Patents Assigned to MIDCO-Medical Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corporation
  • Whole body stereotactic localization and immobilization system
    Patent number: 6826423
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for aligning and imaging a body part which immobilizes the body part within a stereotactic body localization system having an imaging resolver fiducial localizer for precise imaging and localization of the body parts within the apparatus. Both anterior and posterior immobilization methods can be used. A continuous array of coupled fiducials is employed with at least one pair formed in a &pgr;/2 horizontal linked sine and cosine wave fiducial pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: MIDCO-Medical Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Tyrone L. Hardy, Laura R. Deming