Patents by Inventor Molly Flexman

Molly Flexman 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).

  • Publication number: 20230114323
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure encompass an endoluminal therapy system employing an endoluminal therapy device (21) and an endoluminal therapy monitoring controller (10). In support an endoluminal procedure, the endoluminal therapy device (21) is controlled to treat a site to be treated within a lumen. The controller (10) is operated to synchronize an activated dwell timing of the endoluminal therapy device (21) within the lumen to a tracked positioning of the endoluminal therapy device (21) contiguous with the site to be treated within the lumen. The controller (10) is further operated to monitor the site to be treated within the lumen induced by the endoluminal therapy device (21) during the synchronization by the controller (10) of the activated dwell timing of the endoluminal therapy device (21) within the lumen to the tracked positioning of the endoluminal therapy device (21) contiguous with the site to be treated within the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Torre Michelle BYDLON, Alvin CHEN, Lara Molly FLEXMAN, James David CEZO
  • Patent number: 11432880
    Abstract: One or more launch fixture (650)s for optical shape sensing (OSS), the one launch fixture (650) or each launch fixture (650) being configured to receive and secure an optical fiber within a flexible OSS enabled instrument. A docking device (670) is provided for securing the launch fixture (650)(s) onto a launch fixture base (660). The docking device (670) may include one or more launch fixture (650) slots on one side of the docking device (670), or one or more launch fixture (650) slots on each of two opposing sides of the docking device (670).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Paul Noonan, Molly Flexman, Bharat Ramachandran, Merel Danielle Leistikow
  • Publication number: 20210398316
    Abstract: An augmented reality device (50) employing an augmented reality display (53) for displaying a virtual object relative to a view of a physical object within a physical world. The device (50) further employs a virtual object positioning controller (60) for autonomously controlling a positioning of the virtual object within the augmented reality display (53) based on a decisive aggregation implementation of spatial positioning rule(s) regulating the positioning of the virtual object within the augmented reality display (53) and a sensing of the physical world (e.g., an object detection of physical object(s) within the physical world, a pose detection of the augmented reality display (53) relative to the physical world, and/or an ambient detection of an operating environment of the augmented reality display (53) relative to the physical world). The decisive aggregation may further include an operational assessment and/or virtual assessment of the augmented reality display (53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ashish PANSE, Molly FLEXMAN
  • Publication number: 20190167357
    Abstract: One or more launch fixture (650)s for optical shape sensing (OSS), the one launch fixture (650) or each launch fixture (650) being configured to receive and secure an optical fiber within a flexible OSS enabled instrument. A docking device (670) is provided for securing the launch fixture (650)(s) onto a launch fixture base (660). The docking device (670) may include one or more launch fixture (650) slots on one side of the docking device (670), or one or more launch fixture (650) slots on each of two opposing sides of the docking device (670).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: David Paul Noonan, Molly Flexman, Bharat Ramachandran, Merel Danielle Leistikow
  • Publication number: 20150223697
    Abstract: A methods for imaging tissue using diffuse optical tomography with digital detection includes directing at the tissue a plurality of amplitude modulated optical signals from a plurality of optical signal sources illuminating the tissue at a plurality of locations; detecting a resulting plurality of attenuated optical signals exiting the tissue to obtain a plurality of analog signals containing diffuse optical tomographic information; converting the analog signals into digital signals; recovering the tomographic information from the digital signals using a digital signal processor-based detection module that performs digital detection, wherein the detection module includes a master digital signal processing subsystem and at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem that processes at least a portion of the digital signals and the master digital signal processing subsystem controls the at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem; and transmitting the recovered tomographic information in digi
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas H. HIELSCHER, Christopher J. FONG, Yang LI, Andres BUR, Molly FLEXMAN, James MASCIOTTI
  • Patent number: 9037216
    Abstract: A methods for imaging tissue using diffuse optical tomography with digital detection includes directing at the tissue a plurality of amplitude modulated optical signals from a plurality of optical signal sources illuminating the tissue at a plurality of locations; detecting a resulting plurality of attenuated optical signals exiting the tissue to obtain a plurality of analog signals containing diffuse optical tomographic information; converting the analog signals into digital signals; recovering the tomographic information from the digital signals using a digital signal processor-based detection module that performs digital detection, wherein the detection module includes a master digital signal processing subsystem and at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem that processes at least a portion of the digital signals and the master digital signal processing subsystem controls the at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem; and transmitting the recovered tomographic information in digi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Andreas H. Hielscher, Yang Li, Andres Bur, Molly Flexman, James Masciotti, Christopher J. Fong
  • Publication number: 20100292569
    Abstract: A methods for imaging tissue using diffuse optical tomography with digital detection includes directing at the tissue a plurality of amplitude modulated optical signals from a plurality of optical signal sources illuminating the tissue at a plurality of locations; detecting a resulting plurality of attenuated optical signals exiting the tissue to obtain a plurality of analog signals containing diffuse optical tomographic information; converting the analog signals into digital signals; recovering the tomographic information from the digital signals using a digital signal processor-based detection module that performs digital detection, wherein the detection module includes a master digital signal processing subsystem and at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem that processes at least a portion of the digital signals and the master digital signal processing subsystem controls the at least one slave digital signal processing subsystem; and transmitting the recovered tomographic information in digi
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Andreas H. Hielscher, Yang Li, Andrés Bur, Molly Flexman, James Masciotti, Christopher J. Fong