Patents by Inventor Mark R. CUTCOSKY

Mark R. CUTCOSKY 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).

  • Steerable Shape Sensing Biopsy Needle
    Publication number: 20150190123
    Abstract: A biopsy needle has a central axis and includes one or more sensing regions, each sensing region formed by a plurality of sensing optical fibers located over a particular extent of said central axis and inside the outer shell of the needle. The sensing optical fibers are coupled to a wavelength interrogator. A steerable catheter has a central axis and outer shell, the outer shell coupled to a plurality of optical fibers in sensing regions and actuation regions, the sensing regions formed over particular extents of the central axis by bonding gratings to the inner surface of the outer shell, and the actuation regions formed by coupling optical energy into shape memory alloys bonded to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yong-Lae PARK, Richard James BLACK, Behzad MOSLEHI, Mark R. CUTCOSKY, Santhi Elayaperumal, Bruce DANIEL, Alan YEUNG, Vahid SOTOUDEH