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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Cheng-chung Liang, West Windsor, NJ (US);

LI Fan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);

Jian-zhong Qian, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Xiaolan Zeng, Princeton, NJ (US);

Xin Dou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Changbo Yang, Wayne, PA (US);

Guo-qing Wei, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Cheng-Chung Liang, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Li Fan, Belle Mead, NJ (US);

Jian-Zhong Qian, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Xiaolan Zeng, Princeton, NJ (US);

Xin Dou, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Changbo Yang, Wayne, PA (US);

Guo-Qing Wei, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02);
Abstract

A system for providing visual three dimensional assistance to a user during a medical procedure involving a soft organ. The system and method provide visual assistance to a user during a medical procedure involving a soft organ. The system and method utilize a processor for generating an image of the soft organ, a surgical instrument tracker for tracking a surgical instrument during the medical procedure, and a display in communication with the processor and the surgical instrument tracker for visually displaying in three dimensions, the image of the soft organ and the surgical instrument in relation to the soft organ.


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