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Christian Faul, Key Biscayne, FL US
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20140294820 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR INHIBITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - Methods of inhibiting fibroblast growth factor mediated activation of fibroblast growth factor receptors for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiac diseases are enclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such diseases using the methods are also disclosed as are methods of determining whether a subject would benefit from the methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions. | 10-02-2014 |
David Faul, Knoxville, TN US
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20130141098 | Alignment Phantom for MR/PET System - A phantom for co-registering a magnetic resonance image and a nuclear medical image is disclosed. The phantom includes a longitudinal member having a first end cap and a second end cap and a chamber contained within the longitudinal member. The chamber contains a fluid for producing a first image using a first imaging modality. The phantom further includes a first rod disposed within the chamber of the longitudinal member. The first rod contains a radioactive substance for producing a second image using a second imaging modality. | 06-06-2013 |
David Faul, Brooklyn, NY US
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20140153806 | MR SCAN SELECTION FOR PET ATTENUATION CORRECTION - A method of attenuation correction for a positron emission tomography (PET) system includes obtaining PET scan data representative of a volume scanned by the PET system, obtaining a plurality of magnetic resonance (MR) scan data sets representative of the volume, each MR scan data set being acquired in a respective time period during acquisition of the PET scan data by the PET system, detecting motion of the volume that occurred during the acquisition of the PET scan data based on an assessment of the plurality of MR scan data sets, the PET scan data, or the plurality of MR scan data sets and the PET scan data, determining attenuation correction data from the plurality of MR scan data sets based on the detected motion for alignment of the attenuation correction data and the PET scan data, and correcting the PET scan data with the attenuation correction data. | 06-05-2014 |
David D. Faul, Knoxville, TN US
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20080219534 | Extension of Truncated CT Images For Use With Emission Tomography In Multimodality Medical Images - An apparatus and method for expanding the FOV of a truncated computed tomography (CT) scan. An iterative calculation is performed on the original CT image to produce an estimate of the image. The calculated estimate of the reconstructed image includes the original image center and a estimate of the truncated portion outside the image center. The calculation uses an image mask with the image center as one boundary. | 09-11-2008 |
20090030310 | Diagnostic probe for combining positron emission measurements with ultrasonography - A system for dual-mode medical imaging is provided. The system features components for PET imaging as well as for ultrasonic imaging, with an internal probe that has components to provide capability for both. The system provides cost-efficient PET imaging for smaller regions and organs of interest than conventional full body PET scanner apparatus. | 01-29-2009 |
20120148138 | Extension of Truncated CT Images For Use With Emission Tomography In Multimodality Medical Images - An apparatus and method for expanding the FOV of a truncated computed tomography (CT) scan. An iterative calculation is performed on the original CT image to produce an estimate of the image. The calculated estimate of the reconstructed image includes the original image center and a estimate of the truncated portion outside the image center. The calculation uses an image mask with the image center as one boundary. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155736 | Extension of Truncated CT Images For Use With Emission Tomography In Multimodality Medical Images - An apparatus and method for expanding the FOV of a truncated computed tomography (CT) scan. An iterative calculation is performed on the original CT image to produce an estimate of the image. The calculated estimate of the reconstructed image includes the original image center and a estimate of the truncated portion outside the image center. The calculation uses an image mask with the image center as one boundary. | 06-21-2012 |
Ivan Faul, Boulder, CO US
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20090122008 | Probe With A Virtual Marker - A probe for use in a coordinate digitizing system includes an indicator, such as a pointing tip or crosshairs, and a marker, the location of which can be determined by a marker tracking system relative to a coordinate system. The probe is configured to effectively place the marker's virtual image—as seen by the tracker—at the same location as the indicator without blocking a user's view of the indicator. | 05-14-2009 |
20110015521 | Means of Tracking Movement of Bodies During Medical Treatment - Methods and systems enable accurate control of robotic treatments of internal features of a body by tracking movements of the exterior of the body. Such tracking enables programmed and automated or semi-automated surgical operations to compensate for movement of the patient's body during surgery. A tracking system that includes a marker, which may be disposable, that is attached to the body and accurately tracked in a three-dimensional coordinate system by a tracking system. Compensation for body movements may be accomplished by adjusting the movement or position of a surgical instrument, a surgical robot, a radiation source collimator and/or the operating room table. The markers may include a radiofrequency identifier (RFID) chip or memory chip that can be interrogated by the tracking system. | 01-20-2011 |
20110152677 | MEANS OF TRACKING MOVEMENT OF BODIES DURING MEDICAL TREATMENT - During preprogrammed medical treatment and remote controlled surgery tracking the movements of the body being treated and integrating those tracked movements with the preprogrammed/remote controlled treatment to arrive at an integrated modified treatment track and following that modified track during the treatment. The treating instrument may be a solid scalpel or high-energy radiation, such as X-rays, ultra sound, laser beams or the like. | 06-23-2011 |
20120086953 | Methods and Systems for Realizing Reduced Complexity in Three-Dimensional Digitizer Systems - A simplified system and method for synchronizing a three dimensional digitizers is disclosed. Various three dimensional digitizers utilize detected light sequences received from a probe as a synchronization signal negating the need for complex synchronization circuitry and communication signals. One embodiment utilizes no transmitted synchronization signal, but relies on embedded, high-stability clocks to maintain synchronization after initial one-time synchronization of the clocks. In this manner the design of the three dimensional digitizer may be simplified. | 04-12-2012 |
20120262695 | OPTICAL DIGITIZER WITH IMPROVED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY - Systems and methods improve the accuracy of spatial coordinate measurements by optical digitizers by obtaining a separate distance measurement, which may be via direct ranging rather than triangulation, and combining the distance measurement with the spatial coordinate measurements to improve the accuracy of the three-dimensional spatial coordinate measurement. | 10-18-2012 |
20130027716 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION ON A 2D SURFACE OR IN A 3D VOLUME - A system for determining a location on a 2D surface or in a 3D volume. The system includes a probe and a tracker. The probe includes a marker, an indicator, and a reflective surface, wherein the probe is configured so the reflective surface forms a virtual image of the marker having an apparent location coincident to a location of the indicator. The tracker configured to measure the apparent location of the virtual image of the marker. | 01-31-2013 |
John Faul, San Clemente, CA US
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20110270149 | IMPLANTABLE ARTERIO-VENOUS SHUNT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device or creation of a fistula is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between a peripheral artery and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device and method of creating a fistula increases cardiac output and decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. Based on the effects of the method and device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the method and device are beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems. | 11-03-2011 |
20130041306 | Therapeutic method for treatment of hypertension - A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device or creation of a fistula is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between a peripheral artery and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device and method of creating a fistula increases cardiac output and decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. Based on the effects of the method and device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the method and device are beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems. | 02-14-2013 |
John Faul, Calle Lglesia, CA US
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20120010556 | Long-Term Implantable Arterio-Venous Shunt Device - A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method. The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between the aorta and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. The blood flow rate could be controlled either via an open loop or a closed loop control means. The shunt device could also be a self-adjustable shunt device to self-adjust its structure to control the blood flow rate through its lumen. Based on the effects of the shunt device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the implantable shunt device could be beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems. | 01-12-2012 |
John L. Faul, Stanford, CA US
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20090156978 | Arterio-venous shunt devices - A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method. The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between the aorta and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. The blood flow rate could be controlled either via an open loop or a closed loop control means. The shunt device could also be a self-adjustable shunt device to self-adjust its structure to control the blood flow rate through its lumen. Based on the effects of the shunt device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the implantable shunt device could be beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems. | 06-18-2009 |
Margaret Faul, Newbury Park, CA US
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20100280255 | PROCESS FOR MAKING SUBSTITUTED 2-AMINO-THIAZOLONES - The present invention relates to methods of making compounds that inhibit 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme (11-HSD1). One method comprises (a) contacting a compound of formula (II) sequentially with a chiral base in the presence of an amine, and an alkylating agent R3-LG, (b) contacting the product of (a) with an acid to form a salt, and (c) reacting the salt with a base to form the compound of formula (I), wherein Z, R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein. | 11-04-2010 |
20110160463 | PROCESS FOR MAKING SUBSTITUTED 2-AMINO-THIAZOLONES - The present invention relates to methods of making compounds that inhibit 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme (11-β HSD1). One method comprises (a) contacting a compound of formula (II) with a chiral base, deprotonating agent, and an alkylating agent R | 06-30-2011 |
20110178307 | ASYMMETRIC PROCESS FOR MAKING SUBSTITUTED 2-AMINO-THIAZOLONES - The invention provides two process for synthesizing substituted aminothiazolone compounds as inhibitors of 11-β-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase type 1. The processes allow the stereoselective synthesis of the desired compounds without the use of stoichiometric amounts of chiral catalysts. | 07-21-2011 |
20130345432 | ASYMMETRIC PROCESS FOR MAKING SUBSTITUTED 2-AMINO-THIAZOLONES - The invention provides two process for synthesizing substituted aminothiazolone compounds as inhibitors of 11-β-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase type 1. The processes allow the stereoselective synthesis of the desired compounds without the use of stoichiometric amounts of chiral catalysts. | 12-26-2013 |
Ronald R. Faul, Katy, TX US
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20110094742 | Casing Shoes and Methods of Reverse-Circulation Cementing of Casing - A method having the following steps: running a circulation valve comprising a reactive material into the well bore on the casing; reverse-circulating an activator material in the well bore until the activator material contacts the reactive material of the circulation valve; reconfiguring the circulation valve by contact of the activator material with the reactive material; and reverse-circulating a cement composition in the well bore until the reconfigured circulation valve decreases flow of the cement composition. A circulation valve for cementing casing in a well bore, the valve having: a valve housing connected to the casing and comprising a reactive material; a plurality of holes in the housing, wherein the plurality of holes allow fluid communication between an inner diameter of the housing and an exterior of the housing, wherein the reactive material is expandable to close the plurality of holes. | 04-28-2011 |
Ronnie Faul, Katy, TX US
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20090120640 | Methods of Integrating Analysis, Auto-Sealing, and Swellable-Packer Elements for a Reliable Annular Seal - A variety of methods are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing comprising: introducing a pipe string into a well bore such that an annular space is defined between the pipe string and a wall of the well bore, wherein an annular structure is coupled to the pipe string, and wherein the annular structure comprises an expandable material; and introducing a cement composition into the annular space, wherein the cement composition comprises cement, water, and a component capable of responding to a crack formed in the cement composition after setting to inhibit flow of fluid through the crack. In certain embodiments, the method further comprises choosing the cement composition based at least partially on an analysis of well incidents. | 05-14-2009 |