309 patents
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Magnetic resonance imaging system and method for rapid shutdown and recharge of a superconducting magnet
30 Aug 22
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: 29 Jan 21
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Systems, devices, and methods for contactless patient registration for a medical procedure
16 Aug 22
Methods and apparatuses for performing patient registration. 3D scan data from a 3D scanner, preoperative image data, first tracking data from a first tracking system, and second tracking data from a second tracking system are mapped to a common coordinate space.
Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Dorothy Lui, Gal Sela, Kai Hynna, Shysta Ismaili, Samson Ng, Jakub Jankowski
Filed: 6 Nov 20
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Systems and methods for navigation and simulation of minimally invasive therapy
16 Aug 22
Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific pre-operative images.
Cameron Piron, Michael Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop, Alex Panther, Nishanthan Shanmugaratnam, William Lau
Filed: 21 Jun 19
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging System and Method for Rapid Shutdown and Recharge of a Superconducting Magnet
4 Aug 22
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: 29 Jan 21
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Intelligent Control System and Methods for Improving Energy Efficiency of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
4 Aug 22
An intelligent control system (S) and methods (M, M1, M2) for dynamically controlling components of an MRI system (10), the intelligent control system (S) involving a processor (700), configurable to: determine a current-use state of each component; optimize energy usage among the components based on the current-use state of each component, whereby an optimal energy usage is provided; alter an energy consumption profile of each component based on the optimal energy usage, whereby an altered energy consumption for each component is provided; automatically activate power to each component based on the altered energy consumption when the MRI system (10) is to be operated; and automatically deactivate power to each component based on the altered energy consumption when the MRI system (10) is not to be operated, whereby the MRI system (10) is automatically operable when needed and inoperable when not needed, continually powering the components is eliminated, and an average energy consumption of the MRI system (10) is reduced over its lifespan.
Jeff Alan STAINSBY, Chad Tyler HARRIS, Alexander Gyles PANTHER
Filed: 19 Apr 22
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Magnetic resonance imaging systems and methods
2 Aug 22
A method is provided for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging near metal, including acquiring an image at a first magnetic field from a subject that includes a metal object, acquiring an image at a second magnetic field, and combining the images to provide a corrected image with reduced metal distortion.
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris
Filed: 8 Dec 20
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Flexible High Resolution Endoscope
28 Jul 22
A flexible high-resolution endoscope apparatus and methods involving a plurality of optical fiber bundles; a plurality of lenses in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of optical fiber bundles, each lens of the plurality of lenses comprising a distinct depth of field and a distinct angle of view in relation to another lens of the plurality of lenses; and a plurality of cameras in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of optical fiber bundles.
Sean Jy-Shyang Chen, Kamyar Abhari, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Gal Sela
Filed: 19 Apr 22
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System and Method for Intraoperative Cell Storage, Processing, and Imaging
28 Jul 22
The present invention provides a system and method for collection, storage and processing of tissues and cells.
Aaron Yu Lai CHEUNG, Siu Wai Jacky MAK
Filed: 11 Apr 22
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Transmit coil frequency response correction for magnetic resonance imaging
26 Jul 22
Methods for correcting a non-uniform power response of a radiofrequency (“RF”) transmit coil used in magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) are described.
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris, Andrew Thomas Curtis, Alexander Gyles Panther
Filed: 18 Jun 20
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Adaptive Shim Coils for MR Imaging
21 Jul 22
Systems and methods involving: a housing having a bore in which a subject to be imaged is placed; a main magnet configured to generate a volume of magnetic field within the bore, the volume of magnetic field having inhomogeneity below a defined threshold; gradient coils configured to linearly vary the volume of magnetic field as a function of spatial location; pulse-generating coils configured to generate and apply radio frequency (RF) pulses to the volume of magnetic field in sequence to scan the portion of the subject; shim gradient coils configured to perturb a spatial distribution of the linearly varying volume of magnetic field; and a control unit configured to operate the gradient coils, pulse-generating coils, and shim gradient coils such that only the user-defined region within the volume of magnetic field is imaged.
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris
Filed: 5 Apr 22
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Motorized full field adaptive microscope
5 Jul 22
An optical imaging system for imaging a target during a medical procedure, the imaging system involving an optical assembly having moveable zoom optics and moveable focus optics, a zoom actuator and a focus actuator for positioning the zoom and focus optics, respectively, a controller for controlling the zoom and focus actuators independently in response to received control input, a camera for capturing an image of the target from the optical assembly, the system capable of performing autofocus during a medical procedure.
Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Cameron Anthony Piron, Brent Andrew Bailey, Sagar Saxena, Sean Adrian Conroy, Kamyar Abhari, Kai Michael Hynna, Gal Sela, Kelly Noel Dyer, Joshua Lee Richmond
Filed: 24 Nov 20
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System and method for optimizing discrete wire positions used in gradient coil electromagnetic design
5 Jul 22
The present disclosure reports on a method to first determine the required electromagnetic stream function, and then iterate on the contouring of the stream function to optimize the force, torque, shielding, and/or mutual inductance of the design after-the-fact without compromising the electromagnetic performance and an electromagnetic coil manufacture according to the method.
Geron André Bindseil, Chad Tyler Harris, Ian Robert Oliphant Connell
Filed: 12 Aug 20
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System and method to reduce eddy current artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging
5 Jul 22
Some implementations provide a system that includes: a housing having a bore in which a subject to be image is placed; a main magnet configured to generate a volume of magnetic field within the bore, the volume of magnetic field having inhomogeneity below a defined threshold; one or more gradient coils configured to linearly vary the volume of magnetic field as a function of spatial location; one or more pulse generating coils configured to generate and apply radio frequency (RF) pulses to the volume of magnetic field in sequence to scan the portion of the subject; one or more shim gradient coils configured to perturb a spatial distribution of the linearly varying volume of magnetic field; and a control unit configured to operate the gradient coils, pulse generating coils, and shim gradient coils such that only the user-defined region within the volume of magnetic field is imaged.
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Chad Tyler Harris
Filed: 3 Aug 20
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Exoscope with Enhanced Depth of Field Imaging
23 Jun 22
An exoscope with enhanced depth of field imaging is provided.
William LA, Siu Wai Jacky MAK
Filed: 10 Mar 22
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Optical end effector
21 Jun 22
Jakub Jankowski, Kyle Richard Dupont, Aryeh Benjamin Taub, Michael Giannini, Thomas Alexander Medal
Filed: 21 Oct 19
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Methods and systems for providing visuospatial information and representations
14 Jun 22
Methods and systems for providing feedback during a medical procedure are provided.
Kamyar Abhari, Stewart David McLachlin, Kai Michael Hynna, Gal Sela
Filed: 7 May 18
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System and method of selectively showing tractography in areas containing free water
7 Jun 22
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: 15 Oct 21
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Trajectory Alignment System and Methods
2 Jun 22
The navigation systems and methods facilitate aligning a tool in relation to a trajectory in real-time to receive input data from a pre-operative plan image, at least one multi-modal image, and at least one real-time multi-modal image; interactively track at least one neural fiber, whereby interactively tracked fiber data is obtainable; automatically generate output data by way of data transformation using the input data and the interactively tracked neural fiber data; and transmit the output data to at least one of: at least one display device for rendering at least one real-time interactive navigation display for facilitating neural navigation, and at least one drive device for positioning at least one tracking device in relation to the tool in real-time, whereby real-time alignment data is achievable, and whereby at least one neurological structure is preservable.
Gal SELA, Neil Jeffrey WITCOMB
Filed: 16 Feb 22
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End effector force sensor and manual actuation assistance
24 May 22
An automated positioning system and methods of controlling the same.
Brent Andrew Bailey, Trevor James Dell, Bart Verzijlenberg, Adam Philip, Sean Dowling
Filed: 28 Aug 18
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Flexible high resolution endoscope
17 May 22
A flexible high resolution endoscope is provided herein.
Sean Jy-Shyang Chen, Kamyar Abhari, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Gal Sela
Filed: 17 Aug 16