Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Duffy

Thomas Michael Duffy 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: 20240153080
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
  • Patent number: 11896425
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving an ultrasound image that includes one or more blood vessels, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the one or more blood vessels in the ultrasound image. The method includes receiving a user selection of an instrument size, and indicating, in the ultrasound image, at least one blood vessel of the one or more blood vessels based on the instrument size and the diameters of the one or more blood vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
  • Patent number: 11900593
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventors: Davinder S. Dhatt, Christopher Aleksandr White, Adam Benjamin Pely, Thomas Michael Duffy, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Diku Pranav Mandavia
  • Publication number: 20230346337
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing automated detection of lung slide using a computing device (e.g., an ultrasound system, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques determine lung sliding using one or more neural networks. In some embodiments, the neural networks are part of a process that determines probabilities of the lung sliding at one or more M-lines. In some embodiments, the techniques display one or more probabilities of lung sliding in a B-mode ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Michael DUFFY, Davinder S. DHATT, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Adam Benjamin PELY, Christopher Alexksandr WHITE, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA, Quanzheng LI, Andrew LITEPLO, Kyungsang KIM, Suzannah MCKINNEY, Dr. Fabiola MACRUZ
  • Publication number: 20230346353
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing automated detection of lung slide using a computing device (e.g., an ultrasound system, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques determine lung sliding using one or more neural networks. In some embodiments, the neural networks are part of a process that determines probabilities of the lung sliding at one or more M-lines. In some embodiments, the techniques display one or more probabilities of lung sliding in a B-mode ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Duffy, Davinder S. Dhatt, Paul Tomotaro Danset, Adam Benjamin Pely, Christopher Aleksandr White, Diku Pranav Mandavia
  • Publication number: 20220361840
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving ultrasound images that include a blood vessel, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the blood vessel in the ultrasound images. The diameters include a respective diameter of the blood vessel for each ultrasound image of the ultrasound images. The method includes determining a blood vessel diameter based on the diameters of the blood vessel, selecting a color based on the blood vessel diameter, and indicating, in one of the ultrasound images, the blood vessel with an indicator having the color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MATSUMOTO, Kosei TAKEMOTO, Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Adam Benjamin PELY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
  • Publication number: 20220338833
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes receiving an ultrasound image that includes one or more blood vessels, and determining, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, diameters of the one or more blood vessels in the ultrasound image. The method includes receiving a user selection of an instrument size, and indicating, in the ultrasound image, at least one blood vessel of the one or more blood vessels based on the instrument size and the diameters of the one or more blood vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Adam Benjamin PELY, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
  • Publication number: 20220343494
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying blood vessels in ultrasound images and displaying blood vessels in ultrasound images are described. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a computing device and includes assigning, with a neural network implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device, one of a vein classification and an artery classification to one or more blood vessels in ultrasound images. The method also includes determining a misclassification for one blood vessel that denotes the neural network assigning the one of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in one ultrasound image and the other of the vein classification and the artery classification to the one blood vessel in additional ultrasound images. The method includes displaying, in the one ultrasound image, an indication of the other of the vein classification and the artery classification for the one blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Davinder S. DHATT, Christopher Aleksandr WHITE, Adam Benjamin PELY, Thomas Michael DUFFY, Paul Tomotaro DANSET, Diku Pranav MANDAVIA
  • Publication number: 20220335615
    Abstract: A method for calculating a heart parameter includes receiving a series of two-dimensional images of a heart, the series covering at least one heart cycle. The method includes calculating a volume of the heart in a first systole image based on an orientation of the heart in the first systole image and a segmentation of the heart in the first systole image, and a volume of the heart in a first diastole image based at least on an orientation of the heart in the first diastole image and a segmentation of the heart in the first diastole image; determining the heart parameter based at least on the volume of the heart in the first systole image and the volume of the heart in the first diastole image; determining a confidence score of the heart parameter; and displaying the heart parameter and the confidence score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Aleksandr White, Thomas Michael Duffy, Davinder S. Dhatt, Adam Benjamin Pely, William Andrew Needles