Patents by Inventor Uri Rapoport

Uri Rapoport 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).

  • Measurement of properties of fluids using MRI
    Patent number: 9448093
    Abstract: A method of determining rheological properties of a fluid. The method includes: providing an open-bore tube and defining within the bore a three dimensional grid (3DG) of voxels; defining at least an inlet cross section (ICS) and an outlet cross section (OCS); defining a volume of interest within the bore between the ICS and the OCS; obtaining rheological properties of the fluid; applying a pressure gradient to the bore between the ICS and the OCS; and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging the fluid within the volume of interest to determine various aspects of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT AI LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • Cage in an MRD with a fastening/attenuating system
    Patent number: 9448294
    Abstract: A cage with a fastening system (1) in a magnetic resonance device (MRD) is disclosed, said cage in an MRD comprising (a) M pole pieces (45) (M?2); (b) N side magnets (20) (N?2), said side magnets substantially enclosing said pole pieces and thereby defining a magnetic envelope and enclosed volume therein; (c) N side walls (10), said side walls substantially enclosing said side magnets; (d) P face walls (30) (P?2); and (e) a plurality of fastening rods (100); wherein each of said fastening rods physically interconnects at least one pair of side walls, passing through at least one of said side magnets and at least one of said pole pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • An NMR/MRI-Based Integrated System for Analyzing and Treating of a Drilling Mud for Drilling Mud Recycling Process and Methods Thereof
    Publication number: 20160230482
    Abstract: An NMR/MRI-based integrated system for analyzing and treating of a drilling mud for drilling mud recycling line; the system comprising drilling mud recycling equipment; an NMR/MRI device configured to provide at least one image of at least a portion of the drilling mud at least one characterized recycling step in the drilling mud recycling line; and a processor for analyzing and controlling the recycling of the drilling mud; wherein the NMR/MRI-based integrated system is operating in a method of analyzing the NMR/MRI image online; operatively communicating results of the analysis to the drilling mud recycling equipment; and online feedback controlling at least one step in the recycling of the drilling mud recycling equipment, thereby controlling automatically at least one step in the recycling of the drilling mud recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Aspect International (2015) Private Limited
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • ACTIVE THERMO-REGULATED NEONATAL TRANSPORTABLE INCUBATOR
    Publication number: 20160206471
    Abstract: The present invention provides an elongated active thermo-regulated neonatal transportable incubator (ANTI), having a main longitudinal axis with a proximal end and an opposite distal end comprising adjacent to at least one of the ends a temperature regulating vent (TRV). The TRV is configured to stream air from one end towards the opposite end substantially along the axis, and the ANTI is configured, by means of size and shape, to accommodate the neonate in parallel to the axis. Further the ANTI can be configured by means of size shape and material to at least partially inserted into an MRD having an open bore in its longitudinal axis, further accommodating the neonate parallel to the MRD bore. An incubator with a temperature regulating vent located outside the incubator and its base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • PASSIVE THERMO-REGULATED NEONATAL TRANSPORT INCUBATOR
    Publication number: 20160206493
    Abstract: A passive neonatal transport incubator (PNTI), useful for thermo-regulating a neonate, comprising an inner volume configured by means of size and shape to accommodate the neonate, the inner volume is defined by an envelope having a main longitudinal axis with a proximal end and an opposite distal end, having the envelope is at least partially perforated. Further the PNTI is configured to be ventilated by an independently ventilated medical device, and is configured by means of size, shape and material to allow the neonate be examined by the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC OUTPUT
    Publication number: 20160206217
    Abstract: A comparatively light and compact permanent magnet arrangement for an MRI apparatus has a pair of opposed permanent magnet arrays with a shimming system to adjust the uniformity and strength of a magnetic field in a central chamber of the apparatus. The MRI apparatus is used to examine the extremities of a patient to determine cardiovascular characteristics from an analysis of the blood flow through selected arteries in the extremity. The information collected can be used to calculate such characteristics as total cardiac output, blood flow, arterial wall thickness and elasticity and the presence of plaque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • INCUBATOR WITH A NOISE MUFFLING MECHANISM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160199241
    Abstract: A noise-attenuating neonate incubator (NANI) comprising sound attenuating module (SAM) configured to decrease the ratio, (AmpRatt_i), of the sound's amplitude at a time, t_i, to a reference amplitude, to a critical amplitude ratio value of said sound measured over a predetermined time, At, (AmpRQV?t) or less. The SAM comprises passive noise attenuating, active noise attenuating or both. A method for sound attenuating a neonate incubator, characterized by: (a) obtaining a noise-attenuating neonate incubator (NANI) comprising sound attenuating module (SAM) configured to decrease AmpRatt_i to AmpRQV?t or less; (b) accommodating said neonate in said NANI; and, (c) attenuating said noise by said at least one SAM, thereby changing the sound signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • System and method for predicting preferred data representation
    Patent number: 9377935
    Abstract: A system for redesigning a graphical user interface (GUI) including: a computer readable medium (CRM) having instructions; and a screen in communication with the CRM and that displays the GUI. The GUI includes at least one first portion containing first data represented in a first form; and at least one second portion containing second data represented in a second form. The instructions of the CRM direct monitoring interactions between a user and the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • IMAGING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A RENDERED IMAGE
    Publication number: 20160166353
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging system having an imaging device for imaging at least a portion of an animal; said imaging device selected from a group consisting of X-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), fluorescence and phosphorescence microscopy (FPM) and any combination thereof; consisting of CT, computer-assisted tomography; IR, rendered images comprising infrared light spectroscopy; PET, positron emission tomography; fluorescence and phosphorescence microscopy, a Raman spectroscopic imaging system, ultrasound and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Uri RAPOPORT, Aryeh BATT
  • HYBRID FLUORESCENCE-MAGENTIC IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160157720
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid imaging system for imaging a volume of interest of a subject, said hybrid system is characterized by: a. a MRI device; b. a photon transmitter, introducible within the body of an animal; c. at least one imaging photon detector located either within or outside said animal, for detecting fluorescence excited within said animal by said transmitted photons; and d. an image processor adapted to superimpose said MRI image and said at least one photon detector image, generating a rendered MRI image of said volume of interest of the subject. The hybrid system is configured to substantially simultaneously acquire MRI image and in vivo fluorescence image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Uri RAPOPORT, Aryeh BATT
  • RF ASSEMBLY FOR AN MRD DEVICE COMPRISING A SURFACE AND A VOLUME COIL
    Publication number: 20160124058
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging device (MRD) comprising an RF assembly which has both a volume coil and a surface coil. The coils are simultaneously operable, so that they can be used in a number of ways. These include: both functioning as transceivers; the volume coil functioning as a transceiver and the surface coil as a receiver; the volume coil functioning as a transceiver and the surface coil as a transmitter; both the volume coil and the surface coil functioning as receivers; the volume coil functioning as a receiver and the surface coil as a transceiver; the volume coil functioning as a receiver and the surface coil as a transmitter; both the volume coil and the surface coil functioning as transmitters; the volume coil functioning as a transmitter and the surface coil as a transceiver; and the volume coil functioning as a transmitter and the surface coil as a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • Means and Methods for Multirnodality Analysis and Processing of Drilling Mud
    Publication number: 20160108687
    Abstract: The present application relates to an analysis system for multimodal analysis of drilling mud. Analyzing means, preferably and NMR or MRI device, are disposed about a drilling mud recirculation system and configured to communicate with the recirculation system's control system. The analyzing means are used to determine the value of a predetermined quality parameter Q. If Q fails to meet a predetermined quality criterion, the analysis system instructs the recirculation system to perform an action to alter the properties of the drilling mud such that the drilling mud returning to the drill rig will meet the quality criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Aspect International (2015) Private Limited
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • MRD ASSEMBLY OF SCANNER AND CART
    Publication number: 20160089054
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system (MRS), useful for imaging a patient, comprising: (a) a magnetic resonance device (MRD) for imaging a patient, comprising an open bore, the MRD at least partially contained in an envelope comprising in its circumference at least one recess; and, (b) an MRI-safe cart made of MRI-safe material, comprising a substantially horizontal base and at least one substantially horizontal incubator above the base, the base and the incubator are interconnected by at least one pillar. At least a portion of the cart and the MRD are configured to fit together such that at least a portion of the incubator is reversibly housed within the MRD, and further at least a portion of the base is reversibly housed within at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • INSTALLABLE RF COIL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160089055
    Abstract: A maneuverable RF coil assembly, useful for being maneuvered at both positions: (i) over at least a portion of a neonate immobilized within a cradle at time of MR imaging; and (ii) below or aside the cradle when it is not required for imaging. The maneuverable RF coil assembly comprises at least one RF coil and maneuvering mechanism. The maneuvering mechanism comprises both: (i) a linear reciprocating mechanism for approaching or otherwise drawing away at least one coil to and from the neonate; and (ii) tilting mechanism for placing at least one coil away from the neonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • Apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of cardiac output
    Patent number: 9297874
    Abstract: A comparatively light and compact permanent magnet arrangement for an MRI apparatus has a pair of opposed permanent magnet arrays with a shimming system to adjust the uniformity and strength of a magnetic field in a central chamber of the apparatus. The MRI apparatus is used to examine the extremities of a patient to determine cardiovascular characteristics from an analysis of the blood flow through selected arteries in the extremity. The information collected can be used to calculate such characteristics as total cardiac output, blood flow, arterial wall thickness and elasticity and the presence of plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • MRD ASSEMBLY OF SCANNER AND CART
    Publication number: 20160081582
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system (MRS), including a magnetic resonance device (MRD), comprising an open bore, the MRD at least partially contained in an envelope comprising in its circumference at least one recess; and, a cart made of MRI-safe material, comprising a base and at least one incubator above the base. The MRS is operative in a method of magnetic resonance imaging of neonates, comprising the steps of obtaining the MRS, the incubator is accommodated by a neonate; and inserting at least a portion of the cart into the MRD such that at least a portion of the incubator is inserted into the open bore and at least a portion of the base into at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF MRI IMAGE ACQUISITION PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20160061925
    Abstract: A method for automatic determination of optimal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) acquisition parameters for imaging in an MRI instrument a sample containing two types of tissue, tissue A and tissue B, wherein said method comprises: determining T1A, T2A, T1B, T2B, ?A, and ?B, where ? represents the density of NMR-active nuclei being probed; setting initial values of TR and TE; determining the signal intensities SA and SB from the equation S=?E1E2, where E1=1?e?TR/T1 and E2=e?TE/T2; calculating the contrast-to-noise ratio for tissue A in the presence of tissue B (CNRAB) from the equation CNR AB = P ? ( S A - S B ) T R , where P is a proportionality constant; and, determining optimal values of TR and TE that yield a maximum value of CNRAB(TR,TE). In other embodiments of the invention, the method includes optimization of additional acquisition parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri RAPOPORT
  • Chamber for housing animals during anaesthetic procedures
    Patent number: 9272107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chamber having at least one operator hand access port; the port comprising a port aperture located within the chamber wall; and at least two flexible non-resilient lightweight sealing gas-tight flaps(SFs), disposed the same plane of the port aperture in an overlapping manner, entirely enclosing the port aperture; each of the SFs is defined by a port aperture edge and chamber edges; the chamber edges are anchored to the chamber wall along more than half of the perimeter of the flap, at a distance from the center of the port greater than the radius of the port and beyond its perimeter; the port aperture edge of each flap is stretched across an entire chord of the port aperture; stretched port apertures edges define an interior access zone, disposed the same plane of the port aperture, characterized solely by the port aperture edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • High resolution high contrast MRI for flowing media
    Patent number: 9239366
    Abstract: An MRI device for providing high-contrast, high-resolution images of a fluid. The device includes: an envelope for at least partially confining the fluid; a plurality of magnets located at least partially around the envelope; and a CPU to process the images, including a computer readable medium containing instructions for generating at least one third image superimposing at least one image of the first images with at least one image of the second images, whereby a high-contrast, high-resolution real-time continuous images of the fluid is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventor: Uri Rapoport
  • Magnetic resonance imaging device
    Patent number: D746464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Rapoport, Thomas Rangi Sutton, James William Luther, Andrea Besana, Barbara Tornaghi