Patents by Inventor Kim Pauly

Kim Pauly 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).

  • Pattern Interference Radiation Force (PIRF) neural stimulators
    Publication number: 20200384292
    Abstract: Improved acoustic neurostimulation is provided by having two or more acoustic transducers generate an acoustic interference pattern in a region of a patient being treated. The apparatus has at least two operating modes it can switch between. A first operating mode has the transducers driven at the same frequency. A second operating mode has the transducers driven at different frequencies. Full control of the acoustic transducers allows the acoustic interference pattern to be varied electronically at will.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Menz, Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Stephen A. Baccus, Patrick Ye, Kim Pauly, Kamyar Firouzi, Morten F. Rasmussen, Omer Oralkan, Amin Nikoozadeh
  • Configurations for integrated MRI-linear accelerators
    Patent number: 8331531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiotherapy treatment apparatus that includes a treatment beam, a magnetic field disposed parallel collinear to the treatment beam, and a target that is disposed along the treatment beam. The treatment beam can be a charged particle beam, a proton beam, an electron beam, or a linear accelerator (Linac) beam. The magnetic field is from a magnetic resonance imager (MRI), a megavolt x-ray imager, or a kilovolt x-ray imager and is disposed to operate in coordination with operation of the treatment beam and to narrow the beam. The tumor is disposed to rotate with respect to the treatment beam and the magnetic field, or the treatment beam and the magnetic field are disposed to rotate up to 360° with respect to the target when mounted to a ring gantry. The apparatus can include a rotation angle dependent shim disposed to account for Earth's magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Rebecca Fahrig, Norbert J. Pelc, Kim Pauly, Greig C. Scott, Amit Sawant, Paul J. Keall, Lei Xing, Steven M. Conolly
  • Configurations for integrated MRI-linear accelerators
    Publication number: 20100239066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiotherapy treatment apparatus that includes a treatment beam, a magnetic field disposed parallel collinear to the treatment beam, and a target that is disposed along the treatment beam. The treatment beam can be a charged particle beam, a proton beam, an electron beam, or a linear accelerator (Linac) beam. The magnetic field is from a magnetic resonance imager (MRI), a megavolt x-ray imager, or a kilovolt x-ray imager and is disposed to operate in coordination with operation of the treatment beam and to narrow the beam. The tumor is disposed to rotate with respect to the treatment beam and the magnetic field, or the treatment beam and the magnetic field are disposed to rotate up to 360° with respect to the target when mounted to a ring gantry. The apparatus can include a rotation angle dependent shim disposed to account for Earth's magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Rebecca Fahrig, Norbert J. Pelc, Kim Pauly, Greig C. Scott, Amit Sawant, Paul J. Keall, Lei Xing, Steven M. Conolly