Patents by Inventor Mark Deffebach

Mark Deffebach 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: 20100198101
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a non-invasive tracking system that accurately predicts the location of tumors, such as lung tumors, in real time, while allowing patients to breathe naturally. This is accomplished by using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), in conjunction with spirometry, strain gauge and infrared sensors, and by using sophisticated patient-specific mathematical models that incorporate the dynamics of tumor motion. With the direction and speed of lung tumor movement successfully tracked, radiation may be effectively delivered to the lung tumor and not to the surrounding healthy tissue, thus increased radiation dosage may be directed to improving local tumor control without compromising functional parenchyma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Xubo Song, Martin Fuss, K. Jeffrey Eriksen, Deniz Erdogmus, Mark Deffebach, Darryl Kaurin, John Holland, John Fitchen