Patents by Inventor Bruce Richard Everling

Bruce Richard Everling 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).

  • Electrophysiological mapping system using external electrodes
    Patent number: 9345405
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an electrophysiological map are provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive a signal generated by an electrode disposed at a position on an external surface of the body and indicative of electric potential. The ECU is further configured to identify a surface boundary of an object of interest within the body using an image of the object. The ECU is further configured to identify intervening objects along a pathway between the position on the external surface and the surface boundary of the object of interest from one or more images of the pathway. The ECU is further configured to obtain an impedance value for each of the intervening objects and to determine an electric potential at the surface boundary of the object of interest responsive to the signal from the electrode and the impedance values of the intervening objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Richard Everling, Eric J. Voth
  • Electrophysiological mapping system using external electrodes
    Publication number: 20130274593
    Abstract: A system and method for generating an electrophysiological map are provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive a signal generated by an electrode disposed at a position on an external surface of the body and indicative of electric potential. The ECU is further configured to identify a surface boundary of an object of interest within the body using an image of the object. The ECU is further configured to identify intervening objects along a pathway between the position on the external surface and the surface boundary of the object of interest from one or more images of the pathway. The ECU is further configured to obtain an impedance value for each of the intervening objects and to determine an electric potential at the surface boundary of the object of interest responsive to the signal from the electrode and the impedance values of the intervening objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce Richard Everling, Eric J. Voth
  • System for determination of faulty circuit boards in ultrasound imaging machines
    Patent number: 6201887
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a failed receiver channel in an ultrasonic imaging system. The method includes the steps of identifying a location of an artifact on a display of the ultrasonic imaging system. The method further includes the steps of retrieving a set of receiver channel locations associated with the display and determining a channel associated with the identified artifact by matching an expected outline of a failed channel with the identified artifact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yibin Zheng, Bruce Richard Everling, Lon Raymond Bischoff, Terry Wayne Taylor