, controls, and/or provides feedback relative to shoulder factors including shoulder motion, shoulder muscle contraction, and external pressure on the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ACTIVE4D, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl D'Lima, Heinz Hoenecke, David G. Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11864858
    Abstract: An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode device with wireless electrodes is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode device places multiple wireless electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting. The system also works with a mobile SRM app that continuously runs EKGs to continuously monitor a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CB Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Christian McClung, Stephen Dunphy
  • Patent number: 11849778
    Abstract: A garment structure having an adjustment mechanism for abutting at least one pad unit against a human body includes a garment body, at least one adjustment belt, and at least one pad unit being an electrode pad unit, a heating pad unit, or an electrode pad unit with a heating unit. The adjustment belt has one end connected to the garment body, and another end fixed to an outer surface of the garment body. When the adjustment belt is pulled tight, the garment body is dragged to move toward the skin. The pad unit is disposed on the garment body, and moves, along with a portion of the garment body being dragged, to abut against the skin. A user wearing the garment structure can pull and secure the adjustment belt to enable the pad unit to easily and quickly abut against the skin to proceed with electrotherapy and/or heat therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Hoi Ming Michael Ho
  • Patent number: 11813077
    Abstract: A method for generating sleep apnea information for a portion of body sensor data. The method of generating sleep apnea information is made dependent upon a determined presence or absence of arrhythmia within the portion of body sensor data. A first sleep apnea detection methodology is used in response to an absence of arrhythmia being detected within the portion of body sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jenny Margarito, Koen Theo Johan De Groot, Pedro Fonseca
  • Patent number: 11793573
    Abstract: Methods, system, and media for identifying one or more ablation locations in an atrial tissue region in an atrial fibrillation (AF) patient with atrial fibrosis are disclosed. Three-dimensional imaging data representing the atria of the patient may be received. A patient-specific model of the atria may be generated from the three-dimensional imaging data. Simulation of the AF on the patient-specific model may be conducted to identify AF-perpetrating regions. One or more ablation locations in the atria may be identified from the AF-perpetrating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Natalia A. Trayanova, Kathleen Mcdowell
  • Patent number: 11793247
    Abstract: A piece of smart fabric for recognizing an object or a touch gesture includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has multiple resistive sensors and multiple capacitive sensors. Each resistive sensor corresponds to each capacitive sensor. Each capacitive sensor includes a first piece of conductive fabric and a second piece of conductive fabric, and each resistive sensor includes a piece of pressure sensing fabric sandwiched between the first piece of conductive fabric and the second piece of conductive fabric of the corresponding capacitive sensor. The second layer has multiple inductive sensors and multiple NFC sensors. Each of the multiple inductive sensors corresponds to each of the NFC sensors. Each inductive sensor and its corresponding NFC sensor share a same coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alemayehu Seyed, Stephen Edward Hodges, Te-Yen Wu, Zheer Xu
  • Patent number: 11786178
    Abstract: An electrode structure of a bio-signal measurement comprises electrodes adapted to be adhered on skin with an adhesive and separated from each other. A connector arrangement for an electric contact with an external electric device is on an opposite side of the electrode structure. Electric conductors are electrically connected with the electrodes and the connector arrangement. The electrode structure comprises attachable sections directly adjacent to one of the at least two electrodes, the attachable sections being adapted to be adhered on the skin. The electrode structure comprises a flexible and elastic loose section, which is free from an adherence to the skin, each of the attachable sections being located between an electrode and a loose section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BITTIUM BIOSIGNALS OY
    Inventor: Juha Myllykangas
  • Patent number: 11730386
    Abstract: An electrical impedance tomography system with frequency division multiplexing based data compression comprising electrodes, a connecting line, an electrical impedance tomography chip, a universal serial bus and a computer. The present invention realizes the proposed electrical impedance tomography system by innovative application of frequency division multiplexing technology, and has the advantages of low power consumption and improved hardware overheads. The architecture of the 13-channel electrical impedance tomography chip introduced in the embodiment of the present invention, which applies the frequency division multiplexing based data compression technology, has taped out using CMOS 0.13 micrometer process; the power consumption per channel turns out to be 118 microwatts and the area is 0.87 square millimeters, verifying the effectiveness of the present invention. The present invention can also be migrated to other applications of electrical impedance tomography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Boxiao Liu, Yong Lian, Lei Zeng, Chun Huat Heng
  • Patent number: 11723575
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. A strip has first and second end sections, and a first surface and second surface. Two electrocardiographic electrodes are provided on the strip with one of the electrocardiographic electrodes provided on the first surface of the first end section of the strip and another of the electrocardiographic electrodes positioned on the first surface on the second end section of the strip. A flexible circuit is mounted to the second surface of the strip and includes a circuit trace electrically coupled to each of the electrocardiographic electrodes. A wireless transceiver is affixed on one of the first or second end sections, and a battery is positioned on one of the first or second end sections. A processor is positioned on one of the first or second end sections and is housed separate from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 11696693
    Abstract: A wearable device in the form of a tee-shirt is described. The sleeves of the tee-shirt having an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor or a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor for monitoring the pulse of a person wearing the tee-shirt. The tee-shirt makes possible the comparison of the pulses down the two arms. The pulse-transit-time, pulse amplitude, pulse spread and pulse shape may be compared to observe any difference between the left and right sides of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: WELL BEING DIGITAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming Yip Wallace Wong
  • Patent number: 11696682
    Abstract: A monitoring system a user activity sensor to determine patterns of activity based upon the user activity occurring over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 11690571
    Abstract: A wristband biosensing system, a wristband biosensing apparatus, and a biological sensing method are provided. The system includes a wristband body worn on a wrist of a user, at least one physiological signal sensor, at least one deformation sensor, and a processing device coupled to the physiological signal sensor and the deformation sensor. The physiological signal sensor is disposed on the wristband body at a position corresponding to at least one sensing portion of the wrist to detect a physiological signal of each sensing portion. The deformation sensor is disposed around each physiological signal sensor to detect deformation of each sensing portion and output a deformation signal. The processing device receives the physiological signal and the deformation signal, inquires a compensation signal corresponding to the deformation signal, and corrects the physiological signal by using the compensation signal, so as to output a corrected physiological signal of each sensing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Yu, Ming-Huan Yang, Kuang-Ching Fan
  • Patent number: 11684771
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system for treatment of physiological disorders. The system includes one or more stimulators for stimulating one or more cranial nerves; one or more detectors configured for detecting a predetermined physiological state; and a control unit that controls nerve stimulation by the one or more stimulators so that it is synchronized with the at least one predetermined physiological state detected by the one or more detectors. A method of neuromodulating a patient for treatment of physiological disorder. The method includes the steps of detecting a predetermined physiological state and applying stimulation to one of the cranial nerves during the predetermined physiological state by one or more stimulators of a neuromodulation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CogniGuard Medical Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Tamir Ben-David, Nimrod Kadim, Shmuel Glasberg, Ra'anan Gefen
  • Patent number: 11688677
    Abstract: A structure may include a first material, a second material joined to the first material at a junction between the first and second materials, and one or more media extending across the junction to form a continuous interconnect between the first and second materials, wherein the first and second materials are heterogeneous. The structure may further include a transition at the junction between the first and second materials. The one or more media may include a functional material which may be electrically conductive. The structure may further include a third material joined to the second material at a second junction between the second and third materials, the media may extend across the second junction to form a continuous interconnect between the first, second, and third materials, and the second and third materials may be heterogeneous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Liquid Wire Inc.
    Inventors: Mark William Ronay, Jorge E. Carbo, Jr., Trevor Antonio Rivera, Charles J. Kinzel, Michael Adventure Hopkins, Sai Srinivas Desabathina
  • Patent number: 11679251
    Abstract: The electrical stimulation belt includes an electrical stimulator, a flexible substrate, a plurality of electrical connectors, a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of locators. The electrical stimulation is applied to the trunk or waist of a patient by the electrical stimulator belt through the placement of the plurality of electrical connectors in contact with the plurality of electrodes on the belt. A plurality of locators releasably fastened to the belt assist the user in locating the electrodes on the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Philip Muccio
  • Patent number: 11672435
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor patch configured to be attached to the skin of a user. The sensor patch may include: at least one opening; and a frame surrounding the at least one opening, wherein the frame may include at least one senor configured to measure a biosignal of the user. Therefore, since the at least one sensor for measuring a biosignal is provided on the frame surrounding at least one opening, it may be possible to continuously obtain a biosignal of the user for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyunjung Yi, Tae-Hyung Kang, Sunho Kim, In-Suk Choi, Rhokyun Kwak, Sangha Kim, Jina Choi
  • Patent number: 11660463
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vaginal treatment device using LEDs, high-frequency waves, and EMS, the vaginal treatment device including: a main body part configured to be inserted into a vagina and having one or more LED irradiation units configured to irradiate an interior of the vagina with light, and electrode units configured to transfer radio frequency (RF) energy or electro muscular stimulation (EMS) energy into the vagina; a handle part embedded with a battery and having a power source member connected to one end of the main body part and configured to control transmission and reception to/from the LED irradiation units or the electrode units; and a housing part electrically connected to the handle part and configured to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Sun-Young Kang
  • Patent number: 11654045
    Abstract: An intraoral stimulation device configured to be positioned in a mouth of a patient. The device includes a sensor and one or more electrodes. The sensor is configured to monitor a position of the tongue and/or force exerted by the tongue against the sensor and to transmit a signal encoding tongue information. The electrode(s) is/are configured to deliver electrical stimuli to the patient's hard palate when the tongue information indicates that the tongue has moved from a desired position to an undesired position in the mouth. The electrical stimuli causes the tongue to move from the undesired position to the desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Huntington Medical Research Institutes
    Inventor: Douglas B. McCreery
  • Patent number: 11647929
    Abstract: We disclose a portable wearable device for measuring electrocardiographic signals, the device comprising a first portion comprising at least two electrodes; a second portion comprising at least three electrodes; the first portion and the second portion being vertically spaced from one another; a controller configured to take: a first potential difference measurement using one of the electrodes of the first portion and one of the electrodes of the second portion; a second potential difference measurement using one other of the electrodes of the first portion and one other of the electrodes of the second portion; and a third potential difference measurement using one other of the electrodes of the first portion and one other of the electrodes of the second portion. The controller is configured to simultaneously take the first, second and third potential difference measurements at three independent positions of a user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE HEARTWEAR LIMITED
    Inventor: Rameen Shakur
  • Patent number: 11647952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for wearable dry electrodes for collecting biometric information. According to one embodiment, a dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise one or more conductive pads comprising electrodes of the dry electrode bio-sensor and one or more connectivity traces coupled with each of the one or more conductive pads. The connectivity traces can provide electrical connections for one or more of power to the one or more conductive pads or signals comprising biometric information from the one or more conductive pads. A backing can be coupled with and can retain the one or more conductive pads and the one or more connectivity traces. The dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, a respiration sensor, a PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) sensor, a temperature sensor, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, or another biometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Srinivasa Varadan Rajagopalan, Jeffrey B. Cross, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Mark A. Bergman
  • Patent number: 11642232
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for sensor systems. In one embodiment, a system may include an implantable component and an external component. The implantable component may comprise a housing and an electrode array configured to receive a plurality of biopotential signals. The housing may comprise a wireless power receiver and a wireless data transmitter to transmit representations of the biopotential signals. The external component may comprise a wireless data receiver configured to receive the plurality of digital representations of the biopotential signals and a wireless power transmitter configured to provide power to the internal component. A shielding component may separate the wireless power transmitter from the wireless data receiver. An interface may be configured to communicate with a prosthesis and configured to cause the prosthesis to implement a voluntary motion based on the plurality of digital presentations of the biopotential signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Ripple LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Allen McDonnall, Scott Darold Hiatt, Brian Scott Crofts, Christopher Farand Smith, Andrew Miller Wilder
  • Patent number: 11633139
    Abstract: Disclosed systems include a self-contained electroencephalogram (EEG) recording patch comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and wherein the first and second electrodes cooperate to measure a skin-electrode impedance, a substrate containing circuitry for generating an EEG signal from the measured skin-electrode impedance, amplifying the EEG signal, digitizing the EEG signal, and retrievably storing the EGG signal. The patch also comprises a power source and an enclosure that houses the substrate, the power source, and the first and second electrodes in a unitary package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Epitel, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis E. Dudek, Michael K. Elwood, John H. Fisher, Mark J. Lehmkuhle, Jean M. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11607164
    Abstract: A brainwave signal collecting device includes a main part and an elastic sleeve having a first opening. The main part is installed on the elastic sleeve, and the elastic sleeve can be positioned by suction on a user's head through the first opening after being pressed. The main part is in contact with the head to collect brainwave signals. The brainwave signal collecting device has an elastic sleeve serving as a flexible piece. When the brainwave signal collecting device is worn, the elastic sleeve can be pressed to partly exhaust the air therein so as to be positioned by suction on the head by the first opening of the elastic sleeve, which can improve the comfort of the head in contact with the elastic sleeve; and the position and angle at which the main part contacts the head can be adjusted through the deformation of the elastic sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11589757
    Abstract: A blood pressure estimation device includes a display unit (10), a belt portion (20), a first contact electrode (61) and a second contact electrode (62) for detecting an electrocardiographic waveform, and a pulse wave sensor. The display unit (10) displays a blood pressure estimation result. The belt portion (20) is connected to the display unit (10) and surrounds a target measurement site. The pulse wave sensor includes a pulse wave detection unit (40E) that detects a pulse wave of an artery (91) passing through the target measurement site. The first contact electrode (61) and the pulse wave detection unit (40E) are provided on an inner circumferential portion (20a) of the belt portion (20). The second contact electrode (62) is provided on an outer circumferential portion (20b) of the belt portion (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawabata, Naomi Matsumura, Naoki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11553866
    Abstract: Provided are a nanofiber mesh bioelectrode including: a nanofiber mesh sheet in which nanofibers containing a biocompatible water-soluble polymer are entangled in a network form; and a conductive layer coated on the nanofiber mesh sheet and including a conductive material, and a method of producing the same. The nanofiber mesh bioelectrode according to the present invention does not cause discomfort when applied to a living body due to its excellent biocompatibility and excellent flexibility, and easily measures a biosignal or easily applies stimulation for a long period of time, as the nanofiber mesh bioelectrode is not easily detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung-Won Lee, Woo-Seong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11541228
    Abstract: The electrical stimulation garment includes an electrical stimulator, a flexible substrate, a plurality of electrical connectors, a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of locators. The electrical stimulation is applied to the body part by the electrical stimulator through the placement of the plurality of electrical connectors in contact with the plurality of electrodes to a prescribed area of the body part as identified by the plurality of locators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Philip Muccio
  • Patent number: 11534071
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a processor and a lower module. The lower module includes a pressure sensor for detecting a mechanical movement of a skin that covers an artery. The mechanical movement of the skin is due to blood flow through the artery. The processor is configured to receive skin movement information from the movement sensor; calculate a pulse front velocity (PFV), which is a velocity of a blood wave as the blood wave passes under the pressure sensor; estimate a pulse wave velocity (PWV) using the PFV; and estimate the blood pressure using the PWV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING SHUNYUAN KAIHUA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yan Vule, Andrew J. Rosenthal, Kongqiao Wang, Shimon Hayun, Yoav Aminov, Elena Sokolova, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Alexander Sromin, Artem Galeev, Ninel Gorev
  • Patent number: 11533552
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to detect biological information measured at a head and control a volume of an ambient sound output from a speaker provided in a device which is worn so as to cover an ear according to the detected biological information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Agama-X Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motofumi Baba, Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11529059
    Abstract: Provided is a film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus configured in a such a way that a plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and a circuit unit are formed on a film-type piezoelectric element so as to easily attach the apparatus to the skin and an electrical signal as well as an electrical signal of a human body is simultaneously measured using the plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and the circuit unit. Accordingly, the film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus simultaneously measures electrocardiogram (ECG) and ballistocardiogram (BCG) from the simultaneously measured electrical signal and vibration signal of the human body and extracts biomedical information of various types of health indexes such as a heart rate, a stress index, BCG, a blood pressure, an amount of physical activity, a respiration rate, and VO2max from the two different biomedical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hee Chan Kim, Seung Woo Noh, Chi Yul Yoon
  • Patent number: 11517748
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wound treatment patch using static electricity, and a method for fabricating the wound treatment patch using static electricity. The patch includes a substrate made of a sticky polymer; a first electrode disposed in a first partial region of one face of the substrate and exposed to an outside; and a second electrode disposed in a second partial region other than the first partial region, and spaced apart from the first electrode, and encapsulated within the substrate, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode is made of hydrogel having electrical conductivity or a soft polymer having electrical conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: STATIC ELECTRICITY MEDICAL SOLUTIONS CORP.
    Inventors: SangWoo Kim, Byung Ok Choi, Hyoung Taek Kim, Min Ki Kang, Young Jun Kim, Han Yup Yum, Woo Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11511693
    Abstract: A plurality of frequency orthogonal signals are transmitted into a person. At least one of the plurality of frequency orthogonal signals is received at a receiving antenna or conductor. The received signal is measured. Characteristics of the received signal are used to establish a result related to that person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Braon Moseley, Darren Leigh
  • Patent number: 11471093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, method and corresponding computer program for milk ejection reflex (MER) determination, the system comprising a breast shield arrangement (1) for a breast pump (2) configured to be attached on a first breast of a female, a physiological sensor unit (4) for receiving a physiological reception signal from the second breast, which is opposite to the first breast, wherein the physiological reception signal is indicative of fluid contents in the second breast, and wherein the system is configured to determine a milk ejection reflex based on a change in fluid contents in the second breast. It finds particular application during and in connection with breastfeeding and allows for direct detection of the beginning of the milk flow in the breast, i.e. the occurrence of the MER, without delay and with a high degree of precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin, Lili-Marjan Brockhuis, Łucja Elżbieta Segaar, Jozef Hubertus Gelissen
  • Patent number: 11439335
    Abstract: An electrode assembly that includes an electrically conductive layer, a first impedance reduction system, and a second impedance reduction system. The electrically conductive layer forms an electrode portion of the electrode assembly and a first surface to be placed adjacent a person's skin. The first impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a first amount of an electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a first activation signal. The second impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a second amount of the electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a second activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Shane S. Volpe, Emil Oskin
  • Patent number: 11393571
    Abstract: Provided herein in some embodiments is a resistance-training system including an upper-body garment having a first section of a single-layered construction and a second section of a multi-layered construction. The single-layered construction can include a first fabric layer. The multi-layered construction can include the first fabric layer, a second fabric layer, and a resistance-providing layer in-between the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer. The resistance-training system also includes a lower-body garment having the multi-layered construction, optionally with a different resistance-providing layer than the upper-body garment. The resistance-providing layer of the upper-body garment and the lower-body garment can be configured to provide resistance to one or more user movements for a user donning the resistance-training system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Ryan K. Crume
  • Patent number: 11284833
    Abstract: A method includes receiving acoustic inputs; generating signal channels from the acoustic inputs; pre-processing data in the signal channels; extracting S1-S2 peaks from the pre-processed data; removing artifacts and outliers from the S1-S2 peaks; generating S1-S2 signal channels based on the S1-S2 peaks in the pre-processed signal channels; selecting two or more of the S1-S2 signal channels; and combining the selected two or more S1-S2 signal channels to produce an acoustic uterine monitoring signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Nuvo Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Muhammad Mhajna
  • Patent number: 11229401
    Abstract: A garment for bringing an EM transducer to contact with a thoracic skin surface area of a wearer is disclosed. The garment comprises a thoracic garment having a EM transducer placement portion and a pressure applying element associated with the EM transducer placement portion for applying a pressure on an EM transducer secured in an associated the EM transducer placement portion when the thoracic garment is worn by a wearer so that the EM transducer applies a respective pressure on a thoracic skin surface area of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Saroka, Leonid Voshin, Jonathan Bar-Or, Tal Levi, Ofer Karp, Yiftach Barash, Nadav Mizrahi, Dan Rappaport, Shiomi Bergida, Jonathan Bahat
  • Patent number: 11229392
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cardiac fast firing (e.g., atrial fast firing) detection perform frequency analysis on channels of collected cardiac waveform data and test the data for outlier frequency complex content that is of higher frequency than baseline frequency complex content associated with cardiac fibrillation (e.g., atrial fibrillation) or other arrhythmogenic activity. Anatomical regions from whence the cardiac fast firing originates can be displayed in real time on an epicardial surface map via a graphical display, aiding administration of therapy. Prior to such detection, QRST complex removal can be performed to ensure that ventricular activity does not infect the atrial fast firing analysis. A frequency-based method for QRST complex removal is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CARDIOINSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ping Jia, Qingguo Zeng, Timothy G. Laske, Qing Lou
  • Patent number: 11123020
    Abstract: The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Matthew Banet, Marshal Singh Dhillon, Susan Meeks Pede, Kenneth Robert Hunt
  • Patent number: 11116448
    Abstract: A multi-sensor smart patch is disclosed that can be worn by a user to monitor multiple physiological systems of the user. The multi-sensor smart patch can make use of two or more acoustic sensors, such as accelerometer contact microphones (ACMs), to collect acoustic data from multiple locations on the user's body. The multi-sensor smart patch can include electrodes for detecting the heart's electrical activity and/or assessing the user's bioimpedance. The multi-sensor smart patch can provide useful data associated with the user's cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and electrical characteristics. The multi-sensor smart patch can be in the form of a reusable electronics module couplable to a disposable patch adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLC
    Inventors: Ana Trapero Martin, Michael Daniel Vermeer, Mathew Asselin, Joel Steven Ironstone
  • Patent number: 11096653
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide improved electronic stethoscopes that provide diversified diagnosis functionality. For example, embodiments may provide the capability to diagnose a wide range of pathologies by using the device's wireless network capacity to link it to wearable sensors of different kinds, maintaining the traditional use of the stethoscope while enabling it to sense a whole new set of physiological signals. For example, in an embodiment, a system may comprise a networked electronic stethoscope and a sensor adapted to be attached to the networked electronic stethoscope, the sensor comprising an electrode adapted to obtain a signal representing a physiological parameter of a patient, a processor adapted to digitize and process the obtained signal to form data, and a wireless network adapter adapted to transmit the data to the networked electronic stethoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Newton Howard
  • Patent number: 11089996
    Abstract: Various methods and machines have been used in the past to measure electrical characteristics of living tissue for purpose of locating an area of abnormal nervous system activity. However, whereas prior art methodologies merely allow for the detection of pain, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allow for the objective assessment pain severity that finds utility not only the initial diagnosis but also the on-going treatment of any disease, disorder or injury associated therewith. To that end, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allows medical practitioners to non-invasively and quantitatively distinguish organic pain from psychosomatic pain and legitimate pain patients from drug seekers and opiod addicts, as well as to directly and objectively compare the efficacy of different drug regimens and therapy protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Episcan Global, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Sitton, Christopher P. Dougherty, Samuel F. Arndt, III
  • Patent number: 11058338
    Abstract: An electronic device having a housing and at least one male connection portion for detachably connecting the electronic device to a female snap. The male connection portion having a stud with a male head portion capable of fitting within a socket region of a snap. The male head portion having a terminal end which is the terminal end of the stud and a second end which separates the male head portion from a mid-portion, and an end portion opposite the male head portion. The end portion has a terminal end which is second terminal end of the stud. A mid-portion is between the male head portion and the end portion. The stud is in electrical contact with an electronic component of the electronic device, and the head portion has a centered cavity open at the terminal end of the male head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Kimmo Pernu, Tapio Selby, Ossi Lehtinen
  • Patent number: 10993633
    Abstract: A system and method for a multi-function remote ambulatory cardiac monitoring system. The system includes a housing and a microprocessor disposed within the housing. The microprocessor controls the remote ambulatory cardiac monitoring system. The system also includes an electrode for sensing ECG signals and the electrode being in communication with the microprocessor. An integrated cellular module also is included in the system, and the cellular module is connected to the microprocessor and disposed within the housing. The integrated cellular module transmits ECG signals to a remote center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ACS DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Loren A. Manera