Patents by Inventor K V BALASUBRAMANIAN

K V BALASUBRAMANIAN 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).

  • Method of selecting a stent based on stress of a blood vessel
    Patent number: 8897513
    Abstract: A method of selecting a stent for placing in an occluded segment of a blood vessel is presented. The method uses a diastolic and a systolic image of the blood vessel. In the method a first area is selected in a region on the diastolic image. The first area includes at least the occluded segment. Subsequently, a first length of the blood vessel in the first area is determined. A second area is selected in a corresponding region on the systolic image of the blood vessel. The second area includes at least the occluded segment. The first area is congruent to the second area. Subsequently, a second length of the blood vessel in the second area is determined. A stress in the occluded segment is determined by comparing the first length and the second length. Finally, the stent based on the stress in the occluded segment is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: K V Balasubramanian
  • METHOD OF SELECTING A STENT BASED ON STRESS OF A BLOOD VESSEL
    Publication number: 20140185886
    Abstract: A method of selecting a stent for placing in an occluded segment of a blood vessel is presented. The method uses a diastolic and a systolic image of the blood vessel. In the method a first area is selected in a region on the diastolic image. The first area includes at least the occluded segment. Subsequently, a first length of the blood vessel in the first area is determined. A second area is selected in a corresponding region on the systolic image of the blood vessel. The second area includes at least the occluded segment. The first area is congruent to the second area. Subsequently, a second length of the blood vessel in the second area is determined. A stress in the occluded segment is determined by comparing the first length and the second length. Finally, the stent based on the stress in the occluded segment is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: K V BALASUBRAMANIAN