Patents by Inventor Murat Akcakaya

Murat Akcakaya 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: 20240090810
    Abstract: A neurofeedback system includes an EEG apparatus, a presentation apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) cause the presentation apparatus to display an overlaid image to the user that comprises a first image flickering at a first frequency and a second image flickering at a second frequency different than the first frequency, the first image being an affective distractor stimulus image and the second image being a task-relevant stimulus image, (ii) receive from the EEG apparatus a number of first steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) signals generated in response the first image of the overlaid image and a number of second SSVEP signals generated in response the second image of the overlaid image, and (iii) calculate feedback indicative of how much attention of the was user allocated to the task-relevant stimulus image versus how much attention of the user was allocated to the affective distractor stimulus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UPMC, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mary L. Woody, Murat Akcakaya, Sarah Ostadabbas, Rebecca Price, Xiaofei Huang, Richard T. Gall, Anna Wears, Nastasia O. McDonald, Jennifer Mak
  • Publication number: 20240041422
    Abstract: A system for monitoring free flap patency includes transmit and receive transducers structured to be coupled to a blood vessel, and a plurality of circuitry modules structured to insonify a blood flow volume within the blood vessel and receive a scattered signal from the receive transducer, extract a baseband Doppler blood flow signal, VBASEBAND, from the scattered signal, extract a plurality of features from VBASEBAND, and classify the plurality of features and generate a binary signal based on the classification of the plurality of features, wherein the binary signal will have a first state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating that a flow rate within the blood vessel is less than a predetermined level and a second state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating the flow rate within the blood vessel is greater than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL A. ROTHFUSS, ERVIN SEJDIC, MICHAEL L. GIMBEL, MURAT AKCAKAYA
  • Patent number: 11877885
    Abstract: A system for monitoring free flap patency includes transmit and receive transducers structured to be coupled to a blood vessel, and a plurality of circuitry modules structured to insonify a blood flow volume within the blood vessel and receive a scattered signal from the receive transducer, extract a baseband Doppler blood flow signal, VBASEBAND, from the scattered signal, extract a plurality of features from VBASEBAND, and classify the plurality of features and generate a binary signal based on the classification of the plurality of features, wherein the binary signal will have a first state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating that a flow rate within the blood vessel is less than a predetermined level and a second state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating the flow rate within the blood vessel is greater than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Michael A. Rothfuss, Ervin Sejdic, Michael L. Gimbel, Murat Akcakaya
  • Publication number: 20200222026
    Abstract: A system for monitoring free flap patency includes transmit and receive transducers structured to be coupled to a blood vessel, and a plurality of circuitry modules structured to insonify a blood flow volume within the blood vessel and receive a scattered signal from the receive transducer, extract a baseband Doppler blood flow signal, VBASEBAND, from the scattered signal, extract a plurality of features from VBASEBAND, and classify the plurality of features and generate a binary signal based on the classification of the plurality of features, wherein the binary signal will have a first state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating that a flow rate within the blood vessel is less than a predetermined level and a second state responsive to the classification of the plurality of features indicating the flow rate within the blood vessel is greater than or equal to the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Michael A. Rothfuss, Ervin Sejdic, Michael L. Gimbel, Murat Akcakaya