Patents by Inventor Tom A. SCHWEIZER

Tom A. SCHWEIZER 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 providing visual feedback of touch panel input during magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 10582878
    Abstract: Systems and methods of are disclosed for providing visual feedback to a subject during magnetic resonance imaging, where the visual feedback is associated with input provided by the subject to a magnetic resonance compatible touch panel. A video camera is employed to record video images of the interaction between the subject and the touch panel, and the video images are processed to generate a real-time video signal including a rendering of the input provided to the touch panel and the interaction between the subject's hands and the touch panel. The real-time video signal is provided to the subject as visual feedback, and is displayed within a time duration that is sufficiently fast to avoid the detection of the visual feedback as an error signal with the subject's brain in relation to the sense of proprioception. A measurement of the force applied to the touch panel by the subject may be recorded and employed when rendering the real-time video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE
    Inventors: Simon James Graham, Tom A. Schweizer, Stephen Strother, Fred Tam, Mahta Karimpoor
  • SMALL MOLECULE THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS THAT REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AND BRAIN MICROHEMMORHAGES
    Publication number: 20190255076
    Abstract: The described invention relates to small molecule therapeutic compounds capable of reducing the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages identified using zebrafish and mouse models of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Xiao-Yan Wen, R. Loch MacDonald, Andrew Baker, Tom A. Schweizer
  • Small molecule therapeutic compounds that reduce the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages
    Patent number: 10292991
    Abstract: The described invention relates to small molecule therapeutic compounds capable of reducing the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages identified using zebrafish and mouse models of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Unity Health Toronto
    Inventors: Xiao-Yan Wen, R. Loch Macdonald, Andrew Baker, Tom A. Schweizer
  • SMALL MOLECULE THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS THAT REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AND BRAIN MICROHEMORRHAGES
    Publication number: 20180064731
    Abstract: The described invention relates to small molecule therapeutic compounds capable of reducing the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages identified using zebrafish and mouse models of intracerebral hemorrhage and brain microhemorrhages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: R. Loch Macdonald, Xiao-Yan Wen, Tom A. Schweizer, Andrew Baker
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF TOUCH PANEL INPUT DURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20160120437
    Abstract: Systems and methods of are disclosed for providing visual feedback to a subject during magnetic resonance imaging, where the visual feedback is associated with input provided by the subject to a magnetic resonance compatible touch panel. A video camera is employed to record video images of the interaction between the subject and the touch panel, and the video images are processed to generate a real-time video signal including a rendering of the input provided to the touch panel and the interaction between the subject's hands and the touch panel. The real-time video signal is provided to the subject as visual feedback, and is displayed within a time duration that is sufficiently fast to avoid the detection of the visual feedback as an error signal with the subject's brain in relation to the sense of proprioception. A measurement of the force applied to the touch panel by the subject may be recorded and employed when rendering the real-time video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Simon James GRAHAM, Tom A. SCHWEIZER, Stephen STROTHER, Fred TAM, Mahta KARIMPOOR