203 patents
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System and method for intraoperative video processing
8 Jun 21
A monitoring method and system for providing visual enhancements during a medical procedure is described.
Bradley Allan Fernald, Gal Sela, Neil Jeffrey Witcomb
Filed: 5 Jun 19
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Method and system for reducing magnetic field instabilities in a magnetic resonance system
8 Jun 21
A method, device, and system for reducing inhomogeneity in an imaging magnetic field during magnetic resonance imaging is described.
Ian Connell, Chad Harris, Geron Bindseil, Andrew T. Curtis
Filed: 3 Sep 19
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Tracked suction tool
1 Jun 21
A device and method is provided for a trackable suction tool for surgical use.
Leila Kheradpir, Kyle Richard Dupont, Jakub Jankowski
Filed: 21 Sep 17
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Forward-imaging optical coherence tomography probe
25 May 21
A forward-imaging optical coherence tomography probe is provided, comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing comprising: a longitudinal axis; an interior side; a distal end that is optically transparent; and a mirror located at the interior side, adjacent the distal end; an optical fiber located inside the cylindrical housing along the longitudinal axis; a wedge lens located inside the cylindrical housing, adjacent the distal end, the wedge lens configured to receive light from the fiber, and direct the light towards the mirror; and, at least one motor configured to both: rotate the fiber and the wedge lens about the longitudinal axis and inside the cylindrical housing; and, linearly displace the fiber and the wedge lens along the longitudinal axis and inside the cylindrical housing; the mirror configured to: receive light from the wedge lens and reflect the light out of the distal end as the wedge lens moves linearly and rotationally.
Fangxin Li, Michael Frank Gunter Wood
Filed: 26 Sep 18
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Multispectral synchronized imaging
25 May 21
A multispectral synchronized imaging system is provided.
Ze Shan Yao, Piotr Kuchnio, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, Yanhui Bai, Michael Peter Bulk, Christopher Thomas Jamieson
Filed: 10 May 16
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Cognitive optical control system and methods
18 May 21
A cognitive optical system for dynamically refining imaging during a medical procedure, involving a processor operable by a set of executable instructions storable in relation to a non-transitory memory device.
Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Piotr Kuchnio, Cameron Anthony Piron
Filed: 13 Sep 18
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Trackable apparatuses and methods
4 May 21
Trackable apparatuses and methods involving at least one arrangement of at least one trackable feature configured for disposition in relation to at least one substrate, each arrangement of the at least one arrangement having a distinct pattern of trackable features configured to facilitate determining at least one of: an identity of at least one object and at least one subject, a disposition of at least one object and at least one subject, a disposition between at least one object and at least one subject, and a disposition among at least one object and at least one subject, and each arrangement of the at least one arrangement configured to optimize tracking by a navigation tracking system, whereby at least one spatial relationship among the at least one object and the at least one subject is optimizable.
Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Gal Sela, Kelly Noel Dyer, Dorothy Lui, Brent Andrew Bailey
Filed: 12 Sep 16
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Method, system and apparatus for maintaining patient registration in a surgical navigation system
27 Apr 21
A method of maintaining patient registration in surgical navigation includes: obtaining a patient position in a tracking system frame of reference, based on a fiducial marker array affixed in a first position relative to the patient; receiving an initial surface scan depicting the patient and the fiducial array; responsive to receiving an intraoperative image depicting the patient: obtaining a position, in the tracking system frame of reference, of the fiducial array affixed in a second position relative to the patient; receiving a secondary surface scan depicting the patient and the fiducial array; detecting a deviation in a position of the fiducial marker array relative to the patient between the initial and secondary surface scans; and applying the deviation to the position of the patient to generate an updated position of the patient in the tracking system frame of reference, based on the fiducial array affixed in the second position.
Yu-Ching Audrey Kuo, Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Gal Sela, Alexander Gyles Panther, Kelly Noel Dyer
Filed: 20 Feb 18
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Surgial optical zoom system
13 Apr 21
Methods and systems for controlling a surgical microscope.
Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, William La, Paul Quevedo, Aryeh Benjamin Taub, Yusuf Bismilla, Sam Anthony Leitch, Yuri Alexander Kuzyk, Ze Shan Yao, Michael Frank Gunter Wood
Filed: 15 Nov 19
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Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging
6 Apr 21
Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”] are provided.
Chad Tyler Harris, David Mark Deschenes, Alexander Gyles Panther, Jeff Alan Stainsby, Philip J. Beatty
Filed: 22 Jan 16
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Intermodal synchronization of surgical data
30 Mar 21
Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data.
Cameron Piron, Gal Sela, Monroe M. Thomas, Simon Alexander, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Michael Wood, Alex Panther, Joshua Richmond, Wes Hodges, David Gallop
Filed: 17 May 17
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Physiological phantoms incorporating feedback sensors and sensing materials
23 Mar 21
Disclosed herein are physiological phantoms incorporating sensors and sensor materials integrated with a tissue phantom of an anatomical part.
Fergal Kerins, Arun Victor Jagga, Siu Wai Jacky Mak
Filed: 29 Jan 15
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Micrometer size multi-functional probe for OCT and electro-physiological recording
23 Mar 21
A device and method for guided insertion of microelectrodes into tissue is provided.
Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Fangxin Li
Filed: 7 Jun 19
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Suction tool with integrated optical probe and use thereof
16 Mar 21
A device and method is provided for a suction tool combined with an optical probe.
Kresimir Franjic, Luc Gilles Charron, Siu Wai Jacky Mak
Filed: 24 Feb 17
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Surgical camera system with automatic alternation between two depths of field
2 Mar 21
A surgical camera system is provided which includes a plurality of imaging devices each having a tunable iris configured to change between at least two different sized numerical apertures.
Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Yanhui Bai
Filed: 3 Jul 18
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Motorized full field adaptive microscope
23 Feb 21
An optical imaging system for imaging a target during a medical procedure.
Tammy Kee-Wai Lee, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Cameron Anthony Piron, Brent Andrew Bailey, Sagar Saxena, Sean Adrian Conroy, Kamyar Abhari, Kai Michael Hynna, Gal Sela, Kelly Noel Dyer, Joshua Lee Richmond
Filed: 24 Sep 15
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Method, system and apparatus for controlling a surgical navigation system
23 Feb 21
A method, system and apparatus for controlling a surgical navigation system are provided.
Cameron Anthony Piron, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Gal Sela, Joshua Lee Richmond, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Stephen B. E. McFadyen, Kelly Noel Dyer, Monroe M. Thomas, Wes Hodges, Simon Alexander, David Gallop
Filed: 1 Sep 17
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System and method for performing local-area contrast enhancement of digital images
23 Feb 21
An improvement to an image processing system for enhancing the contrast of digital images using a local-area contrast enhancement of the digital images.
Piotr Kuchino
Filed: 19 Feb 19
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System and method for optical axis calibration
23 Feb 21
A method for calibrating an optical axis of a camera mounted to a movable structure is disclosed.
Gal Sela, Kamyar Abhari
Filed: 12 Jul 19
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System and method for using coils in magnetic resonance imaging
16 Feb 21
Some implementations provide an MRI system that includes: a housing having a bore accommodating a portion of a subject; a main magnet enclosed by said housing and configured to generate a substantially uniform magnet field within the bore; a gradient sub-system to provide perturbations to the substantially uniform magnet field; a flexible coil assembly configured to (i) receive radio frequency (RF) signals from the subject in response to the portion of the subject being scanned, and (ii) generate and apply B0 shimming to improve a field homogeneity of the substantially uniform magnetic field; and a control unit configured to: drive the gradient sub-system using a gradient waveform; and receive measurement results responsive to the gradient waveform such that a coupling between the gradient sub-system and the flexible coil assembly is determined and subsequently reduced in response to the determined coupling exceeding a pre-determined threshold.
Chad Tyler Harris, Geron André Bindseil
Filed: 25 May 17