Force Applied Against Skin To Close Blood Vessel Patents (Class 600/490)
  • Patent number: 12186094
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes an electronic component and an encapsulant. The encapsulant includes a low-penetrability region encapsulating the electronic component and a high-penetrability region physically separated from the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Chang-Lin Yeh
  • Patent number: 12171576
    Abstract: A conformal patch device can be provided to a patient. The patch device can include sensors configured to be positioned over a chest of a patient. The sensors can include PPG sensors, ECG sensors, and SCG sensors. The conformal patch device can adhere to a single continuous area of the chest. Some sensors may attached to a viscoelastic substrate to achieve mechanical isolation from other patch components. The conformal patch device can capture measurements from the sensor doing a time window sufficient enough to detect disordered breathing. The system can determine disordered breathing and related cardiorespiratory parameters during the time window for the patient using the sensor measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Huxley Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Zavanelli, Brennan Torstrick, Nick Bolus, Mohsen Safaei, Brett Klosterhoff
  • Patent number: 12161445
    Abstract: Light-based non-invasive blood pressure measurement systems and methods that include a sensor having a light emitter and a light detector are disclosed. The light emitter emitting coherent or non-coherent light that is transmitted into and reflected from the tissues of the patient, including reflecting from moving blood. The light reflected from the moving blood being having a Doppler shift and detected by the light detector to generate a noninvasive blood pressure signal. The non-invasive blood pressure signal is processed to determine the instantaneous velocity of the blood. Additionally, pulse wave velocity data is obtained nearly, or substantially, simultaneously with the acquisition of the non-invasive blood pressure signal. Using the pulse wave velocity, the instantaneous velocity of the blood and a density of the blood, an instantaneous blood pressure can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Clinton T. Siedenburg
  • Patent number: 12161483
    Abstract: A sensing device for acquiring data via a finger. The device includes a wrap having a central portion with a tip wing, a first side wing, and a second side wing each extending therefrom. The wrap has an exterior side and an opposite finger side that faces towards the finger. An electronics system is coupled to the wrap and has a sensor configured to acquire the data from the finger. An adhesive is configured to adhere the sensing device to the finger. First and second attachment portions are positioned on finger side of the first side wing and on the exterior side of the second side wing, respectively, where the first and second attachment portions removably attach to each other to non-adhesively secure the wrap around the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Juha P. Virtanen, Emma E. Hellmann, Terho Pulliainen
  • Patent number: 12138023
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes: a case including an outer case, a base housed in the outer case, and a back cover that covers an opening of the outer case; a movable portion arranged in a gap between the outer case, the base and the back cover, and including a bag-shaped cuff that inflates when a fluid is supplied to an internal space; and a seal member that is formed of a gel body having a lower elastic modulus than that of the cuff, and that is provided in the gap to seal the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nishida, Hirokazu Tanaka, Shinji Mizuno, Noboru Kohara, Kotaro Kitajo, Keitaro Nagano, Yoshihiko Sano, Takashi Ono
  • Patent number: 12129958
    Abstract: A hand-held device for recording of living skin areas of human autopods and documents is disclosed. The device has an image acquisition module with a support surface and a holding unit for a display and an operating module. The holding unit contains a base frame and a folding frame, which are pivotably connected by a mechanical pivot joint. The image acquisition module is arranged in the base frame, with the support surface facing the folding frame, and the display and operating module can be arranged in the folding frame, with the display facing away from the base frame. In an opened state of the holding unit, the base frame and the folding frame enclose an angle of less than 90° and greater than 20° with each other. In a closed state of the holding unit, the image acquisition module can be covered by the display and operating module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DERMALOG JENETRIC GMBH
    Inventors: Roberto Wolfer, Holger Femel, Yvonne Vödisch, Jörg Standau
  • Patent number: 12127858
    Abstract: An apparatus for non-invasively estimating bio-information may include a bio-signal acquirer configured to acquire a bio-signal; and a processor configured to extract a plurality of characteristic points from the bio-signal, determine internally dividing points of the plurality of characteristic points, and extract feature values from the bio-signal based on the internally dividing points to perform bio-information estimation. The plurality of characteristic points may include a first time point and a second time point when the pulse wave signal includes a first component pulse wave that has a maximum amplitude at the first time point, and a second component pulse wave that has a maximum amplitude at the second time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Patent number: 12114965
    Abstract: Provided is a cuff cover for a blood pressure measurement device including a bag body having a stretchable bag-like shape with a length that allows a cuff structure and a curler curving and following along a shape of the wrist to be disposed inside the bag body, a first hole portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the bag body and provided at a portion of the bag body facing the outer circumferential surface of the curler, the first hole portion being configured to allow the curler provided with the cuff structure to be inserted by elongating the bag body, and a second hole portion formed in a shape allowing the power feeding terminal to be exposed, the second hole portion being provided at a portion of the bag body facing the power feeding terminal provided on the outer circumferential surface of the curler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Taniguchi, Masaki Harada
  • Patent number: 12102419
    Abstract: A bio-information processing apparatus may include: a bio-signal measurer configured to measure a bio-signal; a bio-information receiver configured to receive first bio-information; and a processor configured to estimate second bio-information based on the bio-signal, and to correct the second bio-information based on measurement circumstances of the first bio-information and the second bio-information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ko, Seung Keun Yoon, Jong Wook Lee, Dae Geun Jang, Chang Mok Choi, Youn Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12082914
    Abstract: A cardiovascular health assessment score, representing a working tissue flow and indicating the dependence on central and peripheral control mechanisms, is generated by an evaluation system and used to support a variety of individualized medicine and health applications. One or more of the individualized medicine and health applications may be implemented as part of the evaluation system and incorporate the cardiovascular health assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew J. Gow, Gillian M. Cannon
  • Patent number: 12076171
    Abstract: In the cover for a blood pressure meter according to the invention, a coupling region that is detachably attached to a bottom surface of a main body is provided on one end. A tray region that is disposed so as to face a back surface of the main body and receives an accommodated cuff belt is connected to the coupling region. A panel cover region capable of covering a front panel of the main body is provided on the other end. A storage cover region that connects the tray region and the panel cover region is provided. In a cover-coupled state where the coupling region is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the main body, the panel cover region and the storage cover region are configured to be openable and closable with respect to the front panel and the tray region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ogihara, Yoshikazu Inami, So Noguchi, Shuji Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 12076186
    Abstract: A device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may include: an optical source; an optical assembly comprising at least one lens, configured to focus reflected optical illumination from a target onto a detector; and an ultrasound transducer aligned to transmit and receive ultrasound radiation co-axially with the reflected optical illumination and wherein the ultrasound transducer at least partially obstructs a path of the reflected optical illumination. An obstruction may be distant from a focal spot of the optical assembly. The device for measuring reflected ultrasound and optical signals may be particularly useful for characterizing fluid behind an ear drum to diagnose otitis media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Moehring, Daniel Kreindler, Charlie Corredor, Chad Jason Macdonald, Dar Bahatt
  • Patent number: 12064222
    Abstract: Provided is a blood pressure measurement device including a curler including a cover portion that fixes a device body to a hand back side of the wrist, a pressing cuff including a first bag-like structure and a first flow path body which is integrally formed with the first bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the first bag-like structure facing the curler and is fluidly connecting a pump and the first bag-like structure, a sensing cuff including a second bag-like structure and a second flow path body which is integrally formed with the second bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the second bag-like structure and is including one end disposed on the wrist side of the cover portion, and a tensile cuff including a third bag-like structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ono, Yoshihiko Sano, Masaki Harada, Takayuki Matsuoka, Takanori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 12064220
    Abstract: A venous pressure measurement apparatus includes: a pressure controller that causes an internal pressure of a cuff to be attached to a subject, to change; a pressure detector that detects the internal pressure of the cuff; and a processor that causes the pressure controller to change the internal pressure of the cuff, acquires a statistical value relating to a distribution of amplitudes of a plurality of pressure changes corresponding to pressure vibration that occurs in the cuff, and that is detected by the pressure detector, and estimates a venous pressure of the subject based on a change of the statistical value due to the change of the internal pressure of the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kobayashi, Haruka Morimoto
  • Patent number: 12059273
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for estimating bio-information. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes a processor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal from a user; extract components of a plurality of element waveforms which constitute a waveform of the pulse wave signal; and obtain a cardiovascular feature based on the extracted components of the plurality of element waveforms. The processor is configured to extract a component of at least one element waveform based on a component of an adjacent element waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ui Kun Kwon, Chang Soon Park, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
  • Patent number: 12051511
    Abstract: Method for modelling blood vessels includes: obtaining medical imaging data of the blood vessels; generating a three-dimensional personalized model of the blood vessels, based on the medical imaging data; generating a three-dimensional reference model of the blood vessels that reflects a state of healthy blood vessels that lack lesions, based on the medical imaging data or based on numerical reconstruction of the personalized model; performing a numerical simulation of blood flow for the same physical and boundary conditions in the personalized model and in the reference model, the simulation comprising determining conditions of blood flow at an inlet to the blood vessels model and calculating blood flow energy for the inlet and all outlets of the blood vessels model; comparing the blood flow energy measured for the personalized model and for the reference model; determining flow energy change indexes of the blood flow in the personalized model and the reference model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KARDIOLYTICS INC.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Malota, Wojciech Sadowski
  • Patent number: 12016663
    Abstract: A pulse diagnosis apparatus includes a base, a bearing and a plurality of sensing module. The base has a motion module. The motion module is disposed on the base and moves back and forward in a first direction. The bearing is disposed on the motion module and includes a first face and a second face. Each sensing module includes a driving element, a flexible element and a sensing unit. The driving element moves in the first direction and passes through the bearing. The driving element includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is adjacent to the second face. The second terminal is adjacent to the first face. The flexible element is hitched up the driving element. Two terminals of the flexible element are against the second terminal and the bearing. The sensing unit is disposed on the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Qian Jiang, Chung-Chin Huang, Yi-Han Chang, Hao-Lun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12011300
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that enable an electronic device to instruct as user how to user one or more noninvasive sensors to measure one or more physiological parameters of a patient. In one embodiment, the measured parameters are used to obtain a diagnosis, such as a diagnosis of a critical congenital heart defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali, Bilal Muhsin, Keith Indorf
  • Patent number: 11950888
    Abstract: A pulse diagnostic device and a system of pulse diagnosis are provided. The pulse diagnostic device includes a cuff and a main monitor. The cuff includes a tube and an air bag arranged with an air path interface. A gas medium is received in the air bag. The tube is connected to the air path interface. The main monitor includes a pressure sensor and a controller. The tube extends to reach the main monitor and is connected to the pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor further connects to the controller. When the pulse diagnostic device is working, the cuff contacts an artery, the pressure sensor senses a pressure of the gas medium in the tube. The pressure sensor transmits the pressure of the gas medium to the controller. The controller obtains the pulse information and the blood pressure information based on the pressure of the gas medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TATFOOK WISDOM HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Luo, Tiecai Li, Xianrui Liang, Tong Zhang, Jianhao Liu, Libao Zhang, Yating Li
  • Patent number: 11944442
    Abstract: An electrocardiogram (ECG) extension cable includes a first connector configured to be electrically coupled to a physiological monitoring device, a second connector configured to be electrically coupled to an ECG lead set including a processor, an input/output (I/O) wire configured to transmit data between the physiological monitoring device and the processor, a ground wire that establishes a ground path between the first connector and the second connector, a series protection element coupled in series along the ground wire, a bypass path coupled to the ground wire in parallel to the series protection element, and a switching element arranged along the bypass path and configured to redirect the ground path along the bypass path, thereby bypassing the series protection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arvind K. Venkatesh, Georgios Kokovidis
  • Patent number: 11931178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable device for healthcare and method for using the device. More specifically, the wearable device is worn on a finger for measuring the health data of the user, selected from one or more of heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, heart rate variability. Based on the measured data, the sleep quality can be monitored and recorded. Disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), can be detected. The wearable device may include an optical sensor coupled with or embedded in a main body including a visible light emitter, an IR light emitter and a light detector being arranged along a longitudinal direction of the finger. During operation of the wearable device, the heart rate is monitored based on a detected light signal. When the heart rate is higher than an adaptive threshold, both heart rate and blood oxygen saturation are monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Belun Technology Company Limited
    Inventors: Hung Tat Chen, Kwan Wai To, Wenbo Gu
  • Patent number: 11925440
    Abstract: A single smart health device able to monitor all physiological aspects of a human body includes a body fluid detection module, a temperature detection module, an electrocardiogram detection module, and a control module. The body fluid detection module tests and detects amounts of biological substances in body fluids. The temperature detection module detects a temperature of the human body. The electrocardiogram detection module detects a heart rate of the human body. The control module is electrically connected to the body fluid detection module, the temperature detection module, and the electrocardiogram detection module, and obtains the detected amounts of biological substances, the detected temperature, and the detected heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangyu Kangjian Innovation Medical Technology(Chengdu) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu-Chao Li, Lien-Yu Lin, Ying-Wei Sheng, Chieh Kuo, Ping-Hao Liu
  • Patent number: 11929577
    Abstract: A connector capable of maintaining a state of being connected to a power feeding unit is provided. A blood pressure measurement device charging connector includes a main body including: a first member, a second member facing the first member, the second member including a protrusion including an end surface that makes contact with an inner peripheral surface of a pulling cuff provided on an inner peripheral surface of a curler mounted on the blood pressure measurement device, a rotational shaft configured to rotatably couple the first member and the second member, and a biasing member configured to bias the first member and the second member in an approaching direction; and a connection terminal connected to a power feeding terminal provided in the curler, the connection terminal being provided on the second member side in the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Brigham, Takashi Torihama, Takashi Ono, Takanori Nishioka
  • Patent number: 11918326
    Abstract: In a sphygmomanometer of the present invention, a cuff is attached to a rotating shaft on a rear surface side opposite to a front surface side arranged facing a subject during blood pressure measurement. A swing mechanism maintains a tilt angle of a central axis of the cuff with respect to a horizontal plane at a certain standby angle in a standby state of an upper arm not being inserted into the cuff, and also allows the tilt angle of the cuff to become either larger or smaller than the standby angle by the upper arm being inserted into the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Koga, Toshihiko Ogura, Jun Yamagishi, Takuya Nagata
  • Patent number: 11918327
    Abstract: A sphygmomanometer according to the present disclosure includes a main body that is mounted with a pump and is to be disposed on a dorsal surface of a wrist and a cuff that is to be attached around the wrist. The cuff extends along a circumferential direction of the wrist from an ulnar side end portion of the main body to a palmar surface and is set to a length covering an ulnar artery or a length covering a radial artery beyond the ulnar artery of a wrist having a preset maximum wrist circumference. A fluid is supplied from the pump to the cuff to press the wrist. A blood pressure is calculated based on a pressure of the fluid contained in the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Iwata, Takanori Nishioka, Akira Tampo, Yoshihiko Sano, Takeshi Kubo, Yu Higashimura
  • Patent number: 11903684
    Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a pressure control unit that controls an applied pressure applied to a region of a living body in which a vein and artery exist by a cuff mountable to the region, a detection unit that detects pressure waveforms in which pulse wave components from the region overlap with the applied pressure, and an analysis unit that obtains a respiratory variation on the waveform of artery and a venous pressure based on the pressure waveforms detected by the detection unit through one-time blood pressure measurement. The analysis unit obtains the respiratory variation on the waveform of artery based on data of a first pressure waveform in a first process, and the venous pressure based on data of a second pressure waveform in a second process and the data of the first pressure waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Kawamoto, Noboru Saeki, Ryuji Nakamura, Teiji Ukawa, Tsuneo Takayanagi, Haruka Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11903590
    Abstract: A trauma dressing article includes a body on which a cap of absorbent material is disposed. A wrap strip is attached to the body at one end of the wrap strip. The trauma dressing article is particularly suited for treating wounds at junctional locations of the body (e.g. armpits, groin) to prevent exsanguination. The body of the article is oriented such that the absorbent material is positioned towards the wound site, and then the body is moved to press the absorbent material into the wound site. The wrap strip is then wrapped around portions of the injured person's body and over the article to create an inward pressure against the wound site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MARCHBALL LLC
    Inventors: James Alford Flippin, Hillary Ann Duchnowski
  • Patent number: 11890082
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a pressure associated with a lumen of a body. A wireless sensor is positioned in the lumen of the body. The sensor comprises an LC resonant circuit having a resonant frequency configured to vary in response to changes in pressure in the lumen. One or more sensor calibration parameters are stored at an external base unit. The external based unit generates and transmits an energizing signal. A ring down response is received from the wireless sensor. The system and method determine the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit from the ring down response and calculate the pressure in the lumen from the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit utilizing the one or more sensor calibration parameters associated with the LC resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
  • Patent number: 11857295
    Abstract: An adapter includes a substantially rigid body having a distal portion, a proximal portion, a central opening formed at least in part by an inner wall of the body, and a longitudinal axis extending substantially centrally through the opening. The distal portion includes an annular ring having a top surface and a ridge disposed opposite the top surface, the ridge extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The distal. The adapter also includes a seal configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with a surface of a fitting removably attachable to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: Sean R. Karla, Raymond A. Lia, Scott A. Martin, Robert L Vivenzio, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Chris R. Roberts, Jeffrey J. Perkins
  • Patent number: 11844588
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for detecting a characteristic point to non-invasively estimate bio-information by analyzing a pulse waveform. The apparatus for detecting a characteristic point may include a bio-signal sensor that may obtain a bio-signal from an object, and a processor configured to obtain a first envelope by removing a first baseline change from an oscillometric waveform envelope of the bio-signal; obtain a second envelope by removing a second baseline change from the oscillometric waveform envelope of the bio-signal; obtain a third envelope based on the first envelope and the second envelope; and detect the characteristic point from the oscillometric waveform envelope based on the third envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae Guen Jang
  • Patent number: 11832950
    Abstract: A system for monitoring muscle activity of a biological subject, the system including at least one garment including a number of arrays of electrodes positioned on the garment so that when the garment is worn by a subject in use, the electrodes contact skin of the subject and generate electrical signals indicative of electrical potentials within respective muscles of the subject and at least one electronic processing device that processes signals from the electrodes in each electrode array to determine a muscle activation for parts of the respective muscles and uses the muscle activation to determine at least one muscle indicator indicative of muscle activity of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Dodemont
  • Patent number: 11832921
    Abstract: In a sphygmomanometer of the present invention, a main body includes a slide receiving part having a circular-arc cross section that opens upward and slidably receiving a cuff unit along a direction perpendicular to the circular-arc cross-section. The cuff unit includes a cylindrical cuff structure having a fluid bag along the inner circumferential surface, and a cover having a circular-arc cross section that opens downward and detachably attached integrally with the cuff structure to cover the upper half of the cuff structure. When the cuff unit is slid along the slide receiving part, upper edges on both sides of the circular-arc cross section of the slide receiving part abut with the lower edges on both sides of the circular-arc cross section of the cover to support the weight of the cuff unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Koga, Takuya Nagata, Toshihiko Ogura
  • Patent number: 11813046
    Abstract: A method of cuff storage case for an electronic blood pressure monitor includes an electronic blood pressure monitor main part, cuff, and a cuff storage case. One end of the air tube connects to a side of the electronic blood pressure monitor main part, and the other end of the air tube connects to a cuff. When the electronic blood pressure monitor main part is not in use, the cuff can place inside the cuff storage case. The Cuff storage case connects to the electronic blood pressure monitor main part through the connecting element. The cuff storage case fixes on the electronic blood pressure monitor main part through the connecting element and will not restrict the models and shapes of the electronic blood pressure monitor. It can apply to most kinds of electronic blood pressure monitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Ke Li
  • Patent number: 11744474
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement module is provided and includes a base, a valve plate, a top cover, a micro pump, a driving circuit board and a pressure sensor. The valve plate is disposed between the base and the top cover. The micro pump is disposed within the base. The pressure sensor is disposed on the driving circuit board. An air inlet groove and the pressure sensor are connected to an airbag. The micro pump is actuated to make the airbag be inflated and oppress the skin of a user. The pressure sensor detects the pressure change within the airbag to measure the blood pressure of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ching-Sung Lin, Wen-Yang Yang, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang, Chang-Yen Tsai, Wei-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 11722607
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising a processor executing a control program configured to authenticate a user. The processor further configured to transmit an action instructing signal for issuing an instruction to perform an action to a portable device at plural radio wave output intensities selectively, via wireless communication, wherein the portable device has been associated with the user in advance. The processor further configured to detect a status change of the portable device, for at least one of the plural radio wave output intensities. The processor further configured to determine, when the action instruction signal is transmitted at the at least one of the plural radio wave output intensities and based on the change of the status corresponds to the action instructed by the action instruction signal, whether or not the user is holding the portable device that is associated with the user in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Saita
  • Patent number: 11707199
    Abstract: A measurement system and method of manufacture can include: a pressure resistant structure; a pressure inducer coupled to the pressure resistant structure, the pressure inducer having an engaged configuration, the engaged configuration of the pressure inducer increasing pressure exerted on a portion of a user in contact with the pressure resistant structure; a light source coupled to the pressure resistant structure; an optical sensor coupled to the pressure resistant structure and configured to detect a signal from the light source; a pressure sensor coupled to the pressure resistant structure, the pressure sensor configured to detect the pressure exerted on the portion of the user in contact with the pressure inducer; and a processor coupled to the optical sensor and the pressure sensor, the processor configured to correlate volumetric data from the optical sensor with pressure data from the pressure sensor and to provide a blood pressure measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Alexander Easson, John Philip Hanks
  • Patent number: 11701026
    Abstract: Provided is a respiratory state estimating device including a pulse wave signal acquiring unit that acquires a pulse wave signal from a portion of a living subject, a pulse rate calculating unit that calculates a pulse rate of the living subject based on the pulse wave signal, and a respiratory state estimating unit that estimates a respiratory state of the living subject based on the pulse rate. Also, provided is a respiratory state estimating method including optically acquiring a pulse wave signal from a portion of a living subject, calculating a pulse rate of the living subject based on the pulse wave signal, estimating a respiratory state of the living subject from the pulse rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Noguchi, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Masaya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11684339
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus includes: an ultrasound image acquirer configured to acquire ultrasound images of an object; a pressurizer configured to apply pressure to the object to occlude a blood vessel; and a processor configured to estimate a change in a diameter of the blood vessel using the ultrasound images acquired by the ultrasound image acquirer before and after an occlusion of the blood vessel, and estimate bio-information based on the estimated change in the diameter of the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Jong Keun Song, Byung Hoon Ko, Hyun Seok Moon, Sang Kon Bae, Eui Seok Shin, Jeong Eun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11672432
    Abstract: Patient therapy and patient condition sensing devices and methods can be operated as a function of estimated internal hydrostatic pressure of a body part, for example at a position where a pressure or compression therapy is applied. Information relating to a patient's position, posture, ambulation and/or a physiological condition such as blood pressure can be used to control pressure or compression therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GNOTRIX, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Arkans, Brian Lakin
  • Patent number: 11647965
    Abstract: A blood-pressure-related information display device includes a data acquisition unit, a risk value calculator, and a display processor. The data acquisition unit acquires blood pressure data including a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure for the subject. The risk value calculator obtains a systolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired systolic blood pressure and a diastolic risk value representing a risk corresponding to the acquired diastolic blood pressure based on a predetermined blood pressure standard. The display processor performs processing of displaying a risk range from the systolic risk value to the diastolic risk value in a curved or straight elongated display region defining a one-dimensional risk coordinate in the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Brigham, Shusuke Eshita
  • Patent number: 11638531
    Abstract: The blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body configured to form a flow path of a fluid and supply the fluid, and a cuff to be wound around a living body, the cuff provided with a bag-shaped connection portion with an opening and a connection plate with a hole communicating with the opening; the connection portion formed of a sheet member; the connection plate having a bending elastic modulus higher than that of the connection portion, bonded to the connection portion and adhered to the device main body; and the cuff configured to be inflated when the fluid is supplied to an internal space of the cuff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nishida, Hirokazu Tanaka, Noboru Kohara, Shinji Mizuno, Kotaro Kitajo
  • Patent number: 11633115
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes: a sensor that measures a pulse wave signal from an object and contact pressure of the object; and a processor that obtains an oscillometric envelope based on an amplitude of the pulse wave signal and the contact pressure, and estimates bio-information based on a center of mass of a phase of contact pressure of the obtained oscillometric envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11626211
    Abstract: Method for modelling blood vessels includes: obtaining medical imaging data of the blood vessels; generating a three-dimensional personalized model of the blood vessels, based on the medical imaging data; generating a three-dimensional reference model of the blood vessels that reflects a state of healthy blood vessels that lack lesions, based on the medical imaging data or based on numerical reconstruction of the personalized model; performing a numerical simulation of blood flow for the same physical and boundary conditions in the personalized model and in the reference model, the simulation comprising determining conditions of blood flow at an inlet to the blood vessels model and calculating blood flow energy for the inlet and all outlets of the blood vessels model; comparing the blood flow energy measured for the personalized model and for the reference model; determining flow energy change indexes of the blood flow in the personalized model and the reference model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KARDIOLYTICS INC.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Malota, Wojciech Sadowski
  • Patent number: 11622694
    Abstract: A pulse wave measurement device including: a belt to be worn around a measurement target site; first and second pulse wave sensors that are mounted on the belt spaced from each other with respect to a width direction of the belt, and that detect pulse waves of opposing portions of an artery passing through the measurement target site; a pressing unit that is mounted on the belt is capable of changing pressing forces of the pulse wave sensors against the measurement target site; a waveform comparing unit that acquires pulse wave signals which are time-sequentially output by the pulse wave sensors respectively, and compares waveforms of the pulse wave signals; and a pulse wave sensor pressing force setting unit that variably sets the pressing forces by the pressing unit such that the waveforms of the pulse wave signals compared by the waveform comparing unit become identical to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Naoki Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Kawabata, Kenji Fujii
  • Patent number: 11612329
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an output signal of a pulse diagnosis device includes obtaining a pulse signal at a pulse diagnosis region that is acquired by a sensing element of the pulse diagnosis device, and performing a parameter recognition on the pulse signal to obtain a parameter of the pulse signal, and determining a biological structure of the pulse diagnosis region based on the parameter of the pulse signal. The method also includes determining an adjustment factor for the parameter of the pulse signal based on the biological structure, and adjusting the parameter of the pulse signal based on the adjustment factor for the parameter of the pulse signal, to obtain an adjusted pulse signal for the pulse diagnosis region. The pulse signal is a pressure signal applied by an artery in the pulse diagnosis region to an external skin surface corresponding to the artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CYBERPULSE LIMITED
    Inventors: Be Xie, Changhong Yu, Haofeng Qin
  • Patent number: 11571321
    Abstract: A toe correction apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The toe correction apparatus includes: a first sensor attachable to a first side of a hallux proximate to a second toe for measuring first pressure information between the hallux and the second toe; and a processor, configured to determine a degree to which the hallux bends to the second toe according to the first pressure information, and control an inflation amount or a deflation amount of an adjustable airbag between the hallux and the second toe according to the degree to which the hallux bends to the second toe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kairan Liu
  • Patent number: 11540737
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor that may measure a pulse wave signal from an object in contact with a measurement surface. The apparatus may include a force sensor that may measure a contact force between the pulse wave sensor and the object. The apparatus may include a fastener configured to fasten the pulse wave sensor to an electronic device such that the pulse wave sensor is rotatable around a center axis in a length direction of the pulse wave sensor. The apparatus may include a processor that may determine a direction in which a measurement region of the pulse wave signal or the measurement surface of the pulse wave sensor is oriented, select a measurement mode from among a plurality of measurement modes, and estimate bio-information of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Hwang, Byung Hoon Ko, Jong Wook Lee, Youn Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11529061
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system for measurement and analysis of blood pressure of a test subject comprising a blood pressure measuring cuff unit; a waveform analysis subsystem coupled to said blood pressure measuring cuff unit via a network; and wherein said cuff unit acquires a digital pulse pressure waveform from a wrist of the test subject, said digital pulse pressure waveform is transmitted over said network to said waveform analysis subsystem, and said waveform analysis subsystem processes said digital pulse pressure waveform to extract one or more blood pressure parameters and hemodynamic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Jade Healthcare Group Inc.
    Inventor: John Babaris
  • Patent number: 11520376
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a sensor module, a processor, a display controller, and a display, where the sensor is configured to: collect data, generate a sensor signal that represents a feature of data of currently collected data, and send the sensor signal to the processor, the processor is configured to: determine, according to the received sensor signal, a manner to display that is corresponding to the feature of data represented by the sensor signal and is of the display, generate a display control signal, and send the display control signal to the display controller, and the display controller is configured to control, according to the display control signal, the display to display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiali Fu, Maosheng Huang, Huimin Zhang, Mingjie Dong
  • Patent number: 11484214
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a sphygmomanometer that is worn on a measured part of the left wrist of a subject (user) for use. In the sphygmomanometer, on an inner peripheral surface of a band-like body that constitutes a base of a band, a portion for installing a pressure cuff and a protrusion for installing an antenna substrate are separately provided, and the pressure cuff and the antenna substrate are respectively installed on these portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Ozawa, Keigo Kamada, Satoshi Yase, Ayaka Iwade, Masayuki Sugano, Keisuke Saito, Yasuhiro Kawabata