Patents by Inventor Oliver Kutter
Oliver Kutter 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).
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Publication number: 20230190380Abstract: A method for providing surgical navigation includes tracking poses of a surgical tool as the surgical tool modifies a bone and performing a constructive solid geometry (CSG) operation using a model of the bone and an accumulation of the tracked poses of the surgical tool. An intersection of the accumulation of the tracked poses with the model of the bone corresponds to a modification of the bone by the surgical tool. The method also includes displaying an image based on a result of the CSG operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Kristóf Ralovich, Oliver Kutter, Milán Ikits
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Patent number: 11622810Abstract: A system for surgical navigation includes a surgical tool, a tracking device configured to track poses of the surgical tool relative to an anatomical object, and a computer. The computer is programmed to perform a constructive sold geometry (CSG) operation using a model of the anatomical object and an accumulation of the tracked poses of the surgical tool relative to the anatomical object and generate a 2D image based on a result of the CSG operation and a viewpoint of a virtual camera by shading fragments of the 2D image based on the result of the CSG operation and the viewpoint of the virtual camera. The CSG operation is independent of the viewpoint of the virtual camera.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Kristóf Ralovich, Oliver Kutter, Milán Ikits
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Publication number: 20220265243Abstract: A body profiling system includes multiple pivotally connected links and multiple probes. Each of the probes is disposed on one of the links and includes any one or any combination of a transmitter configured to send a signal, a receiver configured to receive the signal, and a transceiver configured to send and receive the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Jakob Kemper, Andreas Heede, Oliver Kutter, Clinton Siedenburg, Peter Sterrantino
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Publication number: 20210077193Abstract: A system for surgical navigation includes a surgical tool, a tracking device configured to track poses of the surgical tool relative to an anatomical object, and a computer. The computer is programmed to perform a constructive sold geometry (CSG) operation using a model of the anatomical object and an accumulation of the tracked poses of the surgical tool relative to the anatomical object and generate a 2D image based on a result of the CSG operation and a viewpoint of a virtual camera by shading fragments of the 2D image based on the result of the CSG operation and the viewpoint of the virtual camera. The CSG operation is independent of the viewpoint of the virtual camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Kristóf Ralovich, Oliver Kutter, Milán Ikits
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Patent number: 10835321Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a visual representation of material removal from an object by a cutting tool during a cut procedure is described. The method may comprise tracking consecutive cuts a cut trajectory of the cutting tool during the cut procedure, shape sweeping the consecutive poses of the cutting tool, and, for example, accumulating a union of the cut trajectory in a voxelized constructive solid geometry (CSG) grid to produce an object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory. The computer-implemented method may further comprise performing a CSG operation on object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory and a model of the object, and displaying a result of the CSG operation at a display screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Kristóf Ralovich, Oliver Kutter, Milán Ikits
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Publication number: 20190183580Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a visual representation of material removal from an object by a cutting tool during a cut procedure is described. The method may comprise tracking consecutive cuts a cut trajectory of the cutting tool during the cut procedure, shape sweeping the consecutive poses of the cutting tool, and, for example, accumulating a union of the cut trajectory in a voxelized constructive solid geometry (CSG) grid to produce an object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory. The computer-implemented method may further comprise performing a CSG operation on object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory and a model of the object, and displaying a result of the CSG operation at a display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Kristóf Ralovich, Oliver Kutter, Milán Ikits
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Patent number: 9478022Abstract: A method and system for integrating radiological and pathological information for cancer diagnosis, therapy selection, and monitoring is disclosed. A radiological image of a patient, such as a magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), or ultrasound image, is received. A location corresponding to each of one or more biopsy samples is determined in the at least one radiological image. An integrated display is used to display a histological image corresponding to the each biopsy samples, the radiological image, and the location corresponding to each biopsy samples in the radiological image. Pathological information and radiological information are integrated by combining features extracted from the histological images and the features extracted from the corresponding locations in the radiological image for cancer grading, prognosis prediction, and therapy selection.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Ali Kamen, Leo Grady, Gianluca Paladini, Parmeshwar Khurd, Oliver Kutter, Dorin Comaniciu
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Patent number: 9370332Abstract: Robotic navigation is provided for nuclear probe imaging. Using a three-dimensional scanner (19), the surface of a patient is determined (42). A calibrated robotic system positions (48) a nuclear probe about the patient based on the surface. The positioning (48) may be without contacting the patient and the surface may be used in reconstruction to account for spacing of the probe from the patient. By using the robotic system for positioning (48), the speed, resolution and/or quality of the reconstructed image may be predetermined, user settable, and/or improved compared to manual scanning. The reconstruction (52) may be more computationally efficient by providing for regular spacing of radiation detection locations within the volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.Inventors: Gianluca Paladini, Ali Kamen, Oliver Kutter
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Publication number: 20140314292Abstract: A method and system for integrating radiological and pathological information for cancer diagnosis, therapy selection, and monitoring is disclosed. A radiological image of a patient, such as a magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), or ultrasound image, is received. A location corresponding to each of one or more biopsy samples is determined in the at least one radiological image. An integrated display is used to display a histological image corresponding to the each biopsy samples, the radiological image, and the location corresponding to each biopsy samples in the radiological image. Pathological information and radiological information are integrated by combining features extracted from the histological images and the features extracted from the corresponding locations in the radiological image for cancer grading, prognosis prediction, and therapy selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Ali Kamen, Leo Grady, Gianluca Paladini, Parmeshwar Khurd, Oliver Kutter, Dorin Comaniciu
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Publication number: 20130261446Abstract: Robotic navigation is provided for nuclear probe imaging. Using a three-dimensional scanner (19), the surface of a patient is determined (42). A calibrated robotic system positions (48) a nuclear probe about the patient based on the surface. The positioning (48) may be without contacting the patient and the surface may be used in reconstruction to account for spacing of the probe from the patient. By using the robotic system for positioning (48), the speed, resolution and/or quality of the reconstructed image may be predetermined, user settable, and/or improved compared to manual scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS CORPORATIONInventors: Gianluca Paladini, Ali Kamen, Oliver Kutter
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Patent number: 7677078Abstract: Apparatus for calibrating an ultrasound transducer providing B-scans for two-dimensional (2D) images, includes: an ultrasound probe for providing B-scans; a position sensing device, the position sensing device being attached to the ultrasound probe and operating as part of a position sensing system in cooperation with a fixed sensing control unit, for labeling the B-scans with their respective relative positions and orientations (pose); a phantom marker for being imaged by the ultrasound probe for providing measurements which together with known physical properties of the phantom marker are used to derive calibration information for relating measurement data from the position sensing device to the poses of the B-scans to construct a 3D image; and the phantom marker comprising an encoded line object with distinctive calibration characteristics indicative of position along the line object, wherein the line object is disposed in a generally circumferential manner about a common axis with the probe.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Frank Sauer, Ali Khamene, Oliver Kutter, Sebastian Kassner
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Publication number: 20080287787Abstract: Apparatus for calibrating an ultrasound transducer providing B-scans for two-dimensional (2D) images, includes: an ultrasound probe for providing B-scans; a position sensing device, the position sensing device being attached to the ultrasound probe and operating as part of a position sensing system in cooperation with a fixed sensing control unit, for labeling the B-scans with their respective relative positions and orientations (pose); a phantom marker for being imaged by the ultrasound probe for providing measurements which together with known physical properties of the phantom marker are used to derive calibration information for relating measurement data from the position sensing device to the poses of the B-scans to construct a 3D image; and the phantom marker comprising an encoded line object with distinctive calibration characteristics indicative of position along the line object, wherein the line object is disposed in a generally circumferential manner about a common axis with the probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Frank Sauer, Ali Khamene, Oliver Kutter, Sebastian Kassner