Patents Issued in September 1, 2020
  • Patent number: 10758166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Jeroen Poeze, Marcelo Lamego, Sean Merritt, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung Vo, Johannes Bruinsma, Ferdyan Lesmana, Massi Joe E. Kiani, Greg Olsen
  • Patent number: 10758167
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for a single, handheld device that provides for both insertion of a catheter and collection of a fluid. Some embodiments further include a needle that assists in the insertion of the catheter into a blood vessel, and which includes a retraction feature that protects the user from an accidental needle stick when the device is ready for disposal. Still further embodiments include a protective cover that prevents a user from accidentally being stuck by a second needle used for the introduction of the patient's blood into a collection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MMI, LLC
    Inventor: Donald L. Millerd
  • Patent number: 10758168
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided to automatically assess a plurality of fatigue mitigation strategies. In the context of a method, fatigue information is received for a subject and determination is made as to whether the subject is fatigued. In an instance in which the subject is fatigued, the method determines an estimated effectiveness of each of a plurality of fatigue mitigation strategies based upon fatigue information for the subject and one or more constraints and characteristics of a respective fatigue mitigation strategy. The determination of the estimated effectiveness of each of the plurality of fatigue mitigation strategies may also be based upon at least one of a time to become effective, a duration of the effectiveness and a side effect. The method also identifies at least one fatigue mitigation strategy to address fatigue of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Lisa C. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10758169
    Abstract: A urine collecting and analyzing apparatus that mounts on a toilet. The apparatus has a housing that mounts to or is integrated into the rim of the toilet bowl and has an opening for access to the bowl. The housing has a collector compartment and a controller compartment. A collector cup fits under the collector compartment extends over the bowl in a retracted position and in a collecting position. When in the collecting position, the cup captures urine released by a user. The cup is connected to a measurement chamber by a transfer tube. The urine moves through the transfer tube from the cup to the measurement chamber to a predetermined threshold volume and level. A controller in the controller compartment reads sensors and transmits sensor data to a device for storage and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng Yang, Long Di, Longze Chen, Cao Dong
  • Patent number: 10758170
    Abstract: A treatment efficacy of a treatment for treating a parkinsonian disease is determined. A first set of imaging information/data associated with a dMRI scan of an individual's brain captured at a first time and a second set of imaging information/data associated with a dMRI scan of the individual's brain captured at a second time are received. The individual underwent the treatment for a time period comprising at least part of the time between the first and second times. An expected change between the first and second times is determined based on a natural progression of the parkinsonian disease. The first and second sets of imaging information/data are analyzed to determine a first free-water pattern and a second free-water pattern. Based on the first and second free-water patterns, a disease progression score is determined. Based on the disease progression score and the expected change, a treatment efficacy for treating the individual with the treatment is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventor: David E. Vaillancourt
  • Patent number: 10758171
    Abstract: Methods for tracking gum line changes by comparing digital 3D models of teeth and gingiva taken at different times. The digital 3D models are segmented to digitally identify the teeth from the gingiva, and the segmented digital 3D models are compared to detect gum line changes by determining differences between them relating to the gum line. Gum line changes can also be estimated by comparing one of the digital 3D models with a 3D model having a predicted original location of the gum line. Gum line change maps can be displayed to show the gum line changes determined through the tracking or estimating of changes. The digital 3D models can also be displayed with periodontal measurements placed upon them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexandra R. Cunliffe, Guruprasad Somasundaram, Benjamin D. Zimmer, Steve Lastavich, Peter See, Kelly L. Stein
  • Patent number: 10758172
    Abstract: The method and system for evaluating the effect of weather, geomagnetic background and the air on the condition of a person's body—involves the input of personal data—by a computer device user; the determination or specification of a geolocation; the transmission of the personal data and the geolocation data, to a processing unit; the requesting of environmental forecast data from a weather server; the transmission of the forecast data; the transmission of the user and forecast data to an encoder and the generation of a single hash code; the transmission of the hash code to a decoder and the correlation with a database of dependencies of the functioning of human body systems on weather, geomagnetic background and air condition parameters; and the transmission of the correlated data to a display—and the display of information about the effect of environmental parameters on the functioning of human body systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Boris Ivanovich Pastuhov
  • Patent number: 10758173
    Abstract: In some implementations, a mobile device can adjust an alarm setting based on the sleep onset latency duration detected for a user of the mobile device. For example, sleep onset latency can be the amount of time it takes for the user to fall asleep after the user attempts to go to sleep (e.g., goes to bed). The mobile device can determine when the user intends or attempts to go to sleep based on detected sleep ritual activities. Sleep ritual activities can include those activities a user performs in preparation for sleep. The mobile device can determine when the user is asleep based on detected sleep signals (e.g., biometric data, sounds, etc.). In some implementations, the mobile device can determine recurring patterns of long or short sleep onset latency and present suggestions that might help the user sleep better or feel more rested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roy J. Raymann, Wren N. Dougherty, Divya Nag, Deborah M. Lambert, Stephanie Greer, Thomas R. Gruber
  • Patent number: 10758174
    Abstract: A system and method for diagnosing mental or emotional disorders is disclosed. An affective BCI component is incorporated into a closed loop, symptom—responsive psychiatric DBS system. A series of input data related to a brain of the patient is acquired while the patient performs a battery of behavioral tasks. From the patient's performance on the task battery, the system identifies what is abnormal for that individual patient in terms of functional domains. Patient-specific behavioral measurements are then linked to patterns of activation and de-activation across different brain regions, identifying specific structures that are the source of the patient's individual impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alik S. Widge, Thilo Deckersbach, Darin Dougherty, Emad Eskandar, Kristen Ellard
  • Patent number: 10758175
    Abstract: A neuromodulator accurately measures—in real time and over a range of frequencies—the instantaneous phase and amplitude of a natural signal. For example, the natural signal may be an electrical signal produced by neural tissue, or a motion such as a muscle tremor. The neuromodulator generates signals that are precisely timed relative to the phase of the natural signal. For example, the neuromodulator may generate an exogenous signal that is phase-locked with the natural signal. Or, for example, the neuromodulator may generate an exogenous signal that comprises short bursts which occur only during a narrow phase range of each period of an oscillating natural signal. The neuromodulator corrects distortions due to Gibbs phenomenon. In some cases, the neuromodulator does so by applying a causal filter to a discrete Fourier transform in the frequency domain, prior to taking an inverse discrete Fourier transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NuVu LLC
    Inventors: Nir Grossman, David Wang, Edward Boyden
  • Patent number: 10758176
    Abstract: A medication vending device is provided that includes an input interface configured to receive a signal outputted by a medical diagnostics device which indicates a parameter of the patient's body, and a memory that stores a dosing schedule for medication loaded into the device. The medication vending device generates an electronic message whenever a vending event occurs. The dosing schedule is compared with the vending events, and a signal is outputted indicating when the medication is being properly vended in accordance with the dosing schedule, thereby indicating that the patient is adhering to the dosing schedule. An alert signal is generated when the patient is adhering to the dosing schedule, but the parameter is abnormal for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Medherent, LLC
    Inventors: Joel F. Feldman, Yeardley W. Green, Kimberly Langenhahn
  • Patent number: 10758177
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure identify and alert a clinician to physiological cues thereby aiding the clinician in providing a better fitting of a medical prosthesis. Physiological data of a recipient of a medical prosthesis is analyzed to identify triggers during fitting or other types of adjustments to the prosthesis. A determination is then made as to whether the identified triggers correspond to a feedback event. If the triggers correspond to a feedback event, an alert containing information about the feedback event is generated and displayed or otherwise made available to the clinician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventor: Xerxes Battiwalla
  • Patent number: 10758178
    Abstract: A measuring device, including a device body, distance measuring units, optical measuring units and a processing unit, is provided. The device body includes a sensing reference surface adapted for a person to be measured to stand thereupon. The optical measuring units are disposed corresponding to the respective distance measuring units. Each of the distance measuring units transmits distance measuring signals to body areas of the person, so as to obtain distance information between each of the distance measuring units and the body areas of the person. Each of the optical measuring signal transmits measuring light to the person to be measured, and receives a measuring pattern formed through reflection of the measuring light from the person. The processing unit calculates and reconstructs a three-dimensional surface structure of the body areas of the person according to the respective distance information obtained from the distance measuring units and the corresponding measuring patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yih Wu, Ta-Chun Pu, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 10758179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress-measuring system for determining a level of stress of a user, in particular for monitoring an upcoming burnout, the system (10) comprising: an alarm clock (12) for initiating an alarm at an arbitrary preset time, wherein the system (10) comprises an interface (14) for switching off the alarm; a vital sign sensor (16) for measuring a first vital sign of the user while the user operates the interface (14); and a processing unit (18) for determining the level of stress of the user based on the sensed first vital sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Alphons Antonius Maria Lambertus Bruekers, Murtaza Bulut, Vojkan Mihajlovic, Martin Ouwerkerk, Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique Westerink
  • Patent number: 10758180
    Abstract: A method of improving psychophysiological function of a subject performing a stress-inducing activity using a computer includes, after a plurality of sensors that monitor stress-indicating physiological parameters have been coupled to the subject and to the computer, providing, by the computer to the subject, a set of training segments that each present the subject with one or more visual, audible, or tactile prompts, wherein in at least one of the training segments, the prompts induce the subject to simultaneously perform both the stress-inducing activity and a relaxation-inducing protocol. The computer provides the set of training segments until a value of at least one physiological parameter that indicates stress in the subject is within a pre-defined range of a baseline value of the parameter, thereby indicating that the subject has successfully performed the stress-inducing activity while maintaining alertness with a relative minimum of stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Biofeedback Systems Design, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Kusik, Dejan Stankovic, Andrew M. Bourhis
  • Patent number: 10758181
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for processing optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans through a subject's skin. The method includes receiving at least one OCT scan through the subject's skin, each scan representing an OCT signal in a slice through the subject's skin. Each OCT scan is processed so as to determine the presence of at least one blood vessel in each scan. A diameter is determined of at least one of the at least one blood vessels whose presence has been determined. A depth profile is determined of blood vessel density for different vessel diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Michelson Diagnostics Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan Denis Holmes, Richard Whitehead
  • Patent number: 10758182
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are disclosed for implementing textile-based screen-printed amperometric or potentiometric sensors. The chemical sensor can include carbon based electrodes to detect at least one of NADH, hydrogen peroxide, potassium ferrocyanide, TNT or DNT, in liquid or vapor phase. In one application, underwater presence of chemicals such as heavy metals and explosives is detected using the textile-based sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joseph Wang, Joshua Ray Windmiller
  • Patent number: 10758183
    Abstract: The disclosed methods and systems can be used to install and configure a skin analysis device, for example. In one aspect, a system for installing a device onto a plane area is disclosed. The system comprises: an installation assistor comprising a reference mark for determining a position for installing the device; and a bracket for mounting the device. The bracket includes: at least one side substantially flat for affixing to the plane area; a sliding member extending from a side of the bracket that is opposite to the side for affixing to the plane area; and a raised member extending from the side of the bracket that is opposite to the side for affixing to the plane area, at a predetermined distance from the sliding member, wherein the raised member corresponds to a recessive portion of the device that is configured to lodge the raised member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Cal-Comp Big Data, Inc.
    Inventors: Teng-Nan Lo, Ming-Hua Hung
  • Patent number: 10758184
    Abstract: Unique methods and bio-imaging systems are introduced herein for self-automated self-operable biomedical devices and methods for bio-signal monitoring, such as electrocardiograms (ECG), heart rate, and other vital signs, requiring no trained medical assistance or minimal assistance. In particular, methods and devices disclosed herein may require no dedicated medical resources, generate diagnostic quality results, and provide for motion artifact correction without inducing discomfort or irritation. Moreover, long term recording is realizable. Such methods and devices reduce the backlog of patients at out-patient wards as well as emergency response in remote areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, PT. JNM MEDICAL COLLEGE
    Inventors: Subhanshu Gupta, Kavita Shashank Gupta
  • Patent number: 10758185
    Abstract: Disclosed examples include heart rate monitor systems and methods to estimate a patient heart rate, in which a processor filters digital photoplethysmogram (PPG) sample values representing transmission or reflection of a light signal in the patient during a time window, performs motion compensation processing on the filtered values, computes a gain value for individual segments of the time window using the motion compensated values, applies the individual gain values to the motion compensated values of blocks associated with the corresponding segments, and determines a heart rate estimate value representing the patient heart rate according to the frequency content of the adjusted values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tarkesh Pande, David Patrick Magee
  • Patent number: 10758186
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vital sign extraction method and system. The system comprises a receiving module for receiving at least one type of physiological information; a feature extraction module configured to extract a first feature and a second feature of the physiological information by using a first technique and a second technique; a processing module for performing a matching calculation on the first feature and the second feature, marking matching results, and identifying a noise result of the physiological information based on the matching results; and a calculation module for calculating a physiological sign of a living body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: VITA-COURSE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiao Yu, Jiwei Zhao, Zhiyong Wang
  • Patent number: 10758187
    Abstract: There is provided a respiratory waveform drawing system. The system includes: load detectors configured to detect loads of the subjects and output them as a load signal; a subject number determination unit configured to determine a number of the subjects on the bed based on a frequency spectrum of the load signal; a waveform separation unit configured to separate a load component of each of the subjects from the load signal outputted from each of the plurality of load detectors; a center of gravity position calculation unit configured to calculate a position of a center of gravity of each of the subjects based on the separated load component of each of the subjects; and a waveform drawing unit configured to draw a respiratory waveform of each of the subjects based on a temporal variation of the position of the center of gravity of each of the subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akatsu, Norihito Iida
  • Patent number: 10758188
    Abstract: A stroke detection and prevention system and method are provided in which there may be one or more phases of detection using devices in which the phases include user-friendly, less accurate tests to less user-friendly, more accurate tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kataoka, Ravi Srivatsav
  • Patent number: 10758189
    Abstract: There is provided a method for use in monitoring a physiological characteristic of a subject, the method comprising receiving a value of the physiological characteristic of the subject; determining whether the received physiological characteristic value is normal using a range of normal variability of the physiological characteristic for the subject calculated using a set of previous values of the physiological characteristic for the subject; and in the event that the received physiological characteristic value is determined to be normal, updating the range of normal variability using the received physiological characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Tine Smits, Jennifer Caffarel, Emile Josephus Carlos Kelkboom
  • Patent number: 10758190
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of evaluating a vascular system of a patient, are provided. In some instances, the method includes obtaining external imaging data associated with the heart; obtaining cardiac test data associated with the heart; generating a three-dimensional graphical representation of the heart using the external imaging data and the cardiac test data; and outputting the graphical representation of the heart to a display device, wherein the graphical representation of the heart includes a graphical representation of the cardiac test data. Corresponding systems and devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Anderson
  • Patent number: 10758191
    Abstract: A graphical representation may be displayed including at least a plurality of transducer graphical elements, each transducer graphical element of the plurality of transducer graphical elements representative of a respective transducer of a plurality of transducers of a transducer-based device. A set of user input may be received including an instruction set to reposition a first transducer graphical element in a state in which the first transducer graphical element is located at a first location in the graphical representation and a second transducer graphical element is located at a second location in the graphical representation, the second location closer to a predetermined location in the graphical representation than the first location. In response to conclusion of receipt of the set of user input, the first transducer graphical element may be repositioned from the first location in the graphical representation to the predetermined location in the graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KARDIUM INC.
    Inventors: Saar Moisa, Michael Hermann Weber
  • Patent number: 10758192
    Abstract: A radiological imaging device includes a gantry defining an analysis area configured to contain a portion of a patient to be analyzed and a circular extension trajectory extending around a central axis. The gantry includes a source configured to emit radiation; a detector configured to receive the radiation after it has passed through the analysis area; and a casing defining a housing volume for the source and the detector. The casing includes a bottom arched module and an arched module mobile with respect to the bottom arched module so as to vary the angular extension of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Epica International, Inc.
    Inventors: Damiano Fortuna, Leonardo Manetti, Giulio Raimondi, Giovanni De Santis
  • Patent number: 10758193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical radiation protector, which is configured in such a way that said radiation protector holds tumor tissue and adjoining healthy tissue in a clear relative position with respect to each other in the head-and-neck region during a radiation treatment for cancer therapy, and which comprises at least a lower jaw element, an upper jaw element, and optionally a tissue protection element, and which is produced partially from a plastic that can be used in an additive method and that is approved for use in/against/on a human or animal body for medical purposes, wherein the part produced from said plastic is produced by means of an additive production method. The invention further relates to a production method for said radiation protector, to a system for performing the method, and to a computer program that substantially controls the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HIBRAND INDUSTRIES AG
    Inventor: Remo Bettega
  • Patent number: 10758194
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system using various selection techniques. The selection techniques may be used to assist in generating selected images for viewing. Selection techniques may include moving a filter to filter a selected portion of an imaging beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Garlow, Kyo C. Jin
  • Patent number: 10758195
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing X-ray scatter during breast imaging, and more specifically during tomosynthesis imaging. In one embodiment, an anti-scatter grid having a plurality of septa may be configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray imaging device such that each septum of the plurality of septa extends along a direction substantially parallel to a coronal plane of a subject during imaging of the subject using the X-ray imaging device. The X-ray imaging device may be operable in a tomosynthesis mode for imaging of a breast of the subject and may include the anti-scatter grid disposed between a breast platform and the X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid may be configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a sagittal plane of the subject during tomosynthesis imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Farbizio, Kenneth F. Defreitas, Ian Shaw
  • Patent number: 10758196
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation detection unit that acquires a radiation image, a decision unit that decides whether or not the radiation image meets a decision criterion of success or failure of imaging, and a storage unit that associates and stores the radiation image and a result of the decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Asato Kosuge, Taro Hiroike, Hideki Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10758197
    Abstract: A method for fluoroscopy energizes a radiation source to form a scout image on a detector and processes the scout image to determine and report a radiation field position with respect to a predetermined zone of the detector. The radiation source is energized for fluoroscopic imaging of a subject when the reported radiation field position is fully within the predetermined zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Richard, Xiaohui Wang, Michael C. Lalena
  • Patent number: 10758198
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing images to optimize orthopaedic functionality at a site within a patient, including obtaining at least a first, reference image of the site, or a corresponding contralateral site, the first image including at least a first anatomical region or a corresponding anatomical region. At least a second, intra-operative results image of the site is obtained. At least one stationary base with at least two base points is selected to serve as a reference for both images during analysis including at least one of scaling, calculations, and image comparisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick, Andrew J. Cooper, Xiu Jiang, Cameron Albert
  • Patent number: 10758199
    Abstract: In an X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment, an X-ray generator configured to irradiate an X-ray to a subject. An X-ray detector configured to detect the X-ray. Processing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of X-ray images chronologically based on X-rays that have passed through the subject to which a contrast media is injected, and that have been detected by the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry configured to extract a first image from among the X-ray images, the first image when any one of a change in a pixel value between predetermined two images and a predetermined region in one image is equal to or smaller than a threshold. A display configured to display, after the first image is extracted, a plurality of X-ray images that have been generated prior to the first image in reverse chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Hayashi, Nobuo Kobayashi, Kunio Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 10758200
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding system for assessing a haemodynamic parameter for a vascular region of interest of a patient based on angiographic images are provided. After acquiring multiple angiographic images, a three dimensional (3D) representation of at least a first portion of the respective region of interest is performed, and geometric features are extracted from complete or partial views. Additional geometric features are extracted from partial incomplete views. A complete set of 3D geometric features for an anatomical structure, such as a vessel tree, is then generated by combining the extracted geometric features and estimating any missing geometric features. Using the complete set of 3D geometric features, a feature-based assessment of the haemodynamic parameter, such as a fractional flow reserve, is then performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Tiziano Passerini, Lucian Mihai Itu, Thomas Redel, Puneet Sharma
  • Patent number: 10758201
    Abstract: A method rotates a radiation source and a detector over a sequence of acquisition angles about a subject and acquires, at each acquisition angle, a 2D projection image. A simulation subset is formed that contains some, but not all, of the acquired 2D projection images, wherein subset membership is determined according to relative signal change between successive 2D projection images. Scatter is characterized for the acquired sequence of projection images according to the formed simulation subset. One or more of the acquired sequence of projection images is corrected using the scatter characterization. An image volume is reconstructed and stored according to the sequence of scatter corrected projection images. One or more images of the reconstructed image volume are rendered to a display or transmitting the stored image volume data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Lin, William J. Sehnert
  • Patent number: 10758202
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards spectral imaging, wherein a dedicated spectral imaging phantom is scanned with a spectral x-ray device to obtain spectral imaging data of the spectral imaging phantom. Said imaging data of the spectral imaging phantom is used as input for obtaining improved further imaging data of a subject of which a spectral scan is performed subsequent to or simultaneous with the spectral scan of the spectral imaging phantom. Improved further imaging data may be obtained by using the spectral phantom imaging data as input for imaging data correction, for providing a recommendation and/or for further data processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Heiner Daerr, Thomas Koehler
  • Patent number: 10758203
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a gantry, control circuitry, and acquisition circuitry. The X-ray tube generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays generated by the X-ray tube. The gantry supports the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector rotatably around a rotation axis. While the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector are rotated, the control circuitry allows the X-ray tube to generate X-rays and alters a predetermined CT imaging parameter for which correction data is acquired during a single rotation. While the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector are rotated, the acquisition circuitry acquires correction data related to the target CT imaging parameter through the X-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Masaharu Tsuyuki
  • Patent number: 10758204
    Abstract: Radiographic imaging system including: an x-ray transmission unit; an x-ray receiver unit; a plate made from a material opaque to x-rays and situated between the transmission unit and the receiver unit, the plate including at least four channels, each channel enabling a part of the x-rays emitted by the transmission unit to pass through the channel; and an image processing unit configured to determine the coordinates of the projected patterns and to calculate a position of the receiver unit from the coordinates of the projected patterns and from the coordinates of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, SURGIQUAL INSTITUTE, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Yannick Grondin, Philippe Augerat, Philippe Cinquin, Laurent Desbat, Benjamin Spencer
  • Patent number: 10758205
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging of a biopsy needle or the like during an ultrasound imaging examination, including the steps of alternately performing one or more imaging scans with ultrasound transmit and receive parameters which are adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the needle and one or more imaging scans with ultrasound transmit and receive parameters adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the body, in which the needle is inserted, injecting contrast agents in the region to be examined before imaging, and setting ultrasound transmit and receive parameters adapted for optimized imaging and visualization of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Esaote S.p.A.
    Inventors: Barbara Greppi, Marino Cerofolini
  • Patent number: 10758206
    Abstract: An ultrasound device performs an ultrasound scan to acquire a video clip having images of a portion of a lung. The ultrasound device detects lung sliding in each of the images. The ultrasound device highlights the detected lung sliding in each of the images to generate processed images. The ultrasound device displays at least one of the processed images as one or more of an enhanced B mode image and an enhanced virtual M mode image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Menachem Halmann, Alexander Sokulin, Peter Lysyansky, Lilach Vanuk, Cynthia Owen, Eunji Kang
  • Patent number: 10758207
    Abstract: The invention generally relates systems and methods to for producing an image from a rotational intravascular ultrasound device. A method can include alternately transmitting complementary Golay codes to a plurality of transducers in a intravascular ultrasound device; receiving echoes of the complementary codes from the transducers; performing pulse compression of the echoes that comprises weighting the received echoes and summing an odd number of weighted echoes, wherein a center echo is given a weighted value of 1.0 and weighted sums of its neighbors constitute complementary echoes of a Golay pair; and producing an image from the compressed echoes. A system can include a processor; and a plurality of beam modules coupled to the processor, each module comprising: a receiver for receiving a trigger signal from the processor; a complex programmable logic device programmed with a Golay code; a high voltage switching transmitter; and an ultrasound transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinhyoung Park, Paul Douglas Corl
  • Patent number: 10758208
    Abstract: A device for ultrasound-assisted reflection and transmission tomography includes a measurement volume filled with an ultrasonic coupling medium and having an opening for inserting a body to be examined and a lateral surface remote from the opening, and a number of ultrasonic transducers arranged remotely from the opening of the measurement volume, arranged in direct contact with the ultrasonic coupling medium, and arranged oriented into the measurement volume. The arrangement of the ultrasonic transducers around the measurement volume aperiodically follows a random uniform distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Hartmut Gemmeke, Michael Zapf, Torsten Hopp, Robin Dapp, Nicole Ruiter
  • Patent number: 10758209
    Abstract: An intraoperative registration and tracking system includes an optical source configured to illuminate tissue intraoperatively with electromagnetic radiation at a substantially localized spot so as to provide a photoacoustic source at the substantially localize spot, an optical imaging system configured to form an optical image of at least a portion of the tissue and to detect and determine a position of the substantially localized spot in the optical image, an ultrasound imaging system configured to form an ultrasound image of at least a portion of the tissue and to detect and determine a position of the substantially localized spot in the ultrasound image, and a registration system configured to determine a coordinate transformation that registers the optical image with the ultrasound image based at least partially on a correspondence of the spot in the optical image with the spot in the ultrasound image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Emad M. Boctor, Russell H. Taylor, Jin U. Kang
  • Patent number: 10758210
    Abstract: The present invention is a method, system, and apparatus used to transmit information to an individual and or receiver who is not located at the actual ultrasound procedure that may monitor, communicate, and assist in the procedure in real time as well as provide protocols for specific procedures; wherein the ultrasound machine communicates to a receiver operational information such as but not limited to audio, visual, performance, and so forth; wherein the information may be received in real time to another party not located at the site of the procedure who may assist with the procedure, training, protocols, and so forth; and wherein the receiver may then transmit back to the ultrasound machine specific directions as well as communicate with the ultrasound operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Oncura Partners Diagnostics, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Huber, Craig E. Presnall
  • Patent number: 10758211
    Abstract: A container for collecting a biological specimen is provided that includes a peripheral wall extending from a base. The container further includes a longitudinal tower disposed within the container. The tower forms a partition within the container to form at least a first chamber and a second chamber therein, wherein the first and second chambers are in fluid communication with one another. In addition, the container includes an insert disposed within the container opposite the base, the insert comprising at least a first opening and a second opening. The second opening provides access to the second chamber and is further configured to engage a specimen collecting device to leave a portion of the specimen collecting device within the second chamber. The first opening provides access to the first chamber and is further configured to receive a syringe therein for accessing the biological specimen. Associated systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy R. Hansen, Mark Talmer, Kevin Bailey, Dwight Livingston
  • Patent number: 10758212
    Abstract: A planning tool, system and method include a processor (114) and memory (116) coupled to the processor which stores a planning module (144). A user interface (120) is coupled to the processor and configured to permit a user to select a path through a pathway system (148). The planning module is configured to upload one or more slices of an image volume (111) corresponding to a user-controlled cursor point (108) guided using the user interface such that as the path is navigated the one or more slices are updated in accordance with a depth of the cursor point in the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Rafael Wiemker, Kongkuo Lu, Sheng Xu, Tobias Klinder, Martin Bergtholdt
  • Patent number: 10758213
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a biopsy needle configured to maximize tissue sampling yield and collect a unit of sampled tissue. The biopsy needle includes an elongate tubular body comprising a lumen extending therethrough from a proximal open end to a distal open end of the body. The distal end includes first and second tip portions extending therefrom and formed on opposing sides of the needle body. The first tip portion generally extends further from the distal end than the second tip portion, resembling a staggered configuration, resulting in an increased surface area of multiple cutting edges formed between the first and second tip portions on either side of the needle body. Additionally, each of the tip portion defines a penetrating point configured to pierce the tissue to be sampled and direct sampled tissue towards the lumen of the body to be excised by the cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John O. McWeeney, Eugene Campbell, Bora Gumustop
  • Patent number: 10758214
    Abstract: Various biopsy devices configured to biopsy tissue from a body cavity and methods of use are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a biopsy sleeve is provided with an elongate shaft having distal and proximal ends. The elongate shaft is configured to receive at least a portion of an imaging device therein, and an engagement member is disposed on the proximal end and configured to engage with the imaging device. A biopsy collector is engageable with the elongate shaft and is configured to collect tissue for a biopsy sample. At least part of the distal end of the elongate shaft is configured to allow visualization therethrough using the imaging device such that a user can visualize the tissue being collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: UVision360, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Washburn, Erich Dreyer, Allison London Brown, David Robinson, Brad Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10758215
    Abstract: A device 10 for gathering tissue of a heart valve leaflet 2 may include an outer tube 16 extending in an elongation direction, a capture tool 22 moveable in the outer tube between a contained position and a use position, and a tissue securing component 32 disposed at a distal end 17 of the outer tube and adapted to be applied to tissue 8 captured by the capture tool to hold the captured tissue in a gathered configuration. The capture tool may include a first element 20 and a second element 22 that are moveable relative to one another in the elongation direction. The first and second elements 20, 22 may be operable to capture tissue 8 of the heart valve leaflet 2 therebetween and to draw the captured tissue into the outer tube 16 in the gathered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary J. Tegels, John Ibeling