Detecting Nuclear, Electromagnetic, Or Ultrasonic Radiation Patents (Class 600/407)
  • Patent number: 11996894
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modulation method, apparatus, and system for imaging scanning signal synchronization. The method includes: transmitting control signals, wherein the control signals include a galvanometer driving signal, a laser scanning signal, and a camera exposure signal, the galvanometer driving signal and the camera exposure signal have a same period, and the laser scanning signal enables laser to be emitted for N times within time for enabling positive oscillation of a galvanometer in one period of the galvanometer driving signal; measuring an actual signal waveform of the galvanometer, and obtaining a noise-reduced waveform by filtering and de-noising the actual signal waveform; performing a waveform comparison detection on the noise-reduced waveform and a corresponding control waveform for the galvanometer driving signal to obtain a waveform deviation; and adjusting the control signals based on the waveform deviation and transmitting the adjusted control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MECH-MIND ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Yu Guo, Xiangru Wang, Youshuang Ding, Tianlan Shao
  • Patent number: 11994549
    Abstract: A method for determining an electromagnetic field spatial distribution of a radio frequency (RF) antenna which includes the steps of emitting with the RF antenna, a plurality of RF energy pulses into a homogeneous medium; performing a plurality of thermoacoustic signal measurements of the plurality of RF energy pulses, wherein each of the thermoacoustic signal measurements is performed in a similar manner; utilizing a variance in the plurality of thermoacoustic signal measurements to generate a reconstructed pressure distribution for a volume located within the homogeneous medium; and calculating the RF antenna electromagnetic field spatial distribution within the volume based upon the reconstructed pressure distribution for the volume located within the homogeneous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventors: Idan Steinberg, Michael M. Thornton, Christopher Nelson Davis, Jang Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11992370
    Abstract: In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to the present invention, the ultrasound probe generates an ultrasound image, assigns a time stamp for each frame to the ultrasound image, and wirelessly transmits the ultrasound image to which the time stamp is assigned, to the diagnostic apparatus main body. The diagnostic apparatus main body receives the ultrasound image, determines continuity of frames on the basis of the time stamp, assigns a weight to the ultrasound image of the past frame on the basis of the continuity of the frames, performs correlation processing between the ultrasound image of the current frame and the ultrasound image of the past frame to which the weight is assigned, generates a display image, and displays the display image on the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11986281
    Abstract: A system and method enhance clinical effectiveness for monitoring for a change in a level of fluid in tissue by using a device attached to a body portion that wirelessly reports to a remote apparatus or receiver a current received power level for indications of extravasation or infiltration. Adjusting an activation rate of fluid detection, reporting or both extends service life of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Chad E. Bouton
  • Patent number: 11986277
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a blood glucose level in a person involves transmitting millimeter range radio waves over a three-dimensional (3D) space below the skin surface of a person. receiving radio waves on multiple receive antennas, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, isolating a signal from a particular location in the 3D space in response to receiving the radio waves on the multiple receive antennas, and outputting a signal that corresponds to a blood glucose level in the person in response to the isolated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Movano Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Leabman
  • Patent number: 11986240
    Abstract: A system for guiding an ophthalmic procedure is disclosed. The system includes a housing assembly with a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards a target site in an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second set of volumetric data, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set and second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set and second set of registered volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a shared composite view of the target site. The controller is configured to extract structural features and/or enable visualization of the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Patent number: 11986346
    Abstract: A gel pad for facilitating ultrasound scanning between an ultrasound transducer and a skin surface is provided. The gel pad has a first surface being bendable with a small degree and maintained locally flat, and a second surface being more bendable than the first surface for contacting the skin surface. A coupling media is arranged between the first and second surface with a stiffness gradient increasing from the second surface to the first surface. The first surface is capable of facilitating the ultrasound transducer to move swiftly on the gel pad. The second surface is capable of conforming to a non-uniform shape of the skin surface. On the first or second surface, position markers are provided for determining coordinates of the ultrasound transducer, by blocking ultrasound signals from transmitting through the gel pad to generate dark strips or marks in the ultrasound images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Telefield Medical Imaging Limited
    Inventors: Yongping Zheng, Queenie Tsung Kwan Shea
  • Patent number: 11988508
    Abstract: Localized measurement of turbulent airflows is provided using enhanced techniques of digital holography with computed tomography. In an implementation, an optical beam is diffracted to produce an array of signal beams which propagate at different angles through a test volume that includes a test article. A reference beam is optically interfered with the array of signal beams after propagating through the test volume, producing a corresponding array of holograms simultaneously detected by a single digital holographic sensor. Digitized versions of the holograms are processed to produce a signal field for each test beam. Computed tomography is then applied to the signal fields to determine path-resolved turbulence measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Trent Thurman, Anthony Klee, Thomas G. Alley
  • Patent number: 11980423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation assistance system for assisting in navigating an interventional instrument within a subject. An implanted object opening model (21) and a vessel opening model (27) are generated based on a provided interventional image data set, wherein the models define a respective position, shape and dimension in a frame of reference. These models and a position, which is also provided in the frame of reference, and optionally also a shape (25) of the interventional instrument are used for generating a graphical representation showing the implanted object opening model, the vessel opening model and the provided position and optionally shape of the interventional instrument, thereby providing guidance for a physician, which allows the physician to relatively easily navigate the interventional instrument such that it is moved through the opening of the implanted object and through the opening of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Raoul Florent, Pascal Yves François Cathier, Neriman Nicoletta Kahya, Wilhelmus Henrica Gerarda Maria Van Den Boomen
  • Patent number: 11984216
    Abstract: A medical image display control device includes a reception unit that receives an input instruction, a creation unit that creates a display image having a tab and a viewer region in which at least a medical image is displayed, the creation unit creating a new display image having a tab and a viewer region different from a viewer region of a display image displayed on a display unit based on the input instruction received by the reception unit, a display controller that performs control such that the tab of the new display image created by the creation unit and the already displayed tab are displayed so as to be selectable on the display unit, and a switching display controller that performs control such that in a case where any tab of the tabs displayed on the display unit is selected, the viewer region corresponding to the selected tab is switched with the already displayed viewer region and is displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Miyamoto, Takuma Okuno
  • Patent number: 11980484
    Abstract: Systems and methods assist with managing a chronic disease of a user such as a chronic respiratory or cardiac disease. The system may include a physiological monitor adapted to be carried by the user and operative to sense a physiological parameter of the user by generating one or more signals. The system may include a management device operatively coupled with the physiological monitor to receive the signal(s) and derive the physiological parameter(s) of the user. The management device, such as with an included processor, may be configured to analyze the physiological and/or environmental parameters to detect a trigger pattern of the parameters, the trigger pattern indicative of a probable event of exacerbation of the chronic respiratory and/or cardiac condition. The management device may then generate automated responses based on the trigger pattern such as by providing instructions for activities and/or treatment for the chronic condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Resmed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Redmond Shouldice
  • Patent number: 11980482
    Abstract: Circuits are provided for detecting an electrosurgical unit signal. An example circuit includes: a filter configured to process a floating ground signal associated with measuring a bio-potential signal of a patient, and a detector configured to output a sensing signal based at least in part on the floating grounding and the Earth ground for detecting an electrosurgical unit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Daniel K. Freeman, Ronald Gatzke
  • Patent number: 11980424
    Abstract: A method and process for providing three dimensional (3-D) virtual image of a patient in metaverse or 3-D hologram for surgical or other procedures, wherein the avatar of a medical practitioner, imitating the actions of the practitioner performing the procedure, can visually identify the organs and the location of the instruments in real-time inside patient. The image data stream generated in real time can be saved in a data base for later re-creation of the image. The re-creation of the image with spatial coordination and updating in time is usable as a review and a teaching/training tool. The implemented Metaverse provides all details collected and combined from the multiple imaging systems. It is usable as a diagnostic tool, a practice tool a teaching tool and real time direction and feedback tool by the medical community for procedures. The real-time image in Metaverse provides critical visual capabilities during procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Mammen Thomas
  • Patent number: 11984206
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing medical text and associated medical images. A natural language processor configured as a deep conventional neural network is trained on a first corpus of curated free-text, medical reports each of which having one or more structured labels assigned by an medical expert. The network is trained to learn to read additional free-text medical reports and produce predicted structured labels. The natural language processor is applied to a second corpus of free-text medical reports that are associated with medical images. The natural language processor generates structured labels for the associated medical images. A computer vision model is trained using the medical images and the structured labels generated. The computer vision model can thereafter assign a structured label to a further input medical image. In one example, the medical images are chest X-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Scott McKinney, Shravya Shetty, Hormuz Mostofi
  • Patent number: 11979299
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that provides improved techniques and metrics used to improve the “Quality of Experience Delivered” (“QED”) for use in Private Enterprise networks. The method and apparatus provides normalized metrics used for assessing all service types for performance. Focus is placed on latent scores and allowing for a range of acceptable operational scores. Observation points are identified and metrics collection is performed at the ingress and egress points for functional/application/node/service levels. Assessment based on packet sizes groups is enabled, rather than as an aggregate for better understanding of the tunability of the application layer for improved service. Burstiness of the traffic is gauged to allow for improved scheduling in the RAN. Individual deployments are adapted to assess ?G and assess ?S and ?V for end-to-end performance management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Celona, Inc.
    Inventor: Srinivasan Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11974808
    Abstract: Provided is a diagnosis system for anterior eye diseases. An image obtainer obtains an anterior eye image of an image obtainer configured to obtain an anterior eye image of a subject. A characteristic extractor extracts characteristic information of the obtained anterior eye image on the basis of a machine-learning model. A disease analyzer determines whether or not an anterior eye of the subject has a disease and classifying a disease class according to the extracted characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Dong Hui Lim
  • Patent number: 11974879
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe, which includes a transducer, a driving motor and a transmission mechanism configured to drive the transducer to reciprocatingly oscillate within a predetermined angle. The transmission mechanism includes a transducer base fixed and connected with the transducer, a face gear arranged on the transducer base, and a cylindrical gear meshed with the face gear. A rotating shaft of the face gear is positioned on the transducer base, and the face gear drives the transducer base to reciprocatingly oscillate. A transmission shaft is arranged on the axis of the cylindrical gear, and the transmission shaft is connected with the driving motor. The three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe provided by the present application aims at simplifying the internal structure of the three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe, reducing the internal installation complexity and improving motion stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Hua Luo, Jianhua Mo, Bo Ouyang, Dan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11978198
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for supporting disease analysis, the method including classifying, on the basis of images obtained from a plurality of analysis target cells contained in a specimen collected from a subject, a morphology of each analysis target cell, and obtaining cell morphology classification information corresponding to the specimen, on the basis of a result of the classification; and analyzing a disease of the subject by means of a computer algorithm, on the basis of the cell morphology classification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: JUNTENDO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akimichi Ohsaka, Yoko Tabe, Konobu Kimura
  • Patent number: 11969145
    Abstract: A medical endoscope image recognition method is provided. In the method, endoscope images are received from a medical endoscope. The endoscope images are filtered with a neural network, to obtain target endoscope images. Organ information corresponding to the target endoscope images is recognized via the neural network. An imaging type of the target endoscope images is identified according to the corresponding organ information with a classification network. A lesion region in the target endoscope images is localized according to an organ part indicated by the organ information. A lesion category of the lesion region in an image capture mode of the medical endoscope corresponding to the imaging type is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zijian Zhang, Zhongqian Sun, Xinghui Fu, Hong Shang, Xiaoning Wang, Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11972575
    Abstract: A system and method for generating augmented segmented image set obtain are provided. The method may include: obtaining a first image including a first anatomical structure of a first object; determining first feature data of the first anatomical structure; determining one or more first transformations related to the first anatomical structure, wherein a first transformation includes a transformation type and one or more transformation parameters related to the transformation type; applying the one or more first transformations to the first feature data of the first anatomical structure to generate second feature data of the first anatomical structure; and generating a second image based on the second feature data of the first anatomical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UIH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Supratik Bose, Jonathan Maltz
  • Patent number: 11969292
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (2) and a diagnostic apparatus main body (3) that are wirelessly connected, the ultrasound probe (2) includes a detection unit (16) that generates complex baseband signals, an averaging unit (17) that averages the complex baseband signals at a plurality of sampling points in a Doppler gate set on a B-mode image to acquire average complex baseband signals, and a probe-side wireless communication circuit (20) that wirelessly transmits the average complex baseband signals, and the diagnostic apparatus main body (3) includes a main body-side wireless communication circuit (31) that receives the average complex baseband signals, and a Doppler image generation unit (33) that performs a frequency analysis on the average complex baseband signals to generate a Doppler image, and displays the Doppler image on a monitor (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yukiya Miyachi
  • Patent number: 11969215
    Abstract: System and method for imaging a target site with a housing assembly having a head unit configured to be at least partially directed towards the target site. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) module and stereoscopic visualization camera are at least partially located in the head unit and configured to obtain a first set and a second of volumetric data of the target site, respectively. A controller is configured to register the first set of volumetric data with the second set of volumetric data to create a third set of registered volumetric data. The third set of registered volumetric data and second set of volumetric data are rendered, via a volumetric render module, to a first and second region. The first region and the second region are overlaid to obtain a composite shared view of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Ashok Burton Tripathi, George Charles Polchin, Maximiliano Ramirez Luna, Patrick Terry, Thomas Paul Riederer
  • Patent number: 11963727
    Abstract: Mitigating a user interface display function of a modular energy system includes receiving formatted video data at a video data converter circuit, providing differential video signaling data to the display from the video data converter circuit, providing a copy of the differential video signaling data to a processor, and determining that the differential video signaling data is changing over time. Mitigating erroneous outputs from an isolated interface includes receiving a state of a first switch of a first footswitch coupled to a first comparator and a reference voltage coupled to the first comparator, receiving the state of the first switch coupled to the first duplicate comparator and the reference voltage coupled to the first duplicate comparator, comparing the output of the first comparator with the output of the first duplicate comparator, and determining activation or deactivation of a surgical instrument coupled to the controller based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joshua P. Morgan, Andrew W. Carroll, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Joshua M. Henderson, James M. Vachon, Eitan T. Wiener, Daniel C. Herman, Jonathan T. Samuel, Jeffrey A. Bullock
  • Patent number: 11963818
    Abstract: Method and relative system for the measurement of haemodynamic indices, said method comprising: acquiring an ultrasound image of at least one segment of an arterial vessel; identifying in said image at least one sample volume; obtaining a time series indicating the blood velocity, or velocity signal (9), in said sample volume and in at least one cardiac cycle; calculating, by means of a processor, a first area (4) equal to the area subtended by the velocity signal (9) between the sample (6) relating to the instant of systole start of said at least one cardiac cycle and the sample (7) of systolic peak; calculating, by means of a processor, a second area (5) subtended by the velocity signal (9) between the sample (7) of systolic peak and the sample (8) relating to the instant of end diastole of said at least one cardiac cycle; calculating the relationship between the second area (5) and the first area (4); selecting a time instant of interest in said at least one cardiac cycle; obtaining the spatial distributio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
    Inventor: Antonio Vittorio Sterpetti
  • Patent number: 11963739
    Abstract: In order to improve both spatial resolution and sensitivity for brain research and clinical activity, we have designed a combined PET/MRI insert for brain scanning, referred to herein as a “BrainPET insert” that can be fit onto and into a suitable MRI system. The BrainPET Insert comprises, in order, a receive (Rx) coil positioned within and adjacent to a transmit (Tx) coil and a PET ring, wherein both the Rx coil and the Tx coil are within the PET ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Goertzen, John Saunders, James Schellenberg, Ryan Sparkes, Gong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11967183
    Abstract: This notification device (100) of a notification system (10) detects a portion of the body of a person from distance information from a proximity sensor (110) and image information from an image sensor (120) when an approaching object is a person, and causes an ultrasonic irradiation device (130) to irradiate the detected portion of the body of the person with ultrasonic waves that can generate tactile sensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11967435
    Abstract: A model of flow through a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can be used for preoperative planning of implantation of the LVAD into a patient and/or optimization of the LVAD after implantation into the patient are described. At least one imaging data set related to a patient and at least one physiological data set related to the patient can be received. An ideal parameter related to the LVAD can be determined based on the at least one imaging data set related to the patient, the at least one physiological data set related to the patient using a model of circulation in a large spatial region of the patient's body and a three-dimensional anatomical model of at least one component of the region of the patient's body and at least one component of the LVAD. Flow patterns within the three-dimensional anatomical model are calculated using computational fluid dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: MEDSTAR HEALTH, INC., UCL BUSINESS LTD., BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST
    Inventors: Jonathan Grinstein, Hector Manuel Garcia Garcia, Christos Bourantas, Ryo Torii
  • Patent number: 11957509
    Abstract: A diagnosis assistance device includes a control unit that generates line data indicating an intensity value of a reflected wave from an object, which is present in a transmission direction of ultrasound, for each combination of a movement position of an ultrasound transducer that radially transmits the ultrasound while being moved inside a biological tissue and the transmission direction of the ultrasound with reference to an observation result of a cross section of the biological tissue by the ultrasound transducer and generates a detection image which includes pixels corresponding to the generated line data and in which pixels corresponding to the line data at the same movement position are arranged in one direction. Pixels corresponding to the line data in the same transmission direction are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the one direction, and each pixel value is set according to an abnormality degree of the generated line data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyohei Yamaji, Koichi Inoue, Hijiri Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11961608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image processing of a skin feature may include receiving from at least one image sensor associated with a mobile communications device a first and a second images of a skin feature. The skin feature has multiple segments of differing colors and differing sizes, and the second image is captured at least a day after the first image is captured. The method may further include analyzing data associated with the first and second images to determine a condition of the skin feature based on changes over time of the multiple segments. The method may also include determining, based on the determined condition of the skin feature, a medical action for treating the skin feature during a time period. Then, the method may include causing a mobile communications device to display information indicative of the determined medical action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HEALTHY.IO LTD.
    Inventors: Yonatan Adiri, Ron Zohar, Ido Omer, Matan Ronen, Nathaniel Bubis, Nitai Fine
  • Patent number: 11957418
    Abstract: A method for displaying graphical indications associated with a joint includes: receiving image data associated with a joint of a subject; generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the joint of the subject using the image data; identifying at least one region of the joint that deviates from a baseline anatomy by comparing at least a portion of the three-dimensional model to a baseline model; generating at least one measurement of a characteristic of the joint at one or more predefined locations using the three-dimensional model and a coordinate system; displaying a spectrum bar graph that comprises at least one representation of the at least one measurement of the characteristic of the joint; determining a pathology associated with the joint based on the at least one measurement of the characteristic of the joint; and displaying at least one graphical indication indicating the pathology associated with the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Floor Lambers, William Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11957415
    Abstract: A surgery optimizing method performed by a computer is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of genes corresponding to a surgical procedure based on the surgical procedure composed of at least one detailed surgical operation, performing virtual surgery on each of the plurality of genes to evaluate whether surgery is optimized, selecting at least one gene among the plurality of genes based on the evaluation result to apply a genetic algorithm, and applying the genetic algorithm to generate a new gene and deriving an optimal surgical procedure based on the new gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HUTOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuck Lee, Hoon Mo Yang, Ho Seung Kim
  • Patent number: 11957506
    Abstract: Provided is a testing method for determining an oral indicator by which an oral indicator can be determined. The testing method for determining an oral indicator includes an image acquisition step of acquiring an ultrasonic image of an inside of an attached gingiva of a subject, using a measurement probe, an average brightness acquisition step of acquiring average brightness of the ultrasonic image, and an indicator determination step of determining an oral indicator of the subject by referring to the average brightness and a reference of an oral indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuguno Yamaguchi, Shinsuke Kataoka
  • Patent number: 11950957
    Abstract: A display device for an ultrasound image, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an input/output interface unit including a touch screen for displaying an ultrasound image of a biological tissue so as to recognize a user's touch point when the user touches the touch screen on which the ultrasound image is displayed; an edge detection unit for detecting at least one edge portion that is adjacent to the recognized touch point on the ultrasound image; and a control unit for controlling an edge curve, corresponding to the detected edge portion, to be superposed and displayed onto the ultrasound image, and detecting size information about the biological tissue according to the type of the displayed edge curve, wherein the input/output interface outputs, according to the control of the control unit, the detected size information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HEALCERION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Won Ryu, You Chan Choung
  • Patent number: 11950967
    Abstract: A system for planning and performing a repeat interventional procedure is provided which includes a registration device and an image generation device which map current targets in a reference image for a first interventional procedure to at least one guidance image acquired from a different imaging modality. Biopsy locations are recorded to the guidance images during the first interventional procedure and the biopsy locations are mapped to the reference image to provide a planning image for use in a subsequent interventional procedure on the patient. In a subsequent interventional procedure, the prior planning image (124) may be registered to a current reference image and the prior biopsy locations and prior and current targets are mapped to a guidance image acquired from a different imaging modality. Biopsy locations are then mapped to the guidance image and mapped back to the current reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, as Represented by the Secreatary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Jochen Kruecker, Pingkun Yan, Amir Mohammad Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Peter A Pinto, Bradford Johns Wood
  • Patent number: 11950947
    Abstract: A system and method includes determination of a projection axis associated with the two-dimensional projection image, generation of a second two-dimensional image from the three-dimensional image based on the projection axis, registration of the two-dimensional projection image with the second two-dimensional image, combination of the registered two-dimensional projection image with the three-dimensional image in a plane of the three-dimensional image substantially orthogonal to the projection axis, and display of the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Martin Trini, Darshan Metha
  • Patent number: 11944395
    Abstract: A series of images is obtained from an endoscope. Three-dimensional reconstruction is performed on the series of images to reconstruct anatomy shown in the series of images. A graphic, such as a grid, is rendered based on the three-dimensional reconstruction, over the series of images resulting in an enhanced endoscopic video feed to be shown on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.
    Inventors: Yiming Xu, Berk Gonenc
  • Patent number: 11948300
    Abstract: Machine learning systems and methods are disclosed for prediction of wound healing, such as for diabetic foot ulcers or other wounds, and for assessment implementations such as segmentation of images into wound regions and non-wound regions. Systems for assessing or predicting wound healing can include a light detection element configured to collect light of at least a first wavelength reflected from a tissue region including a wound, and one or more processors configured to generate an image based on a signal from the light detection element having pixels depicting the tissue region, determine reflectance intensity values for at least a subset of the pixels, determine one or more quantitative features of the subset of the plurality of pixels based on the reflectance intensity values, and generate a predicted or assessed healing parameter associated with the wound over a predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Spectral MD, Inc.
    Inventors: Wensheng Fan, John Michael DiMaio, Jeffrey E. Thatcher, Peiran Quan, Faliu Yi, Kevin Plant, Ronald Baxter, Brian McCall, Zhicun Gao, Jason Dwight
  • Patent number: 11937973
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for automatically localizing and diagnosing thyroid nodules are provided. In some embodiments, a system for automatically diagnosing thyroid nodules comprises: an ultrasound machine; and a processor programmed to: receive a B-mode ultrasound of a thyroid from the ultrasound machine; provide the B-mode ultrasound to a classification model trained to automatically segment B-mode ultrasound; receive an output indicating which portions of the B-mode ultrasound correspond to a nodule; provide at least a portion of the B-mode ultrasound corresponding to the nodule to a second classification model trained to automatically classify thyroid nodules based B-mode, color Doppler, and shear wave elastography ultrasound; and receive, from the second trained classification model, an output indicative of the likelihood that the nodule is malignant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Zeynettin Akkus, Bradley J. Erickson, Matthew R. Callstrom
  • Patent number: 11941842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for determining the position of stents (34, 36) in an image of vasculature structure, the device (10) comprising: an input unit (12); a processing unit (14); and an output unit (16); wherein the input unit (12) is configured to receive a sequence of images (24) of a vasculature structure (38) comprising at least one vessel branch (44, 46); wherein the processing unit (14) is configured to: detect positions of at least two markers (26, 28, 30, 32) for identifying a stent position (50, 52) in at least one of the images (24); detect at least one path indicator (64, 66, 74, 76) for the at least one vessel branch (44, 46) in at least one of the images (24) of the vasculature structure (38) at least for vessel regions in which the positions of the markers (26, 28, 30, 32) are detected; associate the at least two markers (26, 28, 30, 32) to the at least one path indicator (64, 66, 74, 76) based on the detected positions of the markers (26, 28, 30, 32) and the location o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Maria Johannes Rongen, Markus Johannes Harmen Den Hartog, Javier Olivan Bescos, Thijs Elenbaas, Iris Ter Horst
  • Patent number: 11937880
    Abstract: A system and method of monitoring a procedure includes a medical device. The medical device includes an elongate device including a flexible body, a tracking system disposed along at least a portion of the flexible body, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the tracking system. The one or more processors are configured to receive a route to a target location in an anatomy, determine one or more features of the route based on a first anatomical representation, generate a reduced anatomical representation based on the one or more features of the route, receive real-time position information from the tracking system, associate the real-time position information to the reduced anatomical representation, and dynamically display the reduced anatomical representation with the associated real-time position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Duindam, Lauren L. Argo, Cristian Bianchi, Christopher R. Carlson, Energy Cruse, II, Scott S. Ichikawa, Aaron B. Tinling, Oliver J. Wagner
  • Patent number: 11940615
    Abstract: Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is h that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, and/or a laser mapping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11940333
    Abstract: A heat flux sensor including two temperature sensors is used to obtain time-series data of a core temperature of a living body, and a blood flow rate in a vicinity of the heat flux sensor is measured by a blood flow sensor. In an arithmetic circuit, a delay time until a fluctuation of the core temperature of the living body is reflected on an epidermis temperature is calculated on the basis of the blood flow rate measured by the blood flow sensor and a previously prepared relation between the blood flow rate and the delay time until the fluctuation of the core temperature of the living body is reflected on the epidermis temperature, and a time corresponding to the core temperature of the living body on the basis of the delay time is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Michiko Seyama, Daichi Matsunaga, Yujiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11931187
    Abstract: A method for predicting clinical severity of a neurological disorder includes steps of: a) identifying, according to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a brain, brain image regions each of which contains a respective portion of diffusion index values of a diffusion index, which results from image processing performed on the MRI image; b) for one of the brain image regions, calculating a characteristic parameter based on the respective portion of the diffusion index values; and c) calculating a severity score that represents the clinical severity of the neurological disorder of the brain based on the characteristic parameter of the one of the brain image regions via a prediction model associated with the neurological disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Chang Gung Medical Foundation Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Jiun-Jie Wang, Yi-Hsin Weng, Shu-Hang Ng, Jur-Shan Cheng, Yi-Ming Wu, Yao-Liang Chen, Wey-Yil Lin, Chin-Song Lu, Wen-Chuin Hsu, Chia-Ling Chen, Yi-Chun Chen, Sung-Han Lin, Chih-Chien Tsai
  • Patent number: 11931170
    Abstract: Lung conditions are diagnosed and optionally treated using a functional assessment catheter or a functional lung assessment and treatment catheter. A flow restrictive component is initially placed in a bronchus or lung passageway upstream from a diseased lung region. The isolated lung region is then functionally assessed through the catheter, while the flow restrictive component remains in place. If the patient is a good candidate for treatment by occlusive or restrictive treatment techniques, the flow resistive component may be left in place. If the patient is not suitable for such treatment, the flow resistive component may be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Pulmonx Corporation
    Inventors: Ajit Nair, Son Gia, Roger Farhnoltz, Nikolai Aljuri
  • Patent number: 11930278
    Abstract: A method of displaying fluorescence intensity in an image includes displaying a target reticle covering a region of the image; calculating a normalized fluorescence intensity within the target reticle; and displaying the normalized fluorescence intensity in a display region associated the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Roald Westwick, Gregory Vincent Browne
  • Patent number: 11928834
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for performing three-dimensional measurements of a surgical space using two-dimensional endoscopic images. According to an aspect, video data taken from an endoscopic imaging device can be used to generate a three-dimensional model of the surgical space represented by the video data. In one or more examples, two-dimensional images from the video data can be used to generate a three-dimensional model of the surgical space. In one or more examples, the one or more two-dimensional images of the surgical space can include a fiducial marker as part of the image. Using both the depth information and a size reference provided by the fiducial marker, the systems and methods herein can generate a three-dimensional model of the surgical space. The generated three-dimensional model can then be used to perform a variety of three-dimensional measurements in a surgical cavity in an accurate and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Cole Kincaid Hunter, Brian Fouts, Sanskruti Maske
  • Patent number: 11925420
    Abstract: A system and method provide for image-guided implant placement as a function of at least one intraoperative image during a surgical procedure. At least one computing device is configured by executing code stored in non-transitory processor readable media to process at least one preoperative image to assess axial rotation and/or sagittal pelvic inclination. Further, as a function of a plurality of identified anatomical landmarks in the at least one preoperative image, at least one of distances, angles, and areas is measured. Thereafter, as a function of calculations associated with the at least one of distances, angles, and areas, axial rotation associated with at least one image is measured. Thereafter, at least one value associated with placement of an implant during the surgical procedure is adjusted and information associated therewith is provided via a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ACCUPREDICT, INC.
    Inventors: Friedrich Boettner, Ajay Premkumar
  • Patent number: 11928816
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: obtaining DCE magnetic resonance images corresponding to a plurality of time points for a same detection target; determining average pixel grayscale values of images of a same lesion region in the DCE magnetic resonance images of the plurality of time points respectively; determining a time to peak according to the average pixel grayscale values corresponding to the plurality of time points; and generating a first-stage time-intensity image before the time to peak and a second-stage time-intensity image after the time to peak respectively according to the DCE magnetic resonance images and the time to peak. The first-stage time-intensity image and the second-stage time-intensity image are 3D images. A pixel grayscale value of each pixel in the first-stage time-intensity image and the second-stage time-intensity image represents a change rate of blood supply intensity and reflects a severity level of a lesion corresponding to the lesion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liang Wang, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11925436
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: an insertion object having a photoacoustic wave generator; an insertion object image signal generator that generates an insertion object image signal from a reception signal of an acoustic wave from the photoacoustic wave generator; a first signal width detector that detects a first signal width of a portion of a predetermined signal strength in the insertion object image signal; and an insertion object display image signal generator that generates, in a case where the first signal width is larger than a second signal width, an insertion object display image signal of a width having a center at a peak position of the insertion object image signal and corresponding to the second signal width, and generates, in a case where the first signal width is smaller than the second signal width, an insertion object display image signal having a width smaller than the second signal width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Yamamoto, Tomoki Inoue, Keiji Tsubota
  • Patent number: 11928804
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a computing device, device information for a user device and user environment devices; sending, by the computing device, image templates to the user device using the device information; adjusting, by the computing device, device settings on the user device and the user environment devices in response to a selection of an image template of the image templates; receiving, by the computing device, an image from the user device; comparing, by the computing device, the image to a target image; determining, by the computing device, the image is acceptable; and in response to determining the image is acceptable, sending, by the computing device, the acceptable image to a third party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Laurence John Plant, Jorge Andres Moros Ortiz, Mahtab Mirmomeni, Shaila Pervin, Rahil Garnavi