Patents by Inventor Georges Charles

Georges Charles 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: 12349972
    Abstract: A system for guiding an ophthalmic procedure is disclosed. The system includes a housing assembly with a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards a target site in an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second set of volumetric data, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set and second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set and second set of registered volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a shared composite view of the target site. The controller is configured to extract structural features and/or enable visualization of the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Publication number: 20250166798
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a three-dimensional image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the at least one of the three-dimensional image or model is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Yen Ting Ng
  • Publication number: 20250134986
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions or formulations comprising a nucleic acid (e.g. a RNA molecule) encapsulated in a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Azadeh KHEIROLOMOOM, Thomas James ELLISON, George Charles TALBOTT, Daniel Robert HENDERSON
  • Publication number: 20250082312
    Abstract: A tissue removal device includes a housing, an outer tube having a distal portion configured for transcervical insertion into a uterus, an inner tube slidably disposed within the outer tube lumen, a vacuum generation chamber disposed within the housing, a movable piston slidably disposed in the vacuum generation chamber, a collection chamber, a manual actuator moveably coupled to the housing and operatively coupled to the piston, and proximal and distal one-way valves. The outer tube has an outer tube lumen, a tissue in-take opening proximate a distal end thereof, and a proximal end coupled to the housing. The inner tube has an inner tube lumen extending from an open inner tube distal end to an open inner tube proximal end, the open inner tube distal end comprising a cutting edge configured to sever intrauterine tissue extending through the tissue in-take opening in the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Roy H. Sullivan, Jessica Tina Schenck, George Charles Michaels
  • Patent number: 12237075
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a three-dimensional image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the at least one of the three-dimensional image or model is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Yen Ting Ng
  • Patent number: 12219228
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a robotic imaging apparatus includes providing the robotic imaging apparatus, calibrating a stereoscopic camera portion of the apparatus to robot space, and registering the robot space to a patient space. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a base section defining the robot space, a robotic arm including a first end connected to the base section, a second end including a coupling interface, and a plurality of joints and links connecting the first end to the second end, each joint including a motor configured to rotate the joint around an axis and a joint sensor configured to transmit a position of the respective joint, a stereoscopic camera connected at the coupling interface, and a sensor positioned at the coupling interface and configured to detect force imparted on the stereoscopic camera by an operator and to transmit output data indicative of the detected force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Michael Weissman, Thomas Paul Riederer, George Charles Polchin, Ashok Burton Tripathi, Patrick Terry
  • Patent number: 12178416
    Abstract: A tissue removal device includes a housing, an outer tube having a distal portion configured for transcervical insertion into a uterus, an inner tube slidably disposed within the outer tube lumen, a vacuum generation chamber disposed within the housing, a movable piston slidably disposed in the vacuum generation chamber, a collection chamber, a manual actuator moveably coupled to the housing and operatively coupled to the piston, and proximal and distal one-way valves. The outer tube has an outer tube lumen, a tissue in-take opening proximate a distal end thereof, and a proximal end coupled to the housing. The inner tube has an inner tube lumen extending from an open inner tube distal end to an open inner tube proximal end, the open inner tube distal end comprising a cutting edge configured to sever intrauterine tissue extending through the tissue in-take opening in the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy H. Sullivan, Jessica Tina Schenck, George Charles Michaels
  • Publication number: 20240342354
    Abstract: A hemofilter system. In one embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a container having a first surface, a second surface, and one or more wall surfaces, the first surface, the second surface and the one or more wall surfaces defining a volume; an input port in fluid communication with the first surface; an output port in fluid communication with the second surface; a filter bed comprising a plurality of planar magnetic meshes stacked in close juxtaposition and positioned within the container volume and coplanar with the first and second surfaces; a first magnet positioned on a first surface of the container; a second magnet positioned on the second surface of the container; a first input conduit in fluid communication with the input port; and a first output conduit in fluid communication with the output port. In another embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a pump in the input conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: MEDISIEVE LTD
    Inventors: George Charles Martin FRODSHAM, Quentin Andrew PANKHURST, Richard Alan WENMAN, Simon Richard HATTERSLEY
  • Publication number: 20240268659
    Abstract: A system for guiding an ophthalmic procedure is disclosed. The system includes a housing assembly with a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards a target site in an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second set of volumetric data, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set and second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set and second set of registered volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a shared composite view of the target site. The controller is configured to extract structural features and/or enable visualization of the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: ALCON INC.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Publication number: 20240179854
    Abstract: A process variable transmitter is provided. The process variable transmitter includes a process variable sensor, and an electronics board having circuitry electrically coupled to the process variable sensor. The process variable transmitter also includes a shroud that holds the electronics board, and at least one stop feature to provide vibration damping. A method of manufacturing a process variable transmitter is provided. The method includes providing a process variable sensor. The method also includes providing an electronics board having circuitry configured to electrically couple to the process variable sensor. The method further includes forming a shroud to hold the electronics board, and forming at least one stop feature to support the electronics board when the electronics board is in the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, George Charles Hausler, Andrew John Wagener
  • Patent number: 11986585
    Abstract: A hemofilter system. In one embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a container having a first surface, a second surface, and one or more wall surfaces, the first surface, the second surface and the one or more wall surfaces defining a volume; an input port in fluid communication with the first surface; an output port in fluid communication with the second surface; a filter bed comprising a plurality of planar magnetic meshes stacked in close juxtaposition and positioned within the container volume and coplanar with the first and second surfaces; a first magnet positioned on a first surface of the container; a second magnet positioned on the second surface of the container; a first input conduit in fluid communication with the input port; and a first output conduit in fluid communication with the output port. In another embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a pump in the input conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MEDISIEVE LTD
    Inventors: George Charles Martin Frodsham, Quentin Andrew Pankhurst, Richard Alan Wenman, Simon Richard Hattersley
  • Patent number: 11986240
    Abstract: A system for guiding an ophthalmic procedure is disclosed. The system includes a housing assembly with a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards a target site in an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second set of volumetric data, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set and second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set and second set of registered volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a shared composite view of the target site. The controller is configured to extract structural features and/or enable visualization of the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Patent number: 11969215
    Abstract: System and method for imaging a target site with a housing assembly having a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards the target site. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second of volumetric data of the target site, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set of volumetric data with the second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set of registered volumetric data and second set of volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a composite shared view of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Publication number: 20230274819
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a three-dimensional image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the at least one of the three-dimensional image or model is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Yen Ting Ng
  • Patent number: 11682483
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a three-dimensional image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the at least one of the three-dimensional image or model is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Yen Ting Ng
  • Publication number: 20220401178
    Abstract: A robotic surgical navigation system is disclosed. An example system includes a stereoscopic camera and a robotic arm having an end-effector connected to the camera. The system also includes a navigation computer that determines a first transformation between the stereoscopic camera and a target surgical site, a second transformation between the end-effector and a robotic base of the robotic arm, and a third transformation between the robotic base and the target surgical site. The navigation computer calculates a fourth transformation using the first, second, and third transformations. The fourth transformation represents a transformation between the end-effector and the stereoscopic camera. The navigation computer uses the transformations to determine coordinates for a view vector of the stereoscopic camera that are in a coordinate system of the robotic arm, thereby enabling movement of the robotic arm based on commands provided by an operator in relation to the view vector of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: George Charles Polchin, Simon Raab
  • Patent number: 11529210
    Abstract: A stereoscopic imaging apparatus and platform are disclosed. An example stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a main objective assembly and left and right lens sets defining respective parallel left and right optical paths from light that is received from the main objective assembly of a target surgical site. Each of the left and right lens sets includes a front lens, first and second zoom lenses configured to be movable along the optical path, and a lens barrel configured to receive the light from the second zoom lens. The example stereoscopic imaging apparatus also includes left and right image sensors configured to convert the light after passing through the lens barrel into image data that is indicative of the received light. The example stereoscopic visualization camera further includes a processor configured to convert the image data into stereoscopic video signals or video data for display on a display monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Michael Weissman, Thomas Paul Riederer, George Charles Polchin, Ashok Burton Tripathi
  • Patent number: 11513018
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to field device housing assemblies and field devices that include the housing assemblies. One embodiment of the field device housing assembly includes a main housing, a cover having a proximal end connected to the main housing, a transparent panel and a retainer ring. An interior wall of the cover includes a threaded section that is concentric to a central axis, and a flange extending radially inward from the interior wall toward the central axis. The transparent panel is received within a socket defined by the interior wall and the flange. The retainer ring is secured to the threaded section of the interior wall. The transparent panel is clamped between the retainer ring and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, Benjamin Hammerlind Jaffray, Glen Rodney Edwards, Ryan Thomas Lindsey, Paul Curtis Sundet, Timothy R Meschke, George Charles Hausler, Christopher Lee Eriksen
  • Publication number: 20220303435
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a robotic imaging apparatus includes providing the robotic imaging apparatus, calibrating a stereoscopic camera portion of the apparatus to robot space, and registering the robot space to a patient space. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a base section defining the robot space, a robotic arm including a first end connected to the base section, a second end including a coupling interface, and a plurality of joints and links connecting the first end to the second end, each joint including a motor configured to rotate the joint around an axis and a joint sensor configured to transmit a position of the respective joint, a stereoscopic camera connected at the coupling interface, and a sensor positioned at the coupling interface and configured to detect force imparted on the stereoscopic camera by an operator and to transmit output data indicative of the detected force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Michael Weissman, Thomas Paul Riederer, George Charles Polchin, Ashok Burton Tripathi, Patrick Terry
  • Publication number: 20220301693
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a three-dimensional image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the at least one of the three-dimensional image or model is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Yen Ting Ng