Patents Assigned to Medtronic Navigaton, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for surgical navigation
    Patent number: 8644907
    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: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigaton, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Hartmann, Bruce M. Burg, Andrew Bzostek, Matthew W. Koenig, Brad Jacobsen, Bradley A. Jascob, Paul Kessman