Patents by Inventor Gilbert Thevathasan

Gilbert Thevathasan 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: 11782108
    Abstract: An adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther, Gilbert Thevathasan, Mark Tullio Morreale
  • Patent number: 11567152
    Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant Connell, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther
  • Publication number: 20220381858
    Abstract: An adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles PANTHER, Gilbert THEVATHASAN, Mark Tullio MORREALE
  • Patent number: 11435418
    Abstract: Optionally adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther, Gilbert Thevathasan, Mark Tullio Morreale
  • Publication number: 20210349164
    Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles Panther
  • Patent number: 11085978
    Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant Connell, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther
  • Publication number: 20200386834
    Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles Panther
  • Publication number: 20180356477
    Abstract: Optionally adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles PANTHER, Gilbert THEVATHASAN, Mark Tullio MORREALE
  • Publication number: 20140148686
    Abstract: Systems and methods for imaging tissue of a patient positioned in a supine position is disclosed. The system includes an imaging array comprising a flexible mounting element, wherein the flexible mounting element includes at least a first articulating member configured to flex into position responsive to pressure and hold a flexed position upon release of pressure. In another example, the imaging array includes a curved portion, sized and dimensioned for positioning adjacent to a naturally positioned breast in response to articulation of the at least one articulating member of the flexible mounting element. In another example, the imaging array includes an RF coil array disposed on the flexible mounting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Gilbert Thevathasan