Patents by Inventor Michael Arneson
Michael Arneson 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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Publication number: 20180153385Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: INNURVATION, INC.Inventors: Michael ARNESON, William R. BANDY, Kevin J. POWELL, Kenneth E. SALSMAN, Devon TIRPACK
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Patent number: 9788708Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William R. Bandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Publication number: 20170042506Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael ARNESON, William BANDY, Wayne SHANKS
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Publication number: 20160324404Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael ARNESON, William R. Bandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Patent number: 9480459Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William Bandy, Wayne Shanks
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Patent number: 9351632Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: INNURVATION, INC.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William R. Bandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Patent number: 9078580Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William R. Brandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Publication number: 20140323867Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: INNURVATION, INC.Inventors: Michael ARNESON, William Bandy, Wayne Shanks
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Publication number: 20140249373Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael ARNESON, William R. Brandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Patent number: 8647259Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William Bandy, Wayne Shanks
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Patent number: 8617058Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William R. Bandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Publication number: 20120101386Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrasound imaging on a capsule endoscope platform. It relates to the generation of a focused ultrasound acoustic signal and the receiving of echo signals from the wall of a body lumen with an array of acoustic transducers wrapped around the circumference of the capsule. It relates to sending the generated echo image signals to receiver devices attached or worn on the body. It relates to the generation of 360° overlapping sidewall ultrasound scans of a body lumen, and image processing techniques to assemble these scans into a high resolution continuous ultrasound image. Finally, it relates to the manufacture and assembly of such an ultrasound scanning capsule endoscope (USCE). The concept is extendable to conventional endoscopes and catheters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Michael Arneson, William Bandy, Wayne Shanks
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Publication number: 20110004059Abstract: An ingestible image scanning pill captures high resolution images of the GI tract as it passes through. Images communicated externally have exact location determination. Image processing software discards duplicate information and stitches images together, line scan by line scan, to replicate a complete GI tract as if it were stretched out in a straight line. A fully linear image is displayed to a medical professional as if the GI tract had been stretched in a straight line, cut open, laid flat out on a bench for viewing—all without making any incisions in a live patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: INNURVATION, INC.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William R. Bandy, Kevin J. Powell, Kenneth E. Salsman, Devon Tirpack
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Publication number: 20080058597Abstract: The present invention is directed to locating and imaging with a swallowable sensor device disposed in a patient. The swallowable sensor device transmits an acoustic signal from inside a patient's body. A plurality of sensing elements receive the acoustic signal. A computation module determines a location of the swallowable sensor device with respect to the plurality of sensing elements based on the acoustic signal received by at least a subset of the plurality of sensing elements. A three-dimensional image of an interior portion of the patient can also be formed based on the received acoustic signal. The three-dimensional image may be formed by stereoscopically displaying two two-dimensional images of the interior portion, wherein the two two-dimensional images correspond to the swallowable sensor device being located at two different locations. Alternatively, the three-dimensional image may be formed by computing three-dimensional pixels of the interior portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: Innurvation LLCInventors: Michael ARNESON, William Bandy, Roger Davenport, Kevin Powell
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Publication number: 20070200712Abstract: Devices and systems to interrogate radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are described. Compact and inexpensive interrogation devices are realized by implementing integrated circuit chip-based RFID reader and antenna on a common substrate. The small form-factor devices may be used for quick and easy installation of RFID reader network. In an aspect, the device may be incorporated into hand-held mobile devices in order to serve as a mobile reader. In another aspect, the device may be installed as a shelf-reader or a rack-reader, displaying product-specific information on a display screen. In a further aspect, the device may comprise an appliance, whose operation can be tailored according to instructions received specific to a RFID-tagged item.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William Bandy, Robert Beach, Kevin Powell
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Publication number: 20070194933Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) architecture is described. RFID tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits symbols to the tags. Tags respond to the interrogations with symbols that each represent one or more bits of data. An RFID tag includes an antenna pad, a receiver, a state machine, and a modulator. The receiver is coupled to the antenna pad. The receiver receives a symbol from the antenna pad and outputs a received signal. The state machine is configured to determine a response symbol from the received signal and an operating state of the tag. The modulator is coupled to the antenna pad. The modulator is configured to backscatter modulate the received symbol with the response symbol. The modulator is configured to output the backscatter modulated symbol to the antenna pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wayne Shanks, William Bandy, Michael Arneson, Kevin Powell
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Publication number: 20070139163Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for RFID readers forming a reader network are described. In an aspect of the present invention, a plurality of RFID readers are configured to interrogate tags. Furthermore, the readers are configured to communicate with one another. Each of the readers include a ID number which identifies that particular reader within a reader network during communications. Each reader includes a network interface module and an optimization module to receive and process statistical data obtained from other readers in the network. Aspects of the present invention include a ‘primary/secondary’ reader network configuration, as well as a ‘distributed elements’ reader network configuration. A set of operational rules for the environment is indicated, and tag interrogations are optimized according to the rules. Readers may communicate according to a “Listen Before Talk” (LBT) protocol to avoid undesirable interference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Powell, William Bandy, Michael Arneson
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Publication number: 20070131016Abstract: Dies that are attached to a die plate can be transferred to a substrate. An actuator can be used to cause a die to be released from the die plate and to come into contact with the substrate. For example, the die may cover a corresponding hole in the die plate. The actuator can move a pin into the hole in the die plate, thereby pushing the die from the die plate. The actuator may be actuated by an electromagnetic stimulus. For instance, a solenoid having windings around a tubular core may provide the electromagnetic stimulus to the actuator. Current may be provided to the windings of the solenoid to generate the electromagnetic stimulus that actuates the actuator. The actuator may be provided in the tubular core of the solenoid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David Addison, William Bandy, David Eastin, Michael Arneson
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Publication number: 20070126585Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a system including a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and a reader. Each RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags backscatter transmits a signal. In one embodiment, the reader includes a plurality of antennas and a signal processor. In another embodiment, the system includes a signal processor and a plurality of readers each including an antenna. In either embodiment, each antenna receives a plurality of signals corresponding to the backscatter transmitted signals. The signal processor combines the received plurality of signals to produce an output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuri Okunev, Kevin Powell, Michael Arneson, William Bandy
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Publication number: 20060261950Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for radio frequency identification (RFID) items/objects are described. In embodiments of the present invention, resonant frequency characteristics of materials of the items/objects are used to enable RFID functionality in the items/objects. In an aspect of the present invention, a RFID item comprises a resonant material. An integrated circuit (IC) die is electrically coupled to the resonant material. The resonant material functions as an antenna for the IC die. The IC die may be attached to a quadraposer substrate to be electrically coupled to the resonant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Arneson, William Bandy