Patents by Inventor Bryan Irby Hartley

Bryan Irby Hartley 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: 20250017569
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided herein for locating and monitoring subcutaneous target sites. A device as described herein may comprise a base layer configured to attach to a portion of a subject's body in proximity to the target site; and a plurality of transducer elements on the base layer, wherein the plurality of transducer elements are configured to (1) transmit a set of signals that penetrate beneath the skin of the subject and (2) receive a set of reflected signals associated with underlying anatomical structures, the underlying anatomical structures comprising the target site and bodily tissue surrounding the target site, wherein the set of reflected signals is used to identify a location of the target site while the device is placed in situ on the subject's body, without having to physically move the device over the portion of the subject's body to search for the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Dimitri Alain Augustin, Racquel Tiffany Redwood, Zachary Andrew Wolf, Bryan Irby Hartley
  • Publication number: 20200337680
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided herein for locating and monitoring subcutaneous target sites. A device as described herein may comprise a base layer configured to attach to a portion of a subject's body in proximity to the target site; and a plurality of transducer elements on the base layer, wherein the plurality of transducer elements are configured to (1) transmit a set of signals that penetrate beneath the skin of the subject and (2) receive a set of reflected signals associated with underlying anatomical structures, the underlying anatomical structures comprising the target site and bodily tissue surrounding the target site, wherein the set of reflected signals is used to identify a location of the target site while the device is placed in situ on the subject's body, without having to physically move the device over the portion of the subject's body to search for the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Dimitri Alain Augustin, Racquel Tiffany Redwood, Zachary Andrew Wolf, Bryan Irby Hartley
  • Patent number: 10803662
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access. In some examples, the system includes a bronchoscope, a concentric tube probe deployable from within the bronchoscope, and a steerable needle nested deployable from within the concentric tube probe. The system can include a control system for deploying the concentric tube probe from the bronchoscope into a lung to a location where a target is within a range of the steerable needle and for deploying the steerable needle from the location to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Ron Alterovitz, Richard Harry Feins, Bryan Irby Hartley, Alan David Kuntz, Erik Lamers, Arthur William Mahoney, Andria Annette Remirez, Philip Joseph Swaney, Robert James Webster, III
  • Publication number: 20180214010
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access. In some examples, the system includes a bronchoscope, a concentric tube probe deployable from within the bronchoscope, and a steerable needle nested deployable from within the concentric tube probe. The system can include a control system for deploying the concentric tube probe from the bronchoscope into a lung to a location where a target is within a range of the steerable needle and for deploying the steerable needle from the location to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Ron Alterovitz, Richard Harry Feins, Bryan Irby Hartley, Alan David Kuntz, Erik Lamers, Arthur William Mahoney, Andria Annette Remirez, Philip Joseph Swaney, Robert James Webster, III