Patents by Inventor Buzzy SPAIN

Buzzy SPAIN 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).

  • Patent number: 10162939
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, Buzzy Spain
  • Publication number: 20170249439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and modeling unresolved vessels, and the effects thereof, in image-based patient-specific hemodynamic models. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, one or more patient-specific anatomical models representing at least a vessel of a patient; determining, using a processor, the values and characteristics of one or more patient-specific morphometric features in the one or more patient-specific anatomical models; modifying the patient-specific anatomical model using the determined patient-specific morphometric features; and outputting, one or more of, a modified patient-specific anatomical model or a patient-specific morphometric feature to an electronic storage medium or display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Leo GRADY, Rhea TOMBROPOULOS, Gilwoo CHOI, Nan XIAO, Buzzy SPAIN