Temperature Detection Patents (Class 600/549)
  • Patent number: 11974549
    Abstract: A wireless terminal includes a pressure sensor, a wireless circuit, and a case accommodating the pressure sensor and the wireless circuit in a waterproof manner, and is left inside a stomach of a livestock animal to measure pressure inside the stomach and wirelessly transmit acquired pressure data. The case includes a cylindrical case body and a lid member closing an opening of the case body. The lid member has a measurement hole extending between inside and outside of the lid member and a protection wall part located outside of the case body. The measurement hole has a pressure-receiving pressure measurement part inside for measurement of the pressure and is closed. The measurement hole includes a first linear part and a second linear part intersecting in T shape with the first linear part, and has distal ends open to an outer face of the protection wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 11978205
    Abstract: An example system includes a thermal camera, a memory, and processing circuitry coupled to the thermal camera and the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a core temperature of a patient and acquire a first thermal image associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the first thermal image, a first sensed temperature of a location associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a core temperature delta between the core temperature and the first sensed temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a second thermal image associated with the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the second thermal image, a second sensed temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the second sensed temperature and the core temperature delta, a measure of the core temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Paul S. Addison, Philip C. Smit, Anthony P. Addison
  • Patent number: 11957436
    Abstract: A device includes: an ultrasonic wave irradiation unit that irradiates a living body with an ultrasonic wave; an ultrasonic wave detection unit that receives an ultrasonic wave reflected by the living body; and a calculation unit that calculates an amount of temperature change in the living body. The calculation unit is configured to: calculate a frequency of an ultrasonic wave amplified in the living body, based on information on a structure of the living body; perform frequency analysis on the ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic wave detection unit and acquire an amplitude spectrum of the ultrasonic wave; identify, from the amplitude spectrum, a peak frequency closest to the frequency of the ultrasonic wave; calculate an amount of frequency change, from two peak frequencies identified by ultrasonic wave irradiations in twice; and calculate an amount of temperature change in the living body from the amount of frequency change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yujiro Tanaka, Daichi Matsunaga, Michiko Seyama
  • Patent number: 11950883
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying a health disorder based on a temperature asymmetry estimation. A system may include a thermal camera configured to detect thermal images of an inspected body part and a reference body part, which may be contralateral to the inspected body part. The system may further include an optical camera configured to detect optical images of the inspected body part and the reference body part. The system may further include a remote mobile device having a mobile processor programmed to control the thermal camera to detect the thermal images and the optical camera to detect the optical images. The system may further include remote server having a diagnostic processor programmed to determine that a functional disorder or inflammation of the inspected body part has occurred by analyzing the thermal images and the optical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: UAB Diabetis
    Inventors: Gintare Marine, Urte Steikuniene, Jonas Guzaitis, Rytis Zajanckauskas
  • Patent number: 11940331
    Abstract: Packages for wireless temperature sensor nodes are described. These wireless temperature sensor nodes are suitable for sensing the temperature of remote objects, such as objects that are difficult to access. These packages are designed to enhance the sensor's ability to sense temperature. For example, these packages may be designed to provide a low thermal resistance path between the object and the temperature sensor, a high thermal resistance between an antenna of the wireless temperature sensor node and the object, and at least in some embodiments, immunity to vibrations. One such package includes means for providing a thermal conductive path from the temperature sensor to a thermally conductive support in contact with the object (for example with a thermal resistance less than 10 K/W), and means for thermally conductively decoupling the circuit board from the thermally conductive support (for example by at least 100 K/W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Smitherman, Michael J. Flaherty, Eugene Oh Hwang
  • Patent number: 11935237
    Abstract: A method for interpreting an input image by a computing device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method for interpreting an input image comprises storing an artificial intelligent (AI) model that is trained to classify a lesion detected in the input image as suspicious or non-suspicious and, under a condition of being suspicious, to classify the lesion detected in the input image as malignant or benign-hard representing that the lesion is suspicious but determined to be benign, receiving an analysis target image, by using the AI model, obtaining a classification class of a target lesion detected in the analysis target image and, when the classification class is the suspicious, obtaining at least one of a probability of being suspicious, a probability of being benign-hard, and a probability of malignant for the target lesion, and outputting an interpretation result including at least one probability obtained for the target lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LUNIT INC.
    Inventors: Hyo-Eun Kim, Hyeonseob Nam
  • Patent number: 11918364
    Abstract: An extended wear electrocardiography patch is provided. A flexible backing is formed of an elongated strip of stretchable material. An electrocardiographic electrode is affixed to and conductively exposed on a contact surface of each end of the elongated strip. A flexible circuit is affixed on each end of the elongated strip. A non-conductive receptacle is adhered on one of the ends of the elongated strip on a surface opposite the contact surface and removably receives an electrocardiography monitor operable to obtain electrocardiographic signals. A physiological sensor is provided with the electrocardiography monitor or on the flexible backing. Memory is provided on the flexible backing and is programmed with a sampling rate to instruct the physiological sensor to obtain readings of physiological data. A battery is positioned on one end of the flexible backing to provide power to one or more of the physiological sensors and the electrocardiography monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Gust H. Bardy, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Joshua Djon Green
  • Patent number: 11911097
    Abstract: Performing an initial ablation of tissue using an electrode in a probe distal end to apply a first power and estimating an overall thickness of the tissue based on measurements during the ablation of parameters of a change of temperature of the probe distal end, the first power, an irrigation rate for irrigating the tissue and a contact force applied by the probe distal end to the tissue. The method also includes in response to the estimated thickness, computing at least one of a second power required and a second time period for ablation to complete ablation of the tissue. The method further includes performing a subsequent ablation of the tissue using the computed at least one of the second power and the time period for ablation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventor: Assaf Govari
  • Patent number: 11911180
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a user includes a garment configured to be placed on a foot of the user, a cover coupled to the garment, and a sensor arrangement between the garment and the cover, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises at least one temperature sensor to measure at least one temperature on the foot of the user. A method for making a system for monitoring a user includes forming a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor lead coupled to a temperature sensor, positioning at least a portion of the sensor arrangement on a garment configured to be placed on a foot of the user, and enclosing at least the portion of the sensor arrangement between the garment and a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Siren Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Fu, Xuening Shen
  • Patent number: 11896403
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting infections in a patient in relation to temperature values obtained from implantable temperature sensors are described. An example implantable temperature sensor may be included within a housing of an implantable medical device (IMD). In some examples, the temperature sensor may determine a plurality of temperature values over time. Processing circuitry of the IMD or of an external device may smooth the temperature values and apply an infection detection model to the smoothened temperature signal to determine an infection status of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameet Braganza, Mark T. Marshall, Teresa A. Whitman, Robert W. Stadler, Brian B. Lee
  • Patent number: 11890104
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining timing of parturition onset in non-human animals are provided. Specifically, a software application platform which provides a user with the ability to receive customized information relating to an animal's estimated parturition onset as displayed on a user interface. A user can input data, for example, one or more animal specific biomarkers, and subsequently receive identification of a predicted parturition onset timing and customized recommendations and/or intervention steps for the specific animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Claire Mariani, Sylvie Chastant-Maillard, Hanna Mila, Fanny Aguer, Aurélien Grellet, Achraf Adib-Lesaux
  • Patent number: 11890077
    Abstract: Exemplary method and apparatus for diagnosing or characterizing an inflammation within an anatomical structure can be provided. For example, using at least one source arrangement, it is possible to provide at least one first electro-magnetic radiation to the anatomical structure at at least one first wavelength in vivo. With at least one detector arrangement, it is possible to detect at least one second electro-magnetic radiation at at least one second wavelength provided from the anatomical structure. The second radiation can be associated with the first radiation, and the first wavelength can be shorter than the second wavelength. The second radiation can be provided from the anatomical structure due to at least one change in the anatomical structure caused by the inflammation without providing an artificial fluorescence substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Hao Wang, Joseph A. Gardecki, Guillermo J. Tearney
  • Patent number: 11877975
    Abstract: A system for providing multimodal stimulation to a user includes a tactile device including a set of tactile actuators. Additionally, the system can include and/or interface with a user device, a remote computing system, and/or any other devices. A method for multimodal stimulation functions to provide therapy to a user for tinnitus or other conditions, and includes any or all of: receiving a set of inputs; determining a set of outputs; providing the set of outputs to a user; and adjusting any or all of the set of outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NeoSensory, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Eagleman, Michael V. Perrotta
  • Patent number: 11832881
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument for delivering microwave energy having a predetermined frequency into biological tissue in contact with the instrument, wherein the instrument comprises a first coaxial transmission line having a second coaxial transmission line connected to the distal end thereof, the second coaxial transmission line having a length and a characteristic impedance that are configured to match the impedance of the first coaxial transmission line to the load impedance at the distal end of the distal coaxial transmission line when the instrument is in contact with the tissue, at the operating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Malcolm White, Patrick Burn
  • Patent number: 11781924
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing body temperature and wirelessly communicating measured data to at least one electronic device. The device includes a sensor device having a housing base, a housing cover releasably mountable on the housing base, and components for sensing body temperature and wirelessly communicating the measured temperature, including a temperature sensor, a power supply, a microprocessor, and a transmitter and receiver. The electronic device can include an application that communicates with the sensor device and provides a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated (Delaware)
    Inventors: Christopher J. Allen, Sr., Shawn Monteith
  • Patent number: 11766180
    Abstract: Disclosed is the measurement, identification, knowledge inference and notification alerting of fevers within individuals. Embodiments according to the present disclosure include a system for measuring at least two body temperatures. The first temperature is measured from a body region that correlates with deep body temperature; the second is measured from body regions capable of subcutaneous/deep tissue vasoconstriction. Temperatures of the first region are automatically compared to cutoff thresholds, and differences between the first and second regions are automatically compared to temperature difference thresholds. This apparatus automatically evaluates if none, one, or both thresholds have been exceeded. If none or one, then a subject can be identified as normal (afebrile). If both thresholds are exceeded a screening or test subject identified as febrile, where actions can be taken to isolate individuals to prevent spreading of communicable diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Newton
  • Patent number: 11696694
    Abstract: In an aspect, this disclosure relates to methods and devices for calibration of capillary blood flow meters for measuring capillary blood flow in absolute flow units (such as mL/min×100 g of tissue). For example, the calibration method utilizes the combination of a wet model device and a dry model device to provide a convenience, easy-to-use, and accurate calibration and measurement in absolute flow units. In an aspect, the dry model device can use thermal conductivity parameters from the wet model device, which can be translated into thermal conductivity parameters in a dry model device, which can be used to calibrate the capillary blood flow meter in absolute units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Dermaflow LLC
    Inventor: Ilya Skoletsky
  • Patent number: 11691005
    Abstract: In some examples, a method including detecting, via processing circuitry, an induced voltage in at least one of an electrode or a lead conductor of an implantable medical device, wherein the induced voltage is induced in the at least one of the electrode or the lead conductor of the implantable medical device by a radio frequency (RF) field generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner; and modifying, via the processing circuitry, an MRI scan based on the detected induced voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehmet Arcan Erturk
  • Patent number: 11684416
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catheter device sized and shaped for vascular access that has an elongate body extending between a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the elongate body has at least one inner lumen configured to receive a fluid. The catheter also has an ablation electrode configured to provide ablative energy, wherein the electrode is located distally along the elongate body and includes a passageway fluidly connected to the lumen of the elongate body. Also, the catheter has a sensor configured to provide a signal representative of temperature, and an insulating chamber extending at least partially about the ablation electrode and configured to at least partially insulate the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Frederick Bencini
  • Patent number: 11678806
    Abstract: The Personal Warning Temperature (PWT) is a method of determining a person's personal warning temperature that defines a fever for that person. The PWT may also be used to provide an indication to recommend medical evaluation for a person. The method includes analyzing a person's body temperature measurements taken over time when the person may be healthy, in order to find the person's average temperature, a standard deviation, a channel defined by an upper and lower temperature bound using the average and standard deviation, such that nearly all body temperatures fall within the channel, and a personal warning temperature similarly defined using the average, and the standard deviation. A personal warning temperature may be used for improved and accelerated awareness of a person's health status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ideal Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Kocher, Douglas Earl Dyer, John Shelly Bowling, II
  • Patent number: 11678906
    Abstract: A multi-portal method for treating a subject's spine includes distracting adjacent vertebrae using a distraction instrument positioned at a first entrance along the subject to enlarge an intervertebral space between the adjacent vertebrae. An interbody fusion implant can be delivered into the enlarged intervertebral space. The interbody fusion implant can be positioned directly between vertebral bodies of the adjacent vertebrae while endoscopically viewing the interbody fusion implant using an endoscopic instrument. The patient's spine can be visualized using endoscopic techniques to view, for example, the spine, tissue, instruments, and implants before, during, and after implantation, or the like. The visualization can help a physician throughout the surgical procedure to improve patient outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Amplify Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Wonyong Choi, Dong-Hwa Heo, Jeffrey Roh
  • Patent number: 11672427
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed that can receive temperature data from at least one temperature sensor over a period of time. At least one metric of the temperature data can be calculated, which may utilize the temperature data from a particular sensor over the period of time and may be indicative of variability in the temperature data. A tissue assessment can be determined by utilizing a classifier with at least one feature input to the classifier, the feature(s) being determined from the metric(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: CYRCADIA ASIA, LTD.
    Inventors: Vinitha Sree Subbhuraam, Robert James Royea
  • Patent number: 11672476
    Abstract: A method of determining a local cerebrospinal fluid flow rate. The method including the steps of positioning a distal end of the catheter in a flow of cerebrospinal fluid of the patient, the catheter including an infusion port and at least one temperature sensor positioned at a fixed distance from the infusion port, infusing a bolus of a temperature controlled fluid through the infusion port into the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, and monitoring a temperature sensed by the at least one temperature sensor, wherein a change in the temperature sensed by the at least one temperature sensor over time is representative of a local cerebrospinal fluid flow rate in proximity to the infusion port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bodner
  • Patent number: 11676270
    Abstract: There is provided a computer implemented method of measuring a temperature of a subject, comprising: receiving a sequence of a plurality of thermal images of a subject captured by a thermal sensor, analyzing the sequence of the plurality of thermal images to identify at least one target thermal image depicting an upper region of a tongue of the subject, analyzing the at least one target thermal image to identify an estimated temperature of the upper region of the tongue, and providing the estimated temperature of the upper region of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NEC Corporation Of America
    Inventors: Tsvi Lev, Yaacov Hoch, Liran Orevi
  • Patent number: 11663718
    Abstract: A method for interpreting an input image by a computing device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method for interpreting an input image comprises storing an artificial intelligent (AI) model that is trained to classify a lesion detected in the input image as suspicious or non-suspicious and, under a condition of being suspicious, to classify the lesion detected in the input image as malignant or benign-hard representing that the lesion is suspicious but determined to be benign, receiving an analysis target image, by using the AI model, obtaining a classification class of a target lesion detected in the analysis target image and, when the classification class is the suspicious, obtaining at least one of a probability of being suspicious, a probability of being benign-hard, and a probability of malignant for the target lesion, and outputting an interpretation result including at least one probability obtained for the target lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LUNIT INC.
    Inventors: Hyo-Eun Kim, Hyeonseob Nam
  • Patent number: 11657431
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for programmatically determining and adjusting electronic bid values for a digital content object using a machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Rahul Anand, Sandeep Dey, Pravin P. Thampi, Zhi Guo
  • Patent number: 11647991
    Abstract: In an ultrasound imaging system which produces synthetically transmit focused images, the multiline signals used to form image scanlines are analyzed for speed of sound variation, and a map 60 of this variation is generated. In a preferred implementation, the phase discrepancy of the received multilines caused by speed of sound variation in the medium is estimated in the angular spectrum domain for the receive angular spectrum. Once the phase is estimated for all locations in an image, the differential phase between two points at the same lateral location, but different depth, is computed. This differential phase is proportional to the local speed of sound between the two points. A color-coded two- or three-dimensional map 60 is produced from these speed of sound estimates and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert, Sheng-Wen Huang, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Jun Seob Shin, Seungsoo Kim, Hua Xie, Man Nguyen, Faik Can Meral, William Tao Shi, Carolina Amador Carrascal
  • Patent number: 11622656
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having a temperature sensor that senses a temperature of an external surface presented by a user's hand, and a pump mechanism that is configured to dispense fluid onto the user's hand when the pump mechanism is activated. It is determined whether the fluid has been dispensed onto the user's hand based, at least in part, on the temperature of the external surface presented by the user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventor: Heiner Ophardt
  • Patent number: 11622690
    Abstract: The capillary refill time (CRT) of a patient is an important feature in the determination of cardiovascular system health. Quick re-perfusion of the microcirculation (namely, the capillaries) is a good indication that the cardiovascular system is able to efficiently distribute blood throughout the body. Current systems use unreliable or subjective methods to test the CRT. Additionally, the calculation of CRT is not generally used in the adult medical space as it is more commonly used in pediatrics. The present application describes a system and method for calculating a patient's CRT using a mobile device with an integrated camera and light source, or an optical head-mounted display using a light source in combination with ambient light to calculate the CRT. Once a patient's CRT is calculated, an integrated application classifies the data and sends it to the treating clinician for review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Rick Bezemer, Abigail Acton Flower, Cornelis Conradus Adrianus Maria van Zon
  • Patent number: 11617807
    Abstract: A reusable urinary intermittent catheter comprising: a catheter tube; a funnel connected to the catheter tube; and one or more near-field communication (NFC) tags embedded in the catheter that contain authentication information and validate the authentication information and usage information. The catheter tube may be configured to be inserted into a male or female urethral tract to facilitate drainage of urine from a bladder into a receptacle. The funnel may be curved to facilitate a flow of urine through the catheter tube and slow the flow of the urine exiting the funnel while minimizing splashing of the urine and reducing material strain on the catheter tube when stored with an insertion aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CathBuddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Souvik Paul, Daniel Wollin
  • Patent number: 11610432
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating pairs of at least one of the plurality of visual images to a respective at least one of the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining a temperature of the respective calibrated pairs, and granting access if a visual image of the calibrated pair is authenticated by a facial recognition library and if the temperature of the calibrated pair is within a predefined threshold of the average temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11601733
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for temperature sensing in a detector system. Dark current from pixels in a pixel array of the detector system can be filtered to remove noise and processed to determine a temperature of the pixel array from the filtered dark current. Calibration of the dark current for a range of temperatures can be performed. In embodiments, the pixels comprise photodiodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Cadugan
  • Patent number: 11571132
    Abstract: Provided are a measurement apparatus, a measurement instrument, a measurement system, a server, an analysis method, a storage medium and a data structure that easily enable good acoustic characteristics while improving the accuracy of body temperature detection. The measurement apparatus includes a metal tube having a first end and a second end; a measurement unit which is arranged at the first end 13a side of the metal tube and is capable of measuring electromagnetic radiation incident from the second end of the metal tube; a sound output unit configured to output sound; and a first path and a second path to the first end of the metal tube for sound outputted from the sound output unit, wherein the first path and the second path have different lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Kashiwase
  • Patent number: 11564741
    Abstract: An electrosurgical apparatus and method for performing thermal treatment in the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. to ablate duodenal mucosal tissue. The apparatus comprises an instrument having a flexible cable and an applicator suitable for use with a gastroscope, which can be deployed within a patient to delivery energy in a targeted or otherwise controllable manner. The applicator can deliver microwave energy by radiation. The direct and depth-limited nature of microwave energy can be make it more effective than treatments that rely on thermal conduction. The applicator may include a radially extendable portion arranged to move an microwave energy delivery structure into contact with duodenal mucosal tissue at the treatment region. The applicator may comprise any of a balloon, bipolar radiator, movable paddle, and rotatable roller element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Meadowcroft, Christopher Paul Hancock, George Ullrich, David Webb, Louis Turner, Julian Mark Ebbutt
  • Patent number: 11526713
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating embedding of human labeler influences in machine learning interfaces in computing environments, according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting sensor data via one or more sensors of a computing device, and accessing human labeler data at one or more databases coupled to the computing device. The method may further include evaluating relevance between the sensor data and the human labeler data, where the relevance identifies meaning of the sensor data based on human behavior corresponding to the human labeler data, and associating, based on the relevance, human labeler data with the sensor data to classify the sensor data as labeled data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Glen J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11519786
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a temperature detection circuit. The temperature detection circuit includes: a first comparator, the first comparator having a first negative input terminal, a first positive input terminal and a first output terminal, the first negative input terminal being connected with an output terminal of a temperature sensor, the first positive input terminal being connected with a first reference voltage terminal; a monostable trigger, an input terminal of the monostable trigger being connected with the first output terminal of the first comparator; a low pass filter, an input terminal of the low pass filter being connected with an output terminal of the monostable trigger. The present disclosure further provides a temperature sensor device and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengpeng Wang, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Chunwei Wu, Xiaoliang Ding, Chihjen Cheng, Yanling Han, Wei Liu, Xueyou Cao, Ping Zhang, Lijun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11504008
    Abstract: Systems configured to acquire temperature signals from an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT), to analyze the temperatures signals, and to determine a condition of a human body from the analysis, and a method for doing the same, are described. In addition, systems for application of thermal signals to the ABTT for treatment of conditions are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Patent number: 11504280
    Abstract: A system and a method of detecting a voiding event of a care-receiver uses a temperature sensor for measuring temperatures in real-time at a location adjacent a lower portion of the care-receiver's torso where the voiding event is to occur. The system and method then determines the voiding event based on the measured temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CARE CHANGER INC.
    Inventor: Jim McDermott
  • Patent number: 11497675
    Abstract: A system for providing multimodal stimulation to a user includes a tactile device including a set of tactile actuators. Additionally, the system can include and/or interface with a user device, a remote computing system, and/or any other devices. A method for multimodal stimulation functions to provide therapy to a user for tinnitus or other conditions, and includes any or all of: receiving a set of inputs; determining a set of outputs; providing the set of outputs to a user; and adjusting any or all of the set of outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NeoSensory, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Perrotta, David M. Eagleman
  • Patent number: 11484252
    Abstract: A system to provide health and wellness data, comprising a platform for placement; at least one imaging sensor associated with the platform for capturing images; and a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness data is disclosed. A toilet for assessing health and wellness of a user, comprising a bowl supported by a base; a platform for placement of a user's feet; at least one imaging sensor mounted on the base; and a processor adapted to analyze the images to determine health and wellness is disclosed. A method for assessing health and wellness comprising acquiring one or more images of the foot a user; using a processor to analyze the one or more images for health and wellness factors; and making the results of the health and wellness analysis available to the user on one or more digital platforms is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Medic, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Hall, David Crismon, Joshua Larsen, Jared Reynolds, Michael Brough
  • Patent number: 11458307
    Abstract: A method for aesthetic soft tissue treatment includes placing at least one applicator in contact with the patient's body. The applicator has at least one electrode. Electrotherapy and radio frequency therapy are provided to the soft tissue, optionally with overlay or sequentially. A handheld applicator may be used, with the applicator moving during the therapy, which may provide muscle stimulation in the patient, or provide an analgesic effect during the treatment. A spacing object may be positioned between the skin of the patient and the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S.
    Inventor: Tomás Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11452456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining the core body temperature of a subject. To enable continuous core body determination without having to place or direct a sensor at a precise position of the subject's body, the device comprises an image data input (31) for obtaining image data (11) of a subject's skin, a thermal sensor data input (32) for obtaining thermal sensor data (21) of the subject's skin, an image analysis unit (33) for deriving photoplethysmography, PPG, signals from the obtained image data and for detecting one or more skin areas (34) having the strongest PPG signals, and a temperature determination unit (35) for determining the core body temperature (36) of the subject from obtained thermal sensor data for the detected one or more skin areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ihor Olehovych Kirenko, Caifeng Shan, Ronaldus Maria Aarts
  • Patent number: 11450421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide smart alerts to users, e.g., alerts to users about diabetic states that are only provided when it makes sense to do so, e.g., when the system can predict or estimate that the user is not already cognitively aware of their current condition, e.g., particularly where the current condition is a diabetic state warranting attention. In this way, the alert or alarm is personalized and made particularly effective for that user. Such systems and methods still alert the user when action is necessary, e.g., a bolus or temporary basal rate change, or provide a response to a missed bolus or a need for correction, but do not alert when action is unnecessary, e.g., if the user is already estimated or predicted to be cognitively aware of the diabetic state warranting attention, or if corrective action was already taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Leigh Davis, Scott M. Belliveau, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Leif N. Bowman, Rita M. Castillo, Alexandra Elena Constantin, Rian Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Gary Brian Gable, Arturo Garcia, Thomas Hall, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Anna Claire Harley-Trochimczyk, Nathaniel David Heintzman, Andrea Jean Jackson, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Aditya Sagar Mandapaka, Samuel Jere Marsh, Gary A. Morris, Subrai Girish Pai, Andrew Attila Pal, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Eli Reihman, Ashley Anne Rindfleisch, Sofie Wells Schunk, Peter C. Simpson, Daniel Smith, Stephen J. Vanslyke, Matthew T. Vogel, Tomas C. Walker, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11439318
    Abstract: An medical device, comprising an elongate shaft extending along a shaft longitudinal axis and comprising a shaft proximal portion and a shaft distal portion that is sized and configured for insertion into a body. An active magnetic position sensor can be disposed within the shaft distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory K. Olson, Troy T. Tegg, Andrew R. Oliverius, Zachary L. Helgeson
  • Patent number: 11402277
    Abstract: The invention discloses a temperature measuring device adopting a plurality of infrared sensors and its method. The temperature measuring device consists of a housing, a main control circuit board unit set in the housing, a power supply unit and an infrared sensor set at the head of the housing, wherein the main control circuit board unit is a main control circuit board, and a main control Microcontroller Unit, a signal acquisition circuit, a display screen, a power supply and a control key integrated in the main control circuit board. The method is to calculate and output the accurate target temperature through infrared sensors combined with Microcontroller Unit, at the same time, it can effectively identify such as abnormality of measurement area, abnormality of user measurement method and so as to improve the effectiveness of measurement results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Cao Liang
  • Patent number: 11395593
    Abstract: According to some embodiments there is provided a wearable device for breast screening, comprising: at least one breast-contacting member shaped to contact a surface of a breast, the member comprising an array of force applying units and an array of sensors configured for sensing at least one parameter in response to force applied by the force applying units; the force applying units and the sensors disposed on or within the breast-contacting member and positioned to contact a surface of the breast; a memory storing one or more patterns suitable to detect a lump underlying the surface; wherein the pattern comprises a sequence of forces that vary spatially and/or vary in time; a controller configured for: reading data from the memory to control application of force; communicating with the sensors to receive signals associated with the at least one parameter sensed in response to the application of force; and to process the received signals to detect a lump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Mor Research Applications Ltd.
    Inventor: Doron Kopelman
  • Patent number: 11389133
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a ultrasound imaging apparatus for managing growth of follicles in an ovary where the method comprises detecting, by a signal processor, the follicles and a plurality of parameters associated with each follicle in a three dimensional (3D) ultra sound image, tracking the detected follicles in a longitudinal scan, monitoring a rate of growth of each follicle based on the detected parameters in the longitudinal scan, determining a dosage of hormone for stimulating the ovary based on the rate of growth of each follicle, and generating a report and a nomograph based on the rate of growth of each follicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nikhil Narayan Subbarao, Srinivasan Sivanandan, Kedar Anil Patwardhan, Srinivas Rao Kudavelly
  • Patent number: 11383021
    Abstract: A trans-anal irrigation (TAI) device has a pump base unit, an irrigation fluid reservoir, a wireless electronic controller, fluid tubing, and a disposable rectal catheter in fluid communication with the tubing. The rectal catheter has a retention balloon and a waste control valve. The fluid tubing contains two or three separate lumens for irrigation fluid and retention balloon inflation/deflation and optionally for waste control valve actuation. None of the lumens ever communicates with any other lumen. A hydraulic control circuit has a pump that pumps in one direction only but, with suitable control valves, is able to pump water to and from the retention balloon and to and from an optional waste control valve. A water temperature sensor is mounted in the pump base unit at a thin-wall section. The temperature sensor sends a signal to a controller which provides an indication of whether the water temperature is suitable for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Jerome A. Henry, William K. Arnold, Donald V. Matesi, Mary L. Glennon, Denise Gamblin, Christina Augustyn, Jeanne E. Lee, Colin Conlon, Stephen King, Martin Bruggemann, Mark Liddle, Malford E. Cullum
  • Patent number: 11375903
    Abstract: The Personal Warning Temperature (PWT) is a method of determining a person's personal warning temperature that defines a fever for that person. The method includes analyzing a person's body temperature measurements taken over time when the person is healthy, in order to find the person's average temperature; standard deviation; a channel defined by an upper and lower temperature bound using the average and standard deviation, and a selected multiplier for the standard deviation, such that nearly all body temperatures fall within the channel; and a personal warning temperature similarly defined using the average, standard deviation, and another selected multiplier for the standard deviation. The method also determines a correction or interpretation of a person's body temperature based on the time of day to account for known variations associated with circadian rhythm. A person can use their personal warning temperature for improved and accelerated awareness of their health status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: IDEAL INNOVATIONS INC
    Inventors: Robert William Kocher, Douglas Earl Dyer, John Shelly Bowling, II
  • Patent number: 11376061
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an expandable energy delivery assembly adapted to deliver electrical energy to tissue. The assembly includes an elongate device including an irrigation shaft defining a irrigation lumen fluidly couplable to an irrigation source and a rapid exchange shaft defining a guidewire lumen configured for reception and passage of a guidewire. The assembly also includes an inflatable element that is secured to the elongate device. The inflatable element includes a double helical electrode disposed on the inflatable element that makes between about 0.5 to about 1.5 revolutions around the inflatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Tom Saul