Patents by Inventor David Spain
David 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).
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Publication number: 20250387166Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2025Publication date: December 25, 2025Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Sophie KHEM, Sethuraman SANKARAN, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO
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Publication number: 20250359757Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Inventors: Travis Michael SANDERS, Sethuraman SANKARAN, Leo GRADY, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO, Jin KIM, Charles A. TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20250346025Abstract: A linerless composite tank for a waste or water system on board an aerospace vehicle includes a monolithic tank body having a first composite material co-cured with a second composite material. The first composite material includes a first resin and the second composite material includes a second resin that is different from the first resin. The first composite material forms an innermost surface of the monolithic tank body defining a tank chamber of the monolithic tank body. A method of manufacturing the linerless composite tank includes providing a mold having a desired interior shape of the monolithic tank, applying the first composite material to the mold, applying the second composite material to the mold, and co-curing the first composite material with the second composite material to form the monolithic composite tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2025Publication date: November 13, 2025Inventors: Edita Salcepuedes, Mario Nakhla, David Spain, Sabarrish Mohan, Misri Lal
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Patent number: 12447723Abstract: A linerless composite tank for a waste or water system on board an aerospace vehicle includes a monolithic tank body having a first composite material co-cured with a second composite material. The first composite material includes a first resin and the second composite material includes a second resin that is different from the first resin. The first composite material forms an innermost surface of the monolithic tank body defining a tank chamber of the monolithic tank body. A method of manufacturing the linerless composite tank includes providing a mold having a desired interior shape of the monolithic tank, applying the first composite material to the mold, applying the second composite material to the mold, and co-curing the first composite material with the second composite material to form the monolithic composite tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: MAG Aerospace Industries, LLCInventors: Edita Salcepuedes, Mario Nakhla, David Spain, Sabarrish Mohan, Misri Lal
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Patent number: 12329462Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Heartflow, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Sophie Khem, Sethuraman Sankaran, David Spain, Nan Xiao
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Patent number: 12295700Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Heartflow, Inc.Inventors: Travis Michael Sanders, Sethuraman Sankaran, Leo Grady, David Spain, Nan Xiao, Jin Kim, Charles A. Taylor
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Publication number: 20240407849Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, David LESAGE, Charles A. TAYLOR, Nan XIAO, Hyun Jin KIM, David SPAIN, Michiel SCHAAP
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Patent number: 12096990Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Sethuraman Sankaran, David Lesage, Charles A. Taylor, Nan Xiao, Hyun Jin Kim, David Spain, Michiel Schaap
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Publication number: 20240298894Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Travis Michael SANDERS, Sethuraman SANKARAN, Leo GRADY, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO, Jin KIM, Charles A. TAYLOR
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Patent number: 12004841Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Travis Michael Sanders, Sethuraman Sankaran, Leo Grady, David Spain, Nan Xiao, Jin Kim, Charles A. Taylor
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Patent number: 11948695Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, David Spain
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Publication number: 20230310085Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Sethuraman SANKARAN, David LESAGE, Charles A. TAYLOR, Nan XIAO, Hyun Jin KIM, David SPAIN, Michiel SCHAAP
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Publication number: 20230290524Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Leo GRADY, Rhea TOMBROPOULOS, Gilwoo CHOI, Nan XIAO, David SPAIN
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Publication number: 20230277247Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Charles A. TAYLOR, Hyun Jin KIM, Sophie KHEM, Sethuraman SANKARAN, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO
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Publication number: 20230248242Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Travis Michael SANDERS, Sethuraman SANKARAN, Leo GRADY, David SPAIN, Nan XIAO, Jin KIM, Charles A. TAYLOR
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Patent number: 11707325Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for blood flow simulation. For example, a method may include performing a plurality of blood flow simulations using a first model of vascular blood flow, each of the plurality of blood flow simulations simulating blood flow in a vasculature of a patient or a geometry based on the vasculature of the patient; based on results of the plurality of blood flow simulations, generating a response surface mapping one or more first parameters of the first model to one or more second parameters of a reduced order model of vascular blood; determining values for the one or more parameters of the reduced order model mapped, by the response surface, from parameter values representing a modified state of the vasculature; and performing simulation using the reduced order model parameterized by the determined values, to determine a blood flow characteristic of the modified state of the vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Sethuraman Sankaran, David Lesage, Charles Taylor, Nan Xiao, Hyun Jin Kim, David Spain, Michiel Schaap
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Patent number: 11660143Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for to determining a blood supply and blood demand. One method includes receiving a patient-specific model of vessel geometry of at least a portion of a coronary artery, wherein the model is based on patient-specific image data of at least a portion of a patient's heart having myocardium; determining a coronary blood supply based on the patient-specific model; determining at least a portion of the myocardium corresponding to the coronary artery; determining a myocardial blood demand based on either a mass or a volume of the portion of the myocardium, or based on perfusion imaging of the portion of the myocardium; and determining a relationship between the coronary blood supply and the myocardial blood demand.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Sophie Khem, Sethuraman Sankaran, David Spain, Nan Xiao
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Patent number: 11653833Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining blood flow characteristics of a patient. One method includes: receiving, in an electronic storage medium, patient-specific image data of at least a portion of vasculature of the patient having geometric features at one or more points; generating a patient-specific reduced order model from the received image data, the patient-specific reduced order model comprising estimates of impedance values and a simplification of the geometric features at the one or more points of the vasculature of the patient; creating a feature vector comprising the estimates of impedance values and geometric features for each of the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model; and determining blood flow characteristics at the one or more points of the patient-specific reduced order model using a machine learning algorithm trained to predict blood flow characteristics based on the created feature vectors at the one or more points.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Travis Michael Sanders, Sethuraman Sankaran, Leo Grady, David Spain, Nan Xiao, Jin Kim, Charles A. Taylor
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Patent number: 11521755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Taylor, Hyun Jin Kim, Leo Grady, Rhea Tombropoulos, Gilwoo Choi, Nan Xiao, David Spain
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Publication number: 20220185480Abstract: A linerless composite tank for a waste or water system on board an aerospace vehicle includes a monolithic tank body having a first composite material co-cured with a second composite material. The first composite material includes a first resin and the second composite material includes a second resin that is different from the first resin. The first composite material forms an innermost surface of the monolithic tank body defining a tank chamber of the monolithic tank body. A method of manufacturing the linerless composite tank includes providing a mold having a desired interior shape of the monolithic tank, applying the first composite material to the mold, applying the second composite material to the mold, and co-curing the first composite material with the second composite material to form the monolithic composite tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Edita Salcepuedes, Mario Nakhla, David Spain, Sabarrish Mohan, Misri Lal