Patents by Inventor Monroe M. Thomas
Monroe M. Thomas 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).
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Patent number: 11931140Abstract: Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific preoperative images. The navigation system uses intraoperative imaging during the medical procedure to update the preoperative images and provides images of tracked surgical tools along the surgical path prepared from the preoperative images.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau
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Patent number: 11786310Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data. The tissue analysis data may include information such as pathology data, outcome data, and diagnosis data. The archived local tissue diagnostic data and the tissue analysis data may be stored in a database, and employed for a wide variety of methods, involving preoperative, intraoperative, and/or postoperative phases of a medical procedure. Methods and systems are also provided for displaying, on a medical image shown in a user interface, hyperlinked reference markers associated with tissue analyses, where the reference markers are shown at locations corresponding to local tissue analyses, and where associated diagnostic data and/or tissue analysis may be viewed by selecting a given reference marker.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventors: Cameron Piron, Gal Sela, Monroe M. Thomas, Simon Alexander, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Michael Wood, Alex Panther, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, David Gallop
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Patent number: 11717376Abstract: A system and method for dynamic validation, registration correction for surgical navigation during medical procedures involving confirmation of registration between previously registered virtual objects, in a common coordinate frame of a surgical navigation system and an operating room, and intra-operatively acquired imaging during the medical procedure in the common coordinate frame. The method involves displaying intra-operatively acquired imaging of the surgical field, containing the real objects corresponding to the previously registered virtual objects, with the real objects being tracked by a tracking system.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Synaptive Medical Inc.Inventors: Gal Sela, Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Publication number: 20220386891Abstract: Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific preoperative images. The navigation system uses intraoperative imaging during the medical procedure to update the preoperative images and provides images of tracked surgical tools along the surgical path prepared from the preoperative images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron PIRON, Michael WOOD, Gal SELA, Joshua RICHMOND, Murugathas YUWARAJ, Monroe M. THOMAS, Wes HODGES, Simon ALEXANDER, David GALLOP, Alex PANTHER, Nishanthan SHANMUGARATNAM, William LAU
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Patent number: 11412951Abstract: Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific pre-operative images. The navigation system uses intraoperative imaging during the medical procedure to update the preoperative images and provides images of tracked surgical tools along the surgical path prepared from the preoperative images.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SYANPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau
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Patent number: 11373511Abstract: A system and method for processing alarms includes receiving alarm data from a third-party data source, the alarm data having visual data, an area of interest, and a sought target. The system processes the visual data to detect an object in the area of interest, and then classifies the object either in conformance with the sought target or in nonconformance with the sought target. The system issues a positive alarm when the object is in conformance with the sought target, and issuing issues a false alarm when the object is in nonconformance with the sought target. Feedback is received from the third-party data source regarding an accuracy of the respective positive alarm and the false alarm.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: PureTech Systems Inc.Inventors: Larry J. Bowe, Jr., Monroe M. Thomas, Marvin Wade Barnes, Andrew Giles Tillman, Brant Buchika
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Publication number: 20220151702Abstract: Systems and methods involving a control and processing system interfaceable with a device, a tracking system, and a data storage device, the control and processing system having a processor configured by a set of instructions storable in relation to a nontransient memory device to: identify the at least one device, via the tracking system operating with at least one of an electromagnetic system and a radiofrequency (RF) system, during a medical procedure; obtain an image of a region of interest associated with the medical procedure; process the image to identify a context measure associated with a current state of the medical procedure; obtain a parameter for adaptively configuring the device during the medical procedure, the parameter customizable based on the context measure, the parameter providable for the device according to a prioritized list, and the device reverting to a default configuration when another device is removed from the region of interest; and configure the device according to the parameteType: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Publication number: 20220087711Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptively and intraoperatively configuring an automated arm used during a medical procedure. The automated arm is configured to position and orient an end effector on the automated arm a desired distance and orientation from a target. The end effector may be an external video scope and the target may be a surgical port. The positions and orientations of the end effector and the target may be continuously updated. The position of the arm may be moved to new locations responsive to user commands. The automated arm may include a multi joint arm attached to a weighted frame. The weighted frame may include a tower and a supporting beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal SELA, Joshua RICHMOND, Murugathas YUWARAJ, Stephen MCFADYEN, Alex PANTHER, Nishanthan SHANMUGARATNAM, William LAU, Monroe M. THOMAS, Wes HODGES, Simon ALEXANDER, David GALLOP
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Publication number: 20220079442Abstract: Insertable imaging devices, and methods of use thereof in minimally invasive medical procedures, are described. In some embodiments, insertable imaging devices are described that can be introduced and removed from an access port without disturbing or risking damage to internal tissue. In some embodiments, imaging devices are integrated into an access port, thereby allowing imaging of internal tissues within the vicinity of the access port, while, for example, enabling manipulation of surgical tools in the surgical field of interest. In other embodiments, imaging devices are integrated into an imaging sleeve that is insertable into an access port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Publication number: 20220084389Abstract: A system and method for processing alarms includes receiving alarm data from a third-party data source, the alarm data having visual data, an area of interest, and a sought target. The system processes the visual data to detect an object in the area of interest, and then classifies the object either in conformance with the sought target or in nonconformance with the sought target. The system issues a positive alarm when the object is in conformance with the sought target, and issuing issues a false alarm when the object is in nonconformance with the sought target. Feedback is received from the third-party data source regarding an accuracy of the respective positive alarm and the false alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: PureTech Systems Inc.Inventors: Larry J. Bowe, JR., Monroe M. Thomas, Marvin Wade Barnes, Andrew Giles Tillman, Brant Buchika
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Patent number: 11272984Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which devices that are employed during a medical procedure are adaptively configured during the medical procedure, based on input or feedback that is associated with the current state, phase or context of the medical procedure. In some example embodiments, the input is obtained via the identification of one or more medical instruments present within a region of interest, and this input may be employed to determine configuration parameters for configuring the device. In other example embodiments, the input may be based on the image-based detection of a measure associated with the phase or context of the medical procedure, and this input may be employed to adaptively control the device based on the inferred context or phase of the medical procedure. In other embodiments, images from one imaging modality may be employed to adaptively switch to another imaging modality.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Patent number: 11253153Abstract: Insertable imaging devices and use methods thereof in minimally invasive medical procedures. Some insertable imaging devices are introduced and removed from an access port without disturbing or risking damage to internal tissue. Some insertable imaging devices are integrated with an access port, thereby allowing imaging of internal tissues within a vicinity of the access port, while enabling manipulation of surgical tools in the surgical field of interest. Some insertable imaging devices are integrated into an imaging sleeve that is insertable into an access port. Some insertable imaging devices perform imaging within an access port, wherein the imaging is based on one or more imaging modalities, including, but are not limited to, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, optical imaging, such as hyperspectral imaging and optical coherence tomography, and electrical conductive measurements.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Patent number: 11207099Abstract: System and methods are provided for adaptively and intraoperatively configuring an automated arm used during a medical procedure. The automated arm is configured to position and orient an end effector on the automated arm a desired distance and orientation from a target. The end effector may be an external video scope and the target may be a surgical port. The positions and orientations of the end effector and the target may be continuously updated. The position of the arm may be moved to new locations responsive to user commands. The automated arm may include a multi-joint arm attached to a weighted frame. The weighted frame may include a tower and a supporting beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Patent number: 11115180Abstract: An electronic device is provided including a processor, a communications interface coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a module saved in the memory. The module configures the processor to receive a first communications packet from a remote device via the communications interface including information useful for estimating a clock offset of the remote device, and determine an upper bound of the clock offset of the remote device with respect to the electronic device based on the information.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Monroe M. Thomas, Simon Alexander
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Patent number: 11103279Abstract: System and methods are provided for adaptively and intraoperatively configuring an automated arm used during a medical procedure. The automated arm is configured to position and orient an end effector on the automated arm a desired distance and orientation from a target. The end effector may be an external video scope and the target may be a surgical port. The positions and orientations of the end effector and the target may be continuously updated. The position of the arm may be moved to new locations responsive to user commands. The automated arm may include a multi-joint arm attached to a weighted frame. The weighted frame may include a tower and a supporting beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Publication number: 20210153943Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data. The tissue analysis data may include information such as pathology data, outcome data, and diagnosis data. The archived local tissue diagnostic data and the tissue analysis data may be stored in a database, and employed for a wide variety of methods, involving preoperative, intraoperative, and/or postoperative phases of a medical procedure. Methods and systems are also provided for displaying, on a medical image shown in a user interface, hyperlinked reference markers associated with tissue analyses, where the reference markers are shown at locations corresponding to local tissue analyses, and where associated diagnostic data and/or tissue analysis may be viewed by selecting a given reference marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Gal SELA, Monroe M. THOMAS, Simon ALEXANDER, Murugathas YUWARAJ, Michael WOOD, Alex PANTHER, Joshua RICHMOND, Wes HODGES, David GALLOP
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Patent number: 10959779Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data. The tissue analysis data may include information such as pathology data, outcome data, and diagnosis data. The archived local tissue diagnostic data and the tissue analysis data may be stored in a database, and employed for a wide variety of methods, involving preoperative, intraoperative, and/or postoperative phases of a medical procedure. Methods and systems are also provided for displaying, on a medical image shown in a user interface, hyperlinked reference markers associated with tissue analyses, where the reference markers are shown at locations corresponding to local tissue analyses, and where associated diagnostic data and/or tissue analysis may be viewed by selecting a given reference marker.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Piron, Gal Sela, Monroe M. Thomas, Simon Alexander, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Michael Wood, Alex Panther, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, David Gallop
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Patent number: 10925676Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for controlling a surgical navigation system are provided. The method 1 comprises receiving image data at a processor from a tracking system; receiving, at a processor, an identifier of a surgical instrument within a field of view of the tracking system; generating, at the processor, output data based on the identifier of the surgical instrument; and transmitting the output data to at least one output device connected to the processor, for controlling the output device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Lee Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen B. E. McFadyen, Kelly Noel Dyer, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Publication number: 20200405433Abstract: A system and method for dynamic validation, registration correction for surgical navigation during medical procedures involving confirmation of registration between previously registered virtual objects, in a common coordinate frame of a surgical navigation system and an operating room, and intra-operatively acquired imaging during the medical procedure in the common coordinate frame. The method involves displaying intra-operatively acquired imaging of the surgical field, containing the real objects corresponding to the previously registered virtual objects, with the real objects being tracked by a tracking system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Gal Sela, Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
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Patent number: 10799316Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for dynamic validation, correction of registration for surgical navigation during medical procedures on a patient which involves confirmation of registration between one or more previously registered virtual objects, such as surgical tools etc. in a common coordinate frame of a surgical navigation system and an operating room, and intra-operatively acquired imaging during the medical procedure in the common coordinate frame. The method includes displaying intra-operatively acquired imaging of the surgical field containing the one or more real objects corresponding to the one or more previously registered virtual objects, with the real objects being tracked by a tracking system.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Gal Sela, Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop