Patents Examined by Amanda Lauritzen
  • Customizable medical fluid injection system and method
    Patent number: 10226568
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a medical fluid injection system, a selection of a particular user, providing, within the GUI, a display of a plurality of selectable options, each option including at least a respective graphical symbol, wherein each respective graphical symbol comprises a respective non-textual icon that is a graphical representation of a respective anatomical location associated with the medical procedure, each respective anatomical location comprising one of a left coronary artery, a right coronary artery, or a left ventricle and aorta, retrieving one or more customized injection parameters that have respective values customized for the particular user based on one or more preferences of the particular user, and displaying, within the GUI, the one or more customized injection parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Traci Barron, Niels Clausen-Stuck, Mark Fisher, Joseph Graceffa, David J. Hajicek, Martin G. Hieb, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Karen Kensok, Robert Kim, Lawrence Lunzer, Manfred Maiers, Adolfo Menendez, Jr., Khader Mohiuddin, Richard A. Oftedahl, Volker Roos, Jeremiah O'Leary
  • Ultrasound imaging system image identification and display
    Patent number: 10226230
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes at least one transducer element. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a console with a transducer controller that controls the at least one element, a transducer processor that processes information detected by the at least one element, and a display controller that controls display of the processed information. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a display monitor with a first image display region. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a touch screen keyboard with a second image display region, wherein the display monitor and the touch screen keyboard are separate devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: B-K Medical Aps
    Inventor: Peter Ulrik Kann
  • PET-MRI device
    Patent number: 10197654
    Abstract: A PET-MRI device according to an embodiment includes image generators and a derivation unit. The image generators capture an image of a target placed in an effective visual field of a PET by the PET and an MRI so as to generate a PET image and an MR image. The derivation unit calculates a strain correction factor for correcting strain on the MR image based on a positional relation between a target that is expressed on the PET image and a target that is expressed on the MR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takuzo Takayama, Hitoshi Yamagata, Kazuya Okamoto
  • Method and device for uterine fibroid treatment
    Patent number: 10182862
    Abstract: Methods and devices for both imaging and treating uterine fibroid tumors in one real-time system are provided. One minimally invasive method comprises introducing a sheath into a uterus and determining a location of a fibroid using a visualization element within or on the sheath. Upon identification, a portion of the sheath is steered to position at least one treatment needle at the determined location. The needle is then anchored in uterine tissue and the fibroid treated with the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Gynesonics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessica Grossman
  • System for imaging lesions aligning tissue surfaces
    Patent number: 10165976
    Abstract: Methods, compositions and systems are provided for the imaging of cavity/tissue lesions, including without limitation cavity/tissue malignant lesions, e.g. cancers of the skin, mouth, colon, digestive system cervix, bladder, lung, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Orlucent, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine M. Shachaf, Amit Shachaf
  • Surgical device guidance and monitoring devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10154799
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for localization of one or more tags in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Elucent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. van der Weide, Noah van der Weide, Eric N. Rudie, David Miel, Lee G. Wilke, Fred T. Lee, Jr.
  • System and method for delta relaxation enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 10139460
    Abstract: A delta-relaxation magnetic resonance imaging (DREMR) system is provided. The system includes a main field magnet and field shifting coils. A main magnetic field with a strength B0 can be generated using the main filed magnet and the strength B0 of the main magnetic field can be varied through the use of the field-shifting coils. The DREMR system can be used to perform signal acquisition based on a pulse sequence for acquiring at least one of T2*-weighted signals imaging; MR spectroscopy signals; saturation imaging signals and MR signals for fingerprinting. The MR signal acquisition can be augmented by varying the strength B0 of the main magnetic field for at least a portion of the pulse sequence used to acquire the MR signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Gyles Panther, Cameron Anthony Piron, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris
  • Method to visualize very early stage neoplasm or other lesions
    Patent number: 10136820
    Abstract: A method for evaluating treatment outcome in a patient having a genetic predisposition for a malignant neoplasm before clinical manifestation of the neoplasm can be seen radiographically. The method permits visualization of any tumor, whether located externally on a patient's body or located internally in the body, and as small as 2 mm in diameter, using a biomarker. The method uses biomarkers conjugated with nanoparticles which include but are not limited to quantum dots, with the conjugated form collectively termed functionalized nanoparticles, that are heated under specified conditions to produce a photoacoustic signal that is then visualized to locate and/or treat the tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Gholam A. Peyman
  • System and method for protecting against magnetic fields produced by MRI
    Patent number: 10130822
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac device that detects and protects against strong magnetic fields produced by MRI equipment is disclosed. The device has a magnetic field sensor for detecting the presence of a relatively weak static magnetic field (102, 110, 118, 122) of a level equivalent to that of a permanent magnet in the vicinity of the device. The device is switched from a standard operating mode (100) where the nominal functions of the device are active, to a specific protected MRI mode (114, 116) in the presence of a magnetic static field of a level corresponding to that emitted by MRI equipment. The device further temporarily switches the device from the standard operating mode (100) to an MRI stand-by state (108) when a magnetic field is detected by the magnetic field sensor such that a subsequent detection of a magnetic field switches the device from an MRI stand-by state to the specific protected MRI mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sorin CRM S.A.S
    Inventors: Thierry Legay, Dominique Decoene
  • Methods and compositions for objectively characterizing medical images
    Patent number: 10130326
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for objectively characterizing a pathological lesion in a patient. The method comprises: introducing into the patient a contrast enhancing agent; subjecting the patient to magnetic resonance imaging to obtain an image; and applying a 3-D autocorrelation function to a subdomain of interest of the image to obtain at least one 3-D autocorrelation spectrum. The method may further comprise comparing the at least one 3-D autocorrelation spectrum to a pre-existing 3-D autocorrelation spectrum that is characteristic for the pathological lesion. In one example, the methods and compositions may be useful for identifying and objectively characterizing amyloid plaque deposits characteristic of Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ananth Annapragada, Zbigniew Starosolski
  • Optical recognition of tissue and vessels
    Patent number: 10117705
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for optically recognizing tissue parameters during an energy-based tissue-sealing procedure involve grasping tissue with a tissue-sealing instrument, illuminating the grasped tissue or tissue adjacent to the grasped tissue with light, analyzing the light that is transmitted, scattered, or reflected by the tissue, and recognizing the tissue based on the result of analyzing the light. The wavelength of the light may be selected so that a vessel is sufficiently recognizable in tissue containing the vessel. A marker may also be introduced into fluid flowing in the vessel to increase the contrast between the vessel and tissue containing the vessel. Analyzing the light includes analyzing the spatial and spectral distribution of light. Analyzing the light may also include forming the light into an image of the illuminated tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Boris Chernov, Nataliya Chernova, Igoris Misuchenko, Georgy Martsinovskiy, Mikhail Verbitsky
  • Percutaneous, ultrasound-guided introduction of medical devices
    Patent number: 10111645
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems and system components useful for percutaneously delivering or retrieving vascular implant devices, such as filters, utilizing intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) imaging alone or in combination with external (e.g. transabdominal) ultrasound or other imaging technology. Implants deliverable by such systems, such as vena cava or other vascular filters, can have two or more echogenic markers spaced at such a distance that they are separately discernible by IVUS and/or external ultrasound imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Muffin Incorporated
    Inventors: Neal E. Fearnot, Peter S. McKinnis, Kasper Klausen
  • Breast scanning apparatus using photoacoustic ultrasonic wave
    Patent number: 10105060
    Abstract: A breast scanning apparatus which uses photoacoustic ultrasonic waves is provided. The breast scanning apparatus includes a body which includes a first hole and a second hole which are horizontally parallel to each other; a first compression plate and a second compression plate, at least one of which is movable in a vertical direction with respect to the body; a first sliding plate and a second sliding plate, which are respectively installed on surfaces of the first compression plate and the second compression plate and are facing each other and are movable in a first direction; a first ultrasonic transducer array in the first compression plate and facing the first sliding plate; and a first laser head in the first compression plate, which is movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-seok Kim, Sung-chan Kang, Hyung-joo Kim, Hyung-jae Shin, Yong-seop Yoon, Byung-gil Jeong, Seok-whan Chung, Chang-jung Kim
  • Multi-purpose ultrasound image acquisition device
    Patent number: 10085723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound image acquisition device (46) for use together with a console device (16, 18) to form an ultrasound imaging system (10) and a corresponding method. The ultrasound image acquisition device (46) particularly comprises a recognition device for recognizing an operating mode of the ultrasound image acquisition device, wherein the recognition device is configured to recognize the operating mode depending on a type of the console device (16, 18) and/or an applicable communication standard of the interface (50). By this, a dual purpose image acquisition probe (14) may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: McKee Poland
  • Three-dimensional ultrasonic probe
    Patent number: 10080546
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonic probe that may diagnose all regions of an object to be diagnosed without being limited by a rotation angle by allowing a rotation axis of a driving unit to be directly connected to an ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-woo Park, Gil-ju Jin
  • Magnetic resonance visible labels and markers for encoding information
    Patent number: 10076265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing and using magnetic resonance (“MR”) visible labels or markers to encode information unique to the subject or object being imaged by a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system are provided. The use of such MR-visible labels or markers enables unique information associated with the subject or object being imaged to be encoded into the images of the subject or object. This information can be used to anonymize protected health information (“PHI”); to provide detailed information about a surgical simulation device, quality assurance phantom, or the like; to provide spatial orientation and registration information; or so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Noel Dyer, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Fergal Kerins
  • Systems and methods for determining hepatic function from liver scans
    Patent number: 10076299
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an objective metric for analyzing health of a patient's liver are described. In some embodiments, the system may include a scanner that can detect radiation counts responsive to administration of radioactive compound to a patient. Further, the system may include an image detection module that can access image data responsive to the detected radiation counts by the scanner. The image detection module can programmatically identify a first region of interest corresponding to a liver of the patient from the image data. A parameter calculator module can programmatically determine a first attribute associated with the first region of interest and calculate a first parameter indicating health of the liver of the patient based at least in part on the first attribute associated with the first region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HEPATIQ, INC.
    Inventors: Dipankar Ghosh, John Carl Hoefs
  • Method for measuring the emotional response to olfactive stimuli
    Patent number: 10042023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of identifying a fragrance sample using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to assess the ability of said fragrance sample to elicit a reward through the dopaminergic pathway; a fragrance sample identified by the method, and a method for preparing an accord or a fully formulated fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan Frank Warr
  • Systems and methods for increasing efficiency of ultrasound waveform tomography
    Patent number: 10034656
    Abstract: Ultrasound tomography imaging methods for imaging a tissue medium with one or more ultrasound transducer arrays comprising a plurality of transducers, wherein said transducers comprise source transducers, receiving transducers. The methods include assigning a phase value or time delay to source transducers, exciting the transducers and calculating a search direction based on data relating to the excited transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Lianjie Huang, Zhigang Zhang
  • Fractional flow reserve estimation
    Patent number: 10034614
    Abstract: Approaches for assessing hemodynamic characteristics for an organ of interest are related. In one implementation, a fluid dynamics model may be provided with data derived from an anatomic imaging modality and blood flow information derived by ultrasound to derive the desired hemodynamic characteristics. In one such implementation, a fractional flow reserve is estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Michael Edic, Robert Franklin Senzig, Kai Erik Thomenius, Steven James Gray, David Allen Langan, Prem Venugopal, Jeffrey Brian Fowlkes