Patents by Inventor Steven Verdooner

Steven Verdooner 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: 11800977
    Abstract: A system for obtaining optical coherence tomography of the optical system of a person, comprising: an eyepiece customized for alignment and positioning to contact a person's eye socket and having a lens pocket for receiving a refractive lens customized for the person's eye refraction characteristics; a condensing system for receiving light from the eyepiece; a scanning module optically connected to the condensing system and having a mirror tiltable in two directions for obtaining optical scanning data from the person's optical system; and a spectrometer and camera module optically connected to the scanning module for obtaining and storing the optical scanning data, wherein the eyepiece, condensing system and scanning module are arranged to provide an optical path for delivering a light beam to the person's eye, and receive reflected light to be directed to the scanning module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: OCTHealth, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, John Rogers
  • Patent number: 10856071
    Abstract: A system and method for improving hearing is disclosed. The system includes a microphone array that includes an enclosure, a plurality of beamformer microphones and an electronic processing circuitry to provide enhanced audio signals to a user by using information obtained on the position and orientation of the user. The system is preferably in the form of a smartphone having a retractable piece having the beamformer microphones mounted thereon. The system may also include a corresponding method for improving hearing and a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Noopl, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, Rodney Sparks, Kevin Snow
  • Publication number: 20190133441
    Abstract: A system for obtaining optical coherence tomography of the optical system of a person, comprising: an eyepiece customized for alignment and positioning to contact a person's eye socket and having a lens pocket for receiving a refractive lens customized for the person's eye refraction characteristics; a condensing system for receiving light from the eyepiece; a scanning module optically connected to the condensing system and having a mirror tiltable in two directions for obtaining optical scanning data from the person's optical system; and a spectrometer and camera module optically connected to the scanning module for obtaining and storing the optical scanning data, wherein the eyepiece, condensing system and scanning module are arranged to provide an optical path for delivering a light beam to the person's eye, and receive reflected light to be directed to the scanning module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, John Rogers
  • Patent number: 10058246
    Abstract: A system and method for rejecting afocal light collected from an in vivo human retina is disclosed. The system may include a detector, a server system being in communication with the detector and a memory system with a rejection of collected afocal light and a disk having an optointerruptor and a motor, which is speed controlled via a non-transitory storage media. The method includes utilizing a series of optical shapes or codes, similar to other structured illumination systems, illuminating the series of optical shapes or codes several times, collecting and processing the series of optical shapes or codes yielding measurements of optical noise and optical signal and subtracting the noise and signal from the final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: NeuroVision Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Blanco, Steven Verdooner, David Biggs
  • Patent number: 10039487
    Abstract: A method for detecting a disease such as Alzheimer's disease by analysis of retinal vasculature is disclosed. The method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The disease may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature. The method may track changes in lumen thickness, plaque, size, area and density of the disease by analysis of retinal vasculature over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NeuroVision Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Publication number: 20170319063
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sensing, recording and analyzing data representative events of memory lapses and function uses a wearable device (e.g., wrist, armband, pendant) having sensors to detect user gestures and vital signs for transmission and analysis by a computation unit to predict the onset of cognitive impairment related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, Rodney Sparks
  • Publication number: 20170042464
    Abstract: A method for detecting a disease such as Alzheimer's disease by analysis of retinal vasculature is disclosed. The method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The disease may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature. The method may track changes in lumen thickness, plaque, size, area and density of the disease by analysis of retinal vasculature over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Patent number: 9566000
    Abstract: A method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen is disclosed. The method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The amyloid beta plaques and drusen images may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen. The method may track changes in plaque, size, area and density of the amyloid beta plaques and drusen over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NeuroVision Imaging LLC
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Patent number: 9521975
    Abstract: A method for detecting a disease such as Alzheimer's disease by analysis of retinal vasculature is disclosed. The method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The disease may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature. The method may track changes in lumen thickness, plaque, size, area and density of the disease by analysis of retinal vasculature over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: NeuroVision Imaging LLC
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Publication number: 20160249141
    Abstract: A system and method for improving hearing is disclosed. The system includes a microphone array that includes an enclosure, a plurality of beamformer microphones and an electronic processing circuitry to provide enhanced audio signals to a user by using information obtained on the position and orientation of the user. The system is preferably in the form of a smartphone having a retractable piece having the beamformer microphones mounted thereon. The system may also include a corresponding method for improving hearing and a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Steven VERDOONER, Rodney SPARKS, Kevin SNOW
  • Publication number: 20160206199
    Abstract: A system and method for rejecting afocal light collected from an in vivo human retina is disclosed. The system may include a detector, a server system being in communication with the detector and a memory system with a rejection of collected afocal light and a disk having an optointerruptor and a motor, which is speed controlled via a non-transitory storage media. The method includes utilizing a series of optical shapes or codes, similar to other structured illumination systems, illuminating the series of optical shapes or codes several times, collecting and processing the series of optical shapes or codes yielding measurements of optical noise and optical signal and subtracting the noise and signal from the final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Austin Blanco, Steven Verdooner, David Biggs
  • Publication number: 20140268049
    Abstract: A method for detecting a disease such as Alzheimer's disease by analysis of retinal vasculature is disclosed. The method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The disease may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting a disease by analysis of retinal vasculature. The method may track changes in lumen thickness, plaque, size, area and density of the disease by analysis of retinal vasculature over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Publication number: 20140268052
    Abstract: A method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen is disclosed. The method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen may include applying a combination of optical retro mode illumination techniques to acquire a plurality of amyloid beta plaques and drusen images that are too small to be seen with other imaging modalities. The amyloid beta plaques and drusen images may also be detected with a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method for detecting amyloid beta plaques and drusen. The method may track changes in plaque, size, area and density of the amyloid beta plaques and drusen over a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Verdooner, David Biggs, Austin Blanco
  • Publication number: 20140218687
    Abstract: A slit lamp mounted eye imaging, a slit lamp integrated, a handheld, OCT integrated, or attached to a separate chinrest-joystick assembly apparatus and method for producing a wide field and/or magnified views of the posterior or the anterior segments of an eye through an undilated or dilated pupil is disclosed. The apparatus images sections and focal planes and utilizes an illumination system that uses one or more LEDs, shifting optical elements, flipping masks, and/or aperture stops where the light can be delivered into the optical system on optical axis or off axis from center of optical system and return imaging path from the eye, creating artifacts in different locations on the eye image. Image processing is employed to detect and eliminate artifacts and masks from images. The apparatus can be used in combination with an OCT, microscope and can be disposed in a hand-held housing for hand-held use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Steven Verdooner
  • Publication number: 20120207681
    Abstract: The present invention is a chemical composition to detect and treat amyloid in a patient's brain or a retina, that include a nanoparticle or a Nano biopolymer delivery platform to deliver any combination of gadolinium, one or more contrast agents, one or more therapeutics and curcumin to mark said amyloid and a polymalic acid scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Steven Verdooner