Patents by Inventor Johan E. Giphart
Johan E. Giphart 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).
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Patent number: 12661084Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling between the patient and the instrument. The imaging goggles also allow both eyes of the patient to be scanned without the patient moving. Another innovation of the ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure is the use of the contralateral (opposite) eye for fixation and focusing during scanning.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: ArcScan Inc.Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Tom Wilmering, Barry Schafer, John D. Watson
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Patent number: 12484877Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improvement of a precision ultrasound scanner for imaging the human eye and in particular to method for the manufacture and assembly of an eye piece suitable for use with an ultrasonic arc scanning device. The method disclosed herein describes an improved eye piece for ultrasound imaging that reduces saline leakage around its optically and acoustically transparent membrane and improves the efficiency of assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: ArcScan, Inc.Inventors: Tom Wilmering, Johan E. Giphart
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Patent number: 12329572Abstract: Systems, processes, and apparatuses are provided for imaging a body part of a patient such as an eye of the patient. In some embodiments, a process is provided for adjusting the readings from an ultrasound probe to account for the different speeds of sound through different portions of the eye. In various embodiments, a process is provided for combing multiple images of the body part together. In some embodiments, a process is provided for determining the diameter of the lens of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: ArcScan, Inc.Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Matthew G. Sassu, Andrew K. Levien, John D. Watson
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Publication number: 20240366184Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling between the patient and the instrument. The imaging goggles also allow both eyes of the patient to be scanned without the patient moving. Another innovation of the ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure is the use of the contralateral (opposite) eye for fixation and focusing during scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Tom Wilmering, Barry Schafer, John D. Watson
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Patent number: 12042329Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided herein to control movement of a patient's eyelid during a diagnostic procedure such as scanning the patient's eye with an ultrasound or optical imaging device. Strips having a non-adhesive portion and an adhesive portion are attached to each eyelid. The patient can then pull on distal ends of the strip to open the patient's eye and press the strips into an eyepiece to hold the patient's eyelids and keep the patient's eye open.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ArcScan, Inc.Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Alexandre M. Nardes, Tom Wilmering
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Patent number: 12016725Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling between the patient and the instrument. The imaging goggles also allow both eyes of the patient to be scanned without the patient moving. Another innovation of the ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure is the use of the contralateral (opposite) eye for fixation and focusing during scanning.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: ArcScan, Inc.Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Tom Wilmering, Barry Schafer, John D. Watson
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Publication number: 20240180517Abstract: Systems, processes, and apparatuses are provided for imaging a body part of a patient such as an eye of the patient. In some embodiments, a process is provided for adjusting the readings from an ultrasound probe to account for the different speeds of sound through different portions of the eye. In various embodiments, a process is provided for combing multiple images of the body part together. In some embodiments, a process is provided for determining the diameter of the lens of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Matthew G. Sassu, Andrew K. Levien, John D. Watson
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Patent number: 11839510Abstract: Systems, processes, and apparatuses are provided for imaging a body part of a patient such as an eye of the patient. In some embodiments, a process is provided for adjusting the readings from an ultrasound probe to account for the different speeds of sound through different portions of the eye. In various embodiments, a process is provided for combing multiple images of the body part together. In some embodiments, a process is provided for determining the diameter of the lens of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: ArcScan, Inc.Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Matthew G. Sassu, Andrew K. Levien, John D. Watson
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Publication number: 20230157663Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improvement of a precision ultrasound scanner for imaging the human eye and in particular to method for the manufacture and assembly of an eye piece suitable for use with an ultrasonic arc scanning device. The method disclosed herein describes an improved eye piece for ultrasound imaging that reduces saline leakage around its optically and acoustically transparent membrane and improves the efficiency of assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Tom Wilmering, John D. Watson
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Publication number: 20230142825Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ultrasound imaging and treatment of an eye and in particular directed to an apparatus and method for reducing intraocular pressure by 1) ablating the ciliary process which is the structure responsible for production of aqueous humor and 2) by vibrating the trabecular mesh to stimulate better drainage of fluid through the trabecular mesh and out of the eye. The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method for forming a high precision image of the eye wherein the resolution is sufficient to image, for example, ciliary body and region around the trabecular mesh. The present disclosure further discloses an imaging transducer and an irradiating therapeutic transducer that can be mounted such that they are movable between a plurality of positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, John David Watson
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Publication number: 20210204906Abstract: Systems, processes, and apparatuses are provided for imaging a body part of a patient such as an eye of the patient. In some embodiments, a process is provided for adjusting the readings from an ultrasound probe to account for the different speeds of sound through different portions of the eye. In various embodiments, a process is provided for combing multiple images of the body part together. In some embodiments, a process is provided for determining the diameter of the lens of the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Matthew G. Sassu, Andrew K. Levien, John D. Watson
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Publication number: 20210186458Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided herein to control movement of a patient's eyelid during a diagnostic procedure such as scanning the patient's eye with an ultrasound or optical imaging device. Strips having a non-adhesive portion and an adhesive portion are attached to each eyelid. The patient can then pull on distal ends of the strip to open the patient's eye and press the strips into an eyepiece to hold the patient's eyelids and keep the patient's eye open.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Johan E. Giphart, Andrew K. Levien, Alexandre M. Nardes, Tom Wilmering