Patents by Inventor Steve PIEPER

Steve PIEPER 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENTRICLE PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20220409281
    Abstract: A computing device having a first processor configured to receive three-dimensional imaging data acquired by an imaging system, the three-dimensional imaging data being from ahead of a subject. The first processor can be configured to determine vascular structures from the three-dimensional imaging data, generate a three-dimensional model of the head of the subject from the three-dimensional imaging data, the three-dimensional model of the head including a three-dimensional model of the vascular structures and a three-dimensional model of a portion of a frontal horn of the subject, determine an entry point on the three-dimensional model of the head of the subject, determine a plurality of trajectories, each trajectory intersecting the three-dimensional model of the portion of the frontal horn and does not intersect the three-dimensional model of the vascular structures, and each trajectory is linear, and select a final trajectory from the plurality of trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: William B. Gormley, Junichi Tokuda, Faith C. Robertson, Paola Calvachi Prieto, Franklin King, Steve Pieper
  • Systems and methods for preparing tissue flaps
    Patent number: 10842527
    Abstract: A system and method for holding a cutting tool at a predetermined distance from a defined cutting surface to prepare a tissue flap of substantially uniform thickness for optimal viability. A tissue holder plate having a vacuum chamber is provided to stabilize the tissue mass, and a cutting tool holder and guide plate restrict the movement of the cutting tool with respect to the tissue holder plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Bohdan Pomahac, Steve Pieper
  • Systems and Methods for Preparing Tissue Flaps
    Publication number: 20190209196
    Abstract: A system and method for holding a cutting tool at a predetermined distance from a defined cutting surface to prepare a tissue flap of substantially uniform thickness for optimal viability. A tissue holder plate having a vacuum chamber is provided to stabilize the tissue mass, and a cutting tool holder and guide plate restrict the movement of the cutting tool with respect to the tissue holder plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Bohdan Pomahac, Steve Pieper
  • Systems and methods for preparing tissue flaps
    Patent number: 10251669
    Abstract: A system and method for holding a cutting tool at a predetermined distance from a defined cutting surface to prepare a tissue flap of substantially uniform thickness for optimal viability. A tissue holder plate having a vacuum chamber is provided to stabilize the tissue mass, and a cutting tool holder and guide plate restrict the movement of the cutting tool with respect to the tissue holder plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Bohdan Pomahac, Steve Pieper
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING TISSUE FLAPS
    Publication number: 20160228143
    Abstract: A system and method for holding a cutting tool at a predetermined distance from a defined cutting surface to prepare a tissue flap of substantially uniform thickness for optimal viability. A tissue holder plate having a vacuum chamber is provided to stabilize the tissue mass, and a cutting tool holder and guide plate restrict the movement of the cutting tool with respect to the tissue holder plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Bohdan POMAHAC, Steve PIEPER