Patents Assigned to FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
  • Patent number: 11877877
    Abstract: An imaging system that is configured to automatically obtain and provide two and three-dimensional digital images of various types of objects (e.g., tissue specimens, animals, electrical devices, etc.) for use in analysis thereof in a manner free of manual repositioning of the objects between images and free of movement of an electromagnetic radiation source and detector within or relative to a cabinet housing of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Mikhail Viznyuk, Mehmet Akif Baysal
  • Publication number: 20230204473
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Donogh O'Driscoll, Ciaran Purdy, Kimberly A. Fitzpatrick, Marisa H. Borders
  • Patent number: 11566981
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Donogh O'Driscoll, Ciaran Purdy, Kimberly A. Fitzpatrick, Marisa H. Borders
  • Patent number: 11358149
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 11324475
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing sterile and cost-affordable handheld surgical devices with tactile operable controls. In some aspects, a surgical device includes a surgical probe including a probe detector and a set of operable controls; an exterior shell casing including an opening at one end leading to an interior cavity structured to have a size and shape to fit the surgical probe within and position the probe detector in a first region and a handle of the surgical probe in a second region, in which the first region of the exterior shell casing is configured to be inserted into an incision of a patient's body and the second region is configured to provide a user of the surgical device utilization of the operable controls of the surgical probe through the exterior shell casing; and a cap attachable to the exterior shell casing to close the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventor: Richard L. Conwell
  • Patent number: 11317881
    Abstract: An imaging system that is configured to automatically obtain and provide two and three-dimensional digital images of various types of objects (e.g., tissue specimens, animals, electrical devices, etc.) for use in analysis thereof in a manner free of manual repositioning of the objects between images and free of movement of an electromagnetic radiation source and detector within or relative to a cabinet housing of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Mikhail Viznyuk, Mehmet Akif Baysal
  • Patent number: 11199632
    Abstract: Apparatus, techniques and systems are described for facilitating identification of a target area during a probe-guided radio-localization surgical procedure. The described apparatus, techniques and systems can be used to implement a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into a probe to allow a user to instantly switch between multiple nuclear-uptake modes directly from the probe hand-piece. For example, a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into the probe can be used to instantly switch between a high-sensitivity nuclear-up-take mode and a high-resolution nuclear-uptake mode to effectively identify the target area in the presence of interfering nuclear signals by better matching the probe's nuclear detection parameters to a search task for that target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Yarnall, Joel Kindem, Richard Conwell
  • Publication number: 20200386657
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Donogh O'Driscoll, Ciaran Purdy, Kimberly A. Fitzpatrick, Marisa H. Borders
  • Patent number: 10753836
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Donogh O'Driscoll, Ciaran Purdy, Kimberly A. Fitzpatrick, Marisa H. Borders
  • Publication number: 20200025948
    Abstract: Apparatus, techniques and systems are described for facilitating identification of a target area during a probe-guided radio-localization surgical procedure. The described apparatus, techniques and systems can be used to implement a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into a probe to allow a user to instantly switch between multiple nuclear-uptake modes directly from the probe hand-piece. For example, a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into the probe can be used to instantly switch between a high-sensitivity nuclear-up-take mode and a high-resolution nuclear-uptake mode to effectively identify the target area in the presence of interfering nuclear signals by better matching the probe's nuclear detection parameters to a search task for that target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Yarnall, Joel Kindem, Richard Conwell
  • Publication number: 20190357871
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing sterile and cost-affordable handheld surgical devices with tactile operable controls. In some aspects, a surgical device includes a surgical probe including a probe detector and a set of operable controls; an exterior shell casing including an opening at one end leading to an interior cavity structured to have a size and shape to fit the surgical probe within and position the probe detector in a first region and a handle of the surgical probe in a second region, in which the first region of the exterior shell casing is configured to be inserted into an incision of a patient's body and the second region is configured to provide a user of the surgical device utilization of the operable controls of the surgical probe through the exterior shell casing; and a cap attachable to the exterior shell casing to close the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventor: Richard L. Conwell
  • Patent number: 10322412
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 10310097
    Abstract: Apparatus, techniques and systems are described for facilitating identification of a target area during a probe-guided radio-localization surgical procedure. The described apparatus, techniques and systems can be used to implement a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into a probe to allow a user to instantly switch between multiple nuclear-uptake modes directly from the probe hand-piece. For example, a nuclear-uptake mode controller integrated into the probe can be used to instantly switch between a high-sensitivity nuclear-uptake mode and a high-resolution nuclear-uptake mode to effectively identify the target area in the presence of interfering nuclear signals by better matching the probe's nuclear detection parameters to a search task for that target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen T. Yarnall, Joel Kindem, Richard L. Conwell
  • Patent number: 9943850
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 8741232
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Akif Baysal, Eric Hutchings, Brad Jackson, Donogh O'Driscoll, William Lee, Ciaran Purdy
  • Publication number: 20140065656
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Akif Baysal, Eric Hutchings, Brad Jackson, Donogh O'Driscoll, William Lee, Ciaran Purdy
  • Patent number: D895838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Brad Jackson, Jared Moore
  • Patent number: D956264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Brad Jackson, Jared Moore