Patents by Inventor Thomas McAvoy

Thomas McAvoy 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).

  • Method for monitoring the accuracy of tissue motion prediction from surrogates
    Patent number: 9433389
    Abstract: A system and method for indirectly monitoring the position of a target inside a body is disclosed. The method includes generating position data associated with one or more surrogate devices and predicting a location of the target from the position data based on a target position model that establishes a relationship between an actual location of the target and the position data of the one or more surrogate devices. The method also includes determining that the predicted location of the target deviates from the actual location of the target when an analysis of an error prediction model results in a confidence threshold being exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Warren D'Souza, Kathleen Malinowski, Thomas McAvoy
  • QUANTIFICATION OF TAU IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES BY IMMUNOAFFINITY ENRICHMENT AND MASS SPECTROMETRY
    Publication number: 20150253341
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quantitative immunoaffinity LC-MS/MS assay for detection and quantification of Tau protein in a biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Thomas McAvoy, Michael E. Lassman, Omar F. Laterza
  • Method For Monitoring the Accuracy of Tissue Motion Prediction from Surrogates
    Publication number: 20130018232
    Abstract: A system and method for indirectly monitoring the position of a target inside a body is disclosed. The method includes generating position data associated with one or more surrogate devices and predicting a location of the target from the position data based on a target position model that establishes a relationship between an actual location of the target and the position data of the one or more surrogate devices. The method also includes determining that the predicted location of the target deviates from the actual location of the target when an analysis of an error prediction model results in a confidence threshold being exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
    Inventors: Warren D'Souza, Kathleen Malinowski, Thomas McAvoy