309 patents
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Support stand for magnetic resonance imaging scanner
2 Jan 24
A support stand for supporting a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner while in operation.
Mark Tullio Morreale, Alex Gyles Panther, Geneviève Rodrigue
Filed: 5 Sep 18
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Magnetic resonance imaging system and method for rapid shutdown and recharge of a superconducting magnet
2 Jan 24
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a set of magnet coils for generating a magnetic field.
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Alexander Gyles Panther
Filed: 1 Jul 22
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MRI transporter apparatus and methods
19 Dec 23
A smart system and methods for coupling a medical transporter apparatus with an imaging apparatus, involving: a smart docking module comprising at least one coupler responsive to a controller operable by a set of executable instructions, the smart docking module comprising a non-magnetic material; and the smart docking module configured by the controller to automatically perform at least one of: position, dock, engage, latch, lock, interlock, release, emergency-release, quick-release, disengage, emergency-disengage, and quick-disengage the medical transporter apparatus in relation to the imaging apparatus.
Dan Gavin Harrison, Mark Tullio Morreale, William Wai-Leung Lau, Murtasim Syed, Genevieve Rodrigue, Aryeh Benjamin Taub
Filed: 13 Jul 21
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Dual zoom and dual field-of-view microscope
28 Nov 23
A surgical imaging system is described.
Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Cameron Anthony Piron, Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, Kamyar Abhari, Kai Michael Hynna
Filed: 10 Nov 20
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Methods and systems for providing visuospatial information
21 Nov 23
Methods and systems for providing feedback during a medical procedure.
Kamyar Abhari, Stewart David McLachlin, Kai Michael Hynna, Gal Sela, Jared Rowland Shoup, Michael Peter Bulk, Kelly Noel Dyer
Filed: 16 Jul 21
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Gradient coil apparatus and methods for MRI
21 Nov 23
A coil apparatus and methods for magnetic resonance imaging involving a wire winding, the wire winding having at least one of: a hollow cross-section wire and a solid cross-section wire, the solid cross-section wire having at least one of: a solid small cross-section wire and a solid large cross-section wire, the solid large cross-section wire having a thickness greater than that of the solid small cross-section wire, and the solid small cross-section wire disposed in one of adjacent and proximate at least one of the hollow cross-section wire and the solid large cross-section wire, whereby at least one of current density, winding density, and heat extraction are increasable.
Geron André Bindseil, Ian Robert Oliphant Connell, William Bradfield Handler, Chad Tyler Harris
Filed: 20 Dec 21
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Dressing apparatus and methods for facilitating healing
31 Oct 23
A dressing apparatus and methods for facilitating healing, the apparatus and methods involving a dressing member, an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, and a primary RFID device configured to transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and to provide an alert if the at least one return signal has a strength corresponding to at least approximately a threshold amount of fluid present in the dressing member, whereby healing is facilitated.
Sean Jy-Shyang Chen, Alison-Jean Kramer, Gal Sela
Filed: 29 Nov 21
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System and method for reducing peripheral nerve stimulation at higher gradient amplitudes and faster gradient slew rates in magnetic resonance imaging
31 Oct 23
Systems and methods for imaging a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging system using magnetic field gradients generated by one or more gradient coils operating with gradient coil settings, such as gradient amplitudes and gradient slew rates, above a threshold at which peripheral nerve stimulation is likely to be induced in the subject.
Chad Tyler Harris, Geron André Bindseil, William Bradfield Handler
Filed: 15 Aug 22
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System and Method of Selectively Showing Tractography In Areas Containing Free Water
26 Oct 23
A system and method of tractography labelling in the presence of a brain lesion.
Wesley Bryan HODGES, Alicia MCNEELY, Sebastian KOGA, Tim HAYES, Hayk ADAMYAN
Filed: 21 Apr 22
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System and Method for Operation and Control of Electromagnets
19 Oct 23
A system and method for compensation of radiofrequency (RF) spatial encoding misalignment errors due to gradient non-linearity in magnetic resonance imaging is described.
Chad Tyler HARRIS, Andrew Thomas CURTIS
Filed: 14 Apr 23
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Trackable Retractor Systems, Apparatuses, Devices, and Methods
19 Oct 23
Trackable retractor systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods involving: retractor blades, each retractor blade having a proximal end and a distal end, the retractor blades having a blade axis defined by a midline therebetween or thereamong; actuation arms, each actuation arm having a proximal end and a distal end, each actuation arm distal end configured to correspondingly couple with each retractor blade proximal end, and each actuation arm configured to correspondingly actuate each retractor blade; a positioning arm configured to position each actuation arm; a movable clamp configured to movably couple with the positioning arm and one actuation arm and to move the one actuation arm relative to another actuation arm; and three distinct tracking features disposed in a tracking plane, two distinct tracking features configured to correspondingly couple with the retractor blade proximal ends, one other distinct tracking feature configured to couple with the movable clamp, and each distinct tracking feature having a distinct tracking token, whereby the blade axis is maintained in a position orthogonal to the tracking plane, and whereby optical alignment is maintained along the blade axis in relation to a desired focal depth.
Joshua Lee Richmond, Gal Sela
Filed: 14 Apr 23
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Intermodal synchronization of surgical data
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data.
Cameron Piron, Gal Sela, Monroe M. Thomas, Simon Alexander, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Michael Wood, Alex Panther, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, David Gallop
Filed: 28 Jan 21
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Head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing MRI
10 Oct 23
An adjustable head coil system and methods for enhancing and/or optimizing magnetic resonance imaging, involving a housing, the housing having at least one portion, the at least one portion having a lower portion, an upper portion, and opposing side portions, each at least one portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, each at least one portion configured to accommodate at least one radio-frequency coil, and the upper and lower portions each optionally configured to overlap and engage the opposing side portions for facilitating decoupling the at least one radio-frequency coil, and a tongue portion optionally in movable relation to any other portion for facilitating adjustability, engageable with the lower portion, and fixably couple-able with a transporter.
William Wai-Leung Lau, Alexander Gyles Panther, Gilbert Thevathasan, Mark Tullio Morreale
Filed: 9 Aug 22
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Multispectral synchronized imaging
3 Oct 23
A multispectral synchronized imaging system is provided.
Ze Shan Yao, Piotr Kuchnio, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, Yanhui Bai, Michael Peter Bulk, Christopher Thomas Jamieson
Filed: 21 Apr 21
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Tracked suction tool
26 Sep 23
A device and method for a trackable suction tool in surgical use.
Leila Kheradpir, Kyle Richard Dupont, Jakub Jankowski
Filed: 30 Apr 21
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Exoscope with enhanced depth of field imaging
26 Sep 23
An exoscope with enhanced depth of field imaging is provided.
William La, Siu Wai Jacky Mak
Filed: 10 Mar 22
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Device, system and method for transforming a diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance image to a patient diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance coordinate space
22 Aug 23
A computing device: compares an anatomical magnetic resonance (MR) image of a patient region and reference anatomical data associated with the region to determine a first transform of a bore anatomical coordinate space of the anatomical MR image to a patient anatomical coordinate space associated with the patient; determines, from the first transform, a second transform of a bore DWMR coordinate space of a DWMR image to a patient DWMR coordinate space associated with the patient, the anatomical and the DWMR images being in respective bore coordinate spaces associated with a bore of an MR device which acquired the anatomical and the DWMR images; transforms, using the second transform, the DWMR image to the patient DWMR coordinate space; and controls a display screen to render the DWMR image, as transformed, according to visual attributes associated with the patient DWMR coordinate space.
Neil Jeffrey Witcomb, Simon Kenley Alexander
Filed: 25 Jun 19
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System and method for dynamic validation, correction of registration misalignment for surgical navigation between the real and virtual images
8 Aug 23
A system and method for dynamic validation, registration correction for surgical navigation during medical procedures involving confirmation of registration between previously registered virtual objects, in a common coordinate frame of a surgical navigation system and an operating room, and intra-operatively acquired imaging during the medical procedure in the common coordinate frame.
Gal Sela, Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen McFadyen, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
Filed: 9 Sep 20
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Method, System and Apparatus for Image-guided Insertion of Implant Devices
3 Aug 23
A method of imaging an implant device in a computing device is provided.
Jeff STAINSBY, Alexander Gyles PANTHER, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Cameron Anthony PIRON
Filed: 30 Mar 23
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System and method for mapping navigation space to patient space in a medical procedure
1 Aug 23
An apparatus is provided that is visible by both a three dimensional (3D) scanner system of a medical navigation system and a camera of the medical navigation system.
Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Dorothy Lui, Gal Sela
Filed: 11 May 21