Patents by Inventor Sheryl Rae Thingvold

Sheryl Rae Thingvold 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: 11662403
    Abstract: A portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and methods, involving a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field, the magnet being a portable magnet transportable on a cart, and at least one coil assembly disposed in relation to the magnet, the at least one coil assembly having at least one gradient coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gyles Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby
  • Publication number: 20220400968
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for measuring intracranial pressure (ICP). Embodiments of the present invention include emitting an electromagnetic wave into the temple area and/or inner ear of a patient and measuring ICP based on the characteristics of the reflected and/or transmitted electromagnetic wave scattered by the tissue and/or cavity. The characteristics may include variations in the electromagnetic wave corresponding to distortions by the cavity within the skull beneath the temple and/or the oval window within the patient's inner ear. Further, embodiments of the present invention include ICP is elevated in the patient. The present invention concentrates on measuring and quantifying the changes in transmission characteristics to determine changes in ICP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Sebastian Flaminius Marius Koga, Wesley Bryan Hodges
  • Publication number: 20200348381
    Abstract: A portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and methods, involving a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field, the magnet being a portable magnet transportable on a cart, and at least one coil assembly disposed in relation to the magnet, the at least one coil assembly having at least one gradient coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gylers Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby
  • Patent number: 10739423
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The system includes a solenoid magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field and an annular coil assembly housed within at least a portion of the solenoid magnet. The coil assembly includes a gradient coil, wherein the annular coil assembly has an aperture formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gylers Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby
  • Patent number: 10725136
    Abstract: A cerebrospinal diffusion phantom including a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Fergal Kerins, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Gregory Allan Whitton
  • Publication number: 20180136292
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The system includes a solenoid magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field and an annular coil assembly housed within at least a portion of the solenoid magnet. The coil assembly includes a gradient coil, wherein the annular coil assembly has an aperture formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gylers Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby
  • Publication number: 20180113186
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Fergal KERINS, Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Jeff Alan STAINSBY, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Sheryl Rae THINGVOLD, Gregory Allan WHITTON
  • Patent number: 9897668
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The system includes a solenoid magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field and an annular coil assembly housed within at least a portion of the solenoid magnet. The coil assembly includes a gradient coil, wherein the annular coil assembly has an aperture formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gylers Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby
  • Patent number: 9880251
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Fergal Kerins, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Gregory Allan Whitton
  • Publication number: 20170192076
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cerebrospinal diffusion phantoms which include a housing having a shape and size configured for insertion into a magnetic resonance coil in one or more preselected poses. A scaffold support structure is mounted on an interior of said housing and a plurality of elongated diffusion mimicking members supported on the support array. The elongated diffusion mimicking members are affixed to the scaffold support structure such that elongated diffusion mimicking members extend in directions needed to substantially emulate a 3 dimensional arrangement of cerebrospinal diffusion fiber tracts in a living organism; as well as modules for elimination of resolution based-bias, angular accuracy evaluation, diffusion rate calibration, and quality assurance image referencing. Each elongated diffusion mimicking member includes an aqueous component which can undergo diffusion along the elongated diffusion mimicking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Fergal KERINS, Timotheus Anton GMEINER, Jeff Alan STAINSBY, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Sheryl Rae THINGVOLD, Gregory Allan WHITTON
  • Publication number: 20160306925
    Abstract: A quality control system for performing quality control checks on pre-scheduled medical imaging studies. The system includes a processor and an interface for receiving electronic orders, each order specifying a medical imaging procedure to be performed at a specified procedure time to produce a study. The processor performs a series of functions for each electronic order. It first determines whether the study to be produced by the specified procedure according to the order requires a quality control check. Then, if the study requires a quality control check, the processor waits until a decision time that is the earlier of the time that the study becomes available for performing a quality control check, and a period of time after the specified procedure time. If, at the decision time, the study is available for performing a quality control check, then the processor performs the quality control check on the study.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Wranovsky, Thanh Duc Huynh, Sheryl Rae Thingvold
  • Publication number: 20160187436
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The system includes a solenoid magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field and an annular coil assembly housed within at least a portion of the solenoid magnet. The coil assembly includes a gradient coil, wherein the annular coil assembly has an aperture formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Cameron Anthony Piron, Alexander Gylers Panther, Sheryl Rae Thingvold, Chad Tyler Harris, Jeff Alan Stainsby