Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
600429000 | With stereotactic device | 12 |
20080214932 | Method and surgical navigation system for creating a recess to receive an acetabulum - To facilitate assistance of the operating surgeon when determining the disposition of a receiving cavity in the case of a method and a navigation system for creating a cavity to receive an acetabulum in a navigated pelvic bone with the aid of a navigated tool, it is proposed that the tear-drop point on the pelvic bone is located by means of a navigated scanning instrument, from the position data and the plane of the pelvic inlet of said pelvic bone there is determined a tear-drop plane, which lies perpendicular to said plane of the pelvic inlet and extends parallel to a line connecting the two anterior superior iliac spines and through the scanned tear-drop point, that a reference point is determined at a defined height above the tear-drop plane and in a defined position in the anterior-posterior direction and at a defined spacing from the outer surface of the pelvic bone in the lateral-medial direction, and that the tool is worked into the pelvic bone in a desired direction relative to the reference point until a predetermined disposition of the tool relative to the reference point is reached. | 09-04-2008 |
20080287783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRACKING DELIVERY OF AN IMAGING PROBE - A system and method to track delivery of a surgical instrument through an imaged subject is provided. The system comprises a controller and an imaging system including an imaging probe in communication with the controller. The imaging probe includes a transducer array operable to acquire image data through a range of motion about a longitudinal axis and in a direction of image acquisition with the imaging probe stationary. The system also includes a tracking system to track a position of the imaging probe relative to a second object tracked by the tracking system, and a display illustrative of a direction of image acquisition of the imaging probe relative to an illustration of a position of the second object. | 11-20-2008 |
20090062642 | CARDIAC TISSUE ELASTICITY SENSING - A system and method are provided for assessing the compliance of internal patient tissue for purposes of catheter guidance and/or ablation procedures. Specifically, the system/method provides for probing internal patient tissue in order to obtain force and/or tissue displacement measurements. These measurements are utilized to generate an indication of tissue elasticity. In one exemplary embodiment, the indication of elasticity is correlated with an image of the internal tissue area and an output of this image including elasticity indications is displayed for a user. | 03-05-2009 |
20100240989 | ROBOT FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY INTERVENTIONS - A system and method for CT guided instrument targeting including a radiolucent instrument driver; a robot and a control box. The robot includes a robotic module that positions the radiolucent driver about two directions coincident a predetermined point. The control device is connected to the robot and the radiolucent instrument driver. The control driver sends a robot control signal to the robot that causes the robotic module to place the radiolucent instrument driver in a desired orientation with respect to the predetermined point. After the radiolucent instrument driver is in the desired orientation, the control device sends a driver control signal to the radiolucent instrument driver that causes the radiolucent driver to insert a medical instrument or device through the predetermined point to a location proximate a target point in a patient. | 09-23-2010 |
20150080718 | OCT PROBE WITH PIVOTING FIBER - An OCT probe for imaging patient tissue may include an actuation system arranged to displace an optical fiber within a cannula. The actuation system may include a driver actuatable to displace a portion of the optical fiber, with the driver acting in an angled direction relative to the axis of the cannula. The actuation system also may include a pivot feature operably engaged with the optical fiber in a manner permitting the optical fiber to pivot on the pivot feature when the driver actuates to displace the portion of the optical fiber. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080719 | OCT PROBE WITH BOWING FLEXOR - An OCT probe includes a cannula and includes a selectively displaceable light-carrying optical fiber disposed within the cannula. The optical fiber may be arranged to emit light from a distal end thereof. A flexor may be bent to divide the flexor into a first segment and a second segment extending along a lumen of the cannula. The first segment may be coupled to the optical fiber. A driver may be configured to push or pull the second segment in the axial direction to elastically bow the second segment and laterally displace the optical fiber to perform an OCT scan. | 03-19-2015 |
20150297198 | SPIRAL BIOPSY DEVICE - A biopsy device is proposed comprising a shaft and a tubular member. The shaft is movably, i.e. rotatably as well as shiftably accommodated within the tubular member and comprises a spiral at a distal end portion of the shaft, wherein the spiral is formed by a twisted sheet. Such a spiral may be considered as a laterally open thread having no solid core. | 10-22-2015 |
20150366999 | Nanomagnetic modification of angiography contrast dye and a novel process for its removal using intravascular catheter based electromagnet system. - Angiographic dye is used in multiple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. These procedures have a very high accuracy of diagnostic and therapeutic abilities but have potential nephrotoxicity. This patent relates to (i) an improvement in angiography therapy technology using a Nanomagnetic modification of angiography contrast dye and (ii) a novel process for its removal using intravascular catheter based electromagnet system. This patent also relates to in-laboratory and/or in-house modification of the existing radiocontrast dye using various methods for making it amenable to manipulation and/or extraction off the blood stream, by the catheter based electro magnet system as described in the present invention. This patent also relates to the process of reno-protection from potentially nephrotoxic contrast dye by its electromagnetic removal and its use thereof. | 12-24-2015 |
20160022364 | TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BIOPSY IN PRONE - A station for tomotactic-guided biopsy in prone includes a table with an aperture, and a tomosynthesis imaging system. A biopsy gun can be mounted on a stage arm assembly disposed below the table. The imaging system and stage arm assembly can be independently rotated and linearly repositioned in one or more dimensions, thereby allowing the tomotactic scan axis to be located relative to a breast being imaged. | 01-28-2016 |
20160038246 | METHOD OF ANALYZING HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES FOR PERCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION - A method of analyzing a hollow anatomical structure of interest for percutaneous implantation. The method comprises acquiring image data of an anatomical region of interest that includes the anatomical structure of interest, and generating a segmented model of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises obtaining image(s) of the anatomical structure of interest by sectioning out intervening anatomical structures from the segmented model thereof, identifying one or more pertinent landmarks of the anatomical structure of interest in the acquired image(s), and measuring at least one of a circumference, a maximal diameter, or a minimal diameter of one or more features of the anatomical structure of interest contained in the acquired image(s) to determine an anatomical structure size. The method still further comprises reconciling the anatomical structure size and an implant size. | 02-11-2016 |
20160089090 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed are a radiation imaging system, an image processing device, a radiation imaging method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having an image processing program recorded thereon which facilitate the confirmation of a positional relationship between an object of interest and a biopsy needle. In the system using a radiation imaging device as a mammography device, when performing a biopsy of a breast of a subject, the positional relationship is confirmed using a radiation image (projection image) obtained through tomosynthesis imaging. A control unit reconstructs the projection image to generate a tomographic image in a state where the needle is inserted into the breast and generates a reprojection image at a predetermined angle from the tomographic image. The control unit extracts an image of the needle from the projection image, synthesizes the extracted image of the needle into the projection image while aligning, and displays the projection image. | 03-31-2016 |
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