Patents by Inventor Stephen Froehlich

Stephen Froehlich 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: 20240115166
    Abstract: A medical image processing method, performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hagen Kaiser, Stephen Froehlich, Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 11877843
    Abstract: A medical image processing method performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Hagen Kaiser, Stephen Froehlich, Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 11282034
    Abstract: A method and device is described for delivering radiation therapy beam arrangement and beam settings to a radiotherapy device treating a patient with a tumor based medical condition. Patient specific treatment parameters data for the medical condition are developed and modified by the system. The treatment parameters data includes at least radiotherapy beam arrangement or photon beam energy for treatment of the particularized patient tumor location. Patient specific treatment parameters data are derived from a selected treatment plan and may include outlining of the patient's tumor in the medical images, the relevant modified patient specific treatment parameters data transferred to a computer controlling the radiotherapy device to control and apply radiotherapy treatment to the patient according to the modified treatment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventor: Stephen Froehlich
  • Publication number: 20200337599
    Abstract: A medical image processing method performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hagen KAISER, Stephen FROEHLICH, Stefan VILSMEIER
  • Patent number: 10750980
    Abstract: A medical image processing method performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Hagen Kaiser, Stephen Froehlich, Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Publication number: 20200265538
    Abstract: A method and device is described for delivering radiation therapy beam arrangement and beam settings to a radiotherapy device treating a patient with a tumor based medical condition. Patient specific treatment parameters data for the medical condition are developed and modified by the system. The treatment parameters data includes at least radiotherapy beam arrangement or photon beam energy for treatment of the particularized patient tumor location. Patient specific treatment parameters data are derived from a selected treatment plan and may include outlining of the patient's tumor in the medical images, the relevant modified patient specific treatment parameters data transferred to a computer controlling the radiotherapy device to control and apply radiotherapy treatment to the patient according to the modified treatment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Froehlich
  • Publication number: 20170311813
    Abstract: A medical image processing method performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hagen KAISER, Stephen FROEHLICH, Stefan VILSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20110238434
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and system for providing medical personnel with medical treatment protocols for treating a disease or medical condition of interest. The method includes transmitting a medical treatment protocol template to a user upon receiving a request for a medical treatment protocol related to a particular medical condition. The medical treatment protocol template may include treatment parameters data and sample case data. The method and system also allow for the treatment parameters data from the medical treatment protocol template to be applied to patient data to create a patient-specific treatment plan to allow a clinician to apply the medical treatment protocol embodied by the template to a particular patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen Froehlich