Patents by Inventor Liam O'Shea

Liam O'Shea 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).

  • Publication number: 20250025039
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. An imaging device may comprise a housing, an insertion portion of housing, the insertion portion may have an elongated optical axis, where a first optical signal and a second optical signal may be transmitted along the elongated optical axis, where the first optical signal and the second optical signal may comprise a distinct wavelength range and a first imaging unit integrated within the housing, a beam splitter configured to deliver the first optical signal to the first imaging unit and configured to deliver the second optical signal to a second imaging unit. The imaging device may comprise a coupling portion along an axis of the second optical signal configured to releasably couple the second imaging unit to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Anderson Mach, Stephen Tully, Vasiliy Buharin, Liam O'Shea, Allen Bates
  • Publication number: 20240353669
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise a scope assembly. The scope assembly may comprise a housing unit configured to releasably couple to at least a portion of an elongated scope. The scope assembly may comprise an imaging unit operably coupled to the housing unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises an optics assembly configured to (i) receive one or more light beams that are transmitted through the elongated scope and (ii) direct at least a portion of the one or more light beams onto two or more locations within a subject's body. At least one of the two or more locations may comprise a target site. The imaging unit may be configured to move via a rotational and/or translational motion relative to the housing unit to alter a field of view when imaging within the subject's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Hossein Dehghani, Vasiliy E. Buharin, Roman Stolyarov, Thomas Calef, Liam O'Shea, Alexander J. Dye, Chris J. Situ
  • Publication number: 20240280800
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen TULLY, John OBERLIN, Emanuel DEMAIO, Liam O'SHEA, Vasiliy E. BUHARIN, Thomas CALEF
  • Patent number: 11977218
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise a scope assembly. The scope assembly may comprise a housing unit configured to releasably couple to at least a portion of an elongated scope. The scope assembly may comprise an imaging unit operably coupled to the housing unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises an optics assembly configured to (i) receive one or more light beams that are transmitted through the elongated scope and (ii) direct at least a portion of the one or more light beams onto two or more locations within a subject's body. At least one of the two or more locations may comprise a target site. The imaging unit may be configured to move via a rotational and/or translational motion relative to the housing unit to alter a field of view when imaging within the subject's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Activ Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hossein Dehghani, Vasiliy E. Buharin, Roman Stolyarov, Thomas Calef, Liam O'Shea, Alexander J. Dye, Chris J. Situ
  • Patent number: 11963676
    Abstract: A robotic suture knot tying system includes a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm, a suturing device including a suturing end effector operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, and a suture handling device operatively coupled to the second robotic arm. The system also includes a control system operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, the second robotic arm, the suturing device, and the suture handling device and configured to control operation thereof to cooperatively perform a suture knot tying procedure on a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Activ Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liam O'Shea, Thomas J. Calef, Dana Zitnick
  • Patent number: 11842184
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein examples of systems and procedures for performing software updates for vehicles. The vehicles may be scheduled for the software updates based on information related to the vehicles. Update systems may determine when the vehicles have entered service ranges of the update systems for the scheduled software updates and may initiate the software updates in response to determining that the vehicles have entered the service ranges. Progress of the software updates may be monitored and displayed on a dashboard system overseeing the software updates of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Ullman, Thomas Bachant, Paul Garcia, Jake McCloskey, Joseph Thibeault, Jose Arturo Covarrubias Reynoso, Armin Mahmoudi, John Logan Anderson, Liam O'Shea Staskawicz, Vineel Chand Adusumilli
  • Patent number: 11754828
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Activ Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Tully, John Oberlin, Emanuel DeMaio, Liam O'Shea, Vasiliy Buharin, Thomas Calef
  • Publication number: 20230081919
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein examples of systems and procedures for performing software updates for vehicles. The vehicles may be scheduled for the software updates based on information related to the vehicles. Update systems may determine when the vehicles have entered service ranges of the update systems for the scheduled software updates and may initiate the software updates in response to determining that the vehicles have entered the service ranges. Progress of the software updates may be monitored and displayed on a dashboard system overseeing the software updates of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Ullman, Thomas Bachant, Paul Garcia, Jake McCloskey, Joseph Thibeault, Jose Arturo Covarrubias Reynoso, Armin Mahmoudi, John Logan Anderson, Liam O'Shea Staskawicz, Vineel Chand Adusumilli
  • Publication number: 20230000565
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for enabling autonomous or semi-autonomous surgical operations. The system comprises: one or more processors that are individually or collectively configured to: process an image data stream comprising one or more images of a surgical site; fit a parametric model to a tissue surface identified in the one or more images; determine a direction for aligning a tool based in part on the parametric model; determine an optimal path for automatically moving the tool to perform a surgical procedure at the surgical site; and generate one or more control signals for controlling i) a movement of the tool based on the optimal path and ii) a tension force applied to the tissue by the tool during the surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michael C. Pickett, Tina P. Chen, Hossein Dehghani, Vasiliy E. Buharin, Emanuel DeMaio, Tony Chen, John Oberlin, Liam O'Shea, Thomas Calef
  • Publication number: 20220378280
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Tully, John Oberlin, Emanuel DeMaio, Liam O'Shea, Vasiliy Buharin, Thomas Calef
  • Publication number: 20220377217
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise a scope assembly. The scope assembly may comprise a housing unit configured to releasably couple to at least a portion of an elongated scope. The scope assembly may comprise an imaging unit operably coupled to the housing unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises an optics assembly configured to (i) receive one or more light beams that are transmitted through the elongated scope and (ii) direct at least a portion of the one or more light beams onto two or more locations within a subject's body. At least one of the two or more locations may comprise a target site. The imaging unit may be configured to move via a rotational and/or translational motion relative to the housing unit to alter a field of view when imaging within the subject's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hossein Dehghani, Vasiliy Buharin, Roman Stolyarov, Thomas Calef, Liam O'Shea, Alexander J. Dye, Chris J. Situ
  • Patent number: 11494173
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein examples of systems and procedures for performing software updates for vehicles. The vehicles may be scheduled for the software updates based on information related to the vehicles. Update systems may determine when the vehicles have entered service ranges of the update systems for the scheduled software updates and may initiate the software updates in response to determining that the vehicles have entered the service ranges. Progress of the software updates may be monitored and displayed on a dashboard system overseeing the software updates of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Ullman, Thomas Bachant, Paul Garcia, Jake McCloskey, Joseph Thibeault, Jose Arturo Covarrubias Reynoso, Armin Mahmoudi, John Logan Anderson, Liam O'Shea Staskawicz, Vineel Chand Adusumilli
  • Publication number: 20220287553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise a plurality of illumination sources. The plurality of illumination sources may comprise at least two of (i) a white light source configured to generate a white light beam and (ii) one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser light sources configured to generate one or more laser light beams. The system may further comprise a movable plate comprising one or more cut-outs. The movable plate may be (i) optically aligned with one or more of the plurality of illumination sources and (ii) configured to move so as to (a) control an exposure of the one or more illumination sources through the one or more cut-outs, relative to a pre-determined frame capture rate, and (b) generate one or more light pulses based on the controlled exposure of the one or more illumination sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen TULLY, John OBERLIN, Emanuel DEMAIO, Liam O'SHEA, Thomas CALEF
  • Patent number: 11389051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Activ Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Tully, John Oberlin, Emanuel DeMaio, Liam O'Shea, Vasiliy Buharin, Thomas Calef
  • Publication number: 20210361281
    Abstract: A robotic suture knot tying system includes a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm, a suturing device including a suturing end effector operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, and a suture handling device operatively coupled to the second robotic arm. The system also includes a control system operatively coupled to the first robotic arm, the second robotic arm, the suturing device, and the suture handling device and configured to control operation thereof to cooperatively perform a suture knot tying procedure on a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Liam O'Shea, Thomas J. Calef, Dana Zitnick
  • Publication number: 20210354285
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mechanical coupling and calibration of two fixed-base robotic arms are disclosed. In particular, a first robotic arm is affixed to a first base at a proximal end and has a first coupling at a distal end and a second robotic arm is affixed to a second base at a proximal end and has a second coupling at a distal end. The first coupling is releasably coupled to a second coupling via a locking mechanism to prevent relative motion between the first and second couplings. Three-dimensional positional data is collected for the distal ends of the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm in one or more positions. A calibration value is determined from the three-dimensional positional data. The calibration value may be a calibration matrix determined by a least mean squares method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Vasiliy Evgenyevich Buharin, Emanuel DeMaio, Liam O'Shea, Jessica Hanley
  • Publication number: 20210338060
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise an optical adapter. The optical adapter may comprise a housing that comprises (1) a first end configured to releasably couple to a scope and (2) a second end configured to releasably couple to a camera. The optical adapter may comprise an image sensor coupled to the housing. The optical adapter may comprise an optics assembly disposed in the housing. The optics assembly may be configured to (1) receive light signals that are reflected from a target site within a subject's body and transmitted through the scope, and (2) reflect a first portion of the light signals onto the image sensor while permitting a second portion of the light signals to pass through to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Tully, John Oberlin, Emanuel DeMaio, Liam O'Shea, Vasiliy Buharin, Thomas Calef
  • Patent number: 11144303
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein examples of systems and procedures for performing software updates for vehicles. The vehicles may be scheduled for the software updates based on information related to the vehicles. Update systems may determine when the vehicles have entered service ranges of the update systems for the scheduled software updates and may initiate the software updates in response to determining that the vehicles have entered the service ranges. Progress of the software updates may be monitored and displayed on a dashboard system overseeing the software updates of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Ullman, Thomas Bachant, Paul Garcia, Jake McCloskey, Joseph Thibeault, Jose Arturo Covarrubias Reynoso, Armin Mahmoudi, John Logan Anderson, Liam O'Shea Staskawicz, Vineel Chand Adusumilli
  • Publication number: 20210312729
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for analyzing a distribution of sensors, compute elements, and data loggers within a logging system, generating a global policy based on the analyzing of the distribution of the sensors, the compute elements, and the data loggers of the logging system, providing the global policy to the sensors, the compute elements, and the data loggers of the logging system, transforming to local policies at each of the sensors, the compute elements, and the data loggers based on the global policy, and applying the transformed local policies at each of the sensors, the compute elements, and the data loggers to facilitate transmission of data from the sensors and the compute elements to the data loggers of the logging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: James Smith, Liam O'Shea Staskawicz, Matthew Fornero
  • Publication number: 20210259680
    Abstract: A surgical grasper with an integrated suture pulley engages a suture during a suturing process. The grasper includes a jaw member pivotally connected to another jaw member, each having a suture engagement surface facing the suture engagement surface of the other. One jaw member includes a suture pivot post extending from its suture engagement surface. The other jaw member has an opening in its suture engagement surface sized and arranged to receive the pivot post. The grasper can be operated to position the jaw members in a suture grasping mode, in which the pivot post is received in the opening and the suture engagement surfaces securely engage the suture to inhibit movement of the suture. The jaw members can also be positioned in a pulley mode, in which the grasper slidably supports the suture and the pivot post acts as a pivot point and bearing surface for the suture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Liam O'Shea, Thomas J. Calef, Dana Zitnick