Detecting Body Movement Attending Breathing Patents (Class 600/534)
  • Patent number: 10993638
    Abstract: A wearable respiration monitoring system having a transmitter coil that is adapted to generate and transmit multi-frequency AC magnetic fields and a plurality of receiving coils adapted to detect variable strengths in the AC magnetic fields and generate AC magnetic field strength signals representing anatomical displacements of a monitored subject. The wearable monitoring system further having an electronics module that is adapted to receive the AC magnetic field strength signals and determine at least one respiratory disorder associated with the monitored subject as a function of the AC magnetic field strength signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Medical Design Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T Stone
  • Patent number: 10952683
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extracting a breathing rate estimate from video images of a respiring subject. Signals corresponding to the spatial coordinates of feature points tracked through the video sequence are filtered and excessively large changes are attenuated to reduce movement artefacts. The signals are differentiated and signals which correlate most strongly with other signals are selected. The selected signals are subject to principal component analysis and the best quality of the top five principal components is selected and its frequency is used to calculate and output a breathing rate estimate. The method is particularly suitable for detecting respiration in subject in secure rooms where the video image is of substantially the whole room and the subject is only a small part of the image, and maybe covered or uncovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: OXEHEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Mark Chave Jones, Nicholas Dunkley Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 10925545
    Abstract: A biological signal of a subject is acquired so as to calculate biological information from the acquired biological signal. When the biological information has been determined to be anomaly, whether the biological information is one that was calculated under a high-accuracy condition is determined. When the biological information is determined to be one that was calculated under the high-accuracy condition, a notice is given based on a first criterion. In the other cases, a notice is given based on a second criterion. Thereby, it is possible to provide an abnormality notification system that can give a necessary notification appropriately while suppressing unnecessary notification, by changing the criteria for notification in accordance with the accuracy of the determined biological information when the biological information of the subject was determined to be anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Kogure, Tomoko Inoue
  • Patent number: 10905379
    Abstract: An electric bed includes: a monitoring module (1), configured to monitor physical conditions of a user, and send monitoring data to a wireless communication module (2); and the wireless communication module (2), configured to send the monitoring data to a server. The server receives a setting signal sent by a terminal device, and determines whether to send an alarm signal based on the setting signal and the monitoring data. The electric bed has an intelligent help seeking function, and can comprehensively reflect a real condition of people in sleep by monitoring a plurality of vital signs, thereby reducing the probability of false alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Keeson Technology Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Huafeng Shan, Hui Cao, Qun Yu
  • Patent number: 10900943
    Abstract: Electronic systems, devices and methods are provided to accurately record and analyze food intake and physical activity in a subject. A device is provided to be placed on a subject which records video using at least two video cameras positioned to record stereoscopic image pair, as well as other physiological and/or environmental data including, for example, oxygen saturation, heart rate, and environmental factors such as physical location, temperature, and humidity. Video data is analyzed along with other data obtained by the device to determine food consumption and/or physical activity of the subject, much of which is accomplished by automated computer-implemented processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: John Fernstrom, Madelyn Fernstrom, Wenyan Jia, Robert Sclabassi, Mingui Sun
  • Patent number: 10880301
    Abstract: An identification device includes: M transmission antenna elements each of which transmits a first transmission signal to a predetermined area including a first living body; N receivers disposed surrounding the predetermined area, and each including a reception antenna element and receiving, using the reception antenna element, a first reception signal including a reflection signal obtained as a result of the first transmission signal being reflected by the first living body, during a predetermined period; a memory storing teacher signals which are M×N second reception signals obtained about a second living body; and a circuit which calculates a plurality of correlation coefficients from the teacher signals and M×N first reception signals obtained as a result of each of the N receivers receiving the first reception signal, performs biometric authentication of the first living body, and identifies the first living body and the second living body as identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakayama, Shoichi Iizuka, Naoki Honma, Dai Sasakawa
  • Patent number: 10872427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for setting up a patient for radiotherapy, wherein the patient is scanned prior to therapy in both, a free-breathing state and a DIBH-state for which the patient performs a so-called “deep inspiration breath-hold”. The obtained data is registered to a CT-dataset which forms the basis for a treatment plan. The patient is then set up with respect to a radiation treatment apparatus based on the data obtained for the free-breathing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Kajetan Berlinger, Michael Stead
  • Patent number: 10863921
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method of determining the respiration rate of a subject, the method comprising obtaining a signal from a sensor that is worn or carried by the subject; analyzing the signal to determine a plurality of values for a breathing-related feature; forming a histogram from the plurality of values for the breathing-related feature, the histogram comprising a plurality of groups, with each group having an associated count that is the number of occurrences of a value or values for the breathing-related feature corresponding to the group; applying a weighting to the count associated with each group to form weighted counts; and determining the respiration rate from a mean of the histogram with the weighted counts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Ercan Ferit Gigi
  • Patent number: 10861312
    Abstract: A baby monitor system includes a baby monitor unit, the baby monitor unit including at least a camera, a low-lighting feature and an illumination feature, and a remote control unit, the remote control unit including at least a display area, the display area including at least a video area and an illumination button, the video area configured to display video that is streamed from the baby monitor unit over a communications link between the baby monitor unit and the remote control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMMER INFANT (USA), INC.
    Inventor: Michael Thomas Fusco
  • Patent number: 10812204
    Abstract: Wireless radio device alignment tools and methods. Described herein are methods for point-to-point alignment of wireless radio devices and alignment tools to assist in aligning wireless radio devices. These alignment tools may automatically or manually receive location information and may use a local compass function to determine a rough or initial alignment and additional tools to provide further (fine) alignment based on calculated and actual signal strength between the two devices being aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Hardy, Robert J. Pera
  • Patent number: 10779766
    Abstract: A wearable measurement apparatus capable of measuring a biometric signal is provided. The wearable measurement apparatus includes a main body, and a main-body elastic part disposed on a bottom surface of the main body, and configured to elastically support the main body against a body part of a user. The wearable measurement apparatus further includes a biometric signal sensor disposed apart from the main-body elastic part, and configured to detect a biometric signal from the body part, and a sensor elastic part interposed between the main body and the biometric signal sensor, and configured to form a step difference between a bottom surface of the biometric signal sensor and a bottom surface of the main-body elastic part, and elastically support the biometric signal sensor against the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ko, Yong Joo Kwon, Youn Ho Kim, Sang Yun Park, Jin Hyun Yun, Jong Wook Lee, Chang Mok Choi
  • Patent number: 10779732
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for measuring a mechanical property of a biological tube. The system and method operate to arrange a plurality of piezoelectric elements about the biological tube and apply a predetermined force or transduce an endogeneous or exogeneous force to the biological tube. The system and method also operate to receive a respective signal from each piezoelectric element in the plurality of piezoelectric elements responsive to the application of the predetermined force or a transduced endogenous or exogeneous force and calculate the mechanical property of the biological tube based on the signals received from the plurality of piezoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Johnathon M. Aho, Dennis A. Wigle, Matthew W. Urban
  • Patent number: 10758187
    Abstract: There is provided a respiratory waveform drawing system. The system includes: load detectors configured to detect loads of the subjects and output them as a load signal; a subject number determination unit configured to determine a number of the subjects on the bed based on a frequency spectrum of the load signal; a waveform separation unit configured to separate a load component of each of the subjects from the load signal outputted from each of the plurality of load detectors; a center of gravity position calculation unit configured to calculate a position of a center of gravity of each of the subjects based on the separated load component of each of the subjects; and a waveform drawing unit configured to draw a respiratory waveform of each of the subjects based on a temporal variation of the position of the center of gravity of each of the subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akatsu, Norihito Iida
  • Patent number: 10722670
    Abstract: A respiratory assistance system can provide high flow therapy to patients. The respiratory assistance system can include a patient interface that can deliver a gas flow to a patient and a gas source that can drive the gas flow towards the patient interface at an operating flow rate. The system can include a controller for controlling the operating flow rate of the gas. The controller can apply multiple test flow rate values in a range as the operating flow rate. For each of the test flow rate values, the controller can measure a patient parameter. The controller can determine a new flow rate value based on the measured patient parameters. Patient parameters can include respiration rate, work of breathing, or any other parameters related to the respiratory circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Jon Payton, Callum James Thomas Spence, Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans, Andreas Schibler, Craig Karl White, Samantha Dale Oldfield
  • Patent number: 10709353
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein improve digital stethoscopes and their application and operation. A first method detects of a respiratory abnormality using a convolution. A second method counts coughs for a patient. A third method predicts a respiratory event based on a detected trend. A fourth method forecasts characteristics of a future respiratory event. In a fifth embodiment, a base station is provided for a digital stethoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sonavi Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Mitra McLane
  • Patent number: 10657950
    Abstract: A headphone has a driver, an internal microphone, an accelerometer, and an external microphone. An audio processor analyzes signals to detect wind noise. Gain of lower frequencies is reduced relative to higher frequencies, in a first filter that is operating on an audio signal from the external microphone in a feedforward path, responsive to detecting increased wind noise. A second filter in an audio signal feedback path may be adjusted to compensate for the gain change in the first filter that may mitigate occlusion effect. Outputs of the feedforward path in the feedback path are combined to produce an audio signal for the driver. The driver produces sound in the aural canal that has transparency with reduced wind noise, relative to sound external to the headphone. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thanh Phong Hua, Esge B. Andersen, Tom-Davy W. Saux, Scott C. Grinker
  • Patent number: 10617326
    Abstract: There is provided a respiratory waveform drawing system. The system includes load detectors; a center of gravity position calculation unit; an oscillation coordinate setting unit configured to perform: obtaining a first extreme point at which a distance between an initial origin and the position of the center of gravity of the subject is maximized; obtaining a second extreme point which appears at an opposite side of the initial origin from the first extreme point, and at which a distance between the initial origin and the position of the center of gravity of the subject is maximized; setting a direction connecting the first and second extreme points as a direction of a tentative oscillation axis; and setting a midpoint between the first and second extreme points as a tentative oscillation origin; and a waveform drawing unit configured to draw the respiratory waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akatsu, Norihito Iida
  • Patent number: 10621979
    Abstract: A speech recognition method and a mobile terminal relate to the field of electronic and information technologies, and can flexibly perform speech collection and improve a speech recognition rate. The method includes acquiring, by a mobile terminal, an orientation/motion status of the mobile terminal, and determining, according to the orientation/motion status, a voice collection apparatus for voice collection; acquiring, by the mobile terminal, a speech signal from the voice collection apparatus; and recognizing, by the mobile terminal, the speech signal. The present disclosure is applied to a scenario in which the mobile terminal performs speech recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weidong Tang
  • Patent number: 10610430
    Abstract: There is provided a respiratory waveform drawing system. The system includes load detectors; a center of gravity position calculation unit; a waveform drawing unit configured to draw the respiratory waveform of the subject based on a temporal variation of the position of the center of gravity of the subject; and a drawing compensation unit configured to compensate a drawing state of the respiratory waveform. The drawing compensation unit includes a predictive waveform generation unit configured to generate a predictive waveform for the respiratory waveform of the subject based on the temporal variation of the position of the center of gravity of the subject in a past; and a correction distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the respiratory waveform and the predictive waveform at a predetermined sampling time point, the drawing compensation unit being configured to compensate the drawing state of the respiratory waveform depending on the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akatsu, Norihito Iida
  • Patent number: 10607151
    Abstract: A method and a system for predicting admission of a human subject to a first ward in a medical center are disclosed. A patient dataset is generated based on at least a measure of one or more physiological parameters associated with one or more first human subjects and a first information pertaining to the admission of each of the one or more first human subjects to the first ward. For a first human subject of the one or more first human subjects, a first score at each of the one or more first time instants is determined. Further, one or more second time instants from the one or more first time instants are identified. Further, a second score at each of the one or more second time instants is determined. In an embodiment, the first classifier is trained based on at least the second score, and the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vaibhav Rajan, Sakyajit Bhattacharya, Vijay Huddar, Abhishek Sengupta, James D Kirkendall, Stephen Fullerton, Katerina Sinclair, Bhupendra Singh Solanki, Prathosh Aragulla Prasad
  • Patent number: 10568565
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods that track various aspects of a person's sleep and environment to optimize one or more aspects of the user's environment and sleep conditions, quality and duration, together or alone, and help make the one or more users maintain and prolong his or her deep sleep status and improve the their sleep duration and quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving
  • Patent number: 10548497
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for measuring biometric signals. The system includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a circuit. The first electrode forms at least a portion of a first belt configured to be placed at least partially around a torso of a subject. The second electrode forms at least a portion of a second belt configured to be placed at least partially around the torso. The circuit is configured to measure a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first and second electrodes are arranged to determine the respiratory effort of the subject. The first or second electrode includes a capacitive electrode with a flexible structure including an insulated conductor. The insulated conductor is insulated such that the conductor does not come in direct contact with skin of the subject when the first or second electrode is placed on the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NOX MEDICAL
    Inventors: Sveinbjorn Hoskuldsson, Bjorgvin Gudmundsson
  • Patent number: 10532182
    Abstract: An infant calming/sleep-aid/SIDS detection device is provided that includes a main moving platform that moves in a variable manner with accompanying variable sound generation, the sound and motion adapted to calm a fussy baby, induce sleep, and maintain sleep under normal conditions. The device may also have a sensor for detection of pauses in breathing and/or detection of resultant biological changes related to breathing pauses and respond with appropriate stimuli to arouse the baby and allow breathing to recommence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: HB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey Neil Karp, Matthew R. Berlin, Jesse V. Gray, Bill Walter Washabaugh, Deb Kumar Roy
  • Patent number: 10529217
    Abstract: An electric bed includes: a bed body, a plurality of bed planks, a wake-up device, a clock and a main control box. The main control box is electrically connected to the wake-up device and the clock, and is applicable for storing a wake-up time. The electric bed further includes a monitoring module. The monitoring module includes a processing module and a sensor, wherein the sensor is electrically connected to the processing module, and is applicable for monitoring whether a user has left the bed; if the sensor monitors that the user has not left the bed, the processing module activates the wake-up device when the wake-up time on the clock is due according to the stored wake-up time; and if the sensor monitors that the user has left the bed, the processing module does not activate the wake-up device when the wake-up time on the clock is due.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Keeson Technology Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Huafeng Shan, Hui Cao, Qun Yu
  • Patent number: 10470675
    Abstract: A wireless vibrometer employs an antenna array to significantly boost the signal-to-noise ratio of faint received signals twin small objects vibrating at acoustic frequencies. This technique may be used to provide an improved physiological monitor (such as a pulse detector) or for long-range eavesdropping using the emitted power from a cell phone or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xinyu Zhang, Teng Wei, Shu Wang, Anfu Zhou
  • Patent number: 10467462
    Abstract: A system for detecting at least one transient phase in a steady activity of an animated being includes processing circuitry for determining signals representative of the motion of the animated being along at least one axis, for calculating a resultant signal representative of a statistical link between samples of signals representative of the motion belonging respectively to at least two temporally offset sliding windows over the samples, and for detecting a transient phase on the basis of the resultant signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Movea
    Inventor: Aurlién Mayoue
  • Patent number: 10463168
    Abstract: An infant calming/sleep-aid/SIDS detection device is provided that includes a moving platform that moves in a variable manner with accompanying variable sound generation, the sound and motion adapted to calm a fussy baby, induce sleep, and maintain sleep under normal conditions. The moving platform is above a carrier and in contact with at least one bearing between the carrier and the moving platform, wherein the moving platform is rotatable in a plane substantially parallel to a major plane of the carrier in an oscillatory manner relative to the carrier and about an axis of rotation. A controllable motor controls movement of the moving platform about the center of rotation of the at least one bearing relative to the carrier, the motor including an oscillating post that engages with a guide track on the moving platform to cause oscillatory movement of the moving platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HB Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey Neil Karp, Jovo Bozidar Majstorovic, Marko Jovica Zivic
  • Patent number: 10462642
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for managing a panic mode for a communication device. The communication device may trigger a panic mode causing the communication device to emit an audible alert while simultaneously causing the communication device to capture any detected sound at a frequency below the audible alert. The communication device may also collect metadata including a date stamp, a time stamp, and a location that may be associated with any captured audio and stored locally or streamed to a communications server for storage. The communication device may also send a message to one or more other endpoints indicative of the communication device having engaged panic mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Republic Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Rathnam, Jared Kashimba, James Mulcahy, Matthew Newton, Gregory Stephens
  • Patent number: 10437958
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the treatment of a patient in his home environment is provided. The method includes supplying treatment-related data to a home treatment unit, transmitting the treatment-related data from the treatment, analyzing the treatment-related data with respect to an ideal state or a normal state or for the success of a treatment by the monitoring unit, detecting a deviation from an ideal state or a normal state, requesting additional treatment-related data from the home treatment site with respect to the deviation found, supplying the additional treatment-related data, and transmitting the additional treatment-related data to the monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pia Daniel, Marco Graefe, Michael Luckau, Helmut Steil, Klaus Wolf
  • Patent number: 10383570
    Abstract: A sleep apnea diagnostic system includes a housing that is configured to be attached to near the nose of a patient's face to sense physiological information of a patient. The housing includes sensors to sense the physiological information. The physiological information may be, for example, air flow through the nose or the mouth or both. The physiological information further may be, for example, blood volume. The sleep apnea diagnostic system includes at least one processor in the housing or external to the housing or both to analyze the physiological information to determine whether the patient has experienced irregular or abnormal respiratory activity and to detect respiratory effort. The analysis may be real time or delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Maria A. Parfenova, Alexandr S. Parfenov, Yuri P. Zobnin, Nikolay V. Konstantinov
  • Patent number: 10376216
    Abstract: Device for contactless monitoring of a patient's vital signs in the form of a measuring mat comprising at least one measuring element. The measuring element comprises a piezoelectric sensor with a first and a second conductive electrode and a piezoelectric element. Near the piezoelectric sensor is a third conductive electrode. The exertion of a mechanical force on the cover of the measuring element results in a change in the distance between at least one of the electrodes of the piezoelectric sensor and the third conductive electrode. This change in distance is expressed as a difference in the detected parameter corresponding to a change in the patient's vital signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LINET SPOL. S R.O.
    Inventors: Vladimir Kolar, Libor Seidl
  • Patent number: 10314538
    Abstract: A method for measuring body movement with a wearable device. The method includes receiving, from a magnetic sensor of the wearable device, first signal data indicative of a magnetic field of a wearable magnet, wherein the wearable device is placed on a first body segment and the wearable magnet is placed on a second body segment; determining, by a computing device based on the first signal data, a distance metric indicative of a relative distance between the wearable magnet and the wearable device, and an orientation metric indicative of an orientation relative to the wearable magnet; and determining a biomechanical model based on the type of body segment for the first body segment and the second body segment, wherein the biomechanical model includes a relationship constraint between the distance metric and the orientation metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Huami Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Munaretto
  • Patent number: 10285617
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and kits for monitoring one or more physiologic and/or physical signals from a subject are disclosed. A system including patches and corresponding modules for wirelessly monitoring physiologic and/or physical signals is disclosed. A service system for managing the collection of physiologic data from a customer is disclosed. An isolating patch for providing a barrier between a handheld monitoring device with a plurality of contact pads and a subject is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LifeLens Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Landy Toth, Robert Schwartz, Chris Pulling, Roy Martin
  • Patent number: 10258531
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to monitor physiological for the occurrence of life threatening events and to apply stimulation to prevent the occurrence of said life-threatening events. Systems and methods for applying the stimulation are also disclosed. These systems include applying the stimulation through via a mattress having a passive section and an active section, a plurality of focal stimulators, and/or an array to apply the stimulation are also disclosed. These devices include a mattress with an active region and a passive region, a stimulating array do deliver targeted stimulation, and a plurality of stimulators to apply focused stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: David Paydarfar, Riccardo Barbieri, Premananda Pai Indic, Ruby Kandah, James Brian Niemi, John Paul Osborne, Hani M. Sallum, Amanda V. Wozniak
  • Patent number: 10212495
    Abstract: The programmable monitoring system comprises one or more motion sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more door sensors and one or more pill box sensors. Each sensor is tagged with a unique code readable by a smart phone camera and software program which allows alarms on the smart phone to be set. The alarms are individually set for any or all of the sensors based on habits of the person being monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ALCHERA INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lester John Lloyd, Timothy Patrick Lloyd, Lauren Felix Yazolino
  • Patent number: 10195377
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration capable of executing a detection test for a comfort level including the quality of sleep, which is measurable at home without requiring the measurement of brain waves or electrocardiogram. The respiratory waveform of a subject during sleep is continuously measured and recorded from the respiratory gas flow, etc., and is window-Fourier transformed at each measurement time to generate a frequency spectrum, and a bandwidth including a respiratory frequency is extracted. The index indicating the regularity of the respiratory period of the subject is also calculated at each time point during the sleep, and the time-dependency of this index during the sleep is represented as a graph. A medical device includes a sleep evaluation system equipped with a control means for performing control so that a sleep cycle repeated at a cycle of about 90 minutes is clearly observed if the comfort level including the quality of sleep of the subject is favorable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventor: Hidetsugu Asanoi
  • Patent number: 10121363
    Abstract: An alarm triggering method for a sensor and an electronic device using the same are proposed. The method is applicable to an electronic device and includes the following steps. A sensor signal is received from the sensor. Whether a signal magnitude of the sensor signal satisfies a first triggering condition associated with a first determination threshold is determined. In response to the signal magnitude satisfying the first triggering condition, whether the signal magnitude satisfies a second triggering condition associated with a second determination threshold or a third triggering condition associated with a time determination threshold is further determined, where the second determination threshold is greater than the first determination threshold. When the signal magnitude satisfies the second triggering condition or the third triggering condition, the sensor is determined to be in an alarm state so as to output an alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Su-Chen Lin, Shr-Rung Lin, Chun-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 10052048
    Abstract: A respiratory monitor comprises: a first sensor (20, 70) configured to generate a respiration-related motion monitoring signal (72) indicative of respiration related motion; a second sensor (20, 22, 80, 82) configured to generate a sound monitoring signal (84) indicative of respiration-related sound; and a signals synthesizer (90) configured to synthesize a respiratory monitor signal (46) based on the respiration-related motion monitoring signal and the respiration-related sound monitoring signal. A sensor for use in respiratory monitoring comprises an accelerometer (30) and a magnetometer (32) together defining a unitary sensor (20) configured for attachment to a respiring subject (10) so as to move as a unit responsive to respiration related motion of the respiring subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jasper Klewer, Haris Duric, Teunis Jan Ikkink
  • Patent number: 9998233
    Abstract: An optical reception apparatus may include a receiver, a monitor, and a controller. The optical reception apparatus receives multi-carrier modulated signal light modulated by a multi-carrier modulation scheme. The multi-carrier modulation scheme is available to allocate different transmission conditions for each of a plurality of subcarriers in accordance with transmission characteristics of the subcarriers. The receiver may receive from an optical transmission line a training signal light allocated with the same transmission conditions for each of the subcarriers. The monitor may monitor the transmission characteristics of the training signal light to detect a frequency at which a dip of the transmission characteristics occurs. The controller may control, based on the frequency detected by the monitor, a dispersion compensation for the multi-carrier modulated signal light having received a dispersion from the optical transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryou Okabe, Masato Nishihara, Toshiki Tanaka, Yutaka Kai, Tomoo Takahara
  • Patent number: 9987446
    Abstract: There is suggested a system for automated adjustment of a pressure set by a respiration device, in particular a positive end-expiratory pressure and/or a maximum airway pressure, comprising: an arrangement for electrical impedance tomography for detecting an electrical impedance distribution along at least a two-dimensional cross-section through the human thorax at least at the end of an inspiration phase and at the end of an associated expiration phase; a device for dividing the detected electrical impedance distribution at the end of the inspiration phase and at the end of the expiration phase into a plurality of EIT pixels and for determining a value of the electrical impedance at the end of the inspiration phase and at the end of the expiration phase, as associated with a respective EIT pixel; and a device for automated adjustment of the pressure set by the respiration device on the basis of a comparison (i) of a deviation between the value of the electrical impedance at the end of the inspiration phase a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Dominik Novotni, Thomas Laubscher
  • Patent number: 9990722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor configured to control an operation of the electronic device, a memory device coupled to the processor, where the memory device is configured to operate as a main memory of the electronic device, and a display device coupled to the processor, where the display device is configured to display an original image based on first image data for the original image at a first frame, and to display a bioeffect image based on second image data for the bioeffect image at a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-Nam Kim, Hak-Sun Kim, Won-Sang Park, Jong-Sung Bae, Jong-In Baek
  • Patent number: 9974487
    Abstract: A heart rate detection module including a PPG measuring device, a motion sensor and a processing unit is provided. The PPG measuring device is configured to detect a skin surface in a detection period to output a PPG signal. The motion sensor is configured to output an acceleration signal corresponding to the detection period. The processing unit is configured to respectively convert the PPG signal and the acceleration signal to first frequency domain information and second frequency domain information, determine a denoising parameter according to a maximum spectrum peak value of the second frequency domain information to denoise the first frequency domain information, and calculate a heart rate according to a maximum spectrum peak value of the denoised first frequency domain information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsin Lin, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Patent number: 9883821
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the respiration activity of a subject, comprising the acquisition of a sensor signal of at least one Doppler-Radar sensor representing the respiration activity of a subject, the transformation of the sensor signal into a transformation signal being a series according to Formula (I) where ak is a set of predetermined constant coefficients specific for one individual subject, and processing the transformation signal S(t). The transformation signal can be analyzed with basic signal processing techniques that are applied in the field of inductive plethysmography. The invention is further related to a corresponding monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Jens Muehlsteff
  • Patent number: 9805623
    Abstract: A training system and training method for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is disclosed. The training system includes a manikin, a chest compression module, a breathing module and a data processing module. The chest compression module and the breathing module are installed on the manikin and connected to the data processing module. During a training session, a student performs CPR on the manikin. The data processing module evaluates and provides feedback regarding the chest compressions and the rescue breathings performed by the student. The training method includes positioning the chest compression module and the breathing module on the manikin, initializing the chest compression module and the breathing module to identify compression and breathing characteristics of the manikin, performing CPR on the manikin, and evaluating the CPR based on the compression and breathing characteristics of the manikin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: I.M.LAB Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Ram Kwon, Shin Hoo Park, Sung Won Lee, Hyeong Mook Lee
  • Patent number: 9792408
    Abstract: The presence or absence of objects tagged with transponders may be determined in an environment in which medical procedures are performed via an interrogation and detection system which includes a controller and a plurality of antennas positioned along a patient support structure. The antennas may be positioned along an operating table, bed, mattress or pad, sheet, or may be positioned on a drape, or shade. Respective antennas may successively be activated to transmit interrogation signals. Multiple antennas may be monitored for responses from transponders to the interrogation signals. For example, all antennas other than the antenna that transmitted the most recent interrogation signal may be monitored. Antennas may be responsive to force, a signal indicative of such force being produced. A wireless physiological condition monitor may detect patient physiological conditions and wirelessly transmit signals indicative of such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: William A. Blair, Bruce E. Barnes, David A. Poirier
  • Patent number: 9687664
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: 9662507
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: 9642470
    Abstract: A support apparatus includes a force sensing array positioned thereon that includes multiple layers of material that are arranged to define an elastically stretchable sensing sheet. The sensing sheet may be placed underneath a patient to detect interface forces or pressures between the patient and the support structure that the patient is positioned on. The force sensing array includes a plurality of force sensors. The force sensors are defined where a row conductor and a column conductor approach each other on opposite sides of a force sensing material, such as a piezoresistive material. In order to reduce electrical cross talk between the plurality of sensors, a semiconductive material is included adjacent the force sensing material to create a PN junction with the force sensing material. This PN junction acts as a diode, limiting current flow to essentially one direction, which, in turn, reduces cross talk between the multiple sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Geoffrey L. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9630015
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Alexander Jueshyan Yeh, Yuji Tanabe, John Ho, Sanghoek Kim
  • Patent number: RE48008
    Abstract: An adjustable bed includes a stationary frame, a first head deck mattress support member supported by the frame, a second seat deck mattress support member supported by the frame and pivotally coupled to the head deck mattress support member, a sensor assembly adapted to detect a sound associated with human snoring, and a motorized drive assembly operatively coupled to the sensor assembly and to the first mattress support member. The adjustable bed may be such that detection of the snoring sound actuates the motorized drive assembly thereby causing relative movement of the first mattress support member with respect to the second mattress support member. The sensor assembly may further be adapted to recognize a sound associated with snoring of a particular person and actuation of the motorized drive assembly may move the first mattress support member between an inclined position and a horizontal flat position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Niels S. Mossbeck