Patents by Inventor Doug Ladd

Doug Ladd 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: 10499794
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Publication number: 20180310802
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Patent number: 9986892
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Publication number: 20170156568
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Patent number: 9560953
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Publication number: 20150208900
    Abstract: An interface unit is configured to functionally associate with an endoscope system which includes at least two simultaneously operating imaging channels associated with at least two displays, respectively. In a first configuration, the interface unit includes an image processor functionally associated with the at least two imaging channels which is configured to separately synchronize images and image data received simultaneously from the at least two imaging channels and send those discrete image streams to different displays. In a second configuration, the interface unit includes an image processor functionally associated with the at least two imaging channels which is configured to receive image streams, synchronize the image streams, and create a single image stream to send to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Vidas, Mark Gilreath, Yaniv Kirma, Tal Davidson, Anat Shimony, Will Parks, Yoram Ashery, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Publication number: 20140333743
    Abstract: The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Gilreath, Will Parks, Avi Levy, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Anat Shimony, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Publication number: 20140320617
    Abstract: The present specification is directed towards endoscopes, such as colonoscopes, that provide a broader field of view and allow extended access of surgical tools and also enable efficient packing of all necessary elements in the tip section, while maintaining their functionality. Also described are methods and systems for capturing and displaying still and video images using an endoscope corresponding to a left-side looking, a front-looking and a right-side looking viewing element of an endoscopic tip generated in a native aspect ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: EndoChoice Inc.
    Inventors: Will Parks, Mark Gilreath, Yoram Ashery, Yaniv Kirma, Charlie Jacobs, Stephan Wieth, Doug Ladd, Yuri Gershov, Leonid Krivopisk