Patents by Inventor Markus Jan Boehringer

Markus Jan Boehringer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adapter for surgical navigation trackers
    Patent number: 7873400
    Abstract: An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical instrument. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation tracker device that can be attached to the adapter. When the adapter is held against a surgical instrument in a non-fixed manner, the effector axis or the effector plane of the instrument can be tracked by the surgical navigation system. The method includes a calibration method to determine the known relation between the effector axis or the effector plane and the location of the navigation tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Markus Jan Boehringer, Amir Sarvestani
  • Surgical navigation tracker, system and method
    Patent number: 7771436
    Abstract: An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical device. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation tracker device that can be attached to the adapter. When the adapter is held against a surgical device in a non-fixed manner, the effector axis or the effector plane of the device can be tracked by the surgical navigation system. The method includes a calibration method to determine the known relation between the effector axis or the effector plane and the location of the navigation tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Jose Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Amir Sarvestani, Markus Jan Boehringer, Hans Schoepp, Ulrich Buehner
  • Surgical navigation tracker, system and method
    Publication number: 20090088630
    Abstract: An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical device. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation tracker device that can be attached to the adapter. When the adapter is held against a surgical device in a non-fixed manner, the effector axis or the effector plane of the device can be tracked by the surgical navigation system. The method includes a calibration method to determine the known relation between the effector axis or the effector plane and the location of the navigation tracker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Amir Sarvestani, Markus Jan Boehringer, Hans Schoepp, Ulrich Buehner