Thomas H Doan

US Patent:

8568231, Oct 29, 2013

Filed:

Aug 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/870563

Inventors:

Daneshvari R. Solanki - League City TX, US
Thomas K. Doan - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System - Austin TX

International Classification:

A63F 13/00
A61N 1/00
A61F 2/48

US Classification:

463 36, 463 30, 607 54, 623 24

Abstract:

Visual feedback systems and methods implementing the system are disclosed that use computer generated images of lost limbs to display visual images of the limb being used in activities on a display unit providing visual feedback of the use of the missing limb to the brain to ameliorate, reduce, treat or eliminate phantom limb pain.

US Patent:

20090099479, Apr 16, 2009

Filed:

Oct 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/244577

Inventors:

Daneshvari R. Solanki - League City TX, US
Thomas K. Doan - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas Syatem - Austin TX

International Classification:

A61B 7/00

US Classification:

600586, 12820714

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for determining proper endotreachal placement is disclosed. The apparatus includes an audio receiver having a body, a microphone mount in a center thereof the body and an audio cavity, an audio processing unit; and a signal cable connected at a first end to the microphone and at a second end, where the receiver is adapted to be positioned in a suprasternal notch of a patient and the acoustic signal detected after inflation of a balloon associated with an endotracheal tube. The method uses the apparatus to detect and analyze an audio signal. The audio signal is then used to confirm endotracheal tube placement.