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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:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Frank Hertel, Besslich-Newel, DE;
Peter Gemmar, Trier, DE;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Inventors:
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Frank Hertel, Besslich-Newel, DE;
Peter Gemmar, Trier, DE;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for identifying a portion of an image data is disclosed. The image data can include image data of an anatomy, such as a brain of a patient. The identified portion can be used for planning a procedure. The identified portions can include anatomical landmarks that can be used to determine anatomical targets of the patient. The plan can include a path or trajectory to reach the anatomical target.