Patents by Inventor Daniel F. Keefe
Daniel F. Keefe 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).
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Patent number: 10831936Abstract: A system includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The user interface is configured to receive a user input and is configured to depict a first graphical representation of a device having a first configuration corresponding to a first simulation. The processor, coupled to the user interface, is configured to select a second simulation from a plurality of discrete simulations. The second simulation corresponds to the user input. The memory, coupled to the processor, is configured to store the plurality of discrete simulations. Each simulation includes device design parameters and corresponding performance parameters. The plurality of discrete simulations includes the first simulation and includes the second simulation. The processor is configured to generate a second graphical representation of the device having a second configuration and configured to depict the second graphical representation using the user interface. The second configuration is determined using the second simulation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Arthur G. Erdman, Daniel F. Keefe, Dane Coffey
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Patent number: 10796495Abstract: A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling includes accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to an internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, for different points along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan, Chi-Lun Lin
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Publication number: 20180137690Abstract: A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling includes accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to an internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, for different points along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan, Chi-Lun Lin
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Patent number: 9865096Abstract: A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling includes accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to an internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, for different points along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin J. Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan, Chi-Lun Lin
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Patent number: 9818231Abstract: A computer-implemented medical visualization method includes identifying a three-dimensional model of an anatomical item of a particular mammal; automatically identifying an open path in three-dimensional space through the anatomical item; fitting a smooth curve to the open path; and displaying the anatomical item and a visual representation of the smooth curve to a user on a three-dimensional imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin J. Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan
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Publication number: 20150057982Abstract: A system includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The user interface is configured to receive a user input and is configured to depict a first graphical representation of a device having a first configuration corresponding to a first simulation. The processor, coupled to the user interface, is configured to select a second simulation from a plurality of discrete simulations. The second simulation corresponds to the user input. The memory, coupled to the processor, is configured to store the plurality of discrete simulations. Each simulation includes device design parameters and corresponding performance parameters. The plurality of discrete simulations includes the first simulation and includes the second simulation. The processor is configured to generate a second graphical representation of the device having a second configuration and configured to depict the second graphical representation using the user interface. The second configuration is determined using the second simulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Arthur G. ERDMAN, Daniel F. KEEFE, Dane COFFEY
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Publication number: 20150049082Abstract: A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling includes accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to an internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, for different points along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin J. Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan, Chi-Lun Lin
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Publication number: 20150049081Abstract: A computer-implemented medical visualization method includes identifying a three-dimensional model of an anatomical item of a particular mammal; automatically identifying an open path in three-dimensional space through the anatomical item; fitting a smooth curve to the open path; and displaying the anatomical item and a visual representation of the smooth curve to a user on a three-dimensional imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Dane Coffey, Daniel F. Keefe, Arthur G. Erdman, Benjamin J. Bidne, Gregory Ernest Ostenson, David M. Flynn, Kenneth Matthew Merdan