203 patents
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File system for medical images and data
18 May 20
The present invention is an improvement to a computer system for processing, storing and searching DICOM medical imaging objects and non-DICOM files.
Jonathan Resnick
Filed: 19 Mar 17
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System and method for configuring positions in a surgical positioning system
11 May 20
A medical navigation system is provided including a surgical positioning system for positioning a payload during a medical procedure.
Trevor James Dell, Adam Keith White, David Bruce McFadzean, Monroe Milas Thomas, Oleg Valerievitch Rakitine, Mark Leon Unger, Bradley Allan Fernald, William Dennis Babby, Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Gal Sela, Kamyar Abhari
Filed: 18 Dec 17
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MRI guided radiation therapy
27 Apr 20
Some implementations provide a method that includes: placing a human subject on a moveable platform located in a room with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and a radiation therapy machine; moving the platform into a first position such that the human subject is positioned to be imaged by MRI; operating the MRI scanner while the platform is in the first position to obtain an image of the human subject; moving the platform into a second position such that the human subject is in position to receive radiation therapy from the radiation therapy machine; reducing the magnetic field such that the magnetic field at the radiation therapy machine is below a threshold value; and while the platform is in the second position and the magnetic field at the radiation therapy machine is below the threshold value, operating the radiation therapy machine to perform radiation therapy on the human subject.
Alexander Gyles Panther
Filed: 3 Nov 14
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System and method for magnetic resonance image acquisition
13 Apr 20
A method of data acquisition at a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided.
Cameron Anthony Piron, Alex Panther, Vincent Luciani, Chad Tyler Harris
Filed: 23 May 17
Utility
Method and system for producing laser ablation plumes without ablation recoil products
13 Apr 20
A method for preparing thin layers from liquid samples is disclosed.
Kresimir Franjic
Filed: 24 Jul 17
Utility
Feedback for providing artificial bone flap
6 Apr 20
Methods and systems for providing feedback to guide selection of an artificial bone flap.
Cameron Piron, Murugathas Yuwaraj, Joshua Lee Richmond, Gal Sela
Filed: 16 Mar 15
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Method for recovering patient registration
30 Mar 20
A method for updating a patient registration during a surgical procedure is disclosed.
Kirusha Srimohanarajah, Gal Sela, Dorothy Lui, Kai Michael Hynna
Filed: 26 Oct 17
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Contrast system and methods for reflective markers
30 Mar 20
A contrast system and methods for improving optical detection during a medical procedure, the system involving: a tracking marker, each tracking marker comprising a tracking marker coupling feature; and a contrast element, each contrast element comprising a contrast element coupling feature and an optically non-reflective feature, the contrast element coupling feature configured to complement the tracking marker coupling feature, each contrast element configured to respectively accommodate, by backing, each tracking marker, and contrast element configured to respectively facilitate coupling each tracking marker with a trackable object through a background object via at least one of a contrast element fastening feature and a trackable object fastening feature, whereby at least one of optical contrast and imaging in relation to the tracking marker and the background object is enhanced, false detection of the tracking marker is minimized, and optical detection of the tracking marker is improved.
Brent Andrew Bailey
Filed: 27 Aug 17
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System and methods for updating patient registration during surface trace acquisition
16 Mar 20
A surgical navigation system and method for identifying positions on a patient, including a processor, and a tracking system for tracking a pointer tool.
Neil Jeffrey Witcomb, Sepide Movaghati, Adam Taylor Scott
Filed: 11 Jul 19
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Optical coherence tomography system with dual optical coherence tomography probes
16 Mar 20
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system with dual optical coherence tomography probes is provided comprising: an optical scope comprising a distal end; a first OCT probe; and, a second OCT probe, each of the first OCT probe and the second OCT probe mechanically attached to the optical scope, the first OCT probe and the second OCT probe being substantially paraxial and configured to focus on a same scanning area, the optical scope configured to optically image the same scanning area using the distal end, the first OCT probe having a higher resolution than the second OCT probe.
Siu Wai Jacky Mak, Michael Frank Gunter Wood
Filed: 10 Mar 15
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Intelligent positioning system and methods therefore
16 Mar 20
A medical navigation system is provided, comprising a computing device having a processor coupled to a memory, a tracking camera for tracking medical devices, and a display for displaying an image; an automated arm assembly electrically coupled to the computing device and controlled by a signal provided by the computing device, the automated arm assembly including a multi-joint arm having a distal end connectable to an effector that supports a surgical camera electrically coupled to the computing device; and a medical device having a tracking marker attachable to the medical device.
Joshua Lee Richmond, Brent Andrew Bailey, Stephen B. E. McFadyen, Michael Wood, Abhijit Saxena, Kai Michael Hynna, Yanhui Bai
Filed: 4 Oct 17
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End effector joystick for a positioning device
16 Mar 20
A medical navigation system is provided having a positioning device having a positioning arm with a flange at the end of the positioning arm, a controller at least electrically coupled to the positioning device, and an end effector joystick controller for connecting to the flange of the positioning arm.
Brent Andrew Bailey
Filed: 10 Sep 15
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Methods and systems for updating an existing landmark registration
16 Mar 20
Methods and image-guided surgical navigation systems for updating an existing landmark registration of one or more landmark features in a common coordinate space are provided.
Kamyar Abhari, Neil Jeffrey Witcomb, Stewart David McLachlin, Kai Michael Hynna, Gal Sela
Filed: 22 Aug 17
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System and method for increased signal-to-noise ratio in multi spin-echo pulse imaging
16 Mar 20
The present disclosure provides a system for and a method of obtaining a magnetic resonance image by performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at multiple slices simultaneously.
Charles H. Cunningham, Jeffrey A. Stainsby, Andrew T. Curtis
Filed: 29 Oct 17
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System and method for managing equipment in a medical procedure
16 Mar 20
An electronic device is provided including a processor, an input device coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the processor; and a module saved in the memory.
Cameron Piron, Joshua Richmond
Filed: 14 Aug 14
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Camera system for providing images with simultaneous high resolution and large depth of field
2 Mar 20
A camera system for providing images with simultaneous high resolution and large depth of field is provided.
Kresimir Franjic, Kai Hynna, Yanhui Bai, Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Michael Peter Bulk, Tammy Kee-Wai Lee
Filed: 30 Nov 16
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Method, system and apparatus for rendering medical image data
24 Feb 20
A method of rendering medical image data includes: obtaining an image, having a plurality of voxels, of a volume of patient tissue having a plurality of tissue types; for each of the plurality of voxels: determining a first type indicator value indicating a likelihood that the voxel depicts a first one of the tissue types; storing the first type indicator value in association with the voxel; setting a first type indicator threshold for the first tissue type; rendering the image on a display and applying a first visual filter to a first subset of the voxels having type indicator values that satisfy the first type indicator threshold; and updating the rendering, responsive to receiving input data specifying a modified first type indicator threshold, to apply the first visual filter to an updated first subset of the voxels having first type indicator values that satisfy the modified first type indicator threshold.
David Bruce Gallop, Kamyar Abhari
Filed: 15 Aug 17
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Simulated tissue products and methods
10 Feb 20
Simulated tissue products and methods involving an enhanced simulated tissue product, the enhanced simulated tissue product formed from a polyvinyl alcohol material having a molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7000 vinyl alcohol repeat units; and water, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol material has a preferred molecular chain length in a range of at least approximately 7150 vinyl alcohol repeat units; wherein the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution involves an additive, and, wherein the additive involves a plurality of nanoparticles.
Timotheus Anton Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins, Gregory Allan Whitton, Kimberly Bojanowski Hoang
Filed: 1 Jun 16
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Magnetic resonance visible assembly for encoding information
3 Feb 20
Systems and methods for manufacturing and using magnetic resonance (“MR”) visible labels, markers, or assemblies to encode information unique to the subject or object being imaged by a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system are provided.
Gregory A. Whitton, Timotheus Gmeiner, Fergal Kerins
Filed: 13 Oct 16
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Shimming coils for magnetic resonance imaging
3 Feb 20
A method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that includes: accessing data indicating a first region for imaging a portion of a subject, the portion being placed in a main magnet of the MRI system and the main magnet generating a magnetic field; selecting, from a group of available shimming coils, a first subset of shimming coils arranged and configured such that, when the shimming coils in the first subset are driven, a homogeneity of the magnetic field at the first region is increased; and driving the shimming coils in the selected first subset of shimming coils without driving other shimming coils in the group of available shimming coils such that the homogeneity of the magnetic field at the first region increases relative to the homogeneity of the magnetic field at the first region when the shimming coils of the selected first subset are not driven.
Chad Tyler Harris, Philip J. Beatty, Alexander Gyles Panther, Jeff Alan Stainsby, David Mark Deschenes
Filed: 9 Apr 15