Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Schmitt
Joseph M. Schmitt 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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Publication number: 20240115141Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc,Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20240099590Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20240099591Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Patent number: 11923067Abstract: In part, the invention relates to a method for sizing a stent for placement in a vessel. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: dividing the vessel into a plurality of segments, each segment being defined as the space between branches of the vessel; selecting a starting point that appears to have substantially no disease; defining the diameter at this point to be the maximum diameter; calculating the maximal diameter of the next adjacent segment according to a power law; measuring the actual diameter of the next adjacent segment; selecting either the calculated maximum diameter or the measured maximum diameter depending upon which diameter is larger; using the selected maximum diameter to find the maximum diameter of this next segment; iteratively proceeding until the entire length of the vessel is examined; and selecting a stent in response to the diameters of the end proximal and distal segments.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Hiram Bezerra, Christopher Petroff, Ajay Gopinath
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Publication number: 20240057896Abstract: An optical sensor includes a waveguide for directing, receiving, and coherently mixing electromagnetic radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source to detect one or more physical phenomena. The waveguide is integrable into a printed circuit board, allowing the optical sensor to maintain a small footprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Edward Vail, Ehsan Shah-Hosseini, Joseph M. Schmitt
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Publication number: 20240019317Abstract: A camera attachment for measuring a temperature of a surface, and related methods of measuring the temperature of the surface, employ a temperature reactive material that is thermally coupled with the surface and imaged to provide image data of the temperature reactive material that is analyzed to measure the temperature. A camera attachment for measuring a temperature of a surface includes a distal surface configured to be thermally coupled with the surface, a frame configured to be coupled with a camera that has a field of view, and a temperature reactive material coupled with the frame and thermally coupled with the distal surface. The frame positions the temperature reactive material within the field of view of the camera so that an image captured by the camera includes at least a portion of the temperature reactive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Pablo A. Escobar, Zijing Zeng
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Publication number: 20230414176Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining properties of a tissue or tissues imaged by optical coherence tomography (OCT). In one embodiment the backscatter and attenuation of the OCT optical beam is measured and based on these measurements and indicium such as color is assigned for each portion of the image corresponding to the specific value of the backscatter and attenuation for that portion. The image is then displayed with the indicia and a user can then determine the tissue characteristics. In an alternative embodiment the tissue characteristics is classified automatically by a program given the combination of backscatter and attenuation values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Chenyang Xu
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Publication number: 20230389899Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: 11793462Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining properties of a tissue or tissues imaged by optical coherence tomography (OCT). In one embodiment the backscatter and attenuation of the OCT optical beam is measured and based on these measurements and indicium such as color is assigned for each portion of the image corresponding to the specific value of the backscatter and attenuation for that portion. The image is then displayed with the indicia and a user can then determine the tissue characteristics. In an alternative embodiment the tissue characteristics is classified automatically by a program given the combination of backscatter and attenuation values.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Chenyang Xu
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Patent number: 11771406Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng
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Patent number: 11747218Abstract: A camera attachment for measuring a temperature of a surface, and related methods of measuring the temperature of the surface, employ a temperature reactive material that is thermally coupled with the surface and imaged to provide image data of the temperature reactive material that is analyzed to measure the temperature. A camera attachment for measuring a temperature of a surface includes a distal surface configured to be thermally coupled with the surface, a frame configured to be coupled with a camera that has a field of view, and a temperature reactive material coupled with the frame and thermally coupled with the distal surface. The frame positions the temperature reactive material within the field of view of the camera so that an image captured by the camera includes at least a portion of the temperature reactive material.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Pablo A. Escobar, Zijing Zeng
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Publication number: 20230165471Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20230089818Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20230075498Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20230075598Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20220095933Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20220095934Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20220095932Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20220087544Abstract: A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Joseph M. Schmitt, Joel M. Friedman, Christopher Petroff, Amr Elbasiony
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Publication number: 20220047250Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems and techniques for tracking menstrual cycles, which can include receiving temperature measurements from an array of temperature sensors positioned on a bed. A use period for the array can be determined when temperature measurements from at least one temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors exceed a first temperature threshold. In some embodiments, for each use period in a set of two or more use periods, a temperature of the user using the set of temperatures from the respective use period can be determined. After determining the temperature of the user for each use period in the set of two or more use periods, at least one change in the temperature of the user between different use periods can be identified. An ovulation day of the user based on the at least one change in the temperature of the user can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: James C. Clements, Erno H. Klaassen, Habib S. Karaki, Joseph M. Schmitt, Zijing Zeng