Patents by Inventor Mark C. Preul

Mark C. Preul 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: 20240099779
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for determining a volume of surgical freedom using a plurality of three-dimensional extrema points along a surgical corridor in relation to a structure of interest are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lena Mary Houlihan, David Naughton, Mark C. Preul
  • Patent number: 11832888
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for determining a volume of surgical freedom using a plurality of three-dimensional extrema points along a surgical corridor in relation to a structure of interest are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Dignity Health, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Lena Mary Houlihan, David Naughton, Mark C. Preul
  • Publication number: 20230240751
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for determining a volume of surgical freedom using a plurality of three-dimensional extrema points along a surgical corridor in relation to a structure of interest are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Lena Mary Houlihan, David Naughton, Mark C. Preul
  • Publication number: 20230218172
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, systems, methods, and media for selectively presenting images captured by confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving images captured by a CLE device during brain surgery; providing the images to a convolution neural network (CNN) trained using at least a plurality of images of brain tissue captured by a CLE device and labeled diagnostic or non-diagnostic; receiving an indication, from the CNN, likelihoods that the images are diagnostic images; determining, based on the likelihoods, which of the images are diagnostic images; and in response to determining that an image is a diagnostic image, causing the image to be presented during the brain surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: DIGNITY HEALTH
    Inventors: Mohammadhassan Izadyyazdanabadi, Mark C. Preul, Evgenii Belykh
  • Patent number: 11633256
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, systems, methods, and media for selectively presenting images captured by confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving images captured by a CLE device during brain surgery; providing the images to a convolution neural network (CNN) trained using at least a plurality of images of brain tissue captured by a CLE device and labeled diagnostic or non-diagnostic; receiving an indication, from the CNN, likelihoods that the images are diagnostic images; determining, based on the likelihoods, which of the images are diagnostic images; and in response to determining that an image is a diagnostic image, causing the image to be presented during the brain surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DIGNITY HEALTH
    Inventors: Mohammadhassan Izadyyazdanabadi, Mark C. Preul, Evgenii Belykh
  • Publication number: 20230112951
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an anatomical model suitable for microsurgical training are disclosed. The anatomical model includes predetermined ergonomic features that accommodate training of a surgical task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Evgenii Belykh, Mark C. Preul, Michael T. Lawton, Sarah McBryan
  • Publication number: 20220051400
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, systems, methods, and media for automatically transforming a digital image into a simulated pathology image are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a content image from an endomicroscopy device; receiving, from a hidden layer of a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained to recognize a multitude of classes of common objects, features indicative of content of the content image; receiving, providing a style reference image to the CNN; receiving, from another hidden layer of the CNN, features indicative of a style of the style reference image; receiving, from the hidden layers of the CNN, features indicative of content and style of a target image; generating a loss value based on the features of the content image, the style reference image, and the target image; minimizing the loss value; and displaying the target image with the minimized loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammadhassan Izadyyazdanabadi, Mark C. Preul, Evgenii Belykh, Yezhou Yang
  • Patent number: 9044142
    Abstract: A method of detecting a brain tumor includes administering indocyanine green to a living body; exposing brain tissue in the living body; irradiating the exposed brain tissue with excitation light of indocyanine green; obtaining an image based on fluorescence of the excited indocyanine green in the brain tissue, wherein the image is obtained using an endomicroscope; and identifying portions of the brain tissue corresponding to the brain tumor based on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Christoph Hauger, Guido Hattendorf, Peter Maxwell Delaney, Robert F. Spetzler, Mark C. Preul, Jennifer Eschbacher, Peter Nakaji
  • Publication number: 20110280810
    Abstract: A method of detecting a brain tumor includes administering indocyanine green to a living body; exposing brain tissue in the living body; irradiating the exposed brain tissue with excitation light of indocyanine green; obtaining an image based on fluorescence of the excited indocyanine green in the brain tissue, wherein the image is obtained using an endomicroscope; and identifying portions of the brain tissue corresponding to the brain tumor based on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicants: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC., CARL ZEISS SURGICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hauger, Guido Hattendorf, Peter Maxwell Delaney, Robert F. Spetzler, Mark C. Preul, Jennifer Eschbacher, Peter Nakaji
  • Patent number: 8048407
    Abstract: A method and composition for treating arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), or abnormal vasculature in the body are provided. The method comprises introducing into the region of an AVM a composition comprising a nucleophilic component, such as a thiol, and a component containing a conjugated unsaturated bond, such as an acrylate through a catheter, whereby the composition crosslinks within the body to block or occlude the AVM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventors: Brent Vernon, Merrill Birdno, Mark C. Preul