Patents by Inventor Ryan Gessner

Ryan Gessner 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).

  • Patent number: 10307056
    Abstract: Methods of obtaining a measure of blood flow using a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) system is provided. The method includes obtaining a first optical coherence tomography (OCT) survey scan of a retina of a subject using an OCT scan beam and obtaining a second OCT scan of the retina. The second OCT scan is within an area defined by the obtained first OCT scan and includes a region of retinal blood vessels emerging from and returning to an Optic Nerve Head (ONH) of the retina. An optical phase change is determined from the obtained second OCT scan, the optical phase change being associated with blood flow in a retinal blood vessel in the region of the second OCT scan. An angle of the retinal blood vessel associated with the optical phase change is determined, the angle being measured relative to a direction of transmission of the OCT scan beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Bradley A. Bower, Ryan Gessner
  • Patent number: 9532769
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for high-frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics are disclosed. According to one aspect a method for high frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics includes: providing ultrasound of a first frequency bandwidth, directed toward the volume to be imaged, the volume containing a carrier having non-linear acoustical properties, wherein the ultrasound of the first frequency bandwidth causes the carrier to generate ultrasound of a second frequency bandwidth that is different from the first frequency bandwidth; receiving, from the volume to be imaged, ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth; and using the received ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth to generate an image of the volume to be imaged, wherein the components of the second frequency bandwidth that are detected are of a frequency greater than 20 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul A. Dayton, Ryan Gessner, Hyunggyun Lee, Marc Lukacs, Francis Stuart Foster
  • Patent number: 9471975
    Abstract: Methods of acquiring an image are provided. The methods include deriving a first boundary surface from a volumetric image; deriving a second boundary surface, different and spaced apart from the first boundary surface, of the volumetric image, the first and second boundary surfaces defining a slice of the volumetric image therebetween; and deriving at least one intermediate thin section between the first and second boundary surfaces, the thin section having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the slice of the volumetric image defined by the first and second boundary surfaces. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Bioptigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Gessner, Eric L. Buckland
  • Publication number: 20150157205
    Abstract: Methods of obtaining a measure of blood flow using a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) system is provided. The method includes obtaining a first optical coherence tomography (OCT) survey scan of a retina of a subject using an OCT scan beam and obtaining a second OCT scan of the retina. The second OCT scan is within an area defined by the obtained first OCT scan and includes a region of retinal blood vessels emerging from and returning to an Optic Nerve Head (ONH) of the retina. An optical phase change is determined from the obtained second OCT scan, the optical phase change being associated with blood flow in a retinal blood vessel in the region of the second OCT scan. An angle of the retinal blood vessel associated with the optical phase change is determined, the angle being measured relative to a direction of transmission of the OCT scan beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Eric L. Buckland, Bradley A. Bower, Ryan Gessner
  • Publication number: 20150110376
    Abstract: Methods of acquiring an image are provided. The methods include deriving a first boundary surface from a volumetric image; deriving a second boundary surface, different and spaced apart from the first boundary surface, of the volumetric image, the first and second boundary surfaces defining a slice of the volumetric image therebetween; and deriving at least one intermediate thin section between the first and second boundary surfaces, the thin section having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the slice of the volumetric image defined by the first and second boundary surfaces. Systems and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Gessner, Eric L. Buckland
  • Publication number: 20120220869
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for high-frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics are disclosed. According to one aspect a method for high frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics includes: providing ultrasound of a first frequency bandwidth, directed toward the volume to be imaged, the volume containing a carrier having non-linear acoustical properties, wherein the ultrasound of the first frequency bandwidth causes the carrier to generate ultrasound of a second frequency bandwidth that is different from the first frequency bandwidth; receiving, from the volume to be imaged, ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth; and using the received ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth to generate an image of the volume to be imaged, wherein the components of the second frequency bandwidth that are detected are of a frequency greater than 20 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Paul A. Dayton, Ryan Gessner, Hyunggyun Lee, Marc Lukacs, Francis Stuart Foster