Intraoperative image registration

US8010177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew N. Csavoy · Minneapolis, US
• Matthew S. Solar · Pembroke Pines, US
• Jeffrey M. Waynik · Nederland, US
• Mark S. Freas · Indialantic, US
• Thomas I. Miller · Palm Bay, US
• Keith Sootsman · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/376
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system to allow registration of a patient to image space is disclosed. The registration can be performed without touching a plurality of fiducial points on the patient or in the image data. The registration process can eliminate manual steps of image to patient registration and image to image registration.