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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Applicants:
University of Houston, Houston, TX (US);
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marc Garbey, Houston, TX (US);
Brian James Dunkin, Houston, TX (US);
Barbara Lee Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Assignees:
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, Houston, TX (US);
THE METHODIST HOSPITAL, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 90/92 (2016.02); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a position of a surgical tool. Exemplary embodiments can comprise a surgical port, a reference marker, and a camera mounted to a proximal end of the surgical port and configured to capture image data associated with the reference marker.