Patents Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
  • System and method for mobile imaging
    Patent number: 11399784
    Abstract: An imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system is operable to acquire and/or generate image data at positions relative to a subject. The imaging system includes a drive system configured to move the imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Garlow, Robert P. Cloutier, John T. Hickey
  • Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry
    Patent number: 11403760
    Abstract: A system and method to analyze image data. The image data may be used to assist in determine the presence of a feature in the image. The feature may include a bubble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine R. Drown, Andrew Wald, Rebecca L. Vincelette, William A. Grissom
  • Wireless pressure measurement and monitoring for shunts
    Patent number: 11375915
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that includes pressure sensors to assist in monitoring pressure at a selected location. Pressure sensors may be applied to or incorporated into catheters and/or shunts positioned within a patient. A monitoring system may then receive signals from the pressure sensors to monitor pressure at the location over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventor: Brad Jacobsen
  • Filter system and method for imaging a subject
    Patent number: 11369324
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system with at least two different energy characteristics. The image data can be reconstructed using reconstruction techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Garlow, Robert P. Cloutier, Elizabeth A. Levasseur
  • System and method for imaging a subject
    Patent number: 11364006
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. More than one projection may be combined to generate and create a selected view of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Rasika A. Parkar, Robert J. Reddy, Kyo C. Jin, Seunghoon Nam, Andre Souza, Xiaodong Tao, David A. Garlow, John R. Martin
  • G-shaped arm imaging devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11357461
    Abstract: An imaging device for obtaining 360-degree images of an anatomical feature of a patient or of another object includes an open ring having a first end, a second end, and an axis, the open ring defining an outer arc and an inner arc; a support arm configured to support the open ring and to rotate the open ring about the axis; a track extending along the open ring; a source movably disposed on the track and operable to generate signals useful for imaging; and a detector movably disposed on the track, the detector operable to detect signals generated by the source. Movement of the source and detector along the track, coupled with rotation of the open ring about the axis, enables the source and detector to travel at least 360 degrees about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Garlow, Elizabeth A. Levasseur, John T. Hickey
  • System and method for mobile imaging
    Patent number: 11344268
    Abstract: An imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system is operable to acquire and/or generate image data at positions relative to a subject. The imaging system includes a drive system configured to move the imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Garlow, Robert P. Cloutier, John T. Hickey
  • Navigation field distortion detection
    Patent number: 11331001
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a patient that can be near a field distorting feature. A localizer can generate an electromagnetic field that is sensed by a tracking device to determine a location of the tracking device with the sensed electromagnetic field. The system and related method can assist in determining whether a navigation field is distorted near a tracking device of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Steven L. Hartmann
  • Method and apparatus for surgical navigation
    Patent number: 11331150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical navigation system for tracking an instrument relative to a patient. The system can track a portion of the patient, an instrument, and/or both relative to image data, a coordinate system, an atlas, a morphed atlas, or combinations thereof. The system can include a tracking device on the instrument to provide six degree of freedom information regarding the location of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley A. Jascob, Laurent Verard, Joel S. Hughes, Steven L. Hartmann, John J. Kappus, Joseph Moctezuma, Matthew F. Dicorleto, John B. Clayton
  • Filter system and method for imaging a subject
    Patent number: 11324463
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system with a selected filtering characteristic. The image data can be reconstructed using reconstruction techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Seunghoon Nam, Shuanghe Shi
  • System and method for navigated drill guide
    Patent number: 11284943
    Abstract: A system for tracking a navigated instrument. The system can include a first elongated instrument and a second elongated instrument. The first elongated instrument can have a first proximal end and a first distal end. The first elongated instrument can be adapted to be positioned relative to an anatomy. The second elongated instrument can move adjacent to the first elongated instrument. The second elongated instrument can have a second proximal end and a second distal end. The system can also include at least one tracking device coupled to the second elongated instrument. When the second elongated instrument is in a first position, the at least one tracking device tracks the first distal end of the first elongated instrument, and when the second elongated instrument is in a second position, the at least one tracking device tracks the second distal end of the second elongated instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Hartmann, Joel S. Hughes, Joseph Moctezuma, Laurent Verard
  • Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging thermometry
    Patent number: 11276174
    Abstract: A system and method to analyze image data. The image data may be used to assist in determine the presence of a feature in the image. The feature may include a bubble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine R. Drown, Andrew Wald, Rebecca L. Vincelette, William A. Grissom
  • Selected image acquisition technique to optimize specific patient model reconstruction
    Patent number: 11213357
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed that allow for generation of a model or reconstruction of a model of a subject based upon acquired image data. The image data can be acquired in a substantially mobile system that can be moved relative to a subject to allow for image acquisition from a plurality of orientations relative to the subject. The plurality of orientations can include a first and final orientation and a predetermined path along which an image data collector or detector can move to acquire an appropriate image data set to allow for the model of construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Shuanghe Shi
  • Navigation and local thermometry
    Patent number: 11172821
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente
  • Automatic identification of instruments
    Patent number: 11147632
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Moctezuma, Craig Drager, Joseph Thomas Cilke, Victor D. Snyder, Wei-Shyang Yang, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Shai Ronen, Nikhil Mahendra
  • System and method for registration between coordinate systems and navigation
    Patent number: 11135025
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members, such as robotic systems, and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor D. Snyder, Matthew F. Dicorleto, Joseph Moctezuma, David E. Macht, Jeremiah R. Beers, Katherine M. Puckett, Katharine E. Darling, Leonid Kleyman, Dany Junio, Dana Gazit-Ankori, Eliyahu Zehavi, Elad Ratzabi, Aviv Ellman, Timothy M. Conkin
  • System and method for artifact reduction in an image
    Patent number: 11138768
    Abstract: Selected artifacts, which may be based on distortions or selected attenuation features, may be reduced or removed from a reconstructed image. Various artifacts may occur due to the presence of a metal object in a field of view. The metal object may be identified and removed from a data that is used to generate a reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ali Uneri, Wojciech Zbijewski, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Joseph W. Stayman, IV
  • Modular coil assembly
    Patent number: 11096605
    Abstract: In various specific embodiments, a localizer can include a plurality of coil groups, where each coil group includes three coils that are formed around a single center. Each of the three coils can be formed around separate jigs and the jigs can be interconnected to form the coil group. The jigs need not be annular, but may be formed in any appropriate configuration of shape or geometry for forming the final coil group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Wald, Brad Jacobsen, Danail G. Danailov, Steven L. Hartmann
  • System and method for imaging a subject
    Patent number: 11071507
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. More than one projection may be combined to generate and create a selected view of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Rasika A. Parkar, Robert J. Reddy, Kyo C. Jin, Seunghoon Nam, Andre Souza, Xiaodong Tao, David A. Garlow, John R. Martin
  • Automatic identification of instruments
    Patent number: 11033339
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Moctezuma, Craig Drager, Joseph Thomas Cilke, Victor D. Snyder, Wei-Shyang Yang, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Shai Ronen, Nikhil Mahendra