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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Applicants:
University of Houston, Houston, TX (US);
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marc Garbey, Houston, TX (US);
Barbara Lee Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Brian James Dunkin, Houston, TX (US);
Vadim Sherman, Houston, TX (US);
Giulia Toti, Houston, TX (US);
Assignees:
University of Houston, Houston, TX (US);
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods for tracking a surgical tool. Exemplary embodiments can comprise a surgical port, a tracking element configured for coupling to a surgical tool, and a camera mounted to a proximal end of the surgical port and configured to capture image data associated with the tracking element.