426 patents
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Utility
Implant for targeting therapeutic procedure
24 May 22
An implantable device has a body that is substantially rigid and has a predetermined shape.
James B. Stubbs
Filed: 17 May 18
Utility
Handheld surgical devices with tactile operable controls
10 May 22
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing sterile and cost-affordable handheld surgical devices with tactile operable controls.
Richard L. Conwell
Filed: 25 May 18
Utility
Upright X-ray Breast Imaging with a CT Mode, Multiple Tomosynthesis Modes, and a Mammography Mode
5 May 22
A multi-mode system and method for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays in one or more of a CT mode, a narrow-angle tomosynthesis mode, a wide angle tomosynthesis mode, and a mammography mode, using essentially the same equipment, on one or more compressions or immobilizations of the breast.
Andrew P. SMITH, Jay A. STEIN, Ken DEFREITAS, Ian SHAW, Zhenxue JING, Loren NIKLASON, Baorui REN, Christopher RUTH
Filed: 3 Nov 21
Utility
Mammography system and method employing offset compression paddles, automatic collimation, and retractable anti-scatter grid
3 May 22
A mammographic imaging system is optimized for use with a single fixed size flat panel digital image receptor.
Kenneth Defreitas, Anthony Pellegrino, Thomas A. Farbizio, Roman Janer, Georgia Hitzke
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Imaging system with adaptive object magnification
3 May 22
An imaging system that is configured to automatically obtain and provide two and three-dimensional digital images of various types of objects (e.g., tissue specimens, animals, electrical devices, etc.) for use in analysis thereof in a manner free of manual repositioning of the objects between images and free of movement of an electromagnetic radiation source and detector within or relative to a cabinet housing of the system.
Ciaran Purdy, Mikhail Viznyuk, Mehmet Akif Baysal
Filed: 11 Sep 18
Utility
Tissue localization device and method of use thereof
3 May 22
Tissue localization devices and methods of localizing tissue using tissue localization devices are disclosed.
George D. Hermann, Jonathan M. Olson, Michael J. Drews, Gail S. Lebovic, David B. Willis
Filed: 26 Sep 18
Utility
Independently rotatable detector plate for medical imaging device
26 Apr 22
A real-time fluoroscopic imaging system includes a collimator and a detector which are rotationally movable independent of the support assembly, e.g., c-arm, to which they are mounted.
John Jenkins, Mark Guetersloh, Aleksey Danilkin, Tri Pham
Filed: 25 Aug 20
Utility
Uterine distension fluid management system and method
26 Apr 22
A method for operating a fluid management system includes automatically detecting an unstable condition in the system, which may include detecting a large change in the supply fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), detecting a large change in the waste fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), or detecting a large difference between the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the weight data and the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the flow data (indicative of a blockage in the supply tubing).
David J. Holigan, Joanna Myczkowska, William Lucas Churchill, Danny Macari
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Apparatus and Methods to Modulate Bladder Function
21 Apr 22
Apparatus and methods are provided to concentrate energy delivery in non-superficial target tissue within a trigone region of a human bladder wall to modulate bladder function.
Dan Sachs, Edwin J. Hlavka
Filed: 25 Dec 21
Utility
Breast phantom with encapsulated hydrogel
19 Apr 22
Methods and devices for testing effects of external stimuli on breast appearance in an x-ray image are provided.
Danielle Niremberg
Filed: 17 Sep 20
Utility
Tissue Imaging In Presence of Fluid During Biopsy Procedure
14 Apr 22
A hybrid image based on different tissue specimen images is generated to compensate for blood and other fluids that interfere with imaging.
Biao CHEN
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Therapy of Pelvic Conditions
14 Apr 22
A treatment device for treatment of overactive bladder conditions operates to suction to grasp and conform a mucosal tissue of the bladder wall to a portion of the tissue treatment device, and deliver energy to non-superficial target tissue at a substantially uniform depth from the mucosal tissue.
Kyle Patrick Taylor, Eric S. Whitbrook, John Christian Knudson, Caleb Ole Vainikka
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Ultrasound Localization System with Advanced Biopsy Site Markers
14 Apr 22
Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a surgical procedure.
John LAVIOLA, Shawn ST. PIERRE, Brian STELLMACH, Lori FONTAINE, Joseph A. STAND, III, Estefania ALVAREZ, Stephen GRANTZ, Michelle Dawn LYMAN, Shannon Marie BUTLER, Yuliya MATHIS
Filed: 21 Dec 21
Utility
Backscattering x-ray imager with x-ray source at detector center
5 Apr 22
An apparatus including an x-ray source and detector where the source is disposed behind the detector and the detector is configured with a hole through which an x-ray beam emitted by the source can be transmitted to target tissue is provided.
Shusheng He
Filed: 16 May 19
Utility
Breast biopsy lateral arm system
29 Mar 22
A breast biopsy lateral arm system includes a removable gun mount which attaches to a carriage that traverses along an X-axis defined by a lateral arm in order to position a biopsy needle relative to a patient.
Kenneth F. DeFreitas, Thomas W. DeYoung, John Girgenti, Timothy R. Stango
Filed: 21 Nov 13
Utility
Biopsy device
29 Mar 22
A biopsy device includes a housing having a vacuum port, a cutter hub and attached cutter being slidably mounted in the housing so that the cutter hub and cutter are movable between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position.
Joseph A. Stand, III
Filed: 5 Nov 18
Utility
Light Source for an Imaging System and Methods of the Same
24 Mar 22
An imaging system includes a gantry and a compression system coupled to the gantry and rotatable relative to the gantry.
Adrian HUNSDON
Filed: 27 Aug 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Guiding a Patient During Imaging Procedures
24 Mar 22
A method of imaging a breast of a patient using an imaging system includes applying, with a first component of the imaging system, a compressive force to the breast.
John W. ROBINSON, Kenneth DEFREITAS, Adrian HUNSDON, Rachel CHANDLER, Ashwini KSHIRSAGAR, David WOLFF, Alan REGO
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Design
Biopsy device
22 Mar 22
Zachary Stephen Swick, David Sauvageau, Rosario Friedman, Brett Haarala
Filed: 28 Feb 19
Utility
Medical Imaging Device and Method of Operating a Medical Imaging Device
10 Mar 22
A medical imaging device includes an x-ray source disposed at a first end of an arm, and an x-ray detector disposed at a second end of the arm opposite of the x-ray source.
Richard KEIL, Daniel SANTOS, Mark GUETERSLOH, Kevin WILSON, Tri PHAM, Alexsey DANILKIN
Filed: 20 Sep 21