US 12,329,489 B2
Pressure-sensing devices
Jonathan Moulton Thomas, San Francisco, CA (US); Brian James Krieger, San Francisco, CA (US); Elizabeth Ann Miracle, San Francisco, CA (US); and Grace Hina Lee, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to THERAPY HOLDINGS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Minna Life, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/597,139.
Application 18/597,139 is a continuation of application No. 17/179,939, filed on Feb. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,944,405.
Application 18/597,139 is a continuation of application No. 15/281,411, filed on Sep. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,925,487, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/237,197, filed on Oct. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206730 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0002 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/227 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/4561 (2013.01); A61B 5/6885 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0257 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); A61B 2562/168 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a pressure-sensing device comprising:
a device frame comprising a base surface and a frame attachment region, wherein the base surface is configured to rest on an external supporting structure that is separate from the pressure-sensing device, and wherein the frame attachment region is located opposite to the base surface such that the frame attachment region is raised from the external supporting structure when the base surface is resting on the external supporting structure;
a flexible membrane including a membrane attachment region attached to the frame attachment region, wherein the flexible membrane protrudes above the device frame and is configured to conform to a user's perineum region when the user is seated on the flexible membrane, and wherein the device frame and the flexible membrane at least partially enclose a pressure chamber including an air mass between the device frame and the flexible membrane;
a pressure sensor at least partially included within the pressure chamber and in contact with the air mass, the pressure sensor configured to generate a pressure signal indicating air pressure of the air mass in the pressure chamber caused by user muscle contractions and muscle relaxations in the perineum region; and
device electronics in communication with the pressure sensor, wherein the device electronics are configured to:
determine the air pressure in the pressure chamber based on the pressure signal; and
transmit pressure data to a user computing device indicating the determined air pressure, wherein the pressure data indicates changes in the determined air pressure caused by user muscle contractions and muscle relaxations in the perineum region; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions configured to cause the user computing device to render a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes one or more GUI elements that are controlled based on received pressure data.