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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:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Applicants:
David A. Simon, Boulder, CO (US);
Amir Ghanei, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin E. Mark, Westminster, CO (US);
Andrew Lajoie, Superior, CO (US);
Geoffrey M. Ruckel, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
David A. Simon, Boulder, CO (US);
Amir Ghanei, Louisville, CO (US);
Kevin E. Mark, Westminster, CO (US);
Andrew Lajoie, Superior, CO (US);
Geoffrey M. Ruckel, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for registering physical space to image space is disclosed. The system allows for determining fiducial markers as pixels or voxels in image data. The system can correlate and register the determined fiducial points with fiducial markers in physical space.