Kevin L Wolfe

US Patent:

20220257266, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

Jul 16, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/627567

Inventors:

- Bethesda MD, US
- Baltimore MD, US
Carissa Rodriguez - Laurel MD, US
Timothy Sleasman - Silver Spring MD, US
Michael J. Fitch - Catonsville MD, US
Adam Cohen - Baltimore MD, US
Max R. Basescu - Baltimore MD, US
Kevin C. Wolfe - Lutherville MD, US
Jared M. Wormley - Silver Spring MD, US

Assignee:

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. - Bethesda MD
The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

A61B 17/16
A61B 17/17
A61B 18/14
A61B 90/11
A61N 1/05
A61B 5/03

Abstract:

An intracranial access device includes a housing having an operator-facing side and a patient-facing side and an opening therethrough extending from the operator-facing side to the patient-facing side. The device further includes at least one fastener configured to secure the device to a cranium of a patient. The device further includes a drill mounted to a surface of the housing and a cauterizer. The device may further include a number of sensors arranged on the patient-facing side of the housing and configured to identify a hemorrhage location.

US Patent:

20220257383, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

Oct 27, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/511987

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Mehran ARMAND - Baltimore MD, US
Gerald T. GRANT - Baltimore MD, US
Peter LIACOURAS - Baltimore MD, US
Ryan MURPHY - Baltimore MD, US
Kevin WOLFE - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/30
A61B 34/20
A61F 2/28
A61B 34/10

Abstract:

Provided is a surgical method. The method includes detecting a location of a reference unit having a trackable element with a detector, the detector configured to provide at least one signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the reference unit's trackable element, wherein the reference unit is associated with a location of an anatomical feature of a being's anatomy; accessing a computer-readable reconstruction of the being's anatomy, the computer-readable reconstruction of the being's anatomy having a first updatable orientation, wherein the first updatable orientation is updated in response to the at least one signal; accessing a computer-readable reconstruction of an implant having a second updatable orientation; detecting a location of a pointer tool comprising a trackable element with the detector, the detector further configured to provide at least one other signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the pointer tool, wherein the pointer tool is associated with a location of an anatomical feature of interest; accessing at least one computer-readable reconstruction of a trace, the trace corresponding to a geometry of the anatomical feature of interest based on updated detected locations of the pointer tool; superimposing the at least one updatable, computer-readable trace on the second computer-readable reconstruction of the implant.

US Patent:

20210315735, Oct 14, 2021

Filed:

Aug 5, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/265668

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Kevin Wolfe - Lutherville MD, US
Jin Ung Kang - Glenelg MD, US
Kathleen Perrino - Laurel MD, US
Andrea Cascio Timm - Laurel MD, US

International Classification:

A61F 9/00
A61F 9/007

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a device for the access and delivery of cells or other materials to the subretinal space. The device of the present invention accesses the subretinal space via the trans-scleral side. This is an ah externo approach. The device includes two stacked layers, surrounded by a flexible outer surface and an OCT-sensor integrated guide needle. The device is configured to be flexible, such that it conforms to the natural curvature of the eye as it is advanced to the subretinal space. After the device is in place, the flexible outer surface is configured to protect the delicate tissue of the retina and choroid, while there is also easy passage of the material or cells to be delivered between the two stacked layers.

US Patent:

20210050096, Feb 18, 2021

Filed:

Oct 14, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/070327

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Mehran ARMAND - Fulton MD, US
Ryan MURPHY - Columbia MD, US
Gerald GRANT - Goshen KY, US
Peter LIACOURAS - North Potomac MD, US
Kevin WOLFE - Lutherville MD, US
Ehsan BASAFA - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

G16H 30/40
G16H 50/50
A61B 17/17
G16H 20/40
A61B 34/10
A61B 34/20
A61B 17/15
A61B 17/16
A61B 17/80
A61F 2/28

Abstract:

A method for computer-assisted planning of a transplant surgery is provided. The method includes obtaining a computer-readable representation of a donor and recipient skeletal fragment; determining surgical cutting planes on the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment from which a portion of the donor skeletal fragment from the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment will be harvested; determining virtual cutting guides; performing a virtual osteotomy to separate the portion of the donor skeletal fragment from the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment from a remainder portion of the donor skeletal fragment based on a position of the virtual cutting guides that are attached to the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment; positioning the donor skeletal fragment within a transplant region of the recipient skeletal fragment; and creating a hybrid computer-readable representation comprising the recipient skeletal fragment and the portion of the donor skeletal.

US Patent:

20210043304, Feb 11, 2021

Filed:

Dec 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/707551

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Mehran ARMAND - Fulton MD, US
Ryan MURPHY - Columbia MD, US
Gerald GRANT - Goshen KY, US
Peter LIACOURAS - North Potomac MD, US
Kevin WOLFE - Lutherville MD, US

International Classification:

G16H 30/40
G16H 50/50
A61B 17/17
G16H 20/40
A61B 34/10
A61B 34/20
A61B 17/15
A61B 17/16
A61B 17/80
A61F 2/28

Abstract:

A computer-assisted surgical system can include a donor sub-system and a recipient sub-system. The donor sub-system includes a first reference unit having a first trackable element, a fragment reference unit having a second trackable element, and a first detector configured to provide at least one of a first signal corresponding to a detected location of one or more of the first trackable element and the second trackable element. The recipient sub-system includes a second reference unit having a third trackable element, and a second detector configured to provide at least one of a second signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the third trackable element.

US Patent:

20200029976, Jan 30, 2020

Filed:

Sep 5, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/561984

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Mehran ARMAND - Fulton MD, US
Ryan MURPHY - Columbia MD, US
Gerald GRANT - Goshen KY, US
Peter LIACOURAS - North Potomac MD, US
Kevin WOLFE - Lutherville MD, US
Ehsan BASAFA - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/15
G16H 20/40
A61B 17/17
A61B 17/80
A61B 34/10
A61B 34/20
A61F 2/28
G16H 50/50
A61B 17/16

Abstract:

A method for computer-assisted planning of a transplant surgery is provided. The method includes obtaining a computer-readable representation of a donor and recipient skeletal fragment; determining surgical cutting planes on the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment from which a portion of the donor skeletal fragment from the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment will be harvested; determining virtual cutting guides; performing a virtual osteotomy to separate the portion of the donor skeletal fragment from the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment from a remainder portion of the donor skeletal fragment based on a position of the virtual cutting guides that are attached to the computer-readable representation of the donor skeletal fragment; positioning the donor skeletal fragment within a transplant region of the recipient skeletal fragment; and creating a hybrid computer-readable representation comprising the recipient skeletal fragment and the portion of the donor skeletal.

US Patent:

20190217425, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Mar 25, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/363012

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Philippe M. Burlina - North Bethesda MD, US
Kapil D. Katyal - Chevy Chase MD, US
Kevin C. Wolfe - Lutherville MD, US
Seth D. Billings - Bethesda MD, US
Cash J. Costello - Columbia MD, US

International Classification:

B23K 37/00
B23K 9/173
H01R 13/22
H01R 13/648
B23K 9/167
B23K 9/32

Abstract:

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for object recognition and presentation are provided. An example apparatus may include a camera, an assistance feedback device, an input device, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured receive an image from the camera, compare characteristic features within the image to an object identification dataset to identify object matches for a plurality of objects within the image, receive a selected name of an identified object from the user via the input device, and transmit assistance feedback to the user indicating a position of the selected object within the field of view via the assistance feedback device.

US Patent:

20180036175, Feb 8, 2018

Filed:

Aug 8, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/671696

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
Philippe M. Burlina - North Bethesda MD, US
Kapil D. Katyal - Chevy Chase MD, US
Kevin C. Wolfe - Lutherville MD, US
Seth D. Billings - North Betheda MD, US
Cash J. Costello - Columbia MD, US

International Classification:

A61F 9/08
G06K 9/62
G06N 3/04
G06K 9/00

Abstract:

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for object recognition and presentation are provided. An example apparatus may include a camera, an assistance feedback device, an input device, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured receive an image from the camera, compare characteristic features within the image to an object identification dataset to identify object matches for a plurality of objects within the image, receive a selected name of an identified object from the user via the input device, and transmit assistance feedback to the user indicating a position of the selected object within the field of view via the assistance feedback device.