Patents by Inventor Michael Anthony Lexa

Michael Anthony Lexa 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: 10192007
    Abstract: A method implemented using one or more computer processors for estimating the density of a material in an annular space includes receiving detector data representative of scattered photons resulting from interaction of a material in an annular space with radiation from a radiation source and detected by a plurality of radiation detectors. The technique further includes performing a set of Monte Carlo simulations. The method further includes performing a principal component analysis on the set of Monte Carlo simulations to generate a principal component analysis model of the detector data. The method also includes estimating the density of the material at one or more locations within the annular space based upon the principal component analysis model and the detector data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lexa, Meena Ganesh, John Brandon Laflen, John Edward Smaardyk, Donald Kenney Steinman
  • Patent number: 9927552
    Abstract: A system for generating eccentering corrected response includes a logging tool configured to examine a material filled in an annular space to generate a tool response. The material is filled in an annular space formed by an outer conduit and an inner conduit disposed in the outer conduit. The logging tool is disposed in an inner conduit. The tool response includes scattered gamma ray photon counts distorted by a radial shift of the logging tool. The system includes a data transmission device coupled to a plurality of detectors and configured to transmit data detected by the plurality of detectors. The system also includes a computer processor linked to the data transmission device and configured to receive the tool response. The computer processor is configured to process the tool response and generate an eccentered corrected response by correcting effects of the radial shift in the tool response using eccentering correction technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lexa, Meena Ganesh, John Edward Smaardyk, Donald Kenney Steinman
  • Patent number: 9572538
    Abstract: A method of prioritizing arrhythmia alarms based on one patient's perfusion level includes receiving arterial blood pressure, electrocardiogram heart rate, and arterial pulse rate values of the one patient during a same time window. Analyzing the set of blood pressure values to determine if an arrhythmia event is indicated, where if an arrhythmia event is indicated, the method includes calculating a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ratio, comparing the SBP ratio to a first predetermined threshold, and if the SBP ratio is less than or equal to the first predetermined threshold, then activating a non-perfusion alarm. If the SBP ratio is greater than the first predetermined threshold, then calculating a standard deviation of a rate differential between the heart rate and the pulse rate values, and if the standard deviation is greater than a second predetermined threshold, then activating the non-perfusion alarm. A system and non-transitory computer media is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Alan Sitzman, Bruce Arnold Friedman, Sahika Genc, Kalpit Vikrambhai Desai, Michael Anthony Lexa, Brett Matthews
  • Publication number: 20160327681
    Abstract: A system for generating eccentering corrected response includes a logging tool configured to examine a material filled in an annular space to generate a tool response. The material is filled in an annular space formed by an outer conduit and an inner conduit disposed in the outer conduit. The logging tool is disposed in an inner conduit. The tool response includes scattered gamma ray photon counts distorted by a radial shift of the logging tool. The system includes a data transmission device coupled to a plurality of detectors and configured to transmit data detected by the plurality of detectors. The system also includes a computer processor linked to the data transmission device and configured to receive the tool response. The computer processor is configured to process the tool response and generate an eccentered corrected response by correcting effects of the radial shift in the tool response using eccentering correction technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lexa, Meena Ganesh, John Edward Smaardyk, Donald Kenney Steinman
  • Publication number: 20160162610
    Abstract: A method implemented using one or more computer processors for estimating the density of a material in an annular space includes receiving detector data representative of scattered photons resulting from interaction of a material in an annular space with radiation from a radiation source and detected by a plurality of radiation detectors. The technique further includes performing a set of Monte Carlo simulations. The method further includes performing a principal component analysis on the set of Monte Carlo simulations to generate a principal component analysis model of the detector data. The method also includes estimating the density of the material at one or more locations within the annular space based upon the principal component analysis model and the detector data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lexa, Meena Ganesh, John Brandon Laflen, John Edward Smaardyk, Donald Kenney Steinman
  • Publication number: 20160161385
    Abstract: A method implemented using one or more computer processors for estimating the density of a material in an annular space includes receiving detector data representative of scattered photons resulting from interaction of a material in an annular space with radiation from a radiation source and detected by a plurality of radiation detectors. The method further includes performing a set of Monte Carlo simulations and generating polynomial models of the detector data based on the set of Monte Carlo simulations. The method further includes estimating the density of the material at one or more locations within the annular space based upon the polynomial models and the detector data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Lexa, Meena Ganesh, John Brandon Laflen, John Edward Smaardyk, Donald Kenney Steinman
  • Publication number: 20150238151
    Abstract: A method of prioritizing arrhythmia alarms based on one patient's perfusion level includes receiving arterial blood pressure, electrocardiogram heart rate, and arterial pulse rate values of the one patient during a same time window. Analysing the set of blood pressure values to determine if an arrhythmia event is indicated, where if an arrhythmia event is indicated, the method includes calculating a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ratio, comparing the SBP ratio to a first predetermined threshold, and if the SBP ratio is less than or equal to the first predetermined threshold, then activating a non-perfusion alarm. If the SBP ratio is greater than the first predetermined threshold, then calculating a standard deviation of a rate differential between the heart rate and the pulse rate values, and if the standard deviation is greater than a second predetermined threshold, then activating the non-perfusion alarm. A system and non-transitory computer media is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Alan Sitzman, Bruce Arnold Friedman, Sahika Genc, Kalpit Vikrambhai Desai, Michael Anthony Lexa, Brett Matthews