Patents by Inventor Juan José EGEA GUERRERO

Juan José EGEA GUERRERO 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).

  • Predicting the risk of death or vasospasm in a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage
    Patent number: 11344260
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for predicting or prognosticating the risk of death or vasospasm in a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which comprises the following steps: performing a clinical assessment of the patient according to the Hunt and Hess scale and the World Federation of Neurosurgeons (WFNS) scale; obtaining a computerised axial tomography image of the patient's skull; normalising the image obtained according to a standard skull template; obtaining a region corresponding to intracranial blood by segmenting the normalised image; calculating at least the following parameters of the region of cranial blood obtained: total volume, fractal dimension and surface-volume ratio; and determining the probability of death or vasospasm in the patient according to at least the parameters calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: SERVICIO ANDALUZ DE SALUD, UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
    Inventors: Juan José Egea Guerrero, Marcin Wojciech Balcerzyk
  • METHOD FOR PREDICTING OR PROGNOSTICATING THE RISK OF DEATH OR VASOSPASM IN A PATIENT WITH A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
    Publication number: 20200352523
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for predicting or prognosticating the risk of death or vasospasm in a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which comprises the following steps: performing a clinical assessment of the patient according to the Hunt and Hess scale and the World Federation of Neurosurgeons (WFNS) scale; obtaining a computerised axial tomography image of the patient's skull; normalising the image obtained according to a standard skull template; obtaining a region corresponding to intracranial blood by segmenting the normalised image; calculating at least the following parameters of the region of cranial blood obtained: total volume, fractal dimension and surface-volume ratio; and determining the probability of death or vasospasm in the patient according to at least the parameters calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Juan José EGEA GUERRERO, Marcin Wojciech BALCERZYK