Patents by Inventor Russell E. Bruhnke

Russell E. Bruhnke 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).

  • Motion monitor system for use with imaging systems
    Patent number: 7678063
    Abstract: A bellows-based patient breath-hold monitoring and feedback system for use in intermittent mode CT fluoroscopy-guided biopsies of the lung or upper abdomen where respiratory motion is a problem. Breath-hold monitoring and feedback with the bellows system allows a patient to perform consistent breath-holds at a preselected level, which in turn, optimizes intermittent mode CT fluoroscopy-guided biopsies of the lung or upper abdomen by allowing target lesions to be reliably visualized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Joel P. Felmlee, Russell E. Bruhnke, Phillip Rossman, James P. Potter, Sr., Stephanie K. Carlson
  • FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100016744
    Abstract: A fetal heart rate monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting a signal to a patient and for receiving a reflected heart beat monitoring signal. A monitoring system coupled to the ultrasonic transducer processes the heart beat monitoring signal and produces heart beat information representative of the monitored heart rate. A mechanical or electronic steering system coupled to the ultrasonic transducer controls the location of the signal transmitted to the patent and/or the location of the received heart beat monitoring signal. A control system coupled to the monitor and steering system controls the steering system as a function of the heart beat monitoring signal to optimize the quality of the heart beat information in the received heart beat monitoring signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Brian C. Brost, Russell E. Bruhnke, Patrick E. Caskey, Stephen A. Contag, Dan Dragomir Daescu, Bruce A. Winter, Jonathon W. Lange
  • Motion monitor system for use with imaging systems
    Publication number: 20070172029
    Abstract: A bellows-based patient breath-hold monitoring and feedback system for use in intermittent mode CT fluoroscopy-guided biopsies of the lung or upper abdomen where respiratory motion is a problem. Breath-hold monitoring and feedback with the bellows system allows a patient to perform consistent breath-holds at a preselected level, which in turn, optimizes intermittent mode CT fluoroscopy-guided biopsies of the lung or upper abdomen by allowing target lesions to be reliably visualized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Joel P. Felmlee, Russell E. Bruhnke, Phillip Rossman, James P. Potter