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  • Space Medicine in the Era of Civilian Spaceflight

    New England Journal of Medicine

    As space travel expands to include civilian populations in addition to trained astronauts, physicians and space medicine experts will need to collaborate to assess and mitigate risks to participants with preexisting medical conditions that may be exacerbated by microgravity.

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  • Lumbar spine paraspinal muscle and intervertebral disc height changes in astronauts after long-duration spaceflight on the International Space Station

    Spine

    Evaluate lumbar paraspinal muscle (PSM) cross-sectional area and intervertebral disc (IVD) height changes induced by a 6-month space mission on the International Space Station (ISS). The long-term objective of this project is to promote spine health and prevent spinal injury during space missions as well as here on Earth.

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  • Back pain in space and post-flight spine injury: Mechanisms and countermeasure development

    Acta Astronautica

    The pathogenesis of lumbar back pain during spaceflight is most likely discogenic and somatic referred (from the sinuvertebral nerves) due to supra-physiologic swelling of the lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs) due to removal of gravitational compressive loads in microgravity. The knee-to-chest position may reduce lumbar back pain by redistributing stresses through compressive loading to the IVDs, possibly reducing disc volume by fluid outflow across IVD endplates. IVD stress redistribution may…

    The pathogenesis of lumbar back pain during spaceflight is most likely discogenic and somatic referred (from the sinuvertebral nerves) due to supra-physiologic swelling of the lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs) due to removal of gravitational compressive loads in microgravity. The knee-to-chest position may reduce lumbar back pain by redistributing stresses through compressive loading to the IVDs, possibly reducing disc volume by fluid outflow across IVD endplates. IVD stress redistribution may reduce Type IV mechanoreceptor nerve impulse propagation in the annulus fibrosus and vertebral endplate resulting in centrally mediated pain inhibition during spinal flexion. Countermeasures for lumbar back pain may include in-flight use of: (1) an axial compression harness to prevent excessive IVD expansion and spinal column elongation; (2) the use of an adjustable pulley exercise developed to prevent atrophy of spine muscle stabilisers; and (3) other exercises that provide Earth-like annular stress with low-load repetitive active spine rotation movements. The overall objective of these countermeasures is to promote IVD health and to prevent degenerative changes that may lead to HNPs post-flight. In response to “NASA’s Critical Path Roadmap Risks and Questions” regarding disc injury and higher incidence of HNPs after space flight (Integrated Research Plan Gap-B4), future studies will incorporate pre- and post-flight imaging of International Space Station long-duration crew members to investigate mechanisms of lumbar back pain as well as degeneration and damage to spinal structures. Quantitative results on morphological, biochemical, metabolic, and kinematic spinal changes in the lumbar spine may aid further development of countermeasures to prevent lumbar back pain in microgravity and reduce the incidence of HNPs post-flight.

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  • Nanotechnologies and Regenerative Medical Approaches for Space and Terrestrial Medicine

    Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine

    One purpose of the International Space Station (ISS) is to explore powerful new areas of biomedical science in microgravity. Recent advances in nanotechnology applied to medicine—what we now refer to as nanomedicine—and regenerative medicine have enormous untapped potential for future space and terrestrial medical applications. Novel means for drug delivery and nanoscale screening tools will one day benefit astronauts venturing to Mars and places beyond, while the space laboratory will foster…

    One purpose of the International Space Station (ISS) is to explore powerful new areas of biomedical science in microgravity. Recent advances in nanotechnology applied to medicine—what we now refer to as nanomedicine—and regenerative medicine have enormous untapped potential for future space and terrestrial medical applications. Novel means for drug delivery and nanoscale screening tools will one day benefit astronauts venturing to Mars and places beyond, while the space laboratory will foster advances in nanotechnologies for diagnostic and therapeutic tools to help our patients here on Earth. Herein we review a series of nanotechnologies and selected regenerative medical approaches and highlight key areas of ongoing and future investigation that will benefit both space and terrestrial medicine. These studies target significant areas of human disease such as osteoporosis, diabetes, radiation injury, and many others.

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  • Building Nanoglands

    Mechanical Engineering

    This article discusses the development of highly structured membranes for constant release of therapeutics over a broad range of molecular sizes, at release rates relevant for medical applications. In the experimental study, the constant release was achieved with small molecules such as leuprolide, a common treatment for prostate cancer, as well as with large molecules such as bevacizumab, widely used in the treatment of metastatic colon cancer. Such an approach could be applied to achieve the…

    This article discusses the development of highly structured membranes for constant release of therapeutics over a broad range of molecular sizes, at release rates relevant for medical applications. In the experimental study, the constant release was achieved with small molecules such as leuprolide, a common treatment for prostate cancer, as well as with large molecules such as bevacizumab, widely used in the treatment of metastatic colon cancer. Such an approach could be applied to achieve the goal of metronomic delivery of chemotherapeutics, a constant low-dose administration of drugs over a long period of time. By exploiting nanochannels in passive systems, researchers were to achieve a controlled and constant delivery for extended periods of time, mimicking the basal and continuous flow of molecules from natural glands. This functionality cannot be attained at the macro- or microscale without the use of complex pumping devices and other moving components, because the diffusion of molecules is Fickian, meaning that the release rate is dictated by the gradient of molecular concentration.

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  • Severe traumatic injury during long duration spaceflight: Light years beyond ATLS

    Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes

    Traumatic injury strikes unexpectedly among the healthiest members of the human population, and has been an inevitable companion of exploration throughout history. In space flight beyond the Earth's orbit, NASA considers trauma to be the highest level of concern regarding the probable incidence versus impact on mission and health. Because of limited resources, medical care will have to focus on the conditions most likely to occur, as well as those with the most significant impact on the crew…

    Traumatic injury strikes unexpectedly among the healthiest members of the human population, and has been an inevitable companion of exploration throughout history. In space flight beyond the Earth's orbit, NASA considers trauma to be the highest level of concern regarding the probable incidence versus impact on mission and health. Because of limited resources, medical care will have to focus on the conditions most likely to occur, as well as those with the most significant impact on the crew and mission. Although the relative risk of disabling injuries is significantly higher than traumatic deaths on earth, either issue would have catastrophic implications during space flight. As a result this review focuses on serious life-threatening injuries during space flight as determined by a NASA consensus conference attended by experts in all aspects of injury and space flight.

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  • From Model Rockets to Spacewalks: an Astronaut Physician’s Journey and the Science of the United States’ Space Program

    Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association

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  • Simulated Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) in Microgravity

    Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques

    HALS holds promise as a surgical approach in microgravity, particularly as space travel extends beyond low earth orbit. HALS provides the benefits of MIS, facilitates MIS surgery by less surgically proficient or experienced CMOs, and contains equipment and fluid within the operative field. Simulation provides an easy, cost-effective platform to evaluate medical technology for space flight as well as a method to train CMOs on-orbit.

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  • Direct measurement of capillary blood pressure in the human lip.

    Journal of Applied Physiology

    The first-ever simultaneous recordings of all four Starling Forces in humans, examining a short exposure to simulated weightlessness (head-down tilt).

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  • Transcapillary fluid shifts in tissues of the head and neck tissues during and after simulated microgravity.

    Journal of Applied Physiology

    Mechanisms of microgravity-induced fluid shifts were examined using simultaneous recordings of all four Starling forces during 8 hours of head-down tilt.

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Patents

  • APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE OR ONBOARD CONTROL OF FLIGHTS

    Issued CHINA ZL202080096083.2

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  • Controller with Situational Awareness Display

    Issued CHINA ZL201880083431.5

    A hand controller for commanding or controlling a target, such as a remote vehicle or a virtual target, includes a display mounted on a free end of a joystick for indicating graphically a direction of the remote vehicle from the hand controller and an orientation of the target relative to the hand controller's frame of reference, based on the location and orientation of the target received by the hand controller from the target and the location and orientation of the hand controller.

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  • Systems and Methods for Bending a Needle

    Issued US 11,945,021

    A needle bending assembly configured to at least temporarily contain a needle can include a first housing section, a second housing section, and a coupling element coupled between the first housing section and the second housing section. The first housing section defines a first cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a first section of the needle. The second housing section defines a second cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a second section of the needle forming a…

    A needle bending assembly configured to at least temporarily contain a needle can include a first housing section, a second housing section, and a coupling element coupled between the first housing section and the second housing section. The first housing section defines a first cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a first section of the needle. The second housing section defines a second cavity configured to at least temporarily contain a second section of the needle forming a distal tip. The coupling element is configured such that when the needle is contained within the housing sections, movement of the second housing section relative to the first housing section results in a bending of the needle at a location corresponding to the coupling element.

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  • System and methods for controlling motion of a target object and providing discrete, directional tactile feedback

    Issued US 11,696,633

    A controller includes a first control member movable with one or two degree(s) of freedom (DoF) a second control member coupled to the first control member and movable with three independent DoFs and a third control member coupled to the first and the second control members, the third control member movable with one DoF, which is being one of the three DoFs of the second control member in the set, and providing a third control input, wherein the first, the second, and the third control members…

    A controller includes a first control member movable with one or two degree(s) of freedom (DoF) a second control member coupled to the first control member and movable with three independent DoFs and a third control member coupled to the first and the second control members, the third control member movable with one DoF, which is being one of the three DoFs of the second control member in the set, and providing a third control input, wherein the first, the second, and the third control members are configured to be operated by a user's single hand. Further, a forearm brace for attaching to a forearm of a user and a controller is used to support the user's forearm when the user operates the controller. Additionally, the controller includes vibration haptic motors for provide haptic alerts to the user based on position data and/or orientation data associated with a target object.

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  • System and methods for controlling motion of a target object and providing discrete, directional tactile feedback

    Issued US 11,662,835

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  • Multi-axis gimbal mounting for controller providing tactile feedback for the null command

    Issued US 11,644,859

    A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.

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  • Dynamically balanced, multi-degrees-of-freedom hand held controller

    Issued US 11,500,475

    A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions).

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  • Multi-axis gimbal mounting for controller providing tactile feedback for the null command

    Issued CHINA ZL201880083427.9

    A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.

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  • Multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued US 11,281,308

    Controller with up to six independent degrees-of-freedom control without cross coupling, controlled by a single hand.

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  • Respiratory Isolation and/or Treatment Devices and Methods of Using the Same

    Issued US 11,253,670

    A device includes a body defining a respiration passage in fluidic communication with a filter fitting disposed on a first end of the body and a mask fitting disposed on a second end of the body, and a treatment passage in fluidic communication with the mask fitting. A treatment fitting is disposed on the body and is coupleable to a treatment source such that a seal in the treatment fitting transitions from a closed state to an open state to allow fluidic communication between the treatment…

    A device includes a body defining a respiration passage in fluidic communication with a filter fitting disposed on a first end of the body and a mask fitting disposed on a second end of the body, and a treatment passage in fluidic communication with the mask fitting. A treatment fitting is disposed on the body and is coupleable to a treatment source such that a seal in the treatment fitting transitions from a closed state to an open state to allow fluidic communication between the treatment source and the treatment passage. The device configured to permit (i) inhalation air and/or exhaled breath to be drawn and/or expelled through the filter fitting, the respiration passage, and the mask fitting and (ii) a respiratory therapeutic to be drawn from the treatment source coupled to the treatment fitting, through the treatment passage, and through the mask fitting.

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  • Camera and sensor controls for remotely operated vehicles and virtual environments

    Issued US 11,199,914

    A hand controller that includes a control member mounted on a hand held base for commanding a remote vehicle or movement of a virtual object within a virtual environment includes an input device mounted for generating tilt commands for a sensor mounted on the remote vehicle or the virtual object, the input device being located on a front of the base and oriented to be displaced up and down to tilt the sensor or the virtual point of view when the base is held during operation.

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  • Multi-axis gimbal mounting for controller providing tactile feedback for the null command

    Issued US 11,194,358

    A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.

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  • Controller with situational awareness display

    Issued US 11,194,407

    A hand controller for commanding or controlling a target, such as a remote vehicle or a virtual target, includes a display mounted on a free end of a joystick for indicating graphically a direction of the remote vehicle from the hand controller and an orientation of the target relative to the hand controller's frame of reference, based on the location and orientation of the target received by the hand controller from the target and the location and orientation of the hand controller.

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  • Needle bending assembly

    Issued US 11,014,141

    Embodiments of assemblies used for bending spinal needles and method for producing bent spinal needles used in medical procedures are disclosed.

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  • Dynamically balanced, multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued CHINA ZL20178008619.X

    Dynamically balanced, multi-degree of freedom hand controller is described.

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  • Dynamically balanced, multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued US 10,921,904

    A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions).

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  • Waste Collection and Isolating Device and Method of Collecting and Isolating Waste Thereof

    Issued UK 2,577,147

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  • Imaging System for Intra-operative and Post-operative Blood Perfusion Monitoring

    Issued US 10,722,129

    By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.

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  • Multi Degrees of Freedom Hand Controller

    Issued US 10,664,002

    A controller including a first control member and a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member. A controller processor is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control…

    A controller including a first control member and a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member. A controller processor is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using the thumb of the single hand.

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  • Dynamically balanced, multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued US 10,520,973

    A controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a third control member that moves in conjunction with, and in opposition to, a degree of freedom of the second control member. The third control member is configured to be operated by one or more of the non-index fingers of the user's hand. A controller processor is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control…

    A controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a third control member that moves in conjunction with, and in opposition to, a degree of freedom of the second control member. The third control member is configured to be operated by one or more of the non-index fingers of the user's hand. A controller processor is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. In exemplary embodiments, the first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using the thumb of the single hand. The third control member is configured to be operated by one or more of the non-index fingers of the user's hand, thus permitting intuitive, single-handed control of multiple degrees of freedom, to and including, all six degrees of rotational and translational freedom without any inadvertent cross-coupling inputs.

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  • Multi Degrees of Freedom Hand Controller

    Issued US 10,481,704

    Disclosed is a controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a controller processor that is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The rotational movement output signal may be any of a pitch movement output…

    Disclosed is a controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a controller processor that is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The rotational movement output signal may be any of a pitch movement output signal, a yaw movement output signal, and a roll movement output signal, and the translational movement output signal may be any of an x-axis movement output signal, a y-axis movement output signal, and a z-axis movement output signal. In exemplary embodiments, the first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using one or more digits of the single hand, thus permitting highly intuitive, single-handed control of multiple degrees of freedom, to and including, all six degrees of rotational and translational freedom without any inadvertent cross-coupling inputs.

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  • Waste containment and isolating system and method of isolating waste thereof

    Issued US 10,343,841

    A waste containment and isolating system used for storing and isolating waste materials in a way that closure of the device and isolating the waste is done remotely and in a way that the user does not need to come in contact with the waste or the containment device is disclosed. The device comprises of a bag containing a drawstring threaded through the center of a flexible tab that is wedged in a fixed position such that pulling on the drawstring portion behind the tab draws in the bag opening…

    A waste containment and isolating system used for storing and isolating waste materials in a way that closure of the device and isolating the waste is done remotely and in a way that the user does not need to come in contact with the waste or the containment device is disclosed. The device comprises of a bag containing a drawstring threaded through the center of a flexible tab that is wedged in a fixed position such that pulling on the drawstring portion behind the tab draws in the bag opening into a closed mouth, drawing the closed mouth toward the tab and flexing the tab onto the closed mouth to seal it and prevent odiferous gasses from leaking out.

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  • Camera and Sensor Controls for Remotely Operated Vehicles and Virtual Environments

    Issued US 10,331,233

    A hand controller that includes a control member mounted on a hand held base for commanding a remote vehicle or movement of a virtual object within a virtual environment includes an input device mounted for generating tilt commands for a sensor mounted on the remote vehicle or the virtual object, the input device being located on a front of the base and oriented to be displaced up and down to tilt the sensor or the virtual point of view when the base is held during operation.

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  • Controller with Situational Awareness Display

    Issued US 10,331,232

    A hand controller for commanding or controlling a target, such as a remote vehicle or a virtual target, includes a display mounted on a free end of a joystick for indicating graphically a direction of the remote vehicle from the hand controller and an orientation of the target relative to the hand controller's frame of reference, based on the location and orientation of the target received by the hand controller from the target and the location and orientation of the hand controller.

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  • Multi-Axis Gimbal Mounting for Controller Providing Tactile Feedback for the Null Command

    Issued US 10,324,487

    A gimbal support that senses rotational displacement and provides haptic feedback in one, two or three dimensions of a manually-operated control member used to generate control inputs using a single hand while also limiting cross-coupling.

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  • Waste collection and isolating device and method of collecting and isolating waste thereof

    Issued US 10,273,643

    A waste collection and isolation device and a method for picking up waste materials without the need for the user to come in contact with the waste are disclosed. The device contains a system for ensnaring solid waste in a bag, a mechanism for activating the system for ensnaring the waste and a system for removing the bag. To use the device, the user installs a bag over a housing containing a plurality of overlapping cords. The user places the opening of the bag over the waste disposed on a…

    A waste collection and isolation device and a method for picking up waste materials without the need for the user to come in contact with the waste are disclosed. The device contains a system for ensnaring solid waste in a bag, a mechanism for activating the system for ensnaring the waste and a system for removing the bag. To use the device, the user installs a bag over a housing containing a plurality of overlapping cords. The user places the opening of the bag over the waste disposed on a surface and then activates the snaring mechanism causing the cords to entangle under the solid waste and to close the bag opening with the waste inside it. The bag comprises a drawstring and a tab in a fixed position. To fully close the bag, the user pulls on the drawstring and pulls the bag onto the tab.

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  • Portable drug dispenser

    Issued US 10,265,245

    A portable drug dispenser includes a chamber for holding a plurality of separately contained drug products, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing one or more of the plurality of drug products, and may optionally include a processor to determine the time of each activation of the dispensing mechanism and to transmit the determined time of activation to a computer located remote to the dispenser. The dispenser may include more than one chamber for holding drugs.

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  • Dynamically balanced, multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued US 10,198,086

    A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions). The controller includes a first control member is configured to be gripped in a user's single, second control member is disposed on or near a top end of the first member movable with at least one degree of freedom independently of the movement of…

    A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions). The controller includes a first control member is configured to be gripped in a user's single, second control member is disposed on or near a top end of the first member movable with at least one degree of freedom independently of the movement of the first control member, and a third control member positioned on the first member for displacement by one or more digits of the user's single hand and coupled with the second member to move in opposition to movement of the second control member.

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  • Imaging System for Intraoperative and Postoperative Blood Perfusion Monitoring

    Issued US 10,080,504

    Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, methods and systems for determining blood oxygenation. By applying near infrared radiation of an appropriate wavelength to the tissue and determining the absorbance at a plurality of points where the distance between the source of the near infrared radiation and the detector are known, the oxygenation state of the hemoglobin can be determined based on position in a three dimensional space.

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  • Tea Brewing Containment Device and Method of Using Same

    Issued US 9,888,701

    Novel means to prepare loose leaf and bag tea without scalding or dripping.

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  • Multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller

    Issued US 9,547,380

    Device that allows for fluid and rapid movement within six degrees of freedom in a single-handed hand controller.

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  • Pet Waste and Isolating Device

    Issued US 9,528,233

    Devices and methods for collecting pet droppings into bags and disposing of them in a way that the user and equipment avoid contact with the droppings are disclosed.

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  • Tea Brewing Containment Device

    Issued US 9,089,232

    Embodiments for a device and methods to contain a tea bag or tea leaves in the course of preparation of a cup of tea are disclosed.

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  • Apparatus and methods for fluid storage and delivery

    Issued US 8,839,996

    Hydration system designed for extreme cold weather operations, including a closed-loop feedback heating surface to keep the drink tube free of ice under the most challenging environmental conditions.

    Winner of the R&D 100 Award: http://www.rdmag.com/award-winners/2010/08/canteen-extreme-cold

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  • Bio-absorbable tissue closure system (Abandoned)

    Filed US 20080103510 A1

    A surgical fastening system, utilizing surgical clips made from bio-absorbable materials, for use in the rapid closing of deep internal wounds in humans or animals is disclosed. Elements of the system include surgical clips, applicators of surgical clips and dispensers of surgical clips. The surgical clips may contain small amounts of prophylactic antibiotic medication, long-acting time-release pain medication, radio-opaque markers, small amounts of radioactive material, colors, and/or patterns.

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  • Systems and methods for entrapping and/or removing clots to provide blood flow restoration in a vessel

    Filed WO2022016096A1

    This disclosure pertains to a system used to entrap clots in cerebral arteries between the artery wall and an external surface of a stent and provide restoration of blood flow therethrough. The system includes a stent forming an annular wall defining a set of openings and an expansion member extendable through the stent to place a distal portion thereof distal to the stent. The stent configured to be advanced into a clot within a vessel and transitioned to an expanded configuration such that…

    This disclosure pertains to a system used to entrap clots in cerebral arteries between the artery wall and an external surface of a stent and provide restoration of blood flow therethrough. The system includes a stent forming an annular wall defining a set of openings and an expansion member extendable through the stent to place a distal portion thereof distal to the stent. The stent configured to be advanced into a clot within a vessel and transitioned to an expanded configuration such that the annular wall engages the clot. The expansion member is configured to extend through the stent and to be transitioned to an expanded state such that a diameter of the distal portion is greater than a diameter of a proximal portion thereof. The expanded distal portion is sized to fill a portion of the vessel to prevent clot fragments from flowing distal to the expansion member.

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  • Methods and apparatus for occluding the left atrial appendage

    Filed WO2021263145A1

    A device for occluding a patient's left atrial appendage (LAA) device includes a self-expanding closure disc and an anchor. The self-expanding closure disc has an atrial side, an appendage side, and a peripheral edge configured to engage tissue on both an atrial side and an appendage side of an opening between the left atrium and the left atrial appendage. The self-expanding anchor extends from the appendage side of the self-expanding closure disc, and an annular sealing skirt extends about at…

    A device for occluding a patient's left atrial appendage (LAA) device includes a self-expanding closure disc and an anchor. The self-expanding closure disc has an atrial side, an appendage side, and a peripheral edge configured to engage tissue on both an atrial side and an appendage side of an opening between the left atrium and the left atrial appendage. The self-expanding anchor extends from the appendage side of the self-expanding closure disc, and an annular sealing skirt extends about at least a portion of the appendage side of the self-expanding closure disc. the annular sealing skirt is more compliant than the self-expanding closure disc to seal over the left appendage side of the opening after implantation of the device in the LAA.

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  • Conformal Thermal Device

    Filed US WO 2017/015628 A1

    Conformal thermal device designed to conform to one or more body parts of a user for either warming or cooling within a desired therapeutic range.

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  • Adaptive Thermodynamic Therapy System (Abandoned)

    Filed US US 20140277308 A1

    An adaptive thermodynamic therapy system capable of comfortably increasing metabolic expenditure to facilitate excess weight loss.

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Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

    Nova Southeastern University

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8pyEsNjDX4&t=29

  • Honorary Doctor of Science

    University of Toledo

  • US Astronaut Hall of Fame

    The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62xE6rfUq_o

  • Doctor Honoris Causa

    Military Institute of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

  • Fellow

    Aerospace Medical Association

  • Aviation Week Laureate Award

    Aviation Week & Space Technology

  • Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame

    The Arkansas Aviation Historical Society

  • Lowell Thomas Award

    The Explorers Club

  • NASA Distinguished Service Medal

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • NASA Distinguished Service Medal

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Languages

  • Russian

    Limited working proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Aerospace Medical Association

    Fellow

  • The Explorers Club

    Fellow National

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