| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7383073 |
Digital minimally invasive surgery system |
June 3, 2008 |
| A software-integrated disposable kit contains a series of sterile packages which hold instrumented surgical tools, surgical accessories, user input computer controlling peripherals (e.g. mouse, keyboard), markers, and a one time use digital medium. When image guided surgery is to be |
| 7359746 |
Image guided interventional method and apparatus |
April 15, 2008 |
| In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an image guided interventional system enables registration of a patient, preferably automatically and without an explicit patient registration step, to newly acquired images as the patient is moved out of the imager. Only one set |
| 7302288 |
Tool position indicator |
November 27, 2007 |
| A tool for use with a surgical navigation system includes a plurality of LEDs mounted to the distal end of the tool. The LED's provide an indication of the direction in which the tool must be moved to reach a desired position. Four LED's mounted along perpendicular axes are provided. |
| 7206627 |
System and method for intra-operative haptic planning of a medical procedure |
April 17, 2007 |
| In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, attractive haptic objects are associated with a target region for performing a medical procedure and repulsive haptic objects are associated with anatomical features to be avoided during the medical procedure. A surgeon may p |
| 7206626 |
System and method for haptic sculpting of physical objects |
April 17, 2007 |
| In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for haptic sculpting of a physical object using a haptic device comprises defining a haptic object for aiding in the sculpting of the physical object, dynamically modifying a configuration of the haptic object in res |
| 7139418 |
Fluoroscopic registration artifact with optical and/or magnetic markers |
November 21, 2006 |
| A registration artifact (10) for use in registering two or more fluoroscopic images includes a plurality of radio opaque spheres (12, 14, 16) and a plurality of trackable markers, such as optical reflectors (20, 22, 24 and 26), mounted to a radio transparent body (11). A tracking sys |
| 7043961 |
Tool calibrator and tracker system |
May 16, 2006 |
| A standard medical or surgical tool's axis is located by attaching to the tool a plurality of a location indicating elements or markers having a known geometric or spatial relationship, and placing the tool in a tool calibrator that supports the tool in a manner that allows tools of |
| 6674916 |
Interpolation in transform space for multiple rigid object registration |
January 6, 2004 |
| A method of mapping a chosen point in real space to its corresponding location in image space includes obtaining a diagnostic medical image of a subject including multiple rigid objects, and individually computing separate transforms which register each of the rigid objects in real space |
| 6187018 |
Auto positioner |
February 13, 2001 |
| A detector unit (20) for an image guided surgery system (10) is provided. It includes an adjustable stand (22) having a plurality of receivers (24) mounted thereto such that the detector unit (20) has a predefined finite field of view (80) in which it detects radiant energy. It further i |
