Patents by Inventor Robert Steinbrecher

Robert Steinbrecher 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: 20230306620
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of providing live x-ray images such as fluoroscopic images in combination with reference information co-registered angiography frames that are motion corrected in real time. In part, the disclosure describes an improvement on the existing workflow where the user must remember where the vessel features from OCT are and use a reference frame to estimate the location of desired stent placement. Disclosed herein are methods to correlate the live imaging feed and the reference angiography image such that the user may dynamically zoom and pan the live imaging feed and the reference angiography image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Angela Zhang, Shimin Li, Robert Steinbrecher, Jack Fince, Paul Gervasio
  • Patent number: 11344373
    Abstract: In part, the disclosure relates to systems and methods to assess stent/scaffold expansion in a vessel on an expedited time scale after stent/scaffold placement and expansion. In one embodiment, the method generates a first representation of a stented segment of the blood vessel indicative of a level of stent expansion; determines using the detected stent struts, a first end of the stent and a second end of the stent; and generate a second representation of the segment of the blood vessel by interpolating a lumen profile using an offset distance from the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LightLab Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Gopinath, Kyle Savidge, Robert Steinbrecher
  • Publication number: 20190365480
    Abstract: In part, the disclosure relates to systems and methods to assess stent/scaffold expansion in a vessel on an expedited time scale after stent/scaffold placement and expansion. In one embodiment, the method generates a first representation of a stented segment of the blood vessel indicative of a level of stent expansion; determines using the detected stent struts, a first end of the stent and a second end of the stent; and generate a second representation of the segment of the blood vessel by interpolating a lumen profile using an offset distance from the first end and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: LIGHTLAB IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Ajay Gopinath, Kyle Savidge, Robert Steinbrecher
  • Patent number: 9526424
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method of triggering optical coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence tomography data with respect to a vessel using an optical coherence tomography probe disposed in the vessel; determining a clearing radius and a quality value for each frame of optical coherence tomography data collected for the vessel using a computer; determining if a blood clearing state has occurred using at least one clearing radius and at least one quality value; and generating a trigger signal in response to the blood clearing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LIGHTLAB IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Judell, Robert Steinbrecher, Joel Friedman, Christopher Petersen
  • Publication number: 20130310698
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method of triggering optical coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence tomography data with respect to a vessel using an optical coherence tomography probe disposed in the vessel; determining a clearing radius and a quality value for each frame of optical coherence tomography data collected for the vessel using a computer; determining if a blood clearing state has occurred using at least one clearing radius and at least one quality value; and generating a trigger signal in response to the blood clearing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: LightLab Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Judell, Robert Steinbrecher, Joel Friedman, Christopher Petersen
  • Patent number: 8412312
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method of triggering optical coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence tomography data with respect to a vessel using an optical coherence tomography probe disposed in the vessel; determining a clearing radius and a quality value for each frame of optical coherence tomography data collected for the vessel using a computer; determining if a blood clearing state has occurred using at least one clearing radius and at least one quality value; and generating a trigger signal in response to the blood clearing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Lightlab Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Judell, Robert Steinbrecher, Joel Friedman, Christopher L. Petersen
  • Publication number: 20110071405
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method of triggering optical coherence tomography data collection. The method includes collecting optical coherence tomography data with respect to a vessel using an optical coherence tomography probe disposed in the vessel; determining a clearing radius and a quality value for each frame of optical coherence tomography data collected for the vessel using a computer; determining if a blood clearing state has occurred using at least one clearing radius and at least one quality value; and generating a trigger signal in response to the blood clearing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: LIGHTLAB IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Judell, Robert Steinbrecher, Joel Friedman, Christopher L. Petersen