Patents by Inventor Filip Vojan

Filip Vojan 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: 11638840
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a graphical user interface for display on a screen positioned on a gantry of a radiotherapy machine, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a page corresponding to a radiotherapy treatment of a patient, wherein the page comprises a first graphical element indicating at least one attribute of alignment data corresponding to the radiotherapy treatment of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: 11607563
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a graphical user interface for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, wherein the graphical user interface contains a page corresponding to one or more stages of radiotherapy treatment for the patient, and transitioning, by the server, the graphical user interface from a first page representing a first stage to a second page representing a second stage provided that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: 11604564
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for displaying on the first display, wherein the first graphical user interface contains one or more pages corresponding to one or more stages of a radiotherapy treatment, wherein the server transitions from a first page of the one or more pages representing a first stage to a second page of the one or more pages representing a second stage responsive to an indication that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Publication number: 20230054200
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for displaying on the first display, wherein the first graphical user interface contains one or more pages corresponding to one or more stages of a radiotherapy treatment, wherein the server transitions from a first page of the one or more pages representing a first stage to a second page of the one or more pages representing a second stage responsive to an indication that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: 11577095
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). A method comprises presenting a plurality of pages for display, each corresponding to a stage of a radiotherapy treatment for a patient; in response to receiving an indication that a surface of a patient is aligned, retrieving, from a radiotherapy file, a first image of an internal target aligned in accordance with treatment attributes; receiving a second image of the internal target; overlaying on a first page of the plurality of pages, the first image and the second image, the first page displaying a direction to position the internal target in the second image to align with the internal target in the first image; and when the internal target is aligned, presenting for display a second page of the plurality of pages corresponding to a subsequent stage of the radiotherapy treatment for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: 11517771
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a radiotherapy machine comprising: a couch; and a gantry having a camera in communication with a server, wherein the server is configured to: present for display, in real time on a screen associated with the radiotherapy machine, images received from the camera, wherein when the gantry changes its orientation, the camera revises at least one of its orientations, such that images transmitted to the server maintain an original orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Publication number: 20220208366
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a radiotherapy machine comprising: a gantry having a screen in communication with a server, the screen configured to display a graphical user interface; and at least one camera, wherein the server is configured to present, in real time, images received from the at least one camera for display on a graphical user interface displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203129
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by the server for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces, wherein each graphical user interface displays one or more graphical components corresponding to one or more tasks of one or more stages of a patient's radiotherapy treatment; and when a user operating the pendant interacts with a first controller of the pendant, the radiotherapy machine adjusts at least one of its configurations; and when the user interacts with a second controller of the pendant, the server revises the graphical user interface corresponding to the user's input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203127
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a first page of a first graphical user interface on the radiotherapy console associated with a radiotherapy machine in a treatment room, wherein the first graphical user interface contains a plurality of pages, each page corresponding to a stage of treatment implemented by the radiotherapy machine, and the first page corresponds to a first stage; and transitioning, by the server, the first page of the first graphical user interface to a second page of the first graphical user interface corresponding to a second stage responsive to an input of a user interacting with a second graphical interface presented on a display in the treatment room indicating that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203137
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises retrieving, by one or more servers, a radiotherapy file associated with a patient, the radiotherapy file comprising information associated with one or more accessories associated with the patient's radiation therapy treatment; presenting, by one or more servers, for display on the graphical user interface, a graphical indicator corresponding to each of the one or more accessories; scanning, by one or more servers, a set of accessories within a predetermined proximity to the radiotherapy machine; and when the server does not detect one or more of the one or more accessories in proximity to the radiotherapy machine or when one or more of the one or more accessories is not within a predetermined location, revising, by one or more servers, the graphical indicator corresponding to that accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203130
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a radiotherapy machine comprising: a couch; and a gantry having a camera in communication with a server, wherein the server is configured to: present for display, in real time on a screen associated with the radiotherapy machine, images received from the camera, wherein when the gantry changes its orientation, the camera revises at least one of its orientations, such that images transmitted to the server maintain an original orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220208365
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises retrieving, by a server, information from a radiotherapy file associated with a patient, the information comprising an alignment data of at least a treatment region of the patient; presenting, by the server, for display on a graphical user interface, an image corresponding to the patient positioned on a couch of a radiotherapy machine, the image comprising an overlay on a surface of the patient in the treatment region; and presenting, by the server, for display, a visually distinct revised overlay for at least a portion of the surface of the patient in the treatment region that matches, within a predetermined margin of error, the alignment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). A method comprises presenting a plurality of pages for display, each corresponding to a stage of a radiotherapy treatment for a patient; in response to receiving an indication that a surface of a patient is aligned, retrieving, from a radiotherapy file, a first image of an internal target aligned in accordance with treatment attributes; receiving a second image of the internal target; overlaying on a first page of the plurality of pages, the first image and the second image, the first page displaying a direction to position the internal target in the second image to align with the internal target in the first image; and when the internal target is aligned, presenting for display a second page of the plurality of pages corresponding to a subsequent stage of the radiotherapy treatment for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Publication number: 20220206648
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy systems and methods that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a system comprises a first display in communication with a server, the first display configured to display a first graphical user interface; a second display in communication with the server, the second display configured to display a second graphical user interface, wherein the server is configured to: present the first graphical user interface for displaying on the first display, wherein the first graphical user interface contains one or more pages corresponding to one or more stages of a radiotherapy treatment, wherein the server transitions from a first page of the one or more pages representing a first stage to a second page of the one or more pages representing a second stage responsive to an indication that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203128
    Abstract: A method comprises presenting, by a server for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, a series of consecutive graphical user interfaces (GUIs), wherein a first GUI comprises: a first graphical indicator (GI) corresponding to a first attribute associated with configuration of the radiotherapy machine, and a second GI corresponding to a second attribute associated with the patient; when the server receives an indication that a user interacting with a pendant in communication with the server has inputted a first input corresponding to a first direction towards the first GI, presenting for display a second GUI comprising data associated with the first attribute; and when the server receives an indication that the user has inputted a second input corresponding to a second direction towards the second GI, presenting for display a third GUI comprising data associated with the second attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203136
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, for display on a graphical user interface, an image of a position of a patient on a couch of a radiotherapy machine, whereby at least a gantry of the radiotherapy machine is configured to rotate around the patient; calculating, by the server, one or more predicted collisions between a part of the radiotherapy machine and at least one of (a) the patient or (b) another part of the radiotherapy machine; and when a portion of the patient is calculated to be in a collision with the part of the radiotherapy machine, revising, by the server, the graphical user interface such that the portion of the patient calculated to be in the collision is visually distinct in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203126
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a graphical user interface for display on a screen positioned on a gantry of a radiotherapy machine, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a page corresponding to radiotherapy treatment of a patient, wherein the page comprises a first graphical element indicating at least one attribute of the alignment data corresponding to the radiotherapy treatment of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Publication number: 20220203125
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, a graphical user interface for display on a screen associated with a radiotherapy machine, wherein the graphical user interface contains a page corresponding to one or more stages of radiotherapy treatment for the patient, and transitioning, by the server, the graphical user interface from a first page representing a first stage to a second page representing a second stage provided that at least a predetermined portion of tasks associated with the first stage has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Filip VOJAN, Brian SPATOLA
  • Patent number: D951274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: D975112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola