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Berkley C. Badger, Tarpon Springs, FL US
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| 20110181241 | Battery pack charging system with manually maneuvered charge head - A charging system which is particularly suitable for recharging the batteries of electrically powered motor vehicles using a charge head with multiple contacts that mate with an array of charge receiving electrodes onboard the vehicle being recharged. The charge head is supported from overhead, and may, using a power assisted system, be lowered, into place against the array of charge receiving electrodes onboard the vehicle. Switches may be spaced apart so that, like the grasping elements of the handle, use of both hands is required. The charge head causes breaking of series connections of batteries within the vehicle so that individual batteries may be charged in parallel. A battery temperature monitor is provided. An annunciator locally or remotely signals errors or indicates completion of charge. Payments are accepted near the charge head, thereby allowing for commercial operation. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181244 | Charging contact array for enabling parallel charging and series discharging of batteries - A contact array arrangement which both receives charging current for charging batteries of a battery pack, and which also breaks the parallel charging contact position (contact configuration in which individual batteries of the battery pack are charged in parallel) then reestablishes series connection of the batteries when a charge electrode array is urged against the contact array arrangement and when the charge electrode array is removed. A cover covering the contact array may be connected by throughbolts to a support supporting series connection contacts such that depressing the cover by imposing a downward force (e.g., the weight of a charge electrode array), moves the series connection contacts out of contact with those contacts receiving charge current. Springs return the series connection contacts to the series condition. Charge conductors fixed to the contact array pass through or by the series connection such that a very compact device results. | 07-28-2011 |
Brandon Badger, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090198607 | ONLINE MAP ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for selecting advertisements for presentation in a map space are disclosed. Map requests are received, map spaces identified, advertisement bids are received for advertisement space within the map spaces, and advertisements are selected for presentation in the map space based on the advertisement bids. The advertisement bids can be selected through an auction. | 08-06-2009 |
Brian Badger, Divide, CO US
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| 20100034362 | NETWORK CALL RECORDING - A method and system of an embodiment may include receiving at least a portion of a call recording request at a voice response unit, identifying a call received at the voice response unit as a call matching one or more parameters of the call recording request, and utilizing available digital signal processing resources of the voice response unit to record one or more specified portions of the call. | 02-11-2010 |
Brian S. Badger, Divide, CO US
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| 20090310595 | PROVIDING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) CALL CONTROL FUNCTIONS TO PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK (PSTN)-BASED CALL CONTROLLER - A device receives information associated with an outbound call from a calling party via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), and generates a request for the outbound call from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using a remote procedure call (RPC) interface. The device also enables communication, via the remote procedure call (RPC) interface, of the outbound call with a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based device associated with a called party. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20120036273 | LOAD BALANCING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) SERVERS - A device receives Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) requests that include registration information, and load balances a SIP call based on the registration information of the SIP requests. | 02-09-2012 |
Chad Badger, Fredericksburg, OH US
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| 20100000157 | INTERLOCKING DOOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An interlocking door includes a first skin with at least one protrusion and at least one mounting slot and a second skin with at least one protrusion. An end cap is slidingly engaged with the first skin and secured with an adhesive. The first and second skins are secured to one another upon sliding engagement of the first skin at least one mounting slot and the second skin at least one protrusion. The skins are fixedly secured with an adhesive. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110061308 | DOOR ASSEMBLY USING A TWO PIECE END CAP - This invention relates to a door assembly comprising a pair of door skins which are mechanically secured together to define a top and bottom opening. The top and bottom openings receive an end cap therein to complete the door. The end cap of the present invention is comprised of two separate pieces, namely a locking clip and a beam, whereby the locking clip is slidably engaged with the beam to form the end cap. This allows a manufacturer to form the locking clip with a first material and the beam with a second material, depending on the specific requirements of the door. | 03-17-2011 |
Christopher Samuel Badger, Waitsfield, VT US
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| 20120069619 | Modular Power Converters Usable Alone or In A Multiphase Power Converter - A power converter module for use alone or with other modules in a multiphase power converter. The power converter module has an enclosure that surrounds internal components to prevent radiation of electromagnetic energy, which internal components also limit conduction of electromagnetic energy. The internal components include an EMI filter, a ripple filter, a power converter, and a control interface that communicates with a control system of a power conversion system. The control interface includes a memory that stores information related to the power converter modules so as to improve interchangeability of similar power modules with the multiphase power converter. | 03-22-2012 |
David Badger, New Galilee, PA US
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| 20080242913 | TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT HYDROLYSATES - The present invention relates generally to the destruction of chemical weapons. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for treating hydrolysates of chemical agents. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method comprising oxidizing a hydrolysate of a chemical agent to produce an aqueous layer and an organic layer, the aqueous layer comprising an organophosphorus concentration and the organic layer comprising an organosulfur concentration, and separating the organic layer from the aqueous layer. | 10-02-2008 |
David Badger, Plano, TX US
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| 20100011915 | SPHERICAL RATCHET WRENCH - A spherical ratchet wrench for use on fasteners. The ratchet wrench includes a sphere, a plurality of extensions extending out from a surface of the sphere, and a socket receiving mechanism attached to the sphere. The socket receiving mechanism is adapted for receiving and holding a socket. The ratchet wrench also includes a ratchet mechanism coupled to the socket receiving mechanism for turning a fastener. A socket is positioned within the socket receiving mechanism and the sphere is grasped by a user's hand for turning the ratchet wrench and the ratchet mechanism. Preferably, the extensions are removable sockets, providing a storage area for sockets. | 01-21-2010 |
Eric Badger, Issaquah, WA US
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| 20090216690 | Predicting Candidates Using Input Scopes - Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input identifier associated with an input interface. In an embodiment, a system includes an input method editor (IME) that can be configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on a prediction model and one or more input scope values associated with an input interface. The IME can also operate to store an entered string including one or more associated input scope values to a storage component. The stored information can be used when suggesting candidates. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110270786 | Predicting Candidates Using Input Scopes - Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input identifier associated with an input interface. In an embodiment, a system includes an input method editor (IME) that can be configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on a prediction model and one or more input scope values associated with an input interface. The IME can also operate to store an entered string including one or more associated input scope values to a storage component. The stored information can be used when suggesting candidates. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120095752 | LEVERAGING BACK-OFF GRAMMARS FOR AUTHORING CONTEXT-FREE GRAMMARS - A system and method of refining context-free grammars (CFGs). The method includes deriving back-off grammar (BOG) rules from an initially developed CFG and utilizing the initial CFG and the derived BOG rules to recognize user utterances. Based on a response of the initial CFG and the derived BOG rules to the user utterances, at least a portion of the derived BOG rules are utilized to modify the initial CFG and thereby produce a refined CFG. The above method can carried out iterativey, with each new iteration utilizing a refined CFG from preceding iterations. | 04-19-2012 |
Eric N. Badger, Issaquah, WA US
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| 20080291325 | Personality-Based Device - A personality-based theme may be provided. An application program may query a personality resource file for a prompt corresponding to a personality. Then the prompt may be received at a speech synthesis engine. Next, the speech synthesis engine may query a personality voice font database for a voice font corresponding to the personality. Then the speech synthesis engine may apply the voice font to the prompt. The voice font applied prompt may then be produced at an output device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090006100 | Identification and selection of a software application via speech - An audible indication of a user's position within a given speech grammar framework is provided for a speech-enabled software application, and recognition of speech grammars are limited to use only when a software application that has requested a given set of speech grammars is in focus by a user of an associated mobile computing device. | 01-01-2009 |
Eric Norman Badger, Issaquah, WA US
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| 20100222109 | PROTECTIVE SHROUD FOR HANDHELD DEVICE - An apparatus for communicating with a handheld device (e.g., a cellular telephone) is provided herein. A protective shroud is configured to enclose the handheld device and protect it against incidents that commonly cause damage to handheld devices. Integral to the protective shroud is at least one of an input component configured to receive user input and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit signals to and/or receive signals from the handheld device. In one example, where both the input component and the wireless transceiver are integral to the protective shroud, signals related to received user input (e.g., where the shroud serves as a keypad) may be transmitted to the handheld device even if the protective shroud is removed from the handheld device. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110201387 | REAL-TIME TYPING ASSISTANCE - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance through the use of indicators such as feedback semaphores. Also disclosed are suggestion candidates, which allow a user to quickly select next words to add to text input data, or replacement words for words that have been designated as incorrect. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving text input data, providing an indicator for possible correction of the text input data, displaying suggestion candidates associated with alternative words for the data, receiving a single touch screen input selecting one of the suggestion candidates, and modifying the input data using the word associated with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202836 | TYPING ASSISTANCE FOR EDITING - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a text entry, receiving input on a touch screen in the form of a first single touch input located over a word of previously entered text, and presenting the user with one or more suggestion candidates indicated possible replacement words related to the selected word. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates using a second single touch input to replace the selected word with a word associated with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202876 | USER-CENTRIC SOFT KEYBOARD PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve text entry user experience and performance by generating input history data including character probabilities, word probabilities, and touch models. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving first input data, automatically learning user tendencies based on the first input data to generate input history data, receiving second input data, and generating auto-corrections or suggestion candidates for one or more words of the second input data based on the input history data. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates to replace a selected word with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110246575 | TEXT SUGGESTION FRAMEWORK WITH CLIENT AND SERVER MODEL - A local or remote server is configured to receive requests for text and other suggestions from a plurality of client applications. The local or remote server can format requests for delivery to one or more suggestion sources along with client contexts that specify client delivery, format, or other requests associated with the suggestion request. The local or remote server selects suggestion sources based on the client requests and the client contexts, and can combine suggestions returned from multiple sources as directed by client contexts. Requests associated with different clients can be directed to different suggestion sources, and user or client accepted suggestion histories can be stored for use in providing suggestions. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120056819 | DISTANCE-TIME BASED HIT-TESTING - The described embodiments allow for the association of an interaction with a target in a display. One embodiment includes detecting an interaction with an area associated with a graphical element in a display, detecting a later interaction displaced from the area, and associating the later interaction with a target in the display based at least on the time between the interaction with the area and the later interaction. User interactions with one or more displayed hit targets are based on corresponding time-varying hit zones. In response to unlimited user interaction with a hit target, subsequent user selections are validated based on a time-varying hit zone that is typically extended with respect to the previously selected hit target. The extended selection zone can overlap one or more other hit targets to favor re-selection of the individually selected hit target. The extended selection zone generally decreases as a function of time from prior selections of a hit zone. | 03-08-2012 |
Jason A. Badger, Anaheim, CA US
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| 20100147971 | FLUID EFFECTS PLATFORM WITH A PIVOTALLY-MOUNTED AND REMOTELY-POSITIONED OUTPUT MANIFOLD - A fluid effects apparatus to produce a fluid display or effect. The apparatus includes a base with a center point gimbal. A fluid outlet manifold is provided with an inlet for receiving fluid and an outlet device such as a nozzle for dispersing the received fluid. The fluid outlet manifold is supported upon the center point gimbal to pivot with the gimbal in all directions. A drive assembly is provided with first and second drive mechanisms such as submersible servos that each drive input arms attached to the fluid outlet manifold at an angular offset such as about 120 degrees. The drive mechanisms are separately and concurrently operable to move the input arms to pivot the fluid outlet manifold on the center point gimbal to selectively position the outlet device such as to articulate it in arcs of 110 degrees or more in all directions about a nozzle center axis. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110132993 | MECHANICAL LINKAGES FOR PIVOTABLE FLUID EFFECTS PLATFORM - A fluid effects apparatus for creating a fluid display. The apparatus includes a base with a center point gimbal. A fluid outlet manifold is provided with an inlet for receiving fluid and a nozzle. The fluid outlet manifold is supported on the center point gimbal to pivot with the gimbal. A drive assembly is provided with first and second drive mechanisms that each drive input arms attached to the fluid outlet manifold at an angular offset. Each of the input arms is configured with three pivot points to translate rotational input from a crank arm of the drive mechanism into linear movement, and each input arm includes a first swing arm pivotally coupled to the crank arm, a second swing arm coupled to an end of the first swing arm, and a collar receiving a portion of the fluid outlet manifold and pivotally supported by the second swing arm. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110132994 | SELECTABLE AND TWISTING NOZZLE FOR FLUID EFFECTS PLATFORM - A fluid effects apparatus for producing a water display or show. The apparatus includes a base with a center point gimbal mechanism and a fluid outlet manifold with an inlet for receiving fluid. The fluid outlet manifold is pivotally supported upon the center point gimbal mechanism and includes a nozzle manifold with a pivotally mounted nozzle for dispersing the received fluid and a nozzle drive assembly coupled to the nozzle that selectively rotates the nozzle about its rotation axis. The drive assembly includes a motor mounted to pivot with the fluid outlet manifold upon the center point gimbal. The drive assembly includes an output drive element of the motor that is coupled to the nozzle to selectively rotate the nozzle. The nozzle manifold includes a second nozzle and switching means for selectively directing the received fluid to one of the two nozzles. | 06-09-2011 |
Jessica Badger, San Diego, CA US
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| 20120034344 | BIOREACTORS COMPRISING FUNGAL STRAINS - Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an isolated cellulose degrading fungus. Also disclosed are culture compositions and bioreactor compositions comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Further described herein are filtration and extraction devices comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Still further disclosed are bioprocessing facilities for and methods for producing co-products resulting from one or more bioprocesses of the cellulose degrading fungus. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120058550 | BIOREACTORS COMPRISING FUNGAL STRAINS - Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an isolated cellulose degrading fungus. Also disclosed are culture compositions and bioreactor compositions comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Further described herein are filtration and extraction devices comprising the cellulose degrading fungus. Still further disclosed are bioprocessing facilities for and methods for producing co-products resulting from one or more bioprocesses of the cellulose degrading fungus. | 03-08-2012 |
John S. Badger, Webster, NY US
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| 20100149594 | MEDIA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH SENSOR ARRAY - A printing system includes a media input location for storing a recording medium prior to transport within the printing system for subsequent printing; a light source directed toward an extended region of the media input location; an array of photosensors restricted to only a substantially perpendicular movement relative to a plane of the media input location; and an optical path including a first optical path section from the light source to the extended region of the media input location and a second optical path section from the extended region of the media input location to the array of photosensors. | 06-17-2010 |
Karen D. Badger, Milton, VT US
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| 20080270059 | MASK INSPECTION DNIR REPLACEMENT BASED ON LOCATION OF TRI-TONE LEVEL DATABASE IMAGES - 2P SHAPES - Methods, systems, program storage devices and computer program products for mask inspection that automate the detection and placement of do not inspect regions (“DNIR”) for intentionally induced defects on masks. A location of an intentional defect is identified on a mask, and then logic relating to this location is translated into a shape that represents a DNIR for the intentional defect. A second shape representing another DNIR of the mask is provided. It is then determined if the first and second shapes for DNIRs violate a processing rule of the inspection tool, and if so, the violated rule is corrected for by generating a single contiguous DNIR by overlapping the first and second shapes. The inspection tool then utilizes the first and second shapes representing DNIRs, along with any single contiguous DNIRs, to inspect the mask for unintentional defects while avoiding intentional defects. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110085723 | Mask Program Defect Test - A method and programmed defect test database for designing and building programmed defect test masks. The method uses a defect free mask that is compared to a ‘defective’ database. A variety of defect types and sizes is programmed into the database and used to inspect the defect-free mask. All defects programmed into the database are not affected by performing the method, regardless of size, so the resolution capability of an inspection tool can be determined. | 04-14-2011 |
Karen D. Badger, Georgia, VT US
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| 20080279443 | MASK INSPECTION PROCESS ACCOUNTING FOR MASK WRITER PROXIMITY CORRECTION - A mask inspection method and system. Provided is a mask fabrication database describing geometrical shapes S to be printed as part of a mask pattern on a reticle to fabricate a mask through use of a mask fabrication tooling. The shapes S appear on the mask as shapes S′ upon being printed. At least one of the shapes S′ may be geometrically distorted relative to a corresponding at least one of the shapes S due to a lack of precision in the mask fabrication tooling. Also provided is a mask inspection database to be used for inspecting the mask after the mask has been fabricated by the mask fabrication tooling. The mask inspection database describes shapes S″ approximating the shapes S′. A geometric distortion between the shapes S′ and S″ is less than a corresponding geometric distortion between the shapes S′ and S. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110184662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING MULTI-LAYER RETICLES - A method of and system for inspecting multi-layer reticles. The method includes: selecting a multi-layer reticle having an array of cells arranged in R rows and C columns; defining a full inspection region that includes all cells of the array of cells; and when R is equal to one (or is greater than two) and C is greater than two (or is equal to one) and a cell of the array of cells is a dummy cell in a first or last position of a row (or of a column) of the array of cells, then reducing the full inspection region to generate a shrunken inspection region that does not include the dummy cell, and then inspecting the shrunken inspection region for defects. If the dummy cell is between two non-dummy cells, then the dummy cell is a copy of one of the non-dummy cells, but is not inspected. | 07-28-2011 |
Omer R. Badger, Winnemucca, NV US
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| 20120091711 | Apparatus and Method for Producing Electric Power from Injection of Water into a Downhole Formation - An apparatus and method for generating electricity from a liquid flowing in a generally vertical direction down a borehole. There is a turbine disposed at a subsurface position and having an intake and a discharge, the turbine being mechanically coupled via an output shaft to an electric generator such that rotation of the output shaft drives the generator to produce electric power. A control valve assembly is positioned below the turbine, the control valve assembly including a valve adapted to receive water discharged from the turbine and a control system operatively connected to the valve for throttling the valve in response to the rate of flow of liquid to the turbine to maintain the rotation of the turbine in a predetermined RPM range. | 04-19-2012 |
Peter Badger, San Anselmo, CA US
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| 20110126110 | Systems and Algorithm For Interfacing With A Virtualized Computing Service Over A Network Using A Lightweight Client - Systems and algorithm for controlling a virtualized computer service remotely through a client includes defining a virtual infrastructure in which a plurality of virtual machines are running on a hypervisor with at least one of the virtual machine executing an image processor algorithm. The image processor algorithm is configured to receive a connection request from the client for controlling the virtualized computer service (or simply, virtual service) available at a specific virtual machine. The request includes a plurality of connection parameters that describe the connection requirements of the client and is received at the virtual machine that is equipped with the image processor algorithm. The connection parameters are interrogated using the image processor algorithm to identify a specific virtual machine that provides the requested virtualized computer service. A framebuffer data for the identified virtual machine located in virtual memory is accessed and read directly through a hypervisor. The framebuffer data is processed into a plurality of image data packets using the image processor algorithm and transmitted to the client for presenting on a display device associated with the client. The image data packet grammar is tailored to the client and represents an image of the virtual machine display for the identified virtual machine. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126198 | Methods for Interfacing with a Virtualized Computing Service over a Network using a Lightweight Client - Methods for controlling a virtualized computer service remotely through a client includes receiving a connection request from the client for controlling the virtual service available at a virtual machine. The request includes a plurality of connection parameters that describe the connection requirements of the client and is received at a virtual machine that is equipped with an image processor algorithm. The connection parameters are interrogated using the image processor algorithm to identify a specific virtual machine that provides the requested virtualized computer service. A framebuffer data for the identified virtual machine located in virtual memory is accessed and read directly through a hypervisor. The framebuffer data is processed into a plurality of image data packets using the image processor algorithm and transmitted to the client for presenting on a display device associated with the client. The image data packet grammar is tailored to the client and represents an image of the virtual machine display for the specific virtual machine. | 05-26-2011 |
Phillip C. Badger, Florence, AL US
Steven Robert Badger, Pittsburgh, PA US
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| 20120018178 | Oil Fire and Boil Over Attenuation Using Buoyant Glass Materials - A method is described for using cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass materials to attenuate oil fire, limit thermal radiation from an oil fire, and reduce the risk of boil-over phenomenon. Cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass products may be deployed passively, prior to an ignition event, or actively, as a response to an ignition event to provide control. Cellular glass or other buoyant glass materials may be in any physical shape such as block, sheet, aggregate, or nodule. | 01-26-2012 |
Timothy J. Badger, Scituate, MA US
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| 20080277355 | ANTI-MICROBIAL AND OXIDATIVE CO-POLYMER - A water-insoluble polymeric oxidizing medium is contemplated that has a plurality of polymerized N-pyridinium vinylbenzyl triiodide or tribromide moieties whose pyridinium rings bear two substituents, R | 11-13-2008 |
Troy Badger, Midvale, UT US
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| 20100160765 | THERAPEUTIC SUCCESS PREDICTION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - Certain embodiments of the invention provide methods of assessing a patient's risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after receiving treatment with an AF treatment modality, that include determining, from left atrium (LA) tissue image data of a patient, a level of a parameter that is positively proportional to an amount of unhealthy tissue in a wall of the LA of the patient; and outputting, to an output device, an indicator of a comparison between (i) the determined level and (ii) a first threshold level of the parameter, the first threshold level derived from LA tissue image data of at least one other patient, who experienced an AF recurrence after treatment with the AF treatment modality. In certain embodiments, levels of the parameter equal to or greater than the first threshold level are indicative of a significant risk of AF recurrence after treatment with the AF treatment modality. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100160768 | THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME ASSESSMENT FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - Certain embodiments provide a method of assessing an outcome of an ablative atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment modality administered to a patient, the method including: determining, from left atrium (LA) tissue image data of a subject patient that has undergone an ablative AF treatment with the modality, at least one of: a level of a parameter that is positively proportional or negatively proportional to an amount of ablated tissue in a wall of the LA of the subject patient; and a spatial distribution, in the LA wall, of a variable indicative of ablated LA tissue; and outputting, to an output device, a machine-readable indicator of at least one of: (i) a comparison between the determined level and a threshold level of the parameter; and (ii) a map of the spatial distribution. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100298694 | STROKE RISK ASSESSMENT - Certain embodiments provide a method of assessing a risk of thromboembolic stroke in a patient. The method comprises acquiring image data and determining an indicator of a degree of fibrosis of a patient's left atrium (LA) based on the image data. The method also comprises estimating a level of risk of thromboembolic stroke of the patient based on the indicator. | 11-25-2010 |