Patents by Inventor David Spain

David Spain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11948695
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, David Spain
  • Publication number: 20230310085
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, David LESAGE, Charles A. TAYLOR, Nan XIAO, Hyun Jin KIM, David SPAIN, Michiel SCHAAP
  • Publication number: 20230290524
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Leo GRADY, Rhea TOMBROPOULOS, Gilwoo CHOI, Nan XIAO, David SPAIN
  • Publication number: 20230277247
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Sophie KHEM, Sethuraman SANKARAN, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20230248242
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Travis Michael SANDERS, Sethuraman SANKARAN, Leo GRADY, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO, Jin KIM, Charles A. TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 11707325
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman Sankaran, David Lesage, Charles Taylor, Nan Xiao, Hyun Jin Kim, David Spain, Michiel Schaap
  • Patent number: 11660143
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Sophie Khem, Sethuraman Sankaran, David Spain, Nan Xiao
  • Patent number: 11653833
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Michael Sanders, Sethuraman Sankaran, Leo Grady, David Spain, Nan Xiao, Jin Kim, Charles A. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11521755
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, David Spain
  • Publication number: 20220185480
    Abstract: A linerless composite tank for a waste or water system on board an aerospace vehicle includes a monolithic tank body having a first composite material co-cured with a second composite material. The first composite material includes a first resin and the second composite material includes a second resin that is different from the first resin. The first composite material forms an innermost surface of the monolithic tank body defining a tank chamber of the monolithic tank body. A method of manufacturing the linerless composite tank includes providing a mold having a desired interior shape of the monolithic tank, applying the first composite material to the mold, applying the second composite material to the mold, and co-curing the first composite material with the second composite material to form the monolithic composite tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Edita Salcepuedes, Mario Nakhla, David Spain, Sabarrish Mohan, Misri Lal
  • Publication number: 20210210209
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Leo GRADY, Rhea TOMBROPOULOS, Gilwoo CHOI, Nan XIAO, David SPAIN
  • Publication number: 20210196391
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Sophie KHEM, Sethuraman SANKARAN, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO
  • Publication number: 20210161384
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Travis Michael SANDERS, Sethuraman SANKARAN, Leo GRADY, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO, Jin KIM, Charles A. TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 10990652
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, David Spain
  • Patent number: 10973583
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Sophie Khem, Sethuraman Sankaran, David Spain, Nan Xiao
  • Patent number: 10945606
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Michael Sanders, Sethuraman Sankaran, Leo Grady, David Spain, Nan Xiao, Jin Kim, Charles A. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20200360088
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, David LESAGE, Charles TAYLOR, Nan XIAO, Hyun Jin KIM, David SPAIN, Michiel SCHAAP
  • Publication number: 20200085502
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Sophie KHEM, Sethuraman SANKARAN, David Spain, Nan XIAO
  • Patent number: 10517678
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Sophie Khem, Sethuraman Sankaran, David Spain, Nan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20190095574
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Leo GRADY, Rhea TOMBROPOULOS, Gilwoo CHOI, Nan XIAO, David SPAIN