Patents Examined by Mark D Remaly
  • Patent number: 12683032
    Abstract: Generating, using a computer, a digital twin model or simulation for organ transplant or organ repairs where organ data of an organ for a patient is received at a computer. Organ parts are identified based on organ data, and the organ parts include a retained portion of the organ and a replacement portion of the organ. A digital model is generated as a digital twin simulations of the organ parts based on the received organ data. Parameters for the organ parts is determined, which include dimensions of the retained portion of the organ and dimensions of the replacement portion of the organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Amitava Kundu, Sidharth Ullal
  • Patent number: 12678244
    Abstract: A medical robotic system and method of operating such comprises taking intraoperative external image data of a patient anatomy, and using that image data to generate a modeling adjustment for a control system of the medical robotic system (e.g., updating anatomic model and/or refining instrument registration), and/or adjust a procedure control aspect (e.g., regulating substance or therapy delivery, improving targeting, and/or tracking performance).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Prashant Chopra, Jonathan M. Sorger, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 12661084
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling between the patient and the instrument. The imaging goggles also allow both eyes of the patient to be scanned without the patient moving. Another innovation of the ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure is the use of the contralateral (opposite) eye for fixation and focusing during scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: ArcScan Inc.
    Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Tom Wilmering, Barry Schafer, John D. Watson
  • Patent number: 12661532
    Abstract: A medical device is presented for applying heat-based tissue treatment to an individual's body part. The medical device includes an applicator carrying a transducer arrangement controllably operable to perform a treatment session on at least one region of interest in tissue to achieve a desired treatment effect. The applicator is configured to define a substantially U-shaped surface presenting a U-shaped interface region for attachment with the body part such that the region(s) of interest is/are located between opposite arms of said U-shaped interface region, thereby enabling attachment of tissue being treated in a cavity defined by the U-shaped interface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: BESHAPE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Vitaly Karakuz
  • Patent number: 12653625
    Abstract: Surgical reference body, surgical guiding device, and surgical tracking system, and in particular to a surgical reference body, a surgical guiding device, and a surgical tracking system allowing an improved localization of surgical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Limited
    Inventors: Jakob Kemper, Lars Metz, Ulrich Hoffmann, Fabian Huegle, Bernd Simon
  • Patent number: 12653618
    Abstract: Bone fractures may be associated with one or more fragments separated from a bone. The fractured bone may be captured with an imaging device. The disclosed systems may be configured to predict or otherwise determine a position of the fragments prior to occurrence of the bone fracture. The determined position may be utilized to position and secure the fragments during a surgical procedure. Methods for determining the pre-fracture position of bone fragments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Nick Metcalfe, Sergii Poltaretskyi
  • Patent number: 12642994
    Abstract: A histotripsy therapy system configured for the treatment of tissue is provided, which may include any number of features. Provided herein are systems and methods that provide efficacious non-invasive and minimally invasive therapeutic, diagnostic and research procedures. The systems and methods herein are configured to measure and display forces acting upon the therapy treatment head during a procedure. In some aspects, buoyancy forces from the acoustic coupling medium are also accounted for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: HistoSonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan M. Miller, Viktor Bollen, Carol L. Shaffer, Carolyn M. Turner, Ehsan Hamtaei
  • Patent number: 12636470
    Abstract: A tissue treatment catheter includes a catheter shaft having a fluid lumen in fluid communication with an interior of a balloon, and a guidewire lumen. The balloon is mounted on the catheter shaft and contains an ultrasound transducer. An isolation tube extends through the ultrasound transducer and into the guidewire lumen. A proximal tube end of the isolation tube is between a distal shaft end of the catheter shaft and a guidewire port of the catheter shaft. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James D. Mazzone, Eric Dailey, Desmond Cheung
  • Patent number: 12629124
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for improving image quality. The method comprises: acquiring, using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), a medical image of a subject, wherein the medical image is acquired with shortened acquisition time; and applying a deep learning network model to the medical image to generate an enhanced medical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Subtle Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Xiang, Enhao Gong
  • Patent number: 12616401
    Abstract: A psychological state display system includes a near-infrared light source that outputs outside light toward a plurality of persons, the output light including a first near-infrared radiation having a wavelength of greater than or equal to 780 nm and less than 2,500 nm; an imaging device that receives the first near-infrared radiation included in the output light outputted and captures an infrared image of the plurality of persons; a generation device that, using a trained machine learning model that receives an input of the infrared image captured and outputs a psychological state of at least one person among the plurality of persons indicated by the infrared image, generates psychological data indicating the psychological state; and a display device that displays a change over time in the psychological data generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Oshio, Mitsuru Nitta, Ryosuke Shigitani, Akiko Takimoto, Hiroshi Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12611143
    Abstract: An assist tool to be attached to a finger of a subject. The assist tool includes a support body placed on a first side of the finger in a case where the support body is attached to the finger, a bag body configured to be placed on a second side, the second side being opposite to the first side of the finger with respect to the finger, and a fluid passage communicating with inside of the bag body. A physiological information detector for obtaining the physiological information is configured to be placed between the finger and the support body, and between the finger and the bag body. A spacer is provided in the support body such that the finger does not enter a fingertip side of the bag body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kota Saeki
  • Patent number: 12605082
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission antenna, a reception antenna, and a controller. The transmission antenna transmits a transmission wave. The reception antenna receives a reflected wave that is the transmission wave having been reflected. The controller detects a heartbeat of a subject that reflects the transmission wave, based on a transmission signal transmitted as the transmission wave and a reception signal received as the reflected wave. The controller forms a beam of the transmission wave in a direction of the subject to detect a heartbeat of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Sahara, Jun Kuroda, Kenji Yamamoto, Takuya Homma, Fangwei Tong
  • Patent number: 12599361
    Abstract: An ICE imaging system is disclosed, which comprises an Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. The ICE catheter corresponds to a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) or other transducer based phased array ultrasound catheter with an out diameter of 6 French or smaller for delivery through an internal jugular, subclavian, axillary, innominate venous system into heart chambers for the purpose of lead placement for a pacemaker or other implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device. Further, a catheter shaft houses an electronic flex cable which is in communication with at least one signal trace, and is configured to direct a plurality of transducer array elements to transmit and receive ultrasound beams, receive at least one signal from the plurality of transducer array elements, and construct at least one image of at least a portion of the heart based on the at least one signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Masters, Jesus Andres Lopez, Shephal Kirit Doshi, Eric Stoppenhagen
  • Patent number: 12588848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement device for measuring weak magnetic fields, such as fields in the sub-picotesla range (e.g. lower than a few nanotesla). The measurement device comprises ultrasensitive magnetic sensors (or arrays of ultrasensitive magnetic sensors) coupled to low-noise processing circuitry. The processing circuitry comprises a two-stage design including low-noise amplifiers and analog filters. The invention is suitable for magnetocardiovascular (MCV) applications thanks to its ability to measure very small magnetic fields with good accuracy and very little noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, CHU MONTPELLIER, EV-TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Quang Hung Tran, Férial Terki, Trung Kien Nguyen, Gudrun Boge, Sidina Wane, Azzedine Bousseksou
  • Patent number: 12557996
    Abstract: Described are various technologies pertaining to identifying a dominant frequency in an acquired signal, such as a frequency corresponding to a human heartbeat in an acquired video signal. In connection with identifying the dominant frequency, a sub-signal of the acquired signal is extracted from the acquired signal, where the sub-signal includes Nsamples number of samples (frames). A looped signal is generated by looping the sub-signal. Nsamples is incremented, and the process is repeated until Nsamples is equivalent to a predefined threshold; accordingly, numerous looped signals are formed. The dominant frequency is identified based upon the looped signal and presented with the corresponding uncertainty based on harmonic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Katinas, Jerilyn A. Timlin, Thomas A. Reichardt
  • Patent number: 12553969
    Abstract: The system can include: an array of magnets. In variants, the system can function to generate a homogenous magnetic field within a sample (e.g., in the pulp of a finger). In an example, the system can be used for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In a specific example, the system can be used to measure blood analyte levels (e.g., glucose levels) within a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Synex Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen McFadyen, Benjamin Saul Nashman, Kyle Clocker, Mohammad Reza Fazlali
  • Patent number: 12549866
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for collection, editing, and playback of data collected from an imaging system for generating a virtual perspective of a scene are disclosed. In one example perspective, an imaging system includes a camera array configured to capture multiple images of a scene. Each of the multiple images includes color data represented in a Bayer pattern that includes a blue channel, two green channels, and a red channel. The system also includes an image processing device configured to receive the multiple images captured by the camera array, split each of the multiple images represented in the Bayer pattern into four individual color planes, form at least one set of data by combining the four individual color planes of the multiple images, and compress the at least one set of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: PROPRIO, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Ivan Nonn, Tze-Yuan Cheng, James Andrew Youngquist
  • Patent number: 12543940
    Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Zylox Tonbridge Medical Ltd
    Inventors: Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Brian Chiu, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Priyanshu Gupta
  • Patent number: 12539047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synthetic generation of face videos are described. An embodiment includes receiving an input image; encoding the input image into a UV albedo map, a 3D mesh, an illumination model LSH, and a camera model c; decomposing the UV albedo map into a UV physiological map; varying the UV physiological map according to a target Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) signal; generating a plurality of modified PPG UV maps; combining at least one modified PPG UV map with the illumination model LSH, camera model c to render final frames with randomized motion; and generating a synthetic rPPG video using the final frames with randomized motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Achuta Kadambi, Laleh Jalilian, Zhen Wang, Yunhao Ba, Pradyumna Chari, Oyku Deniz Bozkurt, Maxime Cannesson
  • Patent number: 12539086
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a system for filtering pulse signal motion interference. The method comprises: irradiating a skin of a target human body in motion with a green light source in real time, so as to acquire a corresponding pulse signal from the target human body in real time; preprocessing the acquired pulse signal; and adaptively filtering the preprocessed pulse signal based on acceleration data of the target human body acquired in real time, so as to filter out a motion artifact interference of the pulse signal. The present disclosure can effectively improve the accuracy and effectiveness of filtering the pulse signal motion interference of a person in motion without a large amount of data, with a simple calculation process and without a plurality of PPG sensors, and can effectively improve the real-time performance for filtering the pulse signal motion interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: KINGFAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Qichao Zhao, Ran Yang, Zhao Li