Patents by Inventor Gregory T. Clement

Gregory T. Clement 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: 9750480
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can measure profusion through a volume of tissue. The system can include a non-transitory memory that stores instructions and a processor that can be configured to execute the instructions to at least: receive an ultrasound signal response of a contrast agent within a volume of interest and determine the perfusion through the volume of tissue based on a probabilistic constant related to the geometry, the tissue density, the ultrasound signal response, and a feature of the geometry. The ultrasound signal response can include a time dimension and three position dimensions. The volume of interest can include a tissue density and a geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventor: Gregory T. Clement
  • Publication number: 20150173704
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can measure profusion through a volume of tissue. The system can include a non-transitory memory that stores instructions and a processor that can be configured to execute the instructions to at least: receive an ultrasound signal response of a contrast agent within a volume of interest and determine the perfusion through the volume of tissue based on a probabilistic constant related to the geometry, the tissue density, the ultrasound signal response, and a feature of the geometry. The ultrasound signal response can include a time dimension and three position dimensions. The volume of interest can include a tissue density and a geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Gregory T. Clement
  • Patent number: 7344509
    Abstract: A method of delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of at least a first ultrasound beam to a subject at at least a first incident angle relative to the surface of the subject to induce shear waves in the subject, energy in the shear waves forming a substantial part of energy of first ultrasound waves at a desired region in the subject at a therapeutic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement
  • Patent number: 7175599
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing a subject by delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of an ultrasound mainbeam to a bone surface at an incident angle relative to the surface of the bone to induce shear waves in the bone, energy in the shear waves forming a substantial part of energy of first ultrasound waves at a desired region in the subject through the bone, detecting at least one of reflected and scattered energy of the applied ultrasound mainbeam, and analyzing the detected energy for a diagnostic purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement
  • Publication number: 20040210134
    Abstract: A method of delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of at least a first ultrasound beam to a subject at at least a first incident angle relative to the surface of the subject to induce shear waves in the subject, energy in the shear waves forming a substantial part of energy of first ultrasound waves at a desired region in the subject at a therapeutic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement
  • Publication number: 20040210135
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing a subject by delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of an ultrasound mainbeam to a bone surface at an incident angle relative to the surface of the bone to induce shear waves in the bone, energy in the shear waves forming a substantial part of energy of first ultrasound waves at a desired region in the subject through the bone, detecting at least one of reflected and scattered energy of the applied ultrasound mainbeam, and analyzing the detected energy for a diagnostic purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement
  • Patent number: 6770031
    Abstract: A method of delivering ultrasound signals includes providing an image of at least a portion of a subject intended to receive ultrasound signals between sources of the ultrasound signals and a desired region of the subject for receiving focused ultrasound signals, identifying, from the image, physical characteristics of portions of material between the sources and the desired region, and using a spectral propagation analysis to determine at least one of phase corrections and amplitude corrections for the sources depending on the respective physical characteristics of the portions of the material disposed between each source and the desired region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement
  • Publication number: 20030092987
    Abstract: A method of delivering ultrasound signals includes providing an image of at least a portion of a subject intended to receive ultrasound signals between sources of the ultrasound signals and a desired region of the subject for receiving focused ultrasound signals, identifying, from the image, physical characteristics of portions of material between the sources and the desired region, and using a spectral propagation analysis to determine at least one of phase corrections and amplitude corrections for the sources depending on the respective physical characteristics of the portions of the material disposed between each source and the desired region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kullervo Hynynen, Gregory T. Clement