Patents by Inventor William Wai-Leung Lau
William Wai-Leung Lau 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).
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Patent number: 11844629Abstract: A smart system and methods for coupling a medical transporter apparatus with an imaging apparatus, involving: a smart docking module comprising at least one coupler responsive to a controller operable by a set of executable instructions, the smart docking module comprising a non-magnetic material; and the smart docking module configured by the controller to automatically perform at least one of: position, dock, engage, latch, lock, interlock, release, emergency-release, quick-release, disengage, emergency-disengage, and quick-disengage the medical transporter apparatus in relation to the imaging apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Dan Gavin Harrison, Mark Tullio Morreale, William Wai-Leung Lau, Murtasim Syed, Genevieve Rodrigue, Aryeh Benjamin Taub
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Patent number: 11782108Abstract: An adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther, Gilbert Thevathasan, Mark Tullio Morreale
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Patent number: 11567152Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant Connell, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther
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Publication number: 20220381858Abstract: An adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles PANTHER, Gilbert THEVATHASAN, Mark Tullio MORREALE
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Patent number: 11435418Abstract: Optionally adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther, Gilbert Thevathasan, Mark Tullio Morreale
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Publication number: 20220008016Abstract: A smart system and methods for coupling a medical transporter apparatus with an imaging apparatus, involving: a smart docking module comprising at least one coupler responsive to a controller operable by a set of executable instructions, the smart docking module comprising a non-magnetic material; and the smart docking module configured by the controller to automatically perform at least one of: position, dock, engage, latch, lock, interlock, release, emergency-release, quick-release, disengage, emergency-disengage, and quick-disengage the medical transporter apparatus in relation to the imaging apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Dan Gavin HARRISON, Mark Tullio MORREALE, William Wai-Leung LAU, Murtasim SYED, Genevieve RODRIGUE, Aryeh Benjamin TAUB
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Publication number: 20210349164Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles Panther
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Patent number: 11085978Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Synaptive Medical Inc.Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant Connell, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther
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Publication number: 20200386834Abstract: A head coil assembly includes a housing with a lower portion, an upper portion, a left portion, and a right portion, wherein each portion includes two or more radio-frequency (RF) coils, wherein the portions are sized and shaped to adjustably conform to a curvature of the subject's head for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the subject's head placed inside the housing, wherein the portions are operable to transition from an open position where the portions are sufficiently apart from each other to a closed position where the portions are adjusted to tighten a wrap around the subject's head along the curvature, and wherein the two or more RF coils in each portion are disposed in such manner that when the portions are operated to transition from the open position to the closed position, the RF coils of each portion remain decoupled to each other even along edges of each portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Ian Robert Oliphant CONNELL, Gilbert Thevathasan, William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles Panther
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Publication number: 20180356477Abstract: Optionally adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: William Wai-Leung LAU, Alexander Gyles PANTHER, Gilbert THEVATHASAN, Mark Tullio MORREALE
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Publication number: 20170251990Abstract: A cart for housing components of a medical navigation system is provided. The cart comprises a frame including a substantially horizontal base having a bottom side and a top side with wheels attached to the bottom side, a substantially vertical column attached to the top side of the base, and a ballast attached to the base to function as a counterweight to avoid tipping of the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Leila KHERADPIR, William Wai-Leung LAU, Joshua Lee RICHMOND, Thanh Vinh VUONG
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Patent number: D788915Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Leila Kheradpir, William Wai-Leung Lau, Gal Sela, Joshua Lee Richmond
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Patent number: D794787Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Leila Kheradpir, William Wai-Leung Lau, Gal Sela, Neil Witcomb
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Patent number: D809927Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: William Wai-Leung Lau, Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins
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Patent number: D820984Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Leila Kheradpir, William Wai-Leung Lau
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Patent number: D839431Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (Barbados) Inc.Inventors: Mark Tullio Morreale, William Wai-Leung Lau, Daniel Gavin Harrison
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Patent number: D895809Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL (BARBADOS) INC.Inventors: Mark Tullio Morreale, William Wai-Leung Lau, Daniel Gavin Harrison