Patents
US 10948350 B2: Systems for detecting vascular and arterial disease in asymptomatic patients and related methods
- Granted
- 2021-03-16
- Filed
- 2019-09-04 application 16560335
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
Multispectral imaging systems are provided including an illumination control module configured to image a sample and provide an imaging output sequence including images and data; a multi-spectral physiologic visualization (MSPV) module, a peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) module and a physiologic status parameters (PSP) module configured to receive the imaging output sequence of the illumination control module simultaneously. The MSPV module is configured to provide real-time blood flow distribution visualization of a field of view (FOV) responsive to the received imaging output sequence. The SpO2 module is configured to provide real-time SpO2 information at a tissue surface level for the FOV responsive to the received imaging and output sequence. The PSP module is configured to derive status parameters in real-time from metadata associated with the received imaging and output sequence of the FOV. The system further includes a processing engine configured to integrate and analyze the real-time blood flow distribution visualization, SpO2 information and derived status parameters.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210316.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina University 74 patents | US company or organization | Greenville, NC | East Carolina University College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. | Raleigh, NC | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bryent Tucker | Rocky Mount, NC | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sunghan Kim | Winterville, NC | 28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Cheng Chen | Greenville, NC | 27 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| William Hempstead | Greenville, NC | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B5/0261 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01J | Measurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation, phase or pulse characteristics of infrared, visible or ultraviolet light; colorimetry; radiation pyrometry | G01J3/2823 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G16H | Healthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data | G16H30/40 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TUCKER, BRYENT signed 2018-05-02 HEMPSTEAD, WILLIAM signed 2019-09-17 KIM, SUNGHAN signed 2019-09-27 CHEN, CHENG signed 2020-02-10 FERGUSON, T. BRUCE, JR. signed 2020-03-06 | EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NC | 52093/275 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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