公开(公告)号：US10546651B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-28

申请号：US16192063

申请日：2018-11-15

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： G16C20/30

摘要： Systems and methods are described for modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile including an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with interactions between reference cosmetic ingredients and types of reference microbes; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive information associated with the microbe profile of an individual, receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, compare the microbe profile of the individual and the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, identify an interaction between at least one cosmetic ingredient in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual, recommend a modification to the ingredient list in response to an identified interaction, and report to a user the recommended modification.

公开(公告)号：US20190254642A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US16272921

申请日：2019-02-11

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera ,  Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Katherine E. Sharadin ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC分类号： A61B10/02 ,  A61F13/15 ,  G01N33/569 ,  H04N5/232

摘要： Devices, systems, and methods for assessing microbiota of skin are described, including: a skin-covering material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface substantially conforming to a topography of a skin surface of an individual and including a plurality of signal-generating complexes, one or more of the plurality of signal-generating complexes configured to emit one or more signals in response to at least one type of microbe; an image capture device to capture an image of the inner surface of the skin-covering material, the image including one or more signals emitted from the plurality of signal-generating complexes, and to transform the image into a digital output; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive the digital output, compare the properties of the imaged one or more signals with a database of reference signal-generating complexes, and generate a digital spatial profile of microbes on the skin-covering material.

公开(公告)号：US20190228669A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16275764

申请日：2019-02-14

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,  Philip A. Eckhoff ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC分类号： G09B5/02 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G16H20/13 ,  G07C9/00 ,  G09B19/00

摘要： Systems and methods for competency training and use authorization for dispensing an agent are described, which include: an agent-dispensing device configured to dispense one or more agents to a user, and including a controllable agent-dispensing mechanism and a receiver configured to receive a signal and to activate or deactivate a locking mechanism coupled to the controllable agent-dispensing mechanism; a computing device having a display and a user interface; and a web-based interactive tool accessible on the computing device, the web-based interactive tool including a training module to provide training to the user in proper use of the agent-dispensing device, a verification module to verify a competency of the user in the proper use of the agent-dispensing device, and an activation module responsive to the verification module and operable to provide an activation signal to deactivate the locking mechanism to allow dispensing of the one or more agents after verifying the competency of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10291983B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US13920280

申请日：2013-06-18

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  William David Duncan ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Edward K. Y. Jung ,  Richard T. Lord ,  Robert W. Lord ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04R3/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R5/02 ,  H04R17/00

摘要： A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically providing audio output information to one or more portions of a portable electronic device to be outputted from said portable electronic device via one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals; and electronically outputting, said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals to be demodulated into one or more acoustic audio signals containing one or more portions of said audio output information at one or more locations spaced from said portable electronic device based at least in part according to said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals and based at least in part according to one or more portable electronic device ultrasonic emitter arrangements. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

公开(公告)号：US10140424B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

申请号：US15690604

申请日：2017-08-30

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

摘要： Systems and methods are described for modifying a cosmetic product based on a microbe profile including an ingredient-microbe interaction dataset including information associated with interactions between reference cosmetic ingredients and types of reference microbes; and a computing device including circuitry configured to receive information associated with the microbe profile of an individual, receive information associated with an ingredient list of the cosmetic product, compare the microbe profile of the individual and the ingredient list of the cosmetic product to the ingredient-microbe interaction dataset, identify an interaction between at least one cosmetic ingredient in the ingredient list of the cosmetic product and at least one of the one or more types of microbes in the microbe profile of the individual, recommend a modification to the ingredient list in response to an identified interaction, and report to a user the recommended modification.

公开(公告)号：US09549703B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-24

申请号：US14091832

申请日：2013-11-27

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： A61B5/00 ,  C12Q1/04 ,  A61M35/00 ,  A61B10/02 ,  G01N33/569

CPC分类号： A61B10/02 ,  A61B5/0004 ,  A61B5/0077 ,  A61B5/443 ,  A61B5/445 ,  A61B5/4839 ,  A61B5/486 ,  A61B10/0283 ,  A61B90/39 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2010/0216 ,  A61B2010/0225 ,  A61B2090/3937 ,  A61B2090/395 ,  A61M35/003 ,  C12Q1/04 ,  G01N33/56911 ,  G01N33/56938 ,  G01N2800/20 ,  G01N2800/52

摘要： Devices and methods for profiling microbiota of skin are described which include a hand-held microbe profiling device including a housing defining an opening, the housing including at least one rotatable component at least partially disposed in the opening defined by the housing, an elongated flexible strip disposed on an outer surface of the at least one rotatable component, the outer surface of the elongated flexible strip positioned to contact one or more regions of a skin surface of an individual through the opening defined by the housing, a location-capture component to detect a location of one or more regions of the skin surface as the elongated flexible strip contacts said one or more regions, at least one sensor component to detect one or more signals emitted or reflected from the elongated flexible strip, and a computing component to associate the location of said one or more regions of the skin surface and the detected one or more signals.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于剖析皮肤微生物的装置和方法，其包括手持式微生物剖面装置，其包括限定开口的壳体，所述壳体包括至少部分地设置在由壳体限定的开口中的至少一个可旋转部件，细长的柔性条 设置在所述至少一个可旋转部件的外表面上，所述细长柔性带的外表面被定位成通过由所述壳体限定的所述开口接触个体的皮肤表面的一个或多个区域，位置捕获部件以检测 所述皮肤表面的一个或多个区域的位置，因为所述细长柔性条带接触所述一个或多个区域，所述至少一个传感器部件检测从所述细长柔性条带发射或反射的一个或多个信号，以及计算部件， 皮肤表面的所述一个或多个区域的位置和检测到的一个或多个信号。

公开(公告)号：US09526480B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：US14091762

申请日：2013-11-27

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： A61B1/00 ,  A61B10/02 ,  A61M35/00 ,  A61B5/00

CPC分类号： A61B10/0283 ,  A61B5/0071 ,  A61B5/0077 ,  A61B5/443 ,  A61B5/445 ,  A61B5/7271 ,  A61B5/74 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B2010/0216 ,  A61B2090/3941 ,  A61B2090/3975 ,  A61B2562/0233 ,  A61M35/003

摘要： Devices and methods for profiling microbiota of skin are described which include a microbe profiling device including a device head and a hand-held housing, the device head including an epidermis-engaging component and an access window and configured to dislodge microbes from a skin surface, and the hand-held housing defining an opening aligned with the access window, the hand-held housing including a motor operably coupled to a motivatable component, a substrate disposed in relation to the motivatable component and including a microbe-capture region, a location-capture component to detect a location of one or more regions of the skin surface as the epidermis-engaging component contacts said one or more regions, at least one sensor component to detect one or more signals emitted or reflected from the microbe-capture region, and a computing component including circuitry to associate the location of said one or more regions of the skin surface and the detected one or more signals.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于剖析皮肤微生物的装置和方法，其包括包括装置头和手持壳体的微生物剖面装置，所述装置头包括表皮接合部件和进入窗口，并且构造成从皮肤表面移除微生物， 并且所述手持壳体限定与所述进入窗口对准的开口，所述手持壳体包括可操作地联接到可激励部件的马达，相对于所述可激励部件布置的基板，并且包括微生物捕获区域， 捕获部件，以便当表皮接合部件接触所述一个或多个区域时，检测皮肤表面的一个或多个区域的位置，至少一个传感器部件，用于检测从微生物捕捉区域发射或反射的一个或多个信号，以及 计算组件，其包括用于将皮肤表面的所述一个或多个区域的位置与检测到的一个或多个信号相关联的电路。

公开(公告)号：US09480991B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US13651102

申请日：2012-10-12

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Terry Briggs ,  Clark J. Gilbert ,  W. Daniel Hillis ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Muriel Y. Ishikawa ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Conor L. Myhrvold ,  Nathan P. Myhrvold ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Clarence T. Tegreene ,  Charles Whitmer ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. ,  Victoria Y. H. Wood

IPC分类号： B03B1/02 ,  B03B1/04 ,  B01D21/00

CPC分类号： B03B1/02 ,  B01D21/0009 ,  B01D21/009 ,  B01D21/34 ,  B03B1/04

摘要： An apparatus for separating a mineral from a liquid including a housing and a fluid having a mineral bearing particle and contained within the housing. The apparatus further includes a generator configured to apply a radio-frequency electromagnetic field to the mineral bearing particle. The field produces a temperature increase within a portion of the mineral bearing particle and the mineral bearing particle transfers heat into the fluid, the heated fluid imposing motion-inducing forces on the particle.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将矿物与液体分离的装置，包括壳体和具有矿物轴承颗粒并且容纳在壳体内的流体。 该装置还包括发电机，其被配置为向矿物轴承颗粒施加射频电磁场。 该领域在矿物轴承颗粒的一部分内产生温度升高，并且矿物轴承颗粒将热量传递到流体中，加热的流体对颗粒施加运动诱导力。

公开(公告)号：US09357865B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-07

申请号：US13675935

申请日：2012-11-13

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Eric C. Leuthardt ,  Elizabeth A. Sweeney ,  Lowell L. Wood, Jr.

IPC分类号： A47G21/04 ,  A47G21/00 ,  A47G21/02

CPC分类号： A47G21/004 ,  A47G21/02 ,  A47G2400/04

摘要： The present disclosure provides systems and methods for actively releasing food additives to deliver aromatic compounds to consumers during food or drink consumption. The food additives may be contained within an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer may be configured to release the food additives in response to being exposed to energy provided by an activation source proximate to the food additives. The activation source may be incorporated into, or connected with, an eating utensil or an oral implant. The activation source can be manually controlled by a consumer, can be controlled based on conditions near the food additives, or can be programmed with a release schedule that defines how and when food additives are to be released.

摘要翻译： 本公开提供了用于在食物或饮料消费期间主动释放食品添加剂以向消费者输送芳族化合物的系统和方法。 食品添加剂可以包含在封装层内。 封装层可以被配置为响应于暴露于靠近食品添加剂的活化源提供的能量而释放食品添加剂。 活化源可以并入饮食器具或口腔植入物中，或与饮食用具或口腔植入物相连接。 活化源可以由消费者手动控制，可以基于食品添加剂附近的条件进行控制，或者可以用限定如何以及何时释放食品添加剂的释放方案进行编程。

公开(公告)号：US20160008556A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-14

申请号：US14328444

申请日：2014-07-10

申请人： Elwha LLC

发明人： Michael H. Baym ,  Philip A. Eckhoff ,  Roderick A. Hyde ,  Jordin T. Kare ,  Gary L. McKnight ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Lowell L. Wood, JR.

IPC分类号： A61M5/46

CPC分类号： A61M5/46 ,  A61M5/3287 ,  A61M5/427 ,  A61M2005/1585 ,  A61M2005/206

摘要： A needle insertion system is disclosed that includes a moveable hollow needle having a distal tip configured to be transdermally inserted into a vertebrate subject at an insertion-target region; at least one sensor operable to detect skin structure at a position in proximity to the distal tip of the moveable needle in the insertion-target region; and control circuitry operably coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to receive information therefrom indicating the skin structure at the insertion-target region in proximity to the distal tip, and the control circuitry configured to output moveable needle targeting instructions to control movement of the moveable needle into the skin in response to one or more signals from the at least one sensor detecting the skin structure in proximity to the distal tip. A method for inserting a movable needle of a needle insertion system into a vertebrate subject is disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种针插入系统，其包括可移动的空心针，其具有构造成在插入目标区域处经皮插入脊椎动物受试者的远侧末端; 至少一个传感器，其可操作以在所述插入目标区域中的所述可移动针的远侧末端附近的位置处检测皮肤结构; 以及控制电路，其可操作地耦合到所述至少一个传感器并且被配置为从所述至少一个传感器接收信息，其指示在所述远侧末端附近的所述插入目标区域处的皮肤结构，以及所述控制电路，被配置为输出可移动针瞄准指令以控制 响应于来自所述至少一个传感器的一个或多个信号，可移动针进入皮肤，所述传感器检测到远侧末端附近的皮肤结构。 公开了一种将针插入系统的可移动针插入脊椎动物的方法。