Patents by Inventor Kirk Dennis WALLACE

Kirk Dennis WALLACE 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).

  • Patent number: 11911634
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide future treatments for the patient. In one embodiment, a position of the energy application device relative to the predetermined treatment position is determined. In one embodiment, a total dose of ultrasound energy applied to the region of interest is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Yang Zhao, Kirk Dennis Wallace, Ying Fan, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, David Andrew Shoudy
  • Publication number: 20230414957
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Cotero, Ying Fan, Tzu-Jen Kao, David Mills, Jeffrey Ashe, Sireesha Kaanumalle, Kirk Dennis Wallace, Kenneth Wayne Rigby, Ileana Hancu, James Rothman
  • Publication number: 20230226380
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into an internal tissue to cause tissue displacement and identifying that the tissue displacement has occurred. In one embodiment, the presence of tissue displacement is associated with a desired therapeutic or physiological outcome, such as a change in a molecule of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Eugenia Cotero, Ying Fan, Kirk Dennis Wallace, John Frederick Graf
  • Patent number: 11633630
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into an internal tissue to cause tissue displacement and identifying that the tissue displacement has occurred. In one embodiment, the presence of tissue displacement is associated with a desired therapeutic or physiological outcome, such as a change in a molecule of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Eugenia Cotero, Ying Fan, Kirk Dennis Wallace, John Frederick Graf
  • Publication number: 20220364894
    Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: James Ryan Reepmeyer, Cameron Roy Nott, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Kirk Dennis Wallace
  • Publication number: 20220357190
    Abstract: A fuel flow measuring system includes an ultrasonic fuel flow sensor. The fuel flow sensor includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is excited at multiple different excitation frequencies and a voltage, an electric current, and a phase difference between the voltage and the electric current is sensed at the first transducer during excitation. Data points are generated based on the sensed readings and a model is fit to the data points to determine a complex impedance spectrum. The complex impedance spectrum indicates a range of excitation frequencies within a range of a peak resonance frequency of the first transducer. One or more characteristics of excitation signals directed to the second transducer are set based on the determined complex impedance spectrum. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio of ultrasonic signals emitted by the second transducer and received by the first transducer can be maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: James Ryan Reepmeyer, Cameron Roy Nott, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Kirk Dennis Wallace
  • Publication number: 20220126121
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide future treatments for the patient. In one embodiment, a position of the energy application device relative to the predetermined treatment position is determined. In one embodiment, a total dose of ultrasound energy applied to the region of interest is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Yang Zhao, Kirk Dennis Wallace, Ying Fan, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, David Andrew Shoudy
  • Patent number: 11235178
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide future treatments for the patient. In one embodiment, a position of the energy application device relative to the predetermined treatment position is determined. In one embodiment, a total dose of ultrasound energy applied to the region of interest is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Yang Zhao, Kirk Dennis Wallace, Ying Fan, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, David Andrew Shoudy
  • Publication number: 20210228912
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into an internal tissue to cause tissue displacement and identifying that the tissue displacement has occurred. In one embodiment, the presence of tissue displacement is associated with a desired therapeutic or physiological outcome, such as a change in a molecule of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Eugenia Cotero, Ying Fan, Kirk Dennis Wallace, John Frederick Graf
  • Publication number: 20200069976
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for facilitating personalized neuromodulation treatment protocols. In one embodiment, a predetermined treatment position of an energy application device is used to guide future treatments for the patient. In one embodiment, a position of the energy application device relative to the predetermined treatment position is determined. In one embodiment, a total dose of ultrasound energy applied to the region of interest is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Yang Zhao, Kirk Dennis Wallace, Ying Fan, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, David Andrew Shoudy
  • Publication number: 20200054228
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation of a tissue that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause altered activity at a synapse between a neuron and a non-neuronal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Puleo, Victoria Cotero, Ying Fan, Tzu-Jen Kao, David Mills, Jeffrey Ashe, Sireesha KAANUMALLE, Kirk Dennis WALLACE, Kenneth Wayne RIGBY, Ileana HANCU, James ROTHMAN