Patents by Inventor James K. Cavanaugh

James K. Cavanaugh 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).

  • Multiple modality interface for imaging systems
    Publication number: 20040024303
    Abstract: A universal interface apparatus for use with any of several different imaging systems for facilitating a plurality of different imaging modalities, the interface including at least function icons in a function navigation space and a workspace, each of the function icons corresponding to a process which is common among all of the imaging modalities, the interface Also accessing data tables corresponding to specific workflow protocols for medical facility radiologists and/or for a medical facility in general, the tables identifying function icons and other icons for guiding a technologist through a properly orchestrated imaging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Seth R. Banks, James K. Cavanaugh, Thomas M. Hanson, Linda M. Kohli, Elizabeth A. Kuhn, David A. Littlejohn, Kim M. Ruchti, Aaron J. Schmidt, William M. Stoval
  • Multiple modality interface for imaging systems
    Patent number: 6674449
    Abstract: A universal interface apparatus for use with any of several different imaging systems for facilitating a plurality of different imaging modalities, the interface including at least function icons in a function navigation space and a workspace, each of the function icons corresponding to a process which is common among all of the imaging modalities, the interface also accessing data tables corresponding to specific workflow protocols for medical facility radiologists and/or for a medical facility in general, the tables identifying function icons and other icons for guiding a technologist through a properly orchestrated imaging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Seth R. Banks, James K. Cavanaugh, Thomas M. Hanson, Linda M. Kohli, Elizabeth A. Kuhn, David A. Littlejohn, Kim M. Ruchti, Aaron J. Schmidt, William M. Stoval