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7634306 Non-image, computer assisted navigation system for joint replacement surgery with modular implant system  
The invention includes a method and system for intra-operative navigation of a joint replacement operation, without recourse to pre-operative imagery of pre-operative computerized simulations....
7634304 Method and apparatus for lesion localization, definition and verification  
A method and apparatus for lesion or organ definition for the purpose of radiation treatment planning localization and treatment position verification. The apparatus uses a combination of an...
7613499 Method and system for concurrent localization and display of a surgical catheter and local electrophysiological potential curves  
A method for providing measuring data for the precise local positioning of an ablation catheter comprises the recording of electrophysiological potential curves in a plurality of positions of the...
7607833 Method for operating a medical image apparatus to correct for deflection of the patient support board  
In a method for operation of an imaging medical apparatus, a recumbent board supporting an examination subject is positioned in the scan region of the medical-technical apparatus, an exposure of...
7606613 Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging  
Digital x-ray images taken before a surgical procedure by a fluoroscopic C-arm imager are displayed by a computer and overlaid with graphical representations of instruments being used in the...
7600915 Imager based object positioner system and method  
An apparatus and a method for guiding the placement of an object to a desired location based on an image generated by an image intensifier where the apparatus includes a first coupling mechanism...
7603163 Targeting system and method of targeting  
A targeting system, which provides an adjustable optical assembly, for use with imaging systems having a penetrating beam source, a penetrating beam receiver. The optical assembly has a targeting...
7587234 Method and apparatus for computer modified magnetic resonance imaging  
A device is presented including a medical device adapted to be inserted in an anatomy. The medical device has many target markers. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system will not detect or will...
7580739 System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject  
A system includes a device swallowed, passing through a subject, and including a constant magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field; and a position transducer. The position...
7580027 Method and apparatus for processing information  
An objective viewpoint image of an object captured at an objective viewpoint position is obtained, a measurement value of a sensor is received, information about the image coordinates of...
7570987 Perspective registration and visualization of internal areas of the body  
The invention relates to a method for registering an image data set for visualizing internal areas of the body. The method can include determining the relative position of an imaging device and of...
7565191 Tissue site markers for in vivo imaging  
The invention is directed biopsy site markers and methods of marking a biopsy site, so that the location of the biopsy cavity is readily visible by conventional imaging methods, particularly by...
7565190 Cardiac CT system and method for planning atrial fibrillation intervention  
A method for planning atrial fibrillation (AF) intervention for a patient includes obtaining acquisition data from a medical imaging system, and generating a 3D model of the left atrium and...
7559931 Surgical orientation system and method  
A system and method for detecting and measuring changes in angular position with respect to a reference plane is useful in surgical procedures for orienting various instruments, prosthesis, and...
7531818 Multiple room radiation treatment system  
The present invention refers to a radiation system ( 1 ) comprising an excentric gantry ( 100 ) arranged in connection with multiple treatment rooms ( 61 - 68 ) separated by radiation-shielding...
7508204 Method for supporting an MRI examination by means of positioning and checking MRI accessory implementation  
The invention relates to a method for supporting an examination by means of an imaging diagnostic device. An examination mode is first selected by a user. At least one partial view of an...
7506547 System and method for generating three-dimensional density-based defect map  
A system for mapping a condition of a structure that includes a plurality of support members covered by a wall is disclosed and includes a computer processor having a memory, a two-dimensional...
7499743 Method and system for registration of 3D images within an interventional system  
A method for registration of cardiac image data in an interventional system includes inserting a first plurality of fiducial points on an acquired 3D anatomical image and exporting the 3D...
7479108 Methods for using an implantable sensor unit  
A method for obtaining data using an implantable sensor unit in a body of a patient includes: implanting the sensor unit in the body; conducting an imaging procedure on the body such that the...
7477926 Methods and apparatuses for providing a reference array input device  
Methods and apparatuses for providing a reference array input device for use with a computer-aided surgical navigation system. A reference array input device according to an embodiment of the...
7458977 Surgical navigation instrument useful in marking anatomical structures  
A surgical instrument having a grip, a reference structure and an alignment head and method of using. The reference structure has at least one reference element that is registrable in a computer...
7457658 Algorithm for accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of non-linear implanted medical devices in VIVO  
A computer-implemented software system and method for performing dynamic, three-dimensional reconstruction of a non-linear implanted medical device from biplane x-ray images. A biplane radiographic...
7430457 Robot teaching program editing apparatus based on voice input  
Candidate character strings representing objects disposed in a work cell, models for robot operation instructions which has variable parts, and robot commands related to the objects are defined in...
7424320 Tissue localizing and marking device and method of using same  
A delivery apparatus for the percutaneous placement of a medical device at an area of interest in a tissue mass comprises an introducer comprising a cannula having an insertion tip, an expulsion...
7359746 Image guided interventional method and apparatus  
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an image guided interventional system enables registration of a patient, preferably automatically and without an explicit patient...
7346381 Method and apparatus for medical intervention procedure planning  
An imaging system for use in medical intervention procedure planning includes a medical scanner system for generating a volume of cardiac image data, a data acquisition system for acquiring the...
7340291 Medical apparatus for tracking movement of a bone fragment in a displayed image  
A medical apparatus has a data processing device for storing an image dataset of the body of a subject and a navigation system for determining the position of a medical instrument relative to the...
7319897 Localization device display method and apparatus  
A localization device display method and apparatus for displaying different views, e.g., of different magnification, based on the proximity of the tip of a pointer tracked by the localization...
7313430 Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery  
A stereotactic navigation system for navigating an instrument to a target within a patient may include a stereotactic head frame, an imaging device, a tracking device, a controller and a display....
7286866 Method, system and computer product for cardiac interventional procedure planning  
A method of creating 3D models to be used for cardiac interventional procedure planning. Acquisition data is obtained from a medical imaging system and cardiac image data is created in response to...
7233819 Method for mapping higher brain function and headgear for mapping higher brain function  
A method for mapping higher brain function comprises an fMRI mapping step S 1 to map a brain function of the subject TP by fMRI, a head portion structural image acquisition step S 3 to acquire a...
7228165 Apparatus and method for performing a tissue resection procedure  
An apparatus and a method for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. In an embodiment for an apparatus of the present invention, the apparatus includes a positioning system and a resection...
7224472 Operation lamp with camera system for 3D referencing  
The invention relates to a system for the combined shadow-free illumination of a pre-definable area and for referencing three-dimensional spatial co-ordinates, and to an active or passive...
7222000 Mobile videoconferencing platform with automatic shut-off features  
A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station. A user can control movement of the robot from the remote control station. The remote control station may...
7218993 Robot system and autonomous mobile robot  
A robot system is provided and includes an autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, an...
7181315 Manual-mode operating system for robot  
A manual-mode operating system for a robot provided with an end-effector. The manual-mode operating system includes a display section including a screen for displaying an image of an end-effector;...
7177722 Assembling method and apparatus  
An assembling method and an apparatus for carrying out the method capable of efficiently, reliably and easily detecting an insertion and fitting position, for easy automatic assembly. In case a...
7177723 Operational optimization after powering on a robotic data storage library  
A robotic storage library is provided for reducing the transition time to reach an operational state following a transition from a power-off to a power-on state. The robotic storage library can...
7171286 Healthcare tele-robotic system with a robot that also functions as a remote station  
A robotic system that includes a plurality of robots that are linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robots have an input device and software that allows control of another robot. This...
7164970 Medical tele-robotic system  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote...
7162292 Beam scanning probe system for surgery  
With the beam scanning probe system for surgery, a pointer indicating the observation point of a beam scanning probe is superimposed upon an image of a lesion to be operated on in the head which is...
7158859 5 degrees of freedom mobile robot  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot with at least five degrees of freedom and a teleconferencing function. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform...
7158860 Healthcare tele-robotic system which allows parallel remote station observation  
A robotic system that includes a mobile robot linked to a plurality of remote stations. The robot provides both audio and visual information to the stations. One of the remote stations, a primary...
7142947 Medical tele-robotic method  
A method for monitoring a patient with a robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing....
7142945 Medical tele-robotic system  
A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote...
7139418 Fluoroscopic registration artifact with optical and/or magnetic markers  
A registration artifact ( 10 ) for use in registering two or more fluoroscopic images includes a plurality of radio opaque spheres ( 12, 14, 16 ) and a plurality of trackable markers, such as...
7130676 Fluoroscopic image guided orthopaedic surgery system with intraoperative registration  
A fluoroscopic image guided surgery system, comprising a C-arm fluoroscope for obtaining fluoroscopic images of an object bone, the C-arm fluoroscope including at least one set of emitters; a...
7117027 Method for establishing a three-dimensional representation of a bone from image data  
A system and method for preparing a virtual three-dimensional representation of a first portion of a bone. The method may comprise obtaining, from a first orientation with respect to the first...
7110807 Method and system for creating three-dimensional images using tomosynthetic computed tomography  
A system for constructing image slices through a selected object, the system comprising an identifiable fiducial reference in a fixed position relative to the selected object, wherein the fiducial...
7079885 Method and device for instrument, bone segment, tissue and organ navigation  
The invention relates to a method and device for referencing between a data set, which describes geometrically the spatial model of a body, and the real physical environment in which the body is...
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