Patents by Inventor Mark F. Fillinger

Mark F. Fillinger 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).

  • Anatomical visualization and measurement system
    Publication number: 20110251474
    Abstract: In another preferred form of the present invention, there is provided a method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using an appropriate set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel, the method comprising: generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images; conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model; and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Jeff Dwyer, Mark F. Fillinger, Steven P. Marra, M Weston Chapman
  • Method and apparatus for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using the contiguous element defined area
    Patent number: 7899516
    Abstract: A method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using an appropriate set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel, the method comprising: generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images; conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model; and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: M2S, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Jeff Dwyer, Mark F. Fillinger, Steven P. Marra, M. Weston Chapman
  • Method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel
    Patent number: 7805177
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using a set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel. The invention includes elements and steps for generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images, conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: M2S, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Jeff Dwyer, Mark F. Fillinger, Steven P. Marra, M. Weston Chapman
  • Anatomical visualization and measurement system
    Publication number: 20080137929
    Abstract: A method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using an appropriate set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel, the method comprising: generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images; conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model; and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Jeff Dwyer, Mark F. Fillinger, Steven P. Marra, M. Weston Chapman