Patents by Inventor Gerald Lea Litzza
Gerald Lea Litzza 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).
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Patent number: 10052082Abstract: A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Volcano CorporationInventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Stephen Charles Davies, Donald Mamayek, Richard Scott Huennekens, Stephen M. Fry, Eric Vaughn Mott, Peter Smith, Scott Tennant Brownlie, Jon David Klingensmith, Richard Chester Klosinski, Jr., Edward Anthony Oliver, Masood Ahmed, Gerald Lea Litzza
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Publication number: 20150342564Abstract: A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Stephen Charles Davies, Donald Mamayek, Richard Scott Huennekens, Stephen M. Fry, Eric Vaughn Mott, Peter Smith, Scott Tennant Brownlie, Jon David Klingensmith, Richard Chester Klosinski, JR., Edward Anthony Oliver, Masood Ahmed, Gerald Lea Litzza
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Patent number: 9101298Abstract: A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Volcano CorporationInventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Stephen Charles Davies, Donald Mamayek, Richard Scott Huennekens, Stephen M. Fry, Eric Vaughn Mott, Peter Smith, Scott Tennant Brownlie, Jon David Klingensmith, Richard Chester Klosinski, Jr., Edward Anthony Oliver, Masood Ahmed, Gerald Lea Litzza
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Patent number: 8754865Abstract: A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller includes receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes selecting a measurement mode based on a shape of the user measurement input and calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the measurement mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Volcano CorporationInventors: Fergus Merritt, Asher Cohen, Duane De Jong, Gerald Lea Litzza, Aaron Cheline
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Patent number: 8681116Abstract: A bedside controller includes an integrally formed housing and self-contained mounting structure disposed on the housing. The mounting structure includes a mounting channel defined in the housing and a retaining clamp disposed above the mounting channel and configured to releasably secure a mounting platform within the mounting channel such that the bedside controller is mounted to the mounting platform. The bedside controller also includes a touch-sensitive display disposed within a surface of the housing and configured to display images and receive user input on the surface, a processor disposed within the housing, a communication module disposed within the housing, communicatively coupled to the processor, and configured to transmit and receive medical data, and a battery disposed within the integrally formed housing and electrically coupled to the touch-sensitive display, the processor, and the communication module.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Volcano CorporationInventors: Fergus Merritt, Asher Cohen, Duane De Jong, Gerald Lea Litzza, Aaron Cheline
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Publication number: 20110270091Abstract: A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATIONInventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Stephen Charles Davies, Donald Mamayek, Richard Scott Huennekens, Stephen M. Fry, Eric Vaughn Mott, Peter Smith, Scott Tennant Brownlie, Jon David Klingensmith, Richard Chester Klosinski, JR., Edward Anthony Oliver, Masood Ahmed, Gerald Lea Litzza
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Patent number: 7988633Abstract: A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Volcano CorporationInventors: Norman Hugh Hossack, Stephen C. Davies, Donald Mamayek, Richard Scott Huennekens, Stephen Fry, Eric V. Mott, Peter Smith, Scott Brownlie, Jon D. Klingensmith, Richard Klosinski, Ed Oliver, Masood Ahmed, Gerald Lea Litzza