| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7623736 |
Registration of three dimensional image data with patient in a projection imaging system |
November 24, 2009 |
| A method for determining a translation of a three-dimensional pre-operative image data set to obtain a registration of the three-dimensional image data with a patient positioned in a projection imaging system. In one embodiment the user identifies an initial three-dimensional organ c |
| 7567233 |
Global input device for multiple computer-controlled medical systems |
July 28, 2009 |
| An integrated control and display system for operating a plurality of separate computer systems each having a visual display, includes at least one cursor control device for seamlessly moving a cursor among the visual displays of the separate computer systems, the cursor control device |
| 7555331 |
Method for surgical navigation utilizing scale-invariant registration between a navigation syste |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system for navigating a medical device through the lumens and cavities in an operating region in a subject, comprising an imaging system for displaying an image of the operating region, including a representation of the distal end of the medical device in the operating region. The |
| 7543239 |
User interface for remote control of medical devices |
June 2, 2009 |
| An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient's body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and the |
| 7540866 |
User interface for remote control of medical devices |
June 2, 2009 |
| An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient's body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and the |
| 7540288 |
User interface for remote control of medical devices |
June 2, 2009 |
| An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient's body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and the |
| 7516416 |
User interface for remote control of medical devices |
April 7, 2009 |
| An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient's body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and the |
| 7505615 |
Preoperative and intra-operative imaging-based procedure workflow with complexity scoring |
March 17, 2009 |
| A method of screening subjects for medical procedures involving the remote navigation of a medical device through the vasculature in an operating region. The method includes processing the image data of the operating region to determine a measure of the complexity of at least a portion o |
| 7389778 |
Variable magnetic moment MR navigation |
June 24, 2008 |
| A method of navigating a medical device in an operating region in a subject. The method includes applying a magnetic field to the operating region and changing the magnetic moment of the medical device by selectively changing a physical condition of at least one magnet element in the |
| 7346379 |
Electrophysiology catheter |
March 18, 2008 |
| An electrophysiology catheter includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The tube is preferably comprised of multiple sections of different flexibility, arranged so that the flexibility of the catheter increases from the proximal end to the distal |
| 7190819 |
Image-based medical device localization |
March 13, 2007 |
| A method of identifying an elongate medical device in a two-dimensional image of an operating region includes filtering pixels meeting a predetermined intensity requirement for linear scaling, dividing the filtered pixels into groups of contiguous pixels, and selecting from the group |
| 6980843 |
Electrophysiology catheter |
December 27, 2005 |
| An electrophysiology catheter includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The tube is preferably comprised of multiple sections of different flexibility, arranged so that the flexibility of the catheter increases from the proximal end to the distal |