IMACTIS Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140073914 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NAVIGATION OF A SURGICAL TOOL - The invention relates to a method of navigation of a tool to be used in a surgical operation for treating a target region within the body of a patient. | 03-13-2014 |
20120259204 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN INSTRUMENT IN RELATION TO MEDICAL IMAGES - The present invention relates to a device and a method for determining the position of an instrument with respect to medical images of a body. The device comprises (1) a calibration support comprising a set of fiducial markers visible on medical images and fixed to the skin of a body, (2) at least one micro-camera providing video images and mounted on the calibration support in a known position, and (3) a processing unit connected to the micro-cameras and configured to process the video images from said micro-cameras to determine the position of the instrument with respect to medical images. | 10-11-2012 |
20110295109 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NAVIGATION OF A SURGICAL TOOL - The invention relates to a method of navigation of a tool to be used in a surgical operation for treating a target region within the body of a patient. | 12-01-2011 |