Patents by Inventor Christoph Hennersperger

Christoph Hennersperger 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: 20230377153
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for evaluating and classifying one or more lesions formed in intravascular and/or intracardiac tissue for assisting in the diagnosis and/or treatment of a cardiac-related condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Christoph Hennersperger
  • Publication number: 20230377219
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods providing reconstruction of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image data into a combination of multiple views of an anatomical region of interest, wherein the multiple views including both 3D views and two-dimensional (2D) views spatially related to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Jakob Weiss
  • Patent number: 11730446
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20220323044
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20220287679
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging device in the form of a disposable catheter having a uniquely configured imaging assembly, including a rotatable transducer array, provided at a distal portion thereof enabling full circumferential, three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging for providing a 360-degree visualization of intravascular tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Fionn Lahart, Paul Heneghan, Courtney Restivo
  • Patent number: 11382599
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20210361258
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20210186457
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20210132223
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of ultrasound imaging of an object using an ultrasound transducer which comprises an array of transducer elements capable of converting sound signals into electrical signals and vice versa, comprising the following steps: A) transmitting an ultrasound beam from said ultrasound transducer into the object, by activating a first subset of said transducer elements, B) detecting reflected signals in a time resolved manner by means of a second subset of said transducer elements, wherein timing information of a detected signal is associated with information regarding the depth where the detected signal was reflected within the object subjected to imaging, and wherein the reflected signals associated with said second subset of transducer elements resemble a set of two-dimensional ultrasound data, of which one dimension resembles the various transducer elements of said second subset and the other dimension resembles depth information, C) converting said two-dimensional ultrasound data into
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Rüdiger Göbl, Guillaume Zahnd, Walter Simson
  • Publication number: 20210085287
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20210085286
    Abstract: A catheter-based ultrasound imaging system configured to provide a full circumferential 360-degree view around an intra-vascular/intra-cardiac imaging-catheter-head by generating a three-dimensional view of the tissue surrounding the imaging-head over time. The ultrasound imaging system can also provide tissue-state mapping capability. The evaluation of the vasculature and tissue characteristics include path and depth of lesions during cardiac-interventions such as ablation. The ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter with a static or rotating sensor array tip supporting continuous circumferential rotation around its axis, connected to an ultrasound module and respective processing machinery allowing ultrafast imaging and a rotary motor that translates radial movements around a longitudinal catheter axis through a rotary torque transmitting part to rotate the sensor array-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hennersperger, Andrew Bourke, Fionn Lahart
  • Publication number: 20160236077
    Abstract: A method for distributing tasks includes selecting at least one interactive process according to at least one task and transferring input data related to the at least one task to at least one server associated with the at least one interactive process. The input data is to be distributed to one or more clients configured to execute entities of the at least one interactive process. The method further includes collecting, from the at least one server associated with the at least one interactive process, one or more results of processing of respective entities of the at least one interactive process based on the input data on the one or more clients, and providing output data for the at least one task based on the collected one or more results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Maximilian Baust, Christoph Hennersperger, Nassir Navab