Granted Patent B2

US 12,555,667 · App. 18/345,140 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Inventors: Joel Rosenberg (Brookfield, CT); Steven Mason (Las Vegas, NV)

Assignee: ROM Technologies, Inc.

G16H20/30A63B24/0062A63B24/0075G16H50/30A63B2024/0065

Abstract

Claims (53)

1 . A computer-implemented method for controlling a treatment apparatus, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a first computing device, a first treatment plan designed to treat a sexual performance health issue of a user, wherein the first treatment plan comprises at least two exercise sessions that, based on the sexual performance health issue of the user, enable the user to perform an exercise at different exertion levels by using the treatment apparatus;

receiving data from one or more sensors configured to measure, while the user performs the first treatment plan by using the treatment apparatus, the data associated with the sexual performance health issue of the user;

transmitting the data to a second computing device executing one or more machine learning models to generate a second treatment plan by predicting, based on a standardized measure of perceived exertion indicated by the data and the sexual performance health issue of the user, exercises that will result in a desired exertion level, wherein the second treatment plan modifies at least one exertion level to achieve the desired exertion level, and wherein the standardized measure of perceived exertion includes at least one of a metabolic equivalent of tasks and a Borg rating of perceived exertion, and wherein the one or more machine learning models are trained with (i) labeled inputs comprising first data pertaining to the standardized measure of perceived exertion and other data associated with other users' sexual performance health issues, and (ii) labeled outputs comprising other users' exertion levels that led to desired exertion levels;

receiving the second treatment plan; and

implementing the second treatment plan at the treatment apparatus, wherein implementing the second treatment plan includes controlling one or more operating parameters of an electromechanical machine of the treatment apparatus in accordance with the second treatment plan.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second treatment plan comprises a modified parameter of the one or more operating parameters, wherein the modified parameter comprises a resistance, a range of motion, a length of time, an angle of a component of the treatment apparatus, a speed, or some combination thereof.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to cardiac health of the user, oncologic health of the user, cardio-oncologic health of the user, pulmonary health of the user, bariatric health of the user, rehabilitation from pathologies related to a prostate gland or urogenital tract, or some combination thereof.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the sexual performance health issue of the user comprises erectile dysfunction, abnormally low or high testosterone levels, abnormally low or high estrogen levels, abnormally low or high progestin levels, abnormally low or high levels of any other hormone, diminished libido, health conditions associated with abnormal levels of any of the foregoing hormones or other hormones, or some combination thereof.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors includes a number of penile erections the user experienced over a particular period of time.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes a duration of at least one penile erection the user experiences over a particular period of time.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of blood flow in the corpus cavernosum of a user's penis.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of a change in volume or degree of tumescence of a user's penis from a flaccid state to an erect state.

9 . A computer-implemented system for controlling a treatment apparatus, the computer-implemented system comprising:

a treatment apparatus configured to be manipulated by a user while performing a first treatment plan;

an interface comprising a display configured to present information pertaining to the first treatment plan; and

a processing device of a first computing device, wherein the processing device is configured to:

receive a first treatment plan designed to treat a sexual performance health issue of a user, wherein the first treatment plan comprises at least two exercise sessions that, based on the sexual performance health issue of the user, enable the user to perform an exercise at different exertion levels by using the treatment apparatus;

receive data from one or more sensors configured to measure, while the user performs the first treatment plan by using the treatment apparatus, the data associated with the sexual performance health issue of the user;

transmit the data to a second computing device executing one or more machine learning models to generate a second treatment plan by predicting, based on a standardized measure of perceived exertion indicated by the data and the sexual performance health issue of the user, exercises that will result in a desired exertion level, wherein the second treatment plan modifies at least one exertion level to achieve the desired exertion level, and wherein the standardized measure of perceived exertion includes at least one of a metabolic equivalent of tasks and a Borg rating of perceived exertion, and wherein the one or more machine learning models are trained with labeled inputs comprising first data pertaining to the standardized measure of perceived exertion and other data associated with other users' sexual performance health issues, and labeled outputs comprising other users' exertion levels that led to desired exertion levels;

receive the second treatment plan; and

implement the second treatment plan at the treatment apparatus, wherein implementing the second treatment plan includes controlling one or more operating parameters of an electromechanical machine of the treatment apparatus in accordance with the second treatment plan.

10 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the second treatment plan comprises a modified parameter of the one or more operating parameters, wherein the modified parameter comprises a resistance, a range of motion, a length of time, an angle of a component of the treatment apparatus, a speed, or some combination thereof.

11 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to cardiac health of the user, cardio-oncologic health of the user, oncologic health of the user, pulmonary health of the user, bariatric health of the user, rehabilitation from pathologies related to prostate gland or urogenital tract, or some combination thereof.

12 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the sexual performance health issue of the user comprises erectile dysfunction, abnormally low or high testosterone levels, abnormally low or high estrogen levels, abnormally low or high progestin levels, abnormally low or high levels of any other hormone, diminished libido, health conditions associated with abnormal levels of any of the foregoing hormones or other hormones, or some combination thereof.

13 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors includes a number of penile erections the user experienced over a particular period of time.

14 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes a duration of at least one penile erection the user experiences over a particular period of time.

15 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of blood flow in the corpus cavernosum of a user's penis.

16 . The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of a change in volume or degree of tumescence of a user's penis from a flaccid state to an erect state.

17 . A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause a processing device to:

receive, at a first computing device, a first treatment plan designed to treat a sexual performance health issue of a user, wherein the first treatment plan comprises at least two exercise sessions that, based on the sexual performance health issue of the user, enable the user to perform an exercise at different exertion levels by using a treatment apparatus;

receive data from one or more sensors configured to measure, while the user performs the first treatment plan by using the treatment apparatus, the data associated with the sexual performance health issue of the user;

transmit the data to a second computing device executing one or more machine learning models to generate a second treatment plan by predicting, based on a standardized measure of perceived exertion indicated by the data and the sexual performance health issue of the user, exercises that will result in a desired exertion level, wherein the second treatment plan modifies at least one exertion level to achieve the desired exertion level, and wherein the standardized measure of perceived exertion includes at least one of a metabolic equivalent of tasks and a Borg rating of perceived exertion, and wherein the one or more machine learning models are trained with labeled inputs comprising first data pertaining to the standardized measure of perceived exertion and other data associated with other users' sexual performance health issues, and labeled outputs comprising other users' exertion levels that led to desired exertion levels;

receive the second treatment plan; and

implement the second treatment plan at the treatment apparatus, wherein implementing the second treatment plan includes controlling one or more operating parameters of an electromechanical machine of the treatment apparatus in accordance with the second treatment plan.

18 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the second treatment plan comprises a modified parameter of the one or more operating parameters, wherein the modified parameter comprises a resistance, a range of motion, a length of time, an angle of a component of the treatment apparatus, a speed, or some combination thereof.

19 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to cardiac health of the user, oncologic health of the user, cardio-oncologic health of the user, pulmonary health of the user, bariatric health of the user, rehabilitation from pathologies related to a prostate gland or urogenital tract, or some combination thereof.

20 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the sexual performance health issue of the user comprises erectile dysfunction, abnormally low or high testosterone levels, abnormally low or high estrogen levels, abnormally low or high progestin levels, abnormally low or high levels of any other hormone, diminished libido, health conditions associated with abnormal levels of any of the foregoing hormones or other hormones, or some combination thereof.

21 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors includes a number of penile erections the user experienced over a particular period of time.

22 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of blood flow in the corpus cavernosum of a user's penis.

23 . The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of a change in circumference of a user's penis from a flaccid state to an erect state.

24 . A computer-implemented method for controlling a treatment apparatus, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a first computing device, a first treatment plan designed to treat erectile dysfunction of a user, wherein the first treatment plan comprises at least two exercise sessions that, based on the erectile dysfunction of the user, enable the user to perform an exercise at different exertion levels by using the treatment apparatus;

receiving data from one or more sensors configured to measure, while the user performs the first treatment plan by using the treatment apparatus, the data associated with the erectile dysfunction of the user;

transmitting the data to a second computing device executing one or more machine learning models to generate a second treatment plan by predicting, based on a standardized measure of perceived exertion indicated by the data and the sexual performance health issue of the user, exercises that will result in a desired exertion level, wherein the second treatment plan modifies at least one exertion level to achieve the desired exertion level, wherein the standardized measure of perceived exertion includes at least one of a metabolic equivalent of tasks and a Borg rating of perceived exertion, and wherein the one or more machine learning models are trained with labeled inputs comprising first data pertaining to the standardized measure of perceived exertion and other data associated with other users' sexual performance health issues, and labeled outputs comprising other users' exertion levels that led to desired exertion levels;

receiving the second treatment plan; and

implementing the second treatment plan at the treatment apparatus, wherein implementing the second treatment plan includes controlling one or more operating parameters of an electromechanical machine of the treatment apparatus in accordance with the second treatment plan.

25 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the second treatment plan comprises a modified parameter of the one or more operating parameters, wherein the modified parameter comprises a resistance, a range of motion, a length of time, an angle of a component of the treatment apparatus, a speed, or some combination thereof.

26 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the data comprises information pertaining to cardiac health of the user, oncologic health of the user, pulmonary health of the user, bariatric health of the user, rehabilitation from pathologies related to a prostate gland or urogenital tract, or some combination thereof.

27 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors includes a number of penile erections the user experienced over a particular period of time.

28 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes a duration of at least one penile erection the user experiences over a particular period of time.

29 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of blood flow in the corpus cavernosum of a user's penis.

30 . The computer-implemented method of claim 24 , wherein the data from the one or more sensors further includes information indicative of a change in volume or degree of tumescence of a user's penis from a flaccid state to an erect state.

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