Patents by Inventor Ada Fort

Ada Fort 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).

  • Method and device for reconstructing three-dimensional images of blood vessels, particularly coronary arteries, or other three-dimensional structures
    Patent number: 6169917
    Abstract: A description is given of a device and a method for reconstructing the three-dimensional structure of blood vessels or other structures. The method comprises the stages of: obtaining at least three images of the blood vessels to be reconstructed, each of said images showing reference points which permit the determination of a matrix (T) which describes the geometric projections associated with each image; identifying, by means of said three images, a starting point for the tracing of a center line of a blood vessel; tracking the center line of the blood vessel to an end point; determining the cross-sectional dimension of said blood vessel at a plurality of points of the center line; reconstructing the three-dimensional image of the blood vessel from said cross-sectional dimensions and said center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventors: Leonardo Masotti, Riccardo Pini, Francesco Buzzigoli, Ada Fort