Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Thatcher
Jeffrey E. Thatcher 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: 11989860Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Spectral MD, Inc.Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Patent number: 11957577Abstract: Embodiments of delivery systems, devices and methods for delivering a prosthetic heart valve device to a heart chamber for expanded implementation are disclosed. More specifically, methods, systems and devices are disclosed for delivering a self-expanding prosthetic mitral valve device to the left atrium, with no engagement of the left ventricle, the native mitral valve leaflets or the annular tissue downstream of the upper annular surface during delivery, and in some embodiments with no engagement of the ventricle, mitral valve leaflets and/or annular tissue located downstream of the upper annular surface by the delivered, positioned and expanded prosthetic mitral valve device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey W. Chambers, Gregory G. Brucker, Joseph P. Higgins, Saravana B. Kumar, Jason S. Diedering, Karl A. Kabarowski, Robert J. Thatcher, James E. Flaherty, Jeffrey R. Stone
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Patent number: 11948300Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Spectral MD, Inc.Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Publication number: 20240048823Abstract: The present technology comprises a single-aperture snapshot multi-spectral imaging device generally consisting of at least a color camera, a customized Octa-Band optical filter, a motorized zoom lens, and an 8-wavelength multi-color LED illumination system. The present technology also comprises a method about designing time sequences and combinations of LED illuminations, along with an unmixing algorithm for 8 MSI images generation. According to the present device and method, it is capable of fast multi-spectral image acquisition speed (<100 milliseconds), fast post-processing speed based on adopting a single aperture system without disparity correction calculation, adjustable FOVs, smaller form factors and lower costs, and high precision of spectral information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Shuai Yu, Jason Dwight, Hanh Le, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Wensheng Fan
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Publication number: 20230222654Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Publication number: 20230206413Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Publication number: 20230181042Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound or portion thereof, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, automatically segment the pixels into wound pixels and non-wound pixels, determine one or more optically determined tissue features of the wound or portion thereof, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound or portion thereof over a predetermined time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Wensheng Fan, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Publication number: 20230148951Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for assessing or predicting the status of wounds such as burns. Systems can include at least one light detection element and one or more processors configured to receive a signal from the at least one light detection element representing light reflected from a tissue region, generate an image having a plurality of pixels depicting the tissue region, and determine a burn status of a subset of pixels of the image using one or more deep learning algorithms. Systems can further be configured to generate a classified image of the tissue region and/or determine a predictive score associated with healing of the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Wensheng Fan, Kevin Plant, Faliu Yi
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Patent number: 11631164Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SPECTRAL MD, INC.Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Patent number: 11599998Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SPECTRAL MD, INC.Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Publication number: 20220156903Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Publication number: 20220142484Abstract: Certain aspects relate to apparatuses and techniques for non-invasive optical imaging that acquires a plurality of images corresponding to both different times and different frequencies. Additionally, alternatives described herein are used with a variety of tissue classification applications, including assessing the presence and severity of tissue conditions, such as burns and other wounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: John Michael DiMaio, Wensheng Fan, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Weizhi Li, Weirong Mo
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Patent number: 11304604Abstract: Certain aspects relate to apparatuses and techniques for non-invasive optical imaging that acquires a plurality of images corresponding to both different times and different frequencies. Additionally, alternatives described herein are used with a variety of tissue classification applications, including assessing the presence and severity of tissue conditions, such as burns and other wounds.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Spectral MD, Inc.Inventors: John Michael DiMaio, Wensheng Fan, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Weizhi Li, Weirong Mo
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Patent number: 11182888Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SPECTRAL MD, INC.Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Publication number: 20210201479Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Publication number: 20210082094Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Patent number: 10783632Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SPECTRAL MD, INC.Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
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Patent number: 10740884Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SPECTRAL MD, INC.Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Publication number: 20200193580Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to systems and techniques for spectral imaging using a multi-aperture system with curved multi-bandpass filters positioned over each aperture. The present disclosure further relates to techniques for implementing spectral unmixing and image registration to generate a spectral datacube using image information received from such imaging systems. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using such a datacube to analyze the imaged object, for example to analyze tissue in a clinical setting, perform biometric recognition, or perform materials analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Brian McCall, Wensheng Fan, Jason Dwight, Zhicun Gao, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, John Michael DiMaio
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Publication number: 20200193597Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight