Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Heanue
Joseph A. Heanue 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: 10722158Abstract: A handheld oximeter probe has a replaceable probe tip. The probe tip can be removed or detached from the probe unit and discarded. A replacement probe tip can be attached to the probe tip. The replaceable probe tip allows the probe unit to be reused many times, each time with new sterile probe tip.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: ViOptix, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Heanue, Scott Coleridge, Sophia Elizabeth Berger
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Publication number: 20200060588Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Patent number: 10456066Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: ViOptix, Inc.Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Publication number: 20190008431Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Patent number: 9955900Abstract: A device for monitoring human feet can include: a transmissive sheet configured to bear at least 90 kg supported at a height of no more than 23 cm, and a foot image capture system below the sheet. An optical image sensor can capture a field of view including at least 250 cm2 of the surface of the sheet. The device can have a central reflective element positioned below the sheet directly above the sensor and two outer mirrors such that two fields of view at least 250 cm2 each can be focused onto the sensor by a lens. Foot sole images can be automatically captured when a patient stands on the device. Images can be transmitted to a database and associated with the patient by analyzing the images for a unique predetermined metric.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: QUAERIMUS, INC.Inventors: Richard W. O'Connor, Alan D. Baldwin, Chwen-Yuan Ku, Jivko M. Mihaylov, David E. Goodman, Lester J. Lloyd, Joseph A. Heanue
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Publication number: 20180092581Abstract: A handheld oximeter probe has a replaceable probe tip. The probe tip can be removed or detached from the probe unit and discarded. A replacement probe tip can be attached to the probe tip. The replaceable probe tip allows the probe unit to be reused many times, each time with new sterile probe tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Joseph Heanue, Scott Coleridge, Sophia Elizabeth Berger
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Patent number: 9901298Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device and method for imaging of a human foot including a transmissive sheet with an upper surface configured to accommodate a sole of the foot, a light source positioned below the sheet for emitting light toward the sheet, and an optical path controller in the sheet or coupled to the sheet for altering a path of the light causing internal reflection of the light toward a predetermined region of the foot. The image can be analyzed for a predetermined characteristic associated with a human patient, and determination made whether the characteristic in the image matches the patient. Brightness in the image can be analyzed for tissue moisture information.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: QUAERIMUS MEDICAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Richard W. O'Connor, Alan D. Baldwin, Chwen-Yuan Ku, Jivko M. Mihaylov, David E. Goodman, Lester J. Lloyd, Joseph A. Heanue
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Publication number: 20170303835Abstract: An oximeter probe determines an oxygen saturation for the tissue and determines a quality value for the oxygen saturation and associated measurements of the tissue. The quality value is calculated from reflectance data received at the detectors of the oximeter probe. The oximeter probe then displays a value for the oxygen saturation with the error value to indicate a quality level for the oxygen saturation and associated values used to calculate oxygen saturation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Alex Michael Margiott, Jennifer Elizabeth Keating, Kimberly Merritt Shultz, Scott Coleridge, Joseph Heanue
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Publication number: 20160331288Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Patent number: 9398870Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: ViOptix, Inc.Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Patent number: 8755866Abstract: A system and method for optical lymph node mapping. The system is useful for guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy surgeries. A contrast agent that includes a fluorescent dye is injected near the site of a malignancy. The contrast agent drains into the lymphatic system, collecting in a sentinel node or nodes. The system utilizes one or more low-power continuous-wave lasers or light-emitting diodes modulated with a digital code sequence to probe the tissue suspected of containing the sentinel node. When the light is incident near the sentinel node, it will excite fluorescence from the dye. A portion of the scattered fluorescent light is captured with one or more photo-detectors. A correlation of the photo-detector signal and the digital code sequence is calculated to produce an estimate of the distribution of flight times for photons traveling from a given source to a given detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: John F. Heanue, Joseph A. Heanue, Brian P. Wilfley, Augustus P. Lowell
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Publication number: 20140121532Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device and method for monitoring of human feet including a transmissive sheet configured to bear at least 90 kg supported at a height of no more than 23 cm and having a foot image capture system below the sheet wherein an optical image sensor can capture a field of view including at least 250 cm2 of the surface of the sheet. The device can have a central reflective element positioned below the sheet directly above the sensor and two outer mirrors such that two fields of view at least 250 cm2 each can be focused onto the sensor by a lens. Foot sole images can be automatically captured when the patient stands on the device. Images can be transmitted to a database and associated with a patient by analyzing the images for a unique predetermined metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: QUAERIMUS, INC.Inventors: RICHARD W. O'CONNOR, ALAN D. BALDWIN, CHWEN-YUAN KU, JIVKO M. MIHAYLOV, DAVID E. GOODMAN, LESTER J. LLOYD, JOSEPH A. HEANUE
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Publication number: 20140121479Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device and method for imaging of a human foot including a transmissive sheet with an upper surface configured to accommodate a sole of the foot, a light source positioned below the sheet for emitting light toward the sheet, and an optical path controller in the sheet or coupled to the sheet for altering a path of the light causing internal reflection of the light toward a predetermined region of the foot. The image can be analyzed for a predetermined characteristic associated with a human patient, and determination made whether the characteristic in the image matches the patient. Brightness in the image can be analyzed for tissue moisture information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: QUAERIMUS, INC.Inventors: RICHARD W. O'CONNOR, ALAN D. BALDWIN, CHWEN-YUAN KU, JIVKO M. MIHAYLOV, DAVID E. GOODMAN, LESTER J. LLOYD, JOSEPH A. HEANUE
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Publication number: 20140046152Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: ViOptix, Inc.Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
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Patent number: 8545517Abstract: Tools and methods are provided for dissecting and/or removing biological units, such as hair follicles, from the body surface based on the images both above and below a body surface to reduce potential damage to the removed biological unit. The invention may be used in fully automated systems and also in a hand-held devices and systems. A system may produce a series of three-dimensional images of the body surface indicating follicular unit size, shape, position, and orientation both above and below the skin surface. The images may be utilized by an automated follicular unit harvesting tool, or maybe stored for later use. Imaging techniques include devices that sense light in the visible or infrared spectrums, optical coherence tomography, and ultrahigh frequency ultrasound.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Restoration Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Mohan Bodduluri, Joseph A. Heanue, Kate L. Bechtel, Brian P. Wilfley
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Patent number: 8489184Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring contact between a medical probe and tissue are provided. A medical probe is introduced into a patient adjacent the tissue. An electrical parameter, e.g., electrical admittance, is measured between a first electrode located on the medical probe and a second electrode remote from the first electrode. The electrical parameter is amplitude modulated in response to a physiological cycle of the patient. Contact between the medical probe and the tissue is detected based on the amplitude modulation of the measured electrical parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Hansen Medical, Inc.Inventors: Brian P. Wilfley, Joseph A. Heanue, Stuart L. Friedman
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Publication number: 20120323109Abstract: A system and method for measuring photons utilizing a low-power light source modulated with a code sequence to interrogate a sample of interest. Preferably a portion of the scattered light from the sample is detected by a photo-detector. A correlation of the photo-detector signal and the code sequence produces an estimate of the distribution of flight times for photons traveling from the source to the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLCInventors: John F. Heanue, Joseph A. Heanue, Brian P. Wilfley, Augustus P. Lowell
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Publication number: 20120238897Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring contact between a medical probe and tissue are provided. A medical probe is introduced into a patient adjacent the tissue. An electrical parameter, e.g., electrical admittance, is measuring between a first electrode located on the medical probe and a second electrode remote from the first electrode. The electrical parameter is amplitude modulated in response to a physiological cycle of the patient. Contact between the medical probe and the tissue is detected based on the amplitude modulation of the measured electrical parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: HANSEN MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Brian P. Wilfley, Joseph A. Heanue, Stuart L. Friedman
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Patent number: 8269964Abstract: A system and method for measuring photons utilizing a low-power light source modulated with a code sequence to interrogate a sample of interest. Preferably a portion of the scattered light from the sample is detected by a photo-detector. A correlation of the photo-detector signal and the code sequence produces an estimate of the distribution of flight times for photons traveling from the source to the detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: John F. Heanue, Joseph A. Heanue, Brian P. Wilfley, Augustus P. Lowell
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Patent number: 8160690Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring contact between a medical probe and tissue are provided. A medical probe is introduced into a patient adjacent the tissue. An electrical parameter, e.g., electrical admittance, is measured between a first electrode located on the medical probe and a second electrode remote from the first electrode. The electrical parameter is amplitude modulated in response to a physiological cycle of the patient. Contact between the medical probe and the tissue is detected based on the amplitude modulation of the measured electrical parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Hansen Medical, Inc.Inventors: Brian P. Wilfley, Joseph A. Heanue, Stuart L. Friedman