Patents by Inventor Gardar T. Middleton

Gardar T. Middleton 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).

  • Coronary artery tree imaging system and method
    Patent number: 7639847
    Abstract: A method of generating an image of a coronary artery tree for a patient. The method can include acquiring data from the patient for coronary artery segments and generating a coronary artery tree image including the coronary artery segments. The method can also include accessing coronary artery tree patterns, comparing the coronary artery tree image to the coronary artery tree patterns, and automatically selecting one of the coronary artery tree patterns as a representative coronary artery tree image for the patient. The method can further include measuring lesions and automatically adding the lesion measurements to the coronary artery tree image for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gardar T. Middleton, John H. Jenkins
  • Method and apparatus for displaying physiological patient data
    Patent number: 6409659
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquiring and displaying physiological patient data wherein the amplitude of the data is represented in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Warner, Kevin P. Jessup, Gardar T. Middleton, Mark Palma, Hansdieter Moessner