Stefan Vilsmeier
84Patents
30h-index
41Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 11, 1995 → Oct 27, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6351659B1 | Neuro-navigation system | Human Necessities | 400 | Expired |
| US6527443B1 | Process and apparatus for image guided treatment with an integration of X-ray detection and navigation system | Human Necessities | 393 | Expired |
| US5769861A | Method and devices for localizing an instrument | Human Necessities | 385 | Expired |
| US6640128B2 | Method and device for the navigation-assisted dental treatment | Human Necessities | 336 | Expired |
| US6584174B2 | Registering image information | Human Necessities | 293 | Expired |
| US6609022B2 | Intraoperative navigation updating | Human Necessities | 262 | Expired |
| US6424856B1 | Method for the localization of targeted treatment areas in soft body parts | Human Necessities | 248 | Expired |
| US6783536B2 | Magnetic catheter navigation | Human Necessities | 235 | Expired |
| US6611700B1 | Method and apparatus for positioning a body for radiation using a position sensor | Human Necessities | 228 | Expired |
| US6428547B1 | Detection of the shape of treatment devices | Human Necessities | 213 | Expired |
| US5702406A | Device for noninvasive stereotactic immobilization in reproducible position | Human Necessities | 209 | Expired |
| US6223067A | Referencing device including mouthpiece | Human Necessities | 208 | Expired |
| US7194295B2 | Medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning with the assistance of generic patient data | Human Necessities | 196 | Expired |
| US5889834A | Blade collimator for radiation therapy | Physics | 195 | Expired |
| US5628315A | Device for detecting the position of radiation target points | Human Necessities | 190 | Expired |
| US5643268A | Fixation pin for fixing a reference system to bony structures | Physics | 187 | Expired |
| US6178345A | Method for detecting the exact contour of targeted treatment areas, in particular, the external contour | Physics | 165 | Expired |
| US6873867B2 | Referencing or registering a patient or a patient body part in a medical navigation system by means of irradiation of light points | Human Necessities | 123 | Expired |
| US7050845B2 | Projecting patient image data from radioscopic imaging methods and/or tomographic imaging methods onto video images | Human Necessities | 109 | Expired |
| US6947582B1 | Three-dimensional shape detection by means of camera images | Physics | 100 | Expired |
| US7577474B2 | Referencing or registering a patient or a patient body part in a medical navigation system by means of irradiation of light points | Human Necessities | 93 | Active |
| US6724922B1 | Verification of positions in camera images | Human Necessities | 90 | Expired |
| US6859660B2 | Neuro-navigation system | Human Necessities | 81 | Expired |
| US6714629B2 | Method for registering a patient data set obtained by an imaging process in navigation-supported surgical operations by means of an x-ray image assignment | Human Necessities | 71 | Expired |
| US7787932B2 | Planning and navigation assistance using two-dimensionally adapted generic and detected patient data | Human Necessities | 60 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.