Patents by Inventor Per Bergman
Per Bergman 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: 20240164865Abstract: The system comprises a workstation including a controller. The controller is configured to cause the workstation to: generate a vessels-image based on at least one image from a set of medical images of a region of interest; calculate a vessel path from a source point to a target point on the vessels-image, based at least on the set of medical images; determine that at least one child vessel is connected to the vessel path based on at least a flow of contrast agent in the set of medical images; generate a path mask for the vessel path; generate a child vessel mask for the at least one child vessel; and display the path mask and the child vessel mask on an image associated with the path mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Steven J. Blacker, Adi Dafni, Adi Sheinfeld
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Patent number: 11931603Abstract: A radiotherapy apparatus including a rotatable gantry, a beam generation system, an on-gantry heat transfer system and an off-gantry heat transfer system is disclosed. The beam generation system is attached to the gantry and configured to generate abeam of therapeutic radiation. The on-gantry heat transfer system is configured to rotate with the gantry and includes a first conduit including a first thermally conductive surface, the on-gantry heat transfer system being configured to transfer heat generated by the beam generation system to the thermally conductive surface. The off-gantry heat transfer system includes a second thermally conductive surface, the off-gantry heat transfer system being configured to transfer heat away from the second thermally conductive surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Elekta LimitedInventors: Duncan Bourne, Per Bergfjord, Mikael Bergman
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Patent number: 11918423Abstract: A method for delivering an elongated medical device along a path to a target location using a catheter procedure system includes generating a mask of the path, tracking a position of a distal portion of the elongated medical device based on a set of real-time images and determining a remaining path length based at least on the position of the distal portion of the elongated medical device. The remaining path length is a distance between the distal portion of the elongated medical device and the target location. The remaining path length decreases as the distal portion of the elongated medical device approaches the target location.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Steven J. Blacker, Adi Dafni, Adi Sheinfeld
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Patent number: 11896325Abstract: A system for controlling a catheter-based procedure system that includes a robotic drive configured to control rotational motion and axial motion of one or more elongated medical devices may include a body, a first control coupled to the body, and a second control coupled to the body. First control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to axially move one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the first control by a user, and the second control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to rotate one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the second control by the user, wherein the first control and the second control are positioned on the body so the first control and the second control can be simultaneously manipulated by a first digit and a second digit on a hand of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Clark, Eric Klem, Omid Saber, Saeed Sokhanvar, Per Bergman, Cameron Canale, Steven J. Blacker, Dino Kasvikis
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Publication number: 20240024055Abstract: A system comprises an EMD and coupled to a robotic drive. The EMD includes an external member defining a lumen and an internal member disposed in the lumen and coupled to a distal portion of the external member, and a linearly and rotationally-actuatable element coupled to the external member. The robotic drive includes a plurality of device modules, each of the plurality of device modules being independently linearly movable by the robotic drive, a first cassette coupled to a first one of the plurality of device modules and to the linearly and rotationally-actuatable element of the external member, and a second cassette coupled to a second one of the plurality of device modules and to the internal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Steven J. Blacker, Per Bergman
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Publication number: 20230236008Abstract: A catheter procedure system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. The robotic mechanism includes a robotic drive base including at least one drive mechanism, a cassette operatively secured to the robotic drive base, a rigid guide coupled to the cassette and fixed relative to the robotic mechanism and a flexible track having a distal end, a proximal end and a plurality of reflective sections. At least a portion of the flexible track is disposed within the rigid guide. The robotic mechanism also includes a position detector mounted to the robotic drive base and positioned beneath the flexible track. The position detector is configured to detect light reflected off of the reflective sections of the flexible track and to determine the position of the distal end of the flexible track based on the detected reflected light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Peter Falb, Timothy Deignan, Per Bergman
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Patent number: 11639847Abstract: A catheter procedure system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. The robotic mechanism includes a robotic drive base including at least one drive mechanism, a cassette operatively secured to the robotic drive base, a rigid guide coupled to the cassette and fixed relative to the robotic mechanism and a flexible track having a distal end, a proximal end and a plurality of reflective sections. At least a portion of the flexible track is disposed within the rigid guide. The robotic mechanism also includes a position detector mounted to the robotic drive base and positioned beneath the flexible track. The position detector is configured to detect light reflected off of the reflective sections of the flexible track and to determine the position of the distal end of the flexible track based on the detected reflected light.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Peter Falb, Timothy Deignan, Per Bergman
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Publication number: 20230128665Abstract: A robotic medical device system includes a robotic medical device and a controller. The controller is configured to control, in response to one or more control signals, movement of the robotic medical device to maintain a substantially constant overshoot for different step responses of the robotic medical device system independent of variations in a delay associated with control of the robotic medical device, the one or more control signals received via a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Yao Li
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Publication number: 20220296315Abstract: An example data capture system generates profile using captured parameters from a reference operator. The data capture system includes a user interface to receive inputs from a reference operator for operation of one or more elongated medical devices (EMDs); a sensor system to capture parameters associated with the inputs from the reference operator; and a processing unit to generate at least one profile using the captured parameters, the profile being associated with a characteristic of the reference operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Saeed Sokhanvar, Cameron Canale, Omid Saber, Douglas Teany, Per Bergman, Steven J. Blacker
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Publication number: 20220233264Abstract: An EMD drive system includes an on-device adapter removably fixed to a shaft of an EMD. The on-device adapter received in a cassette. The cassette is removably secured to a drive module. The drive module is operatively coupled to the on-device adapter to move the on-device adapter and EMD together.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Eric Klem, Cameron Canale, Andrew Clark, Omid Saber, Saeed Sokhanvar, Steven J. Blacker, Per Bergman, Gary Kappel, Peter Falb, Paul Gregory, Robert Payne
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Publication number: 20220211452Abstract: A system for controlling a catheter-based procedure system that includes a robotic drive configured to control rotational motion and axial motion of one or more elongated medical devices may include a body, a first control coupled to the body, and a second control coupled to the body. First control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to axially move one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the first control by a user, and the second control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to rotate one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the second control by the user, wherein the first control and the second control are positioned on the body so the first control and the second control can be simultaneously manipulated by a first digit and a second digit on a hand of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Andrew Clark, Eric Klem, Omid Saber, Saeed Sokhanvar, Per Bergman, Cameron Canale, Steven J. Blacker, Dino Kasvikis
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Publication number: 20220125533Abstract: An adaptor for a robotic catheter system includes a body defining an opening configured to encompass an outer rotatable portion of hemostasis valve, the outer rotatable portion being rotatable within the opening. A distal end connector configured to engage a portion of the hemostasis valve and a proximal end connector configured to connect to an elongated medical device support track.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Peter Falb, Paul Gregory, Jason Cope, Steven J. Blacker, Per Bergman
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Publication number: 20220047344Abstract: An example system includes an apparatus having a first elongated medical device and a second elongated medical device; and a controller coupled to the apparatus. The controller is provided to determine a magnitude and a direction of linear translation of the first elongated medical device and responsive to the determined translation of the first elongated medical device, cause a linear translation of the second elongated medical device, the linear translation of the second elongated device having a substantially equal magnitude to the linear translation of the first elongated medical device and being in a direction opposite the direction of translation of the first elongated medical device. The controller is further provided to modify at least one parameter of the linear translation of either (a) the first elongated medical device or (b) the second elongated medical device in response to the determined translation of the first elongated device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Jared Stepanauskas, Steven J. Blacker, Kaitlyn Drake, Per Bergman, Sang-Joon Lee, Nicholas Kottenstette
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Publication number: 20210353376Abstract: An interlocking system for a joystick in a catheter procedure system includes a joystick configured to generate a first voltage output signal based on a linear activation of the joystick and a second voltage output signal based on a rotational activation of the joystick. A joystick cover is disposed over the joystick and includes an upper portion having an electrode plating on an inner surface of the upper portion and a lower portion having an inner surface. A capacitive touch detection circuit is coupled to the electrode plating of the upper portion of the joystick cover and is mounted on the inner surface of the lower portion of the joystick cover. The capacitive touch detection circuit is configured to detect a proximal change in capacitance in the electrode plating of the upper portion of the joystick cover and to generate a touch output signal to indicate whether a change in capacitance has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Yao Li, Seth Hunter, Adam Young
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Patent number: 11109921Abstract: An interlocking system for a joystick in a catheter procedure system includes a joystick configured to generate a first voltage output signal based on a linear activation of the joystick and a second voltage output signal based on a rotational activation of the joystick. A joystick cover is disposed over the joystick and includes an upper portion having an electrode plating on an inner surface of the upper portion and a lower portion having an inner surface. A capacitive touch detection circuit is coupled to the electrode plating of the upper portion of the joystick cover and is mounted on the inner surface of the lower portion of the joystick cover. The capacitive touch detection circuit is configured to detect a proximal change in capacitance in the electrode plating of the upper portion of the joystick cover and to generate a touch output signal to indicate whether a change in capacitance has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Per Bergman, Yao Li, Seth Hunter, Adam Young
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Publication number: 20210220064Abstract: A method for using a control center at a remote site to control operation of a robotic medical device system at a local site includes transmitting a control signal from the control center to the robotic medical device system, determining a delay in transmission of the control signal, comparing the delay to a threshold delay value and operating the robotic medical device system based on the comparison of the delay to the threshold delay value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Yao Li, Per Bergman
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Publication number: 20210108910Abstract: A catheter procedure system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. The robotic mechanism includes a robotic drive base including at least one drive mechanism, a cassette operatively secured to the robotic drive base, a rigid guide coupled to the cassette and fixed relative to the robotic mechanism and a flexible track having a distal end, a proximal end and a plurality of reflective sections. At least a portion of the flexible track is disposed within the rigid guide. The robotic mechanism also includes a position detector mounted to the robotic drive base and positioned beneath the flexible track. The position detector is configured to detect light reflected off of the reflective sections of the flexible track and to determine the position of the distal end of the flexible track based on the detected reflected light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Peter Falb, Timothy Deignan, Per Bergman
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Publication number: 20210060767Abstract: A system for controlling the position of an articulated robotic arm includes a robotic catheter procedure system having the articulated robotic arm and a controller coupled to the articulated robotic arm. The system further includes a patient table positioned proximate to and separate from the articulated robotic arm and a tracking system coupled to the controller and configured to measure a change in a position of the patient table. The controller is configured to adjust the position of the articulated robotic arm based on the measured change in position of the patient table.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Guerrera, Robert Elden, Steven J. Blacker, Per Bergman, Saeed Sokhanvar, Eric Klem
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Patent number: 10900771Abstract: A catheter procedure system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. The robotic mechanism includes a robotic drive base including at least one drive mechanism, a cassette operatively secured to the robotic drive base, a rigid guide coupled to the cassette and fixed relative to the robotic mechanism and a flexible track having a distal end, a proximal end and a plurality of reflective sections. At least a portion of the flexible track is disposed within the rigid guide. The robotic mechanism also includes a position detector mounted to the robotic drive base and positioned beneath the flexible track. The position detector is configured to detect light reflected off of the reflective sections of the flexible track and to determine the position of the distal end of the flexible track based on the detected reflected light.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Corindus, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Kottenstette, Peter Falb, Timothy Deignan, Per Bergman
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Patent number: 10864629Abstract: A system for controlling the position of an articulated robotic arm includes a robotic catheter procedure system having the articulated robotic arm and a controller coupled to the articulated robotic arm. The system further includes a patient table positioned proximate to and separate from the articulated robotic arm and a tracking system coupled to the controller and configured to measure a change in a position of the patient table. The controller is configured to adjust the position of the articulated robotic arm based on the measured change in position of the patient table.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: CORINDUS, INC.Inventors: Stephen Guerrera, Robert Elden, Steven J. Blacker, Per Bergman, Saeed Sokhanvar, Eric Klem