Patents by Inventor Brian Letzen

Brian Letzen 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).

  • Publication number: 20210174154
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a computer-implemented method of identifying one or more clinical factors associated with an artificial intelligence prediction. The computer implemented method includes: applying a previously trained deep neural network to one or more images for a subject to produce a prediction, the previously trained deep neural network comprising a plurality of nodes; comparing outputs of the nodes to previously identified patterns of node outputs for a plurality of individual clinical factors; and identifying which of the plurality of individual clinical factors are most correlated with the outputs of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: James S. Duncan, Brian Letzen, Julius Chapiro, Clinton Wang
  • Patent number: 10293090
    Abstract: The present invention provides a minimally-invasive percutaneous device that can be positioned within the body of a subject to aid in the movement or pumping of a bodily fluid. In one embodiment, the device comprises a plurality of pump units configured to transform from a first compressed configuration where the pump units are organized in a serial arrangement into a second expanded configuration where the pump units are reorganized into a parallel arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Pramod Bonde, Brian Letzen
  • Publication number: 20150306291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a minimally-invasive percutaneous device that can be positioned within the body of a subject to aid in the movement or pumping of a bodily fluid. In one embodiment, the device comprises a plurality of pump units configured to transform from a first compressed configuration where the pump units are organized in a serial arrangement into a second expanded configuration where the pump units are reorganized into a parallel arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Pramod Bonde, Brian Letzen