Patents by Inventor Michael Fassbind

Michael Fassbind 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).

  • MRI-COMPATIBLE DEVICE FOR OBTAINING SOFT TISSUE PROPERTIES IN VIVO
    Publication number: 20130123610
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining force versus deformation data for tissue in vivo includes a displacement system that cycles an anatomical member, for example, a foot, repeatedly through a loading/unloading cycle while using a gated imaging procedure such as magnetic resonance imaging to obtain the deformation response of tissues in the foot. The imaging is conducted during the loading/unloading cycle, such that a rate-dependent deformation response is imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Michael J. Stebbins, Peter R. Cavanagh, Baocheng Chu, Michael Fassbind, David R. Haynor, William R. Ledoux