公开(公告)号：US20070191908A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11675364

申请日：2007-02-15

申请人： Doreen Jacob ,  Susan Stepko ,  Steven Hackworth ,  Michael Lovell ,  Marlin Mickle ,  Michael Gorin

发明人： Doreen Jacob ,  Susan Stepko ,  Steven Hackworth ,  Michael Lovell ,  Marlin Mickle ,  Michael Gorin

IPC分类号： A61N1/18

CPC分类号： A61N1/36014 ,  A61N1/36003 ,  A61N1/36007 ,  A61N1/3601 ,  A61N1/36046 ,  A61N1/36135 ,  A61N1/37223 ,  A61N1/3787

摘要： A method of stimulating a subject having a denervated muscle and a corresponding functional muscle that are responsible for producing actions, such as blinking, on first and second portions, respectively, of the subject's body. The method includes determining whether the functional muscle has contracted, generating a contraction signal if it is determined that it has contracted, and causing the denervated muscle to contract following the generation of the contraction signal. Also, an apparatus for stimulating such a subject including one or more sensing devices operatively associated with the functional muscle and one or more stimulating devices operatively associated with the denervated muscle. One or more of the sensing devices generates one or more first signals in response to activity indicating functional muscle contraction. The one or more stimulating devices are made to cause the denervated muscle to contract in response to the generation of the first signals.

摘要翻译： 刺激具有去神经支配的肌肉的受试者和相应的功能性肌肉的方法，所述对象的功能肌肉分别负责在对象的身体的第一和第二部分上产生诸如眨眼的动作。 所述方法包括确定功能肌肉是否收缩，如果确定其已收缩则产生收缩信号，并且在产生收缩信号之后导致去神经支配的肌肉收缩。 此外，一种用于刺激这样的受试者的装置，包括与功能性肌肉可操作地相关联的一个或多个感测装置和与去神经支配的肌肉可操作地相关联的一个或多个刺激装置。 一个或多个感测装置响应于指示功能性肌肉收缩的活动而产生一个或多个第一信号。 使一个或多个刺激装置响应于第一信号的产生而导致去神经支配的肌肉收缩。

公开(公告)号：US20070153561A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-05

申请号：US11619786

申请日：2007-01-04

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Minhong Mi ,  Leonid Mats

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Minhong Mi ,  Leonid Mats

IPC分类号： H02M5/06 ,  H04Q5/22

CPC分类号： H02J50/20 ,  G06K19/0707 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J17/00 ,  H02J50/40 ,  Y10T307/707

摘要： Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods are provided that employ multiple antennas to optimize the amount of energy that is harvested while at the same time making efficient use of tag space. In some embodiments, matching networks are chosen in a manner that optimizes the DC energy that is created from the harvesting process. In other embodiments, phase shifts are introduced into the received signals to allow the signals to be more efficiently combined after they are rectified.

摘要翻译： 提供能量收集电路和相关方法，其采用多个天线来优化所收获的能量的量，同时有效地利用标签空间。 在一些实施例中，以优化从收获过程产生的DC能量的方式来选择匹配网络。 在其他实施例中，相移被引入到接收的信号中，以便在纠正信号之后更有效地组合这些信号。

公开(公告)号：US20060094425A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-04

申请号：US10976751

申请日：2004-10-28

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Christopher Capelli ,  Harold Swift

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Christopher Capelli ,  Harold Swift

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： G06K19/0726 ,  G06K7/0008 ,  G06K19/0707 ,  G06K19/0715 ,  G06K19/0723 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J17/00 ,  H02J50/20

摘要： An energy harvesting circuit has an active automatic tuning circuit to search for broadcast frequencies in a band of interest and selecting only those broadcast signals received with sufficient RF strength to be used in energy harvesting. This circuit would provide power storage devices with a circuit that has a means to select the ambient RF that can maximize or enhance the performance of an RFID circuit by increasing the amount of energy for harvesting. This automatic tuning would enable a power storage devices charger circuit to move from location to location without manual tuning of the circuit and increase the effective range of an RFID circuit.

摘要翻译： 能量采集电路具有有源自动调谐电路，用于搜索感兴趣的频带中的广播频率，并且仅选择接收的具有足够RF强度的广播信号以用于能量采集。 该电路将为电力存储设备提供电路，该电路具有选择可以通过增加收集能量的量来最大化或增强RFID电路的性能来选择环境RF的手段。 这种自动调谐将使蓄电装置充电器电路从位置移动到位置，而无需手动调谐电路并增加RFID电路的有效范围。

公开(公告)号：US20060058076A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-16

申请号：US11266139

申请日：2005-11-03

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Christopher Capelli ,  Harold Swift

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Christopher Capelli ,  Harold Swift

IPC分类号： H04B1/38 ,  H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H02J50/20 ,  H02J7/025 ,  H02J17/00

摘要： The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy within frequencies of the wireless fidelity standards. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The invention may advantageously be used on wireless fidelity products which are energized by the power storage device.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了用于远程激励蓄电装置的装置和相关方法。 可以优选地通过在无线保真度标准的频率内使用RF能量来实现通电。 远程站优选地具有至少一个具有大于其物理区域的有效面积的天线。 本发明可有利地用于由蓄电装置通电的无线保真产品上。

公开(公告)号：US20070176752A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-02

申请号：US11561595

申请日：2006-11-20

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Peter Hawrylak ,  Raymond Hoare ,  Alex Jones ,  James Cain ,  Chuba Oyolu ,  Shenchih Tung

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Peter Hawrylak ,  Raymond Hoare ,  Alex Jones ,  James Cain ,  Chuba Oyolu ,  Shenchih Tung

IPC分类号： H04Q5/22

CPC分类号： G06K19/0723 ,  G06K19/0701

摘要： A power management method for a transponder having a plurality of circuits including at least a first circuit having a first active state requiring at least a first power level, and a second circuit having a second active state requiring at least a second power level greater than the first power level includes receiving a reader device signal in the first circuit, determining in the first circuit, based on information included in the reader signal, whether the reader signal requires a circuit other than the first circuit to operate, and causing the first circuit to provide a wake-up signal and the reader signal to the second circuit if it is determined that the reader signal requires a circuit other than the first circuit to operate. The wake up signal causes the second circuit to move from an inactive state to the second active state.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有多个电路的转发器的电源管理方法，所述多个电路至少包括具有至少需要第一功率电平的第一有效状态的第一电路，以及具有第二激活状态的第二电路，所述第二激活状态至少需要大于 第一功率电平包括在第一电路中接收读取器装置信号，基于读取器信号中包括的信息确定第一电路中读取器信号是否需要第一电路以外的电路进行操作，并且使第一电路 如果确定读取器信号需要第一电路以外的电路来操作，则向第二电路提供唤醒信号和读取器信号。 唤醒信号使得第二电路从非活动状态移动到第二活动状态。

公开(公告)号：US20060136007A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-22

申请号：US11312183

申请日：2005-12-20

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Steven Hackworth

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Steven Hackworth

IPC分类号： A61N1/18

CPC分类号： A61N1/3787 ,  A61N1/36067 ,  A61N1/36082

摘要： Various methods and apparatus for providing deep brain stimulation for the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's Disease that do not require an onboard power supply that is implanted in the patient's body. Power may be supplied from outside of the body by, for example, near-field inductive coupling with an external power supply provided in, for example, a headgear worn by the patient. Power may also be supplied by providing an antenna for harvesting ambient energy, such as ambient RF energy, and converting it into DC power. In addition, the methods and apparatus provide for remote, wireless programming of the parameters that specify the nature of electrical pulses provided to the brain via probes implanted in the brain.

摘要翻译： 用于提供深部脑刺激以治疗不需要植入患者体内的车载电源的帕金森氏病等疾病的各种方法和装置。 可以通过例如与例如由患者佩戴的头饰设置的外部电源的近场感应耦合来从身体外部供电。 也可以通过提供用于收集环境能量的天线（例如环境RF能量）并将其转换成直流电力来提供功率。 此外，所述方法和装置提供了通过植入在脑中的探针来指定提供给大脑的电脉冲的性质的参数的远程，无线编程。

公开(公告)号：US20070296586A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-27

申请号：US11741233

申请日：2007-04-27

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Charles Greene

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Charles Greene

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G06K7/0008 ,  G06K7/0095 ,  G06K7/10465

摘要： A method of generating a normalized matrix for use in determining one or more read accuracies of an RFID tag at selected points in space relative to a transmitter associated with the RFID tag. The method may further include using the normalized matrix to determine a particular read accuracy of the RFID tag at a particular point in space relative to the transmitter. Also, a method of generating a power scaling factor for determining the read accuracy of an RFID tag.

摘要翻译： 一种生成归一化矩阵的方法，用于确定相对于与RFID标签相关联的发射器在空间中的选定点处的RFID标签的一个或多个读取精度。 该方法还可以包括使用归一化矩阵来确定在相对于发射机的空间中的特定点处的RFID标签的特定读取精度。 另外，生成用于确定RFID标签的读取精度的功率缩放因子的方法。

公开(公告)号：US20070173214A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-26

申请号：US11619770

申请日：2007-01-04

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Minhong Mi ,  David Sammel ,  James Cain ,  Leonid Mats

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Minhong Mi ,  David Sammel ,  James Cain ,  Leonid Mats

IPC分类号： H04B1/04 ,  H02M5/06

CPC分类号： H02J50/20 ,  H02J17/00 ,  H02J50/40 ,  H02J50/70 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H04B1/04 ,  H04B1/1607

摘要： A method of powering a wireless autonomous device having energy harvesting circuitry, on-board electronic circuitry, and RF transmitter circuitry using an RF transmitting profile that includes a plurality of RF pulses. That same profile may also be used to simultaneously communicate information to the wireless autonomous device in a number of ways, including different encoding schemes. A system including a plurality of wireless autonomous devices that employs the methods is also provided. Further, a method of designing a wireless autonomous device system and/or a wireless autonomous device to be used therein is provided that employs an equivalent circuit for the wireless autonomous device that is in the form of a lumped parameter RLC circuit with an energy source.

摘要翻译： 使用包括多个RF脉冲的RF发射分布来为具有能量收集电路，车载电子电路和RF发射机电路的无线自主设备供电的方法。 该相同的简档也可以用于以多种方式同时向无线自主设备传送信息，包括不同的编码方案。 还提供了一种包括使用该方法的多个无线自主设备的系统。 此外，提供了一种在其中使用的无线自主设备系统和/或无线自主设备的设计方法，其采用具有能量源的集中参数RLC电路形式的无线自主设备的等效电路。

公开(公告)号：US20070142872A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-21

申请号：US11313459

申请日：2005-12-21

申请人： Marlin Mickle ,  Steven Hackworth

发明人： Marlin Mickle ,  Steven Hackworth

IPC分类号： A61N1/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/3787 ,  A61N1/0529 ,  A61N1/0534 ,  A61N1/36082

摘要： Various methods and apparatus for providing deep brain stimulation for the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's Disease that do not require an onboard power supply that is implanted in the patient's body. Power may be supplied from outside of the body by, for example, near-field inductive coupling with an external power supply provided in, for example, a headgear worn by the patient. Power may also be supplied by providing an antenna for harvesting ambient energy, such as ambient RF energy, and converting it into DC power. In addition, the methods and apparatus provide for remote, wireless programming of the parameters that specify the nature of electrical pulses provided to the brain via probes implanted in the brain.

摘要翻译： 用于提供深部脑刺激以治疗不需要植入患者体内的车载电源的帕金森氏病等疾病的各种方法和装置。 可以通过例如与例如由患者佩戴的头饰设置的外部电源的近场感应耦合来从身体外部供电。 也可以通过提供用于收集环境能量的天线（例如环境RF能量）并将其转换成直流电力来提供功率。 此外，所述方法和装置提供了通过植入在脑中的探针来指定提供给大脑的电脉冲的性质的参数的远程，无线编程。

公开(公告)号：US20060284930A1

公开(公告)日：2006-12-21

申请号：US11158312

申请日：2005-06-21

申请人： George Mejalli ,  Ralph Chew ,  Sean O'Leary ,  Marlin Mickle ,  James MaCpherson ,  Frank Marx ,  John Holmes

发明人： George Mejalli ,  Ralph Chew ,  Sean O'Leary ,  Marlin Mickle ,  James MaCpherson ,  Frank Marx ,  John Holmes

IPC分类号： B41J2/16

CPC分类号： B41J2/03 ,  B41J2202/22

摘要： Methods and arrangements for adjusting and maintaining a lateral or radial position of a nozzle such as a nozzle in an ink jet print head. Since the alignment of an ink stream issuing from a nozzle in ink jet applications is usually critical in that the ink jet stream must be directed to a specific target area, described herein are arrangements for enabling the nozzle and issuing ink stream to be precisely aligned for calibration and maintenance purposes. In addition the adjustment is simplified and once made it stays in position. Similar principles can be applied to other types of nozzles and arrangements wherein another type of fluid, or even light, is issued out.

摘要翻译： 用于在喷墨打印头中调节和保持诸如喷嘴的喷嘴的横向或径向位置的方法和装置。 由于在喷墨应用中从喷嘴发出的油墨流的对准通常是关键的，因为喷墨流必须被引导到特定的目标区域，这里描述的是使得喷嘴能够精确地排列墨水流的布置 校准和维护的目的。 此外，调整简化，一旦使其保持在适当位置。 类似的原理可以应用于其他类型的喷嘴和布置，其中发出另一种类型的流体，或甚至发光。