Patents Assigned to BrainLAB AG
  • Publication number: 20140005685
    Abstract: A method for preparing the reconstruction of a damaged bone structure using an implant, comprising the following steps which are carried out by a computer (2): a) performing atlas segmentation on a structure dataset which represent the structure to be reconstructed, and determining healthy objects and defective objects within the damaged structure; b) determining a target structure by modelling replacements for the defective objects within the damaged structure; c) selecting an implant on the basis of the target structure, and providing a shape dataset which represents the shape of the implant; d) positioning the selected implant in order to find the optimum implant position; e) determining whether or not the selected implant is suitable, and returning to step c) if the implant is determined to not be suitable; and f) exporting the suitable implant to a medical navigation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Daniel Modrow, Jens Witte
  • Publication number: 20130339958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a virtual machine (VM) for processing digital data (MD), in particular medical data by executing a digital data processing application program, in particular a medical data application program called MeDPAP, the virtual machine (VM) being a simulation of a computer, the virtual machine comprising at least the following components: a MeDPAP controller (MC) which is constituted—so that it can be addressed by a Uniform Resource Identifier called VM-URI via a wide area network (WAN), —to support direct interoperable interaction with a client application (MCA) over the wide area network (WAN), —to assign a Uniform Resource Identifier called MeDPAP-URI to the MeDPAP, and —to send the assigned MeDPAP-URI to the client application via the wide area network (WAN); and the MeDPAP which is constituted—to process the digital data (MD), —so that it can be addressed by the client application via the wide area network (WAN) by using the MeDPAP-URI, and —to support direct interaction with the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Claudia Droste, Klaus Breitschaft, Rainer Birkenbach, Michael Braun, Klaus Neuner, Henrik Wist
  • Publication number: 20130324785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method for generating planning data or control data for a radiation treatment, comprising the following steps: acquiring segmented data of an object which contains a treatment volume and a non-treatment volume; modelling at least some or all of the volume or surface of the treatment volume as a source of light or rays exhibiting a predefined or constant initial intensity; modelling the non- treatment volume as comprising volumetric elements or voxels which each exhibit an individually assigned feature or attenuation or transparency value (tmin?t?tmax) for the light or rays which feature is assigned to the light or ray or which attenuation or transparency maintains or reduces the intensity of the light or ray as it passes through the respective volumetric element or voxel, wherein the feature or attenuation or transparency value is individually assigned to each volumetric element or voxel of the non-treatment volume; defining a map surface which surrounds the treatment volume o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Pascal Bertram, Claus Promberger, Thomas Flurschuetz
  • Publication number: 20130326639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a virtual machine (VM) for processing digital data, in particular medical data, by executing a digital data processing application program, in particular a medical data processing application program (MeDPAP), the virtual machine (VM) being a simulation of a computer, a) the virtual machine (VM) comprising a volatile memory (ViMStor) configured to comprise a storage space for temporary data (TEMP) for temporarily storing the digital data; b) the virtual machine (VM) being configured to be accessed by any virtual machine user activated on a virtual machine user list, wherein any activated maintenance virtual machine user is denied any permission regarding the storage space for temporary data (TEMP), wherein denying any permissions is performed by logging into the virtual machine (VM) as an administrator and setting corresponding options; c) wherein any administrator has been deactivated on the virtual machine user list, wherein deactivating any administrator has been performed
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Claudia Droste, Klaus Breitschaft, Michael Braun, Henrik Wist
  • Patent number: 8597211
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for determining an indicator body part subject to vital movement that is not to be irradiated and that serves as an indicator of the change in position of a body part subject to vital movement that is to be irradiated, in particular a tumor in an anatomical body. The method can further include determining an indicator trajectory that describes the vital movement of the indicator body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Kajetan Berlinger
  • Publication number: 20130315463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for correcting MRI image distortion, in which a distortion correction procedure is carried out on an acquired MRI image data set (1) of a body region by graphical data processing, characterised in that: —after the MRI image data set (1) has been acquired, its distortion is determined by carrying out an image registration process for registering the acquired MRI image data set (1) to a previously available, less distorted or undistorted image data set (2) of substantially the same body region; —a transformation is determined from the image registration process; and—by applying the transformation to the MRI image data set (1), its distortion is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Stefan Vilsmeier, Rainer Lachner
  • Patent number: 8594397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-assisted planning method for reconstructing changes in shape on joint bones, comprising the following steps: a three-dimensional patient data set is acquired; reconstruction-type model data is assigned to the patient data set; resection auxiliary regions are determined by means of the model data; and the resection auxiliary regions are visually output and/or visualized together with the patient data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Martin Haimerl, Mario Schubert
  • Publication number: 20130287167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data processing method for use in the field of radiation therapy and for determining a position of a treatment body part relative to an actual arrangement of at least one position of a treatment beam issued by a treatment device, the position being called monitoring tissue position and the treatment body part being a soft tissue part of an anatomical structure of a patient; the data processing method being constituted to be performed by a computer and comprising the following steps: providing CBCT data describing a three-dimensional CBCT image of the anatomical structure, the three dimensional CBCT image representing the treatment body part and a bony structure in a relative position to each other, called tissue-bone pre-alignment position, at a point in time, called pre-alignment time; providing x-ray data describing information on a position of the bony structure, called monitoring bone position, relative to the actual arrangement at a point in, time during treatment, call
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Franz Gum, Stephan Erbel
  • Publication number: 20130279772
    Abstract: A method for finding fibers in image data of a brain, comprising the steps of: matching (S2) a functional atlas of the brain to an image data set which represents a medical image of the brain; performing functional atlas segmentation (S3) in order to segment the image data set into functional areas; using (S4, S8) the segmented image data set to determine at least one seed point for a fiber tracking algorithm; and performing (S5) fiber tracking in order to find the fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventor: Katrin Stedele
  • Patent number: 8551024
    Abstract: A method for determining a characteristic property of an anatomical structure from scan data which represents the position of scan points on the surface of the anatomical structure, wherein a spatial region is defined, the scan points which lie in the spatial region are determined, and the scan points which are determined to be lying in the spatial region are used to determine the characteristic property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Frank Grünschläger, Martin Adamski, Andreas Oschinski
  • Patent number: 8554306
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying the position of the distal end of a bone guide wire is provided. A position and orientation of the proximal end of the guide wire is identified with the aid of a medical, optical tracking and navigation system and a reference device on the proximal end of the guide wire. The orientation of a bone in which the distal end of the guide wire is located is identified with the aid of the medical, optical tracking and navigation system and a reference device on the bone. By means of the ancillary conditions for the course of the guide wire, which are given by the position and orientation of the proximal end and the orientation of the bone, and by taking into account the physical properties of the guide wire, the position of the distal end of the bone guide wire is identified with the assistance of a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Christian Maier
  • Publication number: 20130261760
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for planning the positioning of a ball joint prosthesis, in particular a hip joint prosthesis, wherein the prosthesis includes a stem and a cup and the method comprises the following steps: —determining the position of at least one point lying on the rim of the joint socket, in particular the position of at least two points lying in an anterior region of the acetabulum; —defining a requirement for the position and/or orientation of the cup on the basis of the determined positions of the at least one point. The present invention also relates to a method for optimising the positioning of a ball joint prosthesis, in particular a hip joint prosthesis, wherein the prosthesis includes a stem and a cup and the method comprises the following steps: —defining at least one requirement for the position and/or orientation of the cup; —calculating an optimum position and/or orientation of the cup on the basis of all the defined requirements being fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Martin Haimerl, Lars Dohmen, Melanie Wegner, Sabine Gneiting
  • Patent number: 8545510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping sleeve for clamping a cannulated drill and a guide wire for medical purposes, wherein the clamping sleeve can be introduced into the chuck of a drilling machine, comprising: at least one drill contact area which protrudes into the interior of the clamping sleeve in order to clamp the cannulated drill, through which the guide wire runs, when a force acts inwards on the outer side of the clamping sleeve; at least one wire contact area in order to clamp an exposed part of the guide wire which is not enveloped by the cannulated drill when the force acts inwards on the outer side of the clamping sleeve; wherein the at least one wire contact area and the at least one drill contact area lie sequentially in the longitudinal direction of the clamping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Georg Christian, Jörg Uhde
  • Patent number: 8548726
    Abstract: A marker system and method are provided that can determine a shape and an axial location of a rotationally symmetrical hole in an instrument having a plurality of instrument markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Aleksander Bogojevic, Christian Maier, Georg Christian, Jörg Uhde
  • Publication number: 20130204428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling apparatus, in particular medical apparatus, comprising the following steps: identifying at least one object and at least one part of a user's body; capturing the position, movement and/or alignment of the identified part of the body and the identified object; and controlling at least one apparatus by means of a corresponding predetermined command, if predetermined criteria for the identity of the object and/or part of the body and its position, movement and/or alignment are fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang STEINLE, Nils FRIELINGHAUS, Christoffer HAMILTON
  • Publication number: 20130187955
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intra-operative image presentation method, in which an image representation (30) of a branched body structure which has been graphically segmented from a medical image data set is presented on a display, in particular a monitor (17), wherein the viewing situation of a person looking at the display and any changes in said viewing situation are determined, and the image representation is modified accordingly by adapting the image representation (30) to the changes in the viewing situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: BrainLAB AG
    Inventors: Uli Mezger, Juergen Gassner
  • Patent number: 8472691
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining the position of a structure in a body, comprising the method steps of: providing 3D data which represents a three-dimensional image of at least the part of the body which contains the structure; providing at least two 2D image data sets which each represent an x-ray image of a part of the body containing at least the structure, from a known viewing direction; generating virtual x-ray images from the 3D data for a virtual position of the 3D data, wherein for each viewing direction for which a 2D image data set has been provided, a corresponding virtual x-ray image is generated; comparing the virtual x-ray images in pairs with the corresponding 2D image data sets and generating a cumulative degree of similarity for the virtual position of the 3D data from all the comparisons; repeating the steps of generating virtual x-ray images, comparing in pairs and generating a cumulative degree of similarity for different virtual positions of the 3D data; and ascertaining the position of the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Armin Furst
  • Patent number: 8469965
    Abstract: The present application relates to a tool for detecting planes which are defined by anatomical landmarks, comprising a first and a second level abutment area for placing onto a body structure, wherein the first and second abutment areas have a predetermined position relative to each other, and comprising a tool marker device which has a stationary position relative to the first and second abutment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Timo Neubauer, Manuel Millahn
  • Patent number: 8469941
    Abstract: A catheter having an outer profile which is formed such that a path length along an outer surface of the catheter is greater than the corresponding length of the catheter, and to a method for determining the shape of a catheter, and wherein the elasticity and/or conductivity of the tissue into which the catheter is to be introduced is taken into account in order to determine the outer profile of the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hartlep, Christoph Pedain
  • Patent number: 8469902
    Abstract: A method for determining an orientation of an artificial joint, in particular for planning an implantation of at least one artificial joint in a human or animal body, wherein a first part of the artificial joint and a second part of the artificial joint are designed to be able to form an artificial joint connection with each other, wherein the first part is provided for implantation in a first body structure of the human or animal body, and the second part is provided for implantation in a second body structure of the human or animal body, in order to replace an anatomical joint which connects or connected the first body structure to the second body structure, wherein the method comprises the following steps: body structure data are provided which describe a mobility of the first body structure relative to the second body structure; an orientation which is suitable for implanting the artificial joint is determined on the basis of the body structure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Robert Dick, Lars Dohmen