Patents Examined by Ashley K Buran
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Patent number: 11980444Abstract: Devices for localizing an intracerebral hematoma or blood mass in brain tissue. The devices include an elongate probe a color sensors and a light emitter on the distal end of the probe. The color sensors produce a signal corresponding to the color of light reflected into the color sensors. A display is provided to indicate the color detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Rebound Therapeutics CorporationInventors: Ross Tsukashima, Peter G. Davis
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Patent number: 11969287Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus and a remote medical-diagnosis method using the same. The apparatus can automatically diagnose diseases based on ultrasound medical examinations and ultrasound image processing. The ultrasound-medical-diagnosis apparatus includes a semantic segmentation artificial intelligence network configured to perform labeling on visualized organs of a patient using mutually different colors to detect a position of an organ of interest displayed on the ultrasound image.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventor: Jae-Chern Yoo
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Patent number: 11957937Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for thermal therapy in a male prostate patient. The apparatus includes a long tubular element that is to be inserted into a patient's urethra so that a first tip end of it reaches up into the patient's diseased prostate. The elongated portion includes a narrow cylindrical tube within which an ultrasonic array is disposed along the long axis of the cylinder. Fluid is pumped into and out of a treatment zone of said patient as needed to control a temperature of a region in said treatment zone. A motorized driver is used to controllably rotate said elongated portion and the ultrasound array therein about the long axis of the apparatus so as to deliver acoustic energy to said diseased tissue. Various control and monitoring components may be used in conjunction with the present apparatus to design, control, and terminate the therapy.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Profound Medical Inc.Inventors: Ron Kurtz, Cameron Mahon, Sean Donaldson
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Patent number: 11880989Abstract: Z maps combined with a standardized stimulus in the form of a targeted arterial partial pressures of carbon dioxide provide surprisingly enhanced images for the assessment of pathological CVR. For example, the z-map assessment of patients with known steno-occlusive diseases of the cervico-cerebral vasculature showed an enhanced resolution of the presence, localization, and severity of the pathological CVR. Z-map have been found to be useful to reduce the confounding effects of test-to-test, subject-to-subject, and platform-to-platform variability for comparison of CVR images showing the importance of combining this analysis with the standardized stimulus.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: THORNHILL SCIENTIFIC INC.Inventors: Joseph Fisher, Olivia Sobczyk, Adrian P. Crawley, Julien Poublanc, Kevin Sam, Daniel M. Mandell, David Mikulis, James Duffin
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Patent number: 11872091Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described which guide a surgeon in performing a reconstructive or cosmetic procedure. The apparatus and methods utilize three-dimensional presentations of the target surgical site incorporating one or more virtual surgical guides which help attain proper alignment and orientation of the post-surgical outcome.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Weissman, Ashok Burton Tripathi
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Patent number: 11864948Abstract: A sensor device includes a flexible planar strip with a plurality of layers is described. The flexible planar strip is configured to at least partially encapsulate a medical device. The flexible planar strip includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a patterned conductive layer including a sensor electrode disposed on the second dielectric layer. According to one aspect an ultrasound sensor including a piezoelectric polymer. The ultrasound sensor is disposed on the sensor electrode such that a first surface of the ultrasound sensor is in electrical contact with the sensor electrode and such that a second surface of the ultrasound sensor is exposed for making electrical contact with a medical device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ramon Quido Erkamp, Ameet Kumar Jain, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon
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Patent number: 11832989Abstract: A compression assembly is coupled to the gantry of an ultrasound breast imaging system. The compression assembly includes a pair of compression paddles mounted on a positioning track, Each compression paddle houses a transducer and has a compression material surface for patient contact. A motor moves the compression paddles along the positioning track to immobilize the breast for ultrasound imaging.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth F. Defreitas, Ian Shaw, Kenneth Brooks, Jay A. Stein
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Patent number: 11826131Abstract: A non-invasive and accurate vagina evaluation device and uterine evaluation devices are provided that measure the receptivity (uterine implantation capacity) of the mother's body to a fertilized egg implanting itself into the uterus. A first vagina evaluation device includes: a main body stretchable and expandable after insertion into a vagina, followed by air injection thereinto; four electrodes brought into contact with the vagina wall as the main body expands and stretches; and fixation means configured to fix the interval of arrangement of the electrodes. Second and third uterine evaluation device include: a flexible and rod-shaped main body for insertion into a uterine cavity; and four or two impedance electrodes arranged with a predetermined interval therebetween in an insertion direction of the main body and brought into contact with an endometrium of the uterine cavity to measure a uterine endometrial impedance generated between the endometrium and each of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hitomi Nakamura, Tadashi Kimura, Takayoshi Hosono
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Patent number: 11826107Abstract: A registration system for medical navigation includes a shape sensing device (SSD) (104, 504) having at least one sensor (450, 505) for providing corresponding sensor information (SI) indicative of at least one of a position of the at least one sensor (450, 505); a registration fixture (106) having a channel (130) configured to receive at least part of the SSD and defining a registration path (P). The registration fixture may be configured to be attached to a registrant object (RO) (119) defining a workspace. A controller (110) may be configured to: sense a shape of a path traversed by the SSD based upon the SI when the at least one sensor is situated within the channel (130), determine whether the sensed shape of the path corresponds with a known shape selected from one or more known shapes, and perform a coordinate registration based upon the determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Paul Thienphrapa, Bharat Ramachandran, Aryeh Leib Reinstein, Douglas Allen Stanton
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Patent number: 11766233Abstract: A method of non-invasively monitoring the respiration of a patient comprises: transmitting ultrasound into the body toward an internal structure of the patient's body, the internal structure being one of the liver, the spleen or a kidney; selecting a depth range; measuring the phase of ultrasound echo signals from the internal structure at multiple points along the depth range for at least a first and a second echo signal, the first and second echo signals being received at different times; detecting the motion of the internal structure within the patient's abdomen by reference to differences in the measured phase between the first and the second echo signals; and thereby monitoring the respiration of the patient by associating movement of the internal structure with movement caused by respiration.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Respinor ASInventors: Nicolas Souzy, Morten Eriksen, Nicolay Berard-Andersen
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Patent number: 11730450Abstract: The ultrasonic oscillator unit has: an ultrasonic oscillator array in which a plurality of ultrasonic oscillators are arranged; an electrode part having a plurality of electrodes provided on an end surface side of the ultrasonic oscillator array and electrically connected to the plurality of ultrasonic oscillators, respectively; a backing material layer that is disposed on a back surface of the ultrasonic oscillator array, has an outer surface having a circular-arc cross-section and is provided with a recess on the inside thereof opposite to the outer surface; a wiring board having a plurality of wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the electrode part; and a cable wiring part in which a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of wiring lines, respectively, are wiring-connected; at least a portion of the cable wiring part being included in the recess of the backing material layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Katsuya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11723606Abstract: A medical system includes an interventional instrument and a control system including one or more processors. The control system is configured to: receive a pose dataset for a point on the instrument retained in compliant movement with a cyclically moving patient anatomy for a plurality of time parameters during a cyclical anatomical motion; determine a set of pose differentials for the identified point with respect to a reference point at each time parameter; identify a periodic signal for the anatomical motion from the set of pose differentials; generate a command signal indicating an intended movement of the instrument relative to the patient anatomy; adjust the command signal to include an instruction for a cyclical instrument motion based on a phase of the anatomical motion; and cause the intended movement of the instrument relative to the patient anatomy based on the adjusted command signal to compensate for the anatomical motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Prashant Chopra, Vincent Duindam, Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Tao Zhao, Timothy D. Soper, Federico Barbagli
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Patent number: 11723616Abstract: A method of providing by a diagnostic medical imaging device, medical image data representing a diagnostic medical image of the tissue of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: CART-TECH B.VInventors: René Van Es, Frebus Jan Van Slochteren, Mathias Meine
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Patent number: 11723597Abstract: A device for detecting spatial differences in fluid level changes in a tissue of a patient may include a support structure for securing the device to a body part of the patient, a processing element operably connected to the support structure, a wireless networking interface operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element and an external computing device via a network, a first transmission module operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element, a second transmission module and a third transmission module operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element. When activated, the first transmission module transmits a first time varying magnetic field through the tissue of the patient. The second and third transmission modules, which are spatially separated from one another, receive first and second versions, respectively, of the first time varying magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Cerebrotech Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Richard Warren Wyeth, Mitchell Elliott Levinson, Bryan Jon Weber
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Patent number: 11717262Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed for diagnosis including a plurality of transmitting and receiving units, an error of a scale of a tomographic image to be generated is reduced. The imaging apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit comprising a first transmitting and receiving unit configured to perform transmission and reception of an ultrasound signal and a second transmitting and receiving unit configured to perform transmission and reception of an optical signal when rotating in the lumen of the measurement subject body; and a processor configured to: convert positional information of each position outside the range in which the flushing liquid flows regarding the ultrasound line data generated by the processor based on a ratio between the ultrasound propagation velocity in the flushing liquid and the ultrasound propagation velocity in the blood vessel; and construct the first tomographic image using the ultrasound line data which is converted by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ema Itoh, Isao Mori
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Patent number: 11712195Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to diagnostic device and system including a proximal balloon disposed along a length of a catheter and a distal balloon disposed at a distal end of the catheter, with at least one camera disposed at the distal balloon and a pH sensor deployable via inflation of the proximal balloon and configured to engage a patient's esophagus wall to attach the pH sensor to the patient's esophagus wall. In an illustrative example, the pH sensor may be releasably retained to the catheter adjacent to the proximal balloon. The pH sensor may include a tissue engaging feature configured to engage a patient's esophagus wall to attach the pH sensor to the patient's esophagus wall. The diagnostic device may improve upon existing processes by providing a single device to perform a multi-purpose diagnostic procedure.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLCInventors: Jonathan Lawson, Jesse Geroy, Ken Hutchins
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Patent number: 11709120Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for improved laser speckle imaging of samples, such as vascularized tissue, for the determination of the rate of movement of light scattering particles within the sample. The system includes a structure adjoining a light source and a photo-sensitive detector. The structure can be positioned adjacent the sample (e.g., coupled to the sample) and configured to orient the light source and detector relative the sample such that surface reflections, including specular reflections and diffuse reflections, are discouraged from entering the detection field of the detector. The separation distance along the structure between the light source and the detector may further enable selective depth penetration into the sample and biased sampling of multiply scattered photons. The system includes an operably coupled processor programmed to derive contrast metrics from the detector and to relate the contrast metrics to a rate of movement of the light scattering particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Covidien AGInventors: Tyler Bywaters Rice, Sean Michael White, Bruce Yee Yang
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Patent number: 11690596Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound system including an ultrasound probe and an image display device. The ultrasound probe includes: a transducer array, a transmitting and receiving unit that generates a sound ray signal on the basis of a reception signal from the transducer array; an image information data generation unit that generates image information data from the sound ray signal; and a probe-side wireless communication unit that transmits the image information data to the image display device. The image display device includes: an operating state acquisition unit that acquires an operating state of the image display device; and a display-device-side wireless communication unit that transmits the operating state to the ultrasound probe.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Karasawa
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Patent number: 11660075Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmission beam former and a transmitting circuit. The transmission beam former generates a transmission pulse. The transmitting circuit supplies an ultrasound transducer with the transmission pulse received from the transmission beam former as a drive signal. The supply of a clock necessary for the generation of the transmission pulse is stopped during a substantial reception period of echo signals from the ultrasound transducer.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Teruki Hagihara
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Patent number: 11660112Abstract: A system and method for reducing the risk of contamination of interior regions of a needle guide which is disposed on an endocavity transducer, which system includes an elastic membrane forming a pocket which covers a needle exit hole in the needle guide. The pocket is disposed on a sheath which is both; disposed around the endocavity transducer and between the endocavity transducer and the needle guide.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.Inventors: Betty Sedlacek, Rick L. Pruter