Patents by Inventor Aidan Alan THOMPSON

Aidan Alan THOMPSON 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).

  • Patent number: 10441365
    Abstract: Methods and devices to track patient anatomy during a surgical operation. A patient reference device is attached to an anatomical feature of a patient and it includes an attachment base and an optically-trackable array detectable by an optical navigation system and having a longitudinally-extending arm to space apart the fixed geometric pattern from the anatomical feature. The arm includes a connector to be detachably secured to the attachment base. An inertial measurement unit within the attachment base enables determining, based on comparing a threshold level to a motion signal, that the attachment base has changed position, wherein the motion signal represents the change in position and its magnitude. Based on determining that the attachment base has changed position an alarm signal is generated an and an output device in the attachment base outputs an alarm in response to the alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart David McLachlin, Gal Sela, Kamyar Abhari, Kai Michael Hynna, Jared Rowland Shoup, Aidan Alan Thompson
  • Publication number: 20180193097
    Abstract: Methods and devices to track patient anatomy during a surgical operation. A patient reference device is attached to an anatomical feature of a patient and it includes an attachment base and an optically-trackable array detectable by an optical navigation system and having a longitudinally-extending arm to space apart the fixed geometric pattern from the anatomical feature. The arm includes a connector to be detachably secured to the attachment base. An inertial measurement unit within the attachment base enables determining, based on comparing a threshold level to a motion signal, that the attachment base has changed position, wherein the motion signal represents the change in position and its magnitude. Based on determining that the attachment base has changed position an alarm signal is generated an and an output device in the attachment base outputs an alarm in response to the alarm signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Stewart David MCLACHLIN, Gal SELA, Kamyar ABHARI, Kai Michael HYNNA, Jared Rowland SHOUP, Aidan Alan THOMPSON