Patents by Inventor Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
Ramez Emile Necola Shehada 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: 10677788Abstract: One aspect relates to a method of calibrating event data. The method includes obtaining, via an electronic device including a processor, event data for an assay including a reagent. The reagent is associated with one of a plurality of manufacturing lots of the reagent. The method includes receiving one or more calibration factors for the reagent based on an identifier associated with the one of the plurality of manufacturing lots. The method further includes generating calibrated event data based on an application of the one or more calibration factors to the event data.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Oliver Crespo-Diaz, Paul Limb
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Publication number: 20180340931Abstract: One aspect relates to a method of calibrating event data. The method includes obtaining, via an electronic device including a processor, event data for an assay including a reagent. The reagent is associated with one of a plurality of manufacturing lots of the reagent. The method includes receiving one or more calibration factors for the reagent based on an identifier associated with the one of the plurality of manufacturing lots. The method further includes generating calibrated event data based on an application of the one or more calibration factors to the event data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Oliver Crespo-Diaz, Paul Limb
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Patent number: 9945848Abstract: One aspect relates to a method of calibrating event data. The method includes obtaining, via an electronic device including a processor, event data for an assay including a reagent. The reagent is associated with one of a plurality of manufacturing lots of the reagent. The method includes receiving one or more calibration factors for the reagent based on an identifier associated with the one of the plurality of manufacturing lots. The method further includes generating calibrated event data based on an application of the one or more calibration factors to the event data.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Oliver Crespo-Diaz, Paul Limb
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Publication number: 20170176425Abstract: One aspect relates to a method of calibrating event data. The method includes obtaining, via an electronic device including a processor, event data for an assay including a reagent. The reagent is associated with one of a plurality of manufacturing lots of the reagent. The method includes receiving one or more calibration factors for the reagent based on an identifier associated with the one of the plurality of manufacturing lots. The method further includes generating calibrated event data based on an application of the one or more calibration factors to the event data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Oliver Crespo-Diaz, Paul Limb
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Patent number: 9089303Abstract: An automated skin lesion assessment system may automatically assess a suspect skin lesion. An electronic image library may contain diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion. An image capture system may capture an image of the suspect skin lesion. A computer processing system may compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion. A user interface may report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: LUBAX, INC.Inventors: Raymond H. Chen, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Publication number: 20130253337Abstract: An automated skin lesion assessment system may automatically assess a suspect skin lesion. An electronic image library may contain diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion. An image capture system may capture an image of the suspect skin lesion. A computer processing system may compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion. A user interface may report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: LUBAX, INC.Inventors: Raymond H. Chen, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 8330807Abstract: An automated skin lesion assessment system may automatically assess a suspect skin lesion. An electronic image library may contain diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion. An image capture system may capture an image of the suspect skin lesion. A computer processing system may compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion. A user interface may report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Convergent Medical Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Raymond H. Chen, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7930015Abstract: The present invention relates to fiberoptic sensors embedded within a surgical drain to monitor the condition of tissue proximate to the surgical drain and methods of processing data from the sensors. The light transmitting and collecting tips of the optical fibers are adapted to enable sideways interrogation of the adjacent tissues using optical techniques to measure the tissue condition. The light transmitting and collecting tips of the optical fibers may be bent at angle, disposed between a light absorbing and transmitting sheets, or uncladded to enable sideways emission and collection of light. Processing methods for reducing the site dependency of the measured data, maximizing the signal to noise ratio, and increasing the measurement sensitivity to changes in the tissue condition are described.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Inventors: Hebah Noshy Mansour, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Publication number: 20100302358Abstract: An automated skin lesion assessment system may automatically assess a suspect skin lesion. An electronic image library may contain diagnosed skin lesion image data representative of images of a plurality of diagnosed skin lesions and, for each, a diagnosis of the skin lesion. An image capture system may capture an image of the suspect skin lesion. A computer processing system may compare the image of the suspect skin lesion with the diagnosed skin lesion image data and, based on this comparison, identify one or more diagnosed skin lesions which match the suspect skin lesion. A user interface may report the diagnoses of the diagnosed skin lesions that match the image of the suspect skin lesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: CONVERGENT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Raymond H. Chen, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7753902Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring the physiological parameters of an organ or tissue during and after surgery. The system has a probe and a monitoring unit. In one embodiment the probe includes features for convenient, fixed and releasable attachment to surgical drains without interfering with their normal fluid-draining function while utilizing their suction to enhance the probe-to-tissue interface for improved sensing. An applicator is provided to facilitate such attachment. The monitoring unit which controls the sensors of the probe includes a processor to process, record and display the sensor data. This system may be valuable for monitoring transplanted organs and tissue grafts during the critical postoperative period when most of the clinical complications, such as vascular thrombosis, may occur.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Inventors: Hebah Noshy Mansour, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Publication number: 20090163782Abstract: The present invention is directed to implantable devices and systems for the differential monitoring the condition of the tissue or fluid emitted from the site in proximity to the implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Nicolas Jabbour
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Patent number: 7534207Abstract: The present invention is directed to implantable devices and systems for the differential monitoring the condition of the tissue or fluid emitted from the site in proximity to the implants. The invention may also include modifications of the implantable device to stabilize or immobilize the device in the proximity of the tissue to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Nicolas Jabbour
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Patent number: 7419483Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly to a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the surgical drain is placed. The invention may also include modifications of the surgical drain to improve stabilization or immobilization in the proximity of the anatomical site to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventor: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7336989Abstract: Methods and systems for determination of one or more substances within a material are described. A flow of fluorescence-exciting/ablative energy (e.g., laser pulse(s), preferably in the ultraviolet region (e.g. 193-nm)), is directed onto the material to ablate a thin layer of the material using photochemical decomposition. Simultaneously, the laser energy induces fluorescence of the substance(s) within the ablated layer of the material. The fluorescence emitted by the substance(s) is then received by a device, which measures the spectrum of the received fluorescence. The fluorescence spectra are then transmitted to a spectral processing device adapted to determine, on the basis of the fluorescence spectra, whether the substance(s) of interest is/are present in the material and/or the concentration at which the substance(s) of interest is/are present in the material.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Roy S. Chuck, Peter J. McDonnell, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7322971Abstract: Devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the surgical drain is placed. Modifications may be made to the surgical drain to improve stabilization or immobilization in the proximity of the anatomical site to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventor: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Publication number: 20070213640Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring the dilatation of the uterine cervix during labor and deliver. The system has a gauge and a monitoring unit. In one embodiment the gauge includes features for convenient attachment to the gloved fingertips of the clinician performing a routine digital probing of the cervix. The monitoring unit includes a sensor to automatically read the measurement of the gauge and a processor to process, record and display the sensor data. This system may be valuable for the assessment of the progress of labor and the early detection of delivery complications.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Hebah Noshy Mansour, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7267671Abstract: Devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly to a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the surgical drain is placed. Modifications may be made to the surgical drain to improve stabilization or immobilization in the proximity of the anatomical site to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Research at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventor: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Publication number: 20070208293Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring the intraluminal pressure in a ventricular shunt. The shunt may have one or more measurement nodes housing a pressure-sensitive body that changes dimensions in response to the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid within the lumen of the shunt. The change in the dimensions of the pressure-sensitive body may be measured transcutaneously using an ultrasonic transducer and processed using a processor to estimate the intraluminal pressure. The shunt may include one or more pressure-measurement nodes distributed along the length of the shunt to enable the detection of shunt occlusions and valve malfunctioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Habah Noshy Mansour, Ramez Emile Necola Shehada
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Patent number: 7264616Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly to a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the surgical drain is placed. The invention may also include modifications of the surgical drain to improve stabilization or immobilization in the proximity of the anatomical site to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Nicolas Jabbour
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Patent number: 7252659Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices and methods of using a surgical drain, and more particularly to a surgical drain having at least one sensor for monitoring and/or recording the condition of the anatomical site or fluid emitted from the site where the surgical drain is placed. The invention may also include modifications of the surgical drain to improve stabilization or immobilization in the proximity of the anatomical site to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Ramez Emile Necola Shehada, Nicolas Jabbour