Patents by Inventor Josef HEFEZ

Josef HEFEZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20210401273
    Abstract: A portable handheld system for imaging of a throat of a patient, including: a mouthpiece including at least one bite guide for stabilizing the mouthpiece with respect to teeth of the patient when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide; intraoral optics operable to collect light from the throat of the patient and to direct the light towards an imaging sensor; and an imaging sensor operable to capture light directed by the intraoral optics to provide an image of the throat; wherein a mechanical connection between the mouthpiece and the intraoral optics constrains a spatial relationship of the intraoral optics with respect to the mouthpiece so that when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide: the intraoral optics is stabilized by the mouthpiece inside a mouth of the patient having a FOV which includes at least part of a tonsil of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Josef HEFEZ, Eitan SHARIF, Eyal BYCHKOV, David GILAD-GILOR
  • Patent number: 11141047
    Abstract: A portable handheld system for imaging of a throat of a patient, including: a mouthpiece including at least one bite guide for stabilizing the mouthpiece with respect to teeth of the patient when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide; intraoral optics operable to collect light from the throat of the patient and to direct the light towards an imaging sensor; and an imaging sensor operable to capture light directed by the intraoral optics to provide an image of the throat; wherein a mechanical connection between the mouthpiece and the intraoral optics constrains a spatial relationship of the intraoral optics with respect to the mouthpiece so that when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide: the intraoral optics is stabilized by the mouthpiece inside a mouth of the patient having a FOV which includes at least part of a tonsil of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: TYTO CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Josef Hefez, Eitan Sharif, Eyal Bychkov, David Gilad-Gilor
  • Publication number: 20180160887
    Abstract: A portable handheld system for imaging of a throat of a patient, including: a mouthpiece including at least one bite guide for stabilizing the mouthpiece with respect to teeth of the patient when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide; intraoral optics operable to collect light from the throat of the patient and to direct the light towards an imaging sensor; and an imaging sensor operable to capture light directed by the intraoral optics to provide an image of the throat; wherein a mechanical connection between the mouthpiece and the intraoral optics constrains a spatial relationship of the intraoral optics with respect to the mouthpiece so that when the patient bites on the at least one bite guide: the intraoral optics is stabilized by the mouthpiece inside a mouth of the patient having a FOV which includes at least part of a tonsil of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Josef HEFEZ, Eitan SHARIF, Eyal BYCHKOV, David GlLAD-GILOR
  • Patent number: D930163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TYTO CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Gustavo Turkieltaub, Andres Wainstein, Josef Hefez, Eitan Sharif, Eyal Bychkov