Patents by Inventor Daniel MACDOUGALL
Daniel MACDOUGALL 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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Publication number: 20250082203Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing diagnostic procedures, such as vibrometric diagnostic procedures. An example system includes a handheld vibrometric device, a handheld controller, and a control and processing console. The handheld controller includes an input receiving mechanism for controlling the handheld vibrometric device and/or controlling a user interface generated by the console.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Robert B. A. ADAMSON, Matthew JAHNS, Daniel MACDOUGALL, Joshua FARRELL, Matthew FARRELL, Drew HUBLEY
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Patent number: 12171523Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing diagnostic procedures, such as vibrometric diagnostic procedures. An example system includes a handheld vibrometric device, a handheld controller, and a control and processing console. The handheld controller includes an input receiving mechanism for controlling the handheld vibrometric device and/or controlling a user interface generated by the console.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: AUDIOPTICS MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Robert B. A. Adamson, Matthew Jahns, Daniel MacDougall, Joshua Farrell, Matthew Farrell, Drew Hubley
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Publication number: 20220167881Abstract: Systems and methods are described for performing diagnostic procedures, such as vibrometric diagnostic procedures. An example system includes a handheld vibrometric device, a handheld controller, and a control and processing console. The handheld controller includes an input receiving mechanism for controlling the handheld vibrometric device and/or controlling a user interface generated by the console.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: ROBERT B. A. ADAMSON, MATTHEW JAHNS, DANIEL MACDOUGALL, JOSHUA FARRELL, MATTHEW FARRELL, DREW HUBLEY
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Patent number: 11191434Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing OCT vibrography based on the synchronization of components of the OCT vibrography system. An A-scan trigger is employed to synchronize the operation of the scanning subsystem that scans the sample beam and an acoustic stimulus source that generates an acoustic stimulus for vibrographic measurements. The acoustic stimulus source is controlled such that when the scanning subsystem dwells on an imaging line selected for vibrography measurements, the acoustic stimulus is generated over a plurality of A-scans and the phase of the acoustic stimulus is locked to the A-scan trigger, such that the phase of the acoustic stimulus is incrementally modified with each A-scan. The accumulation of the acoustic phase is therefore synchronized to the A-scan trigger. The synchronization, providing synchronized acoustic phase evolution during each acoustic phase waveform cycle, permits the use of the OCT vibrography system for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: AUDIOPTICS MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Robert Adamson, Daniel MacDougall, Manohar Bance, Jeremy Brown
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Publication number: 20210007605Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing OCT vibrography based on the synchronization of components of the OCT vibrography system. An A-scan trigger is employed to synchronize the operation of the scanning subsystem that scans the sample beam and an acoustic stimulus source that generates an acoustic stimulus for vibrographic measurements. The acoustic stimulus source is controlled such that when the scanning subsystem dwells on an imaging line selected for vibrography measurements, the acoustic stimulus is generated over a plurality of A-scans and the phase of the acoustic stimulus is locked to the A-scan trigger, such that the phase of the acoustic stimulus is incrementally modified with each A-scan. The accumulation of the acoustic phase is therefore synchronized to the A-scan trigger. The synchronization, providing synchronized acoustic phase evolution during each acoustic phase waveform cycle, permits the use of the OCT vibrography system for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Robert Adamson, Daniel Macdougall, Manohar Bance, Jeremy Brown
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Patent number: 10729327Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing OCT vibrography based on the synchronization of components of the OCT vibrography system. An A-scan trigger is employed to synchronize the operation of the scanning subsystem that scans the sample beam and an acoustic stimulus source that generates an acoustic stimulus for vibrographic measurements. The acoustic stimulus source is controlled such that when the scanning subsystem dwells on an imaging line selected for vibrography measurements, the acoustic stimulus is generated over a plurality of A-scans and the phase of the acoustic stimulus is locked to the A-scan trigger, such that the phase of the acoustic stimulus is incrementally modified with each A-scan. The accumulation of the acoustic phase is therefore synchronized to the A-scan trigger. The synchronization, providing synchronized acoustic phase evolution during each acoustic phase waveform cycle, permits the use of the OCT vibrography system for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AUDIOPTICS MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Robert Adamson, Daniel Macdougall, Manohar Bance, Jeremy Brown
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Patent number: 10687738Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing phase-sensitive optical coherence tomographic (PS-OCT) measurements involving the vibrographic response of an acoustic stimulus. Detected signals are processed to provide sampled time-dependent vibrographic data characterizing a vibratory amplitude and phase response over one or more periods of the acoustic stimulus. The sampled time-dependent vibrographic data is processed to suppress the sinusoidal signal component associated with the acoustic stimulus, thereby providing a residual data associated with noise. The residual data is processed to obtain an estimate of the motion noise, and the motion noise is subtracted from the sampled time-dependent vibrographic data in order to provide noise-corrected vibrographic data. The noise-corrected vibrographic data can be processed to obtain one or more vibrographic measures and/or one or more images.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: AUDIOPTICS MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Daniel MacDougall, Robert Adamson
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Publication number: 20200060583Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing phase-sensitive optical coherence tomographic (PS-OCT) measurements involving the vibrographic response of an acoustic stimulus. Detected signals are processed to provide sampled time-dependent vibrographic data characterizing a vibratory amplitude and phase response over one or more periods of the acoustic stimulus. The sampled time-dependent vibrographic data is processed to suppress the sinusoidal signal component associated with the acoustic stimulus, thereby providing a residual data associated with noise. The residual data is processed to obtain an estimate of the motion noise, and the motion noise is subtracted from the sampled time-dependent vibrographic data in order to provide noise-corrected vibrographic data. The noise-corrected vibrographic data can be processed to obtain one or more vibrographic measures and/or one or more images.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: DANIEL MACDOUGALL, ROBERT ADAMSON
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Publication number: 20180256031Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing OCT vibrography based on the synchronization of components of the OCT vibrography system. An A-scan trigger is employed to synchronize the operation of the scanning subsystem that scans the sample beam and an acoustic stimulus source that generates an acoustic stimulus for vibrographic measurements. The acoustic stimulus source is controlled such that when the scanning subsystem dwells on an imaging line selected for vibrography measurements, the acoustic stimulus is generated over a plurality of A-scans and the phase of the acoustic stimulus is locked to the A-scan trigger, such that the phase of the acoustic stimulus is incrementally modified with each A-scan. The accumulation of the acoustic phase is therefore synchronized to the A-scan trigger. The synchronization, providing synchronized acoustic phase evolution during each acoustic phase waveform cycle, permits the use of the OCT vibrography system for simultaneous anatomical and functional imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Robert ADAMSON, Daniel MACDOUGALL, Manohar BANCE, Jeremy BROWN
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Patent number: 9650851Abstract: A technique includes deploying an untethered object though a passageway of a string in a well; and sensing a property of an environment of the string, an electromagnetic coupling or a pressure as the object is being communicated through the passageway. The technique includes selectively autonomously operating the untethered object in response to the sensing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski
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Publication number: 20140076542Abstract: A technique includes deploying an untethered object though a passageway of a string in a well; and sensing a property of an environment of the string, an electromagnetic coupling or a pressure as the object is being communicated through the passageway. The technique includes selectively autonomously operating the untethered object in response to the sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski