Patents Examined by Pascal M. Bui-Pho
  • Patent number: 12082972
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for reducing signal noise in endoscopic rotational imaging. Many embodiments include an elongate member that includes an impedance matching network disposed between a proximal imaging core and a distal imaging core. In many such embodiments, the elongate member may connect a controller at the proximal end and include a rotational transducer at the distal end. In various embodiments, the proximal and distal imaging cores may include a plurality of insulated conductors disposed within a shield (e.g., a shielded twisted pair (STP)). In various such embodiments, the insulated conductors may be utilized to communicate differential signals between the controller and the rotational imaging transducer. In some embodiments, the insulated conductors in the proximal imaging core may have a larger diameter than the insulated conductors in the distal imaging core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: George Wilfred Duval, Laura Emily Richards, James J. Scutti
  • Patent number: 12076187
    Abstract: There is provided an ultrasonic endoscope, in which bending of a signal cable at a time of assembling a distal end portion is alleviated and the signal cable is prevented from being disconnected, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Tsuneo Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 12076158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an intuitive display of one or more anatomical objects are provided. One or more 3D medical images of one or more anatomical objects of a patient are received. Correspondences between the one or more 3D medical images and points on a 2D map representing the one or more anatomical objects are determined. The 2D map is updated with patient information extracted from the one or more 3D medical images. The updated 2D map with the determined correspondences is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: Siemens Healthineers AG, New York University
    Inventors: Bernhard Geiger, Michael Schwier, Sasa Grbic, Esther Raithel, Dana Lin, Guillaume Chabin
  • Patent number: 12029611
    Abstract: An ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator; a distal end portion body disposed continuously with a proximal end side of the ultrasonic transducer; an erecting base housing portion that is disposed in the distal end portion body and has an opening which opens toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the distal end portion body; a treatment tool lead-out port that communicates with the inside of the erecting base housing portion; an erecting base that is disposed in the inside of the erecting base housing portion and changes a lead out direction of a treatment tool led out from the treatment tool lead-out port; and a cleaning communication hole that is formed in a wall surface on a side opposite to a side where the opening of the erecting base housing portion is disposed and communicates with an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Toshizumi Tanaka, Shozo Iyama
  • Patent number: 12032104
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a parameter relating to a predetermined imaging mode, the parameter including at least information on an instruction for executing transmit aperture synthesis, and determines a scanning condition for executing the transmit aperture synthesis together with step-alternating scan based on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12023129
    Abstract: This optical measurement system 100 is provided with a plurality of optical measurement units 1 and a control device 2 that controls the optical measurement unit. The control device includes a communication unit 24 that obtains specific state information 30 on whether or not the optical measurement unit is in a measurable state by communication for each of a plurality of optical measurement units, a display unit 25 that collectively displays the obtained state information for each of the plurality of optical measurement units, and a control unit 21 that controls a plurality of optical measurement units so that a simultaneous measurement is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Inoue, Shumpei Yamaguchi, Haruo Uno, Takashi Amita, Yoshinori Masuda, Haruhide Udagawa
  • Patent number: 11998298
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for wearable device vital signs monitoring are provided. An apparatus system includes a remote device, and a wearable device in communication with the remote device. The wearable device includes a polychromatic light source, a spectral sensor, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor. The wearable device is configured to illuminate, via the polychromatic light source, a perfused tissue of the body of the patient, receive, via the spectral sensor, a resultant signal from the body of the patient, and determine a spectral property of the resultant signal. The wearable device may then determine a vital sign of the patient based, at least in part, on a lookup table and the spectral property of the resultant signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BIOINTELLISENSE, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Dietiker
  • Patent number: 11986343
    Abstract: An ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator; a distal end portion body disposed continuously with a proximal end side of the ultrasonic transducer; an erecting base housing portion that is disposed in the distal end portion body and has an opening which opens toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the distal end portion body; a treatment tool lead-out port that communicates with the inside of the erecting base housing portion; an erecting base that is disposed in the inside of the erecting base housing portion and changes a lead out direction of a treatment tool led out from the treatment tool lead-out port; and a cleaning communication hole that is formed in a wall surface on a side opposite to a side where the opening of the erecting base housing portion is disposed and communicates with an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Toshizumi Tanaka, Shozo Iyama
  • Patent number: 11950881
    Abstract: This invention is a smart bra for optical scanning of breast tissue which has light emitters which transmit light into breast tissue, light receivers which receive the light after it has been transmitted through the breast tissue, and expandable components which selectively move light emitters and/or receivers closer to the surface of a breast where there are air gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Holovsions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11944489
    Abstract: An intravascular imaging device is provided. In one embodiment, the intravascular imaging device includes a flexible elongate member sized and shaped for insertion into a vessel of a patient, the flexible elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a conductor extending between the proximal and distal portions of the flexible elongate member; an imaging assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the imaging assembly including: a flex circuit including a body and a tab extending therefrom, the tab having a conductive portion coupled to the conductor; and a support member around which the flex circuit is disposed, the support member including a shelf on which tab is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maritess Minas, Princeton Saroha, Jeremy Stigall, David Kenneth Wrolstad
  • Patent number: 11865371
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to generate high frequency shock waves in a controlled manner. The generated shock waves can be delivered to certain cellular structures of a patient for use in medical and/or aesthetic therapeutic applications. The shock waves can be configured to impose sufficient mechanical stress to the targeted cells of the tissue to rupture the targeted cells. Embodiments of the apparatuses and methods of the present invention provide targeted rupturing of specific cells without damaging side effects such as cavitation or thermal degradation of surrounding non-targeted cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Syster
    Inventor: Christopher C. Capelli
  • Patent number: 11857145
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method for providing image data of a hollow organ. The method includes applying a first contrast agent to a lumen of the hollow organ, to obtain a contrast agent filling of the lumen; applying a second contrast agent to a blood vessel system, the blood vessel system supplying a wall of the hollow organ, the second contrast agent having a different absorption spectrum than the first contrast agent; generating spectrally resolved computed tomography data of an examination area, the examination area including the hollow organ; calculating first image data indicative of a presence of the first contrast agent and second image data indicative of a presence of the second contrast agent by applying a material separation algorithm onto the spectrally resolved computed tomography data; and providing the image data of the hollow organ including the first image data and the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Lichy, Bernhard Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11844646
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a display; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: generate a plurality of ultrasound images of an object including a plurality of entities, based on echo signals received from the object; detect first and second entities among the plurality of entities in each of the plurality of ultrasound images; acquire size information regarding the detected first entity and size information regarding the detected second entity from each of the plurality of ultrasound images; and control the display to display, based on the size information regarding the first entity and the size information regarding the second entity, a first ultrasound image showing a largest size of the first entity and a second ultrasound image showing a largest size of the second entity, from among the plurality of ultrasound images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjae Jeon, Dongkuk Shin, Sungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 11841414
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance imaging device configured to exert a high-frequency electromagnetic field on an object under test in a static magnetic field and to reconstruct an image based on magnetic resonance signals. The magnetic resonance imaging device comprises a receiving coil comprising a plurality of receiving coil elements and configured to receive magnetic resonance signals and feed the magnetic resonance signals to a receiver, and a coupler configured to be coupled with at least a first receiving coil element of the receiving coil, the coupler being directionally coupled with at least the receiver, the first receiving coil element being configured to receive a high-frequency electromagnetic wave signal through the coupler. The directional coupling between the coupler and the receiver is so regulated that the first receiving coil element transmits the high-frequency electromagnetic wave signal to the object under test to sense a physiological movement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: JianMin Wang, Qiu Yi Zhang, Markus Vester, Jia Wen
  • Patent number: 11826199
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasound probe including: a piezoelectric body that transmits and receives ultrasound; a backing that is disposed behind the piezoelectric body; and a reflector that is disposed between the piezoelectric body and the backing and that has an acoustic impedance greater than an acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric body; wherein, a thickness of the reflector is within the range of more than 0 to less than 0.05?, where ? is a wavelength of the ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Koetsu Saito, Hisashi Minemoto
  • Patent number: 11793487
    Abstract: Techniques of this disclosure are for a transducer array device, method and system. An ultrasound wrap for securing an array of piezoelectric transducers at a thoracic cavity anterior for echocardiology imaging, the ultrasound wrap including a transducer portion having an array of piezoelectric transducers mounted to an inner concave surface of a semi-rigid structure, and a securing portion extending from the transducer portion and comprising flexible material securely fitting around the thorax of a patient limiting the movement of the transducer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Annamarie Saarinen, Paul Saarinen
  • Patent number: 11759183
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasound probe, an ultrasound imaging apparatus, and a control method thereof that can efficiently and quickly determine whether a disinfectant remains in an ultrasound probe or whether the ultrasound is operating normally without changing the structure of an ultrasound imaging device. The ultrasound imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes: a display provided on the main body; a main body including at least one slot connected to the connector; and a controller configured to output a warning message to the display when the connector and the slot are connected and the current flowing from the ultrasound probe is out of a predetermined reference range, and the controller is composed of at least one processor included in the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjae Lee, Sangmok Lee, Yongcheol Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11688294
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an enhanced ultrasound biofeedback therapy for an improved speech remediation treatment for an individual include transmitting a plurality of ultrasound (US) waves toward a tongue of the individual; receiving a plurality of reflected US waves; converting the plurality of reflected US waves into a plurality of US signals to transmit to an ultrasound machine; and generating one or more enhanced images of the tongue at least partially based on the US signals in real-time, the enhanced images including identified Regions of Interest (ROIs) along tongue sub-parts comprising the tongue root, the tongue dorsum, and the tongue blade and respective ROI points identified therein. An interactive visual story is generated and updated in real-time with a tongue-mapping trajectory of the individual on a display based on the enhanced one or more images to determine a successful or unsuccessful sound production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
    Inventors: Suzanne Boyce, Sarah Hamilton Dugan, T. Douglas Mast, Michael Riley
  • Patent number: 11642174
    Abstract: A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site, and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system preferably generates at least one reference stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the intraoperative image. The location of the implant is identified in the intraoperative image, preferably including the position of first and second centers of rotation, which are digitally represented and copied into the reference image to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick, Andrew J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 11622746
    Abstract: An intraluminal imaging device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a lumen within a body of a patient, the flexible elongate member comprising a longitudinal axis; an imaging assembly coupled to the flexible elongate member, the imaging assembly comprising: a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements disposed around the longitudinal axis of the flexible elongate member; a plurality of controllers configured to control the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements to obtain imaging data associated with the lumen; and a plurality of electrical wires extending between the plurality of the ultrasound transducer elements and the plurality of controllers and configured to facilitate communication between the plurality of the ultrasound transducer elements and the plurality of controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maritess Minas, Princeton Saroha, Jeremy Stigall, David Kenneth Wrolstad