Patents by Inventor Andrew Bzostek

Andrew Bzostek 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).

  • Publication number: 20250143574
    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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew BZOSTEK, Daniel DUNFORD, Benjamin D. EWING, Amir GHANEI, Bryan WILSON, Janine BENAVENTE
  • Patent number: 12268453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Danail G. Danailov, Andrew Bzostek, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20250057439
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to remove distortion from a navigation system. The navigation system may be used to perform a procedure on a subject. The procedure may be any appropriate procedure. The navigation system may be used to account for the distortive effects of various conductive objects positioned near the subject on which the procedure is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shai RONEN, Andrew BZOSTEK, Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew WALD
  • Patent number: 12193783
    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: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente
  • Patent number: 12133723
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to remove distortion from a navigation system. The navigation system may be used to perform a procedure on a subject. The procedure may be any appropriate procedure. The navigation system may be used to account for the distortive effects of various conductive objects positioned near the subject on which the procedure is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Shai Ronen, Andrew Bzostek, Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20240315784
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for determining a location and configuration of an expandable member. A flexible coil can be provided on a shape changing portion, such as an expandable portion, to measure a signal as the shape changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Bruce M. BURG, Andrew BZOSTEK
  • Patent number: 12004822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for determining a location and configuration of an expandable member. A flexible coil can be provided on a shape changing portion, such as the expandable member, to measure a signal as the shape changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Bruce M. Burg, Andrew Bzostek
  • Publication number: 20240180630
    Abstract: A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on any appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, tracking a substantially small tracking device in a plurality of degrees of freedom is provided. The tracking device can be positioned on or be formed in an instrument to be tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Bruce M. BURG, Andrew BZOSTEK, Brad JACOBSEN, Steven HARTMANN, Matthew W. KOENIG
  • Patent number: 11779399
    Abstract: A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, generally the procedure can have a selected result that is efficacious. The efficacious result may be the desired placement of a device. The system and method can be used in confirming an efficacious result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Helm, Andrew Bzostek, James Dustin Duckett, Steven L. Hartmann, Robert Teichman, David E. Macht
  • Publication number: 20230270509
    Abstract: Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Danail G. DANAILOV, Andrew BZOSTEK, Andrew WALD
  • Patent number: 11684451
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, a power supply may be recharged with a generally used system. In various embodiments, cleaning systems may be used to affect a generator to cause the generator to charge a power supply. Such charging systems may be used without the need for separate or specialized power charging systems. A charging source or system may, therefore, also charge a power supply without requiring additional steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bzostek, Vince J. Doerr, Brad Jacobsen, Duane Smith
  • Patent number: 11672602
    Abstract: A method for determining surgical port placement for minimally invasive surgery. Based on received measurements, an instance of a parametric torso model that defines an external surface and a visceral surface each having a dome shape that takes into account an insufflation effect, is determined. Normalized surgical target locations in the parametric torso model are determined in response to an identification of a surgical procedure, and are mapped to un-normalized surgical target locations. Permissible port locations on the instance of the parametric torso model are computed, based on the characteristics of a surgical tool and based on the un-normalized surgical target locations. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Verb Surgical Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Monteverde, Danyal Fer, Andrew Bzostek
  • Patent number: 11660146
    Abstract: Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Danail G. Danailov, Andrew Bzostek, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20230081692
    Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed having an elongated body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The body portion is formed from a plastically deformable material such that the body portion can be bent between the proximal and distal ends from a first configuration to a second bent configuration and maintains the bent configuration. A flexible circuit having at least a pair of lead wires disposed around the body portion. The pair of lead wires are configured to conform to the bent configuration of the body portion such that they do not break during bending of the body portion. A tracking device adapted to cooperate with a navigation system to track the distal end of the instrument is coupled to the flexible circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce M. BURG, Ross SMETZER, Andrew BZOSTEK, Steven L. HARTMANN, Brad JACOBSEN, Matthew J. NADEAU
  • Publication number: 20230031191
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for determining a location and configuration of an expandable member. A flexible coil can be provided on a shape changing portion, such as an expandable portion, to measure a signal as the shape changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Bruce M. BURG, Andrew BZOSTEK
  • Patent number: 11564747
    Abstract: Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Danail G. Danailov, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20230022885
    Abstract: A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on any appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, tracking a substantially small tracking device in a plurality of degrees of freedom is provided. The tracking device can be positioned on or be formed in an instrument to be tracked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce M. BURG, Andrew BZOSTEK, Brad JACOBSEN, Steven L. HARTMANN, Matthew W. KOENIG
  • Publication number: 20230000386
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to remove distortion from a navigation system. The navigation system may be used to perform a procedure on a subject. The procedure may be any appropriate procedure. The navigation system may be used to account for the distortive effects of various conductive objects positioned near the subject on which the procedure is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shai RONEN, Andrew BZOSTEK, Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew WALD
  • Patent number: 11478304
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for determining a location and configuration of an expandable member. A flexible coil can be provided on a shape changing portion, such as an expandable portion, to measure a signal as the shape changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Bruce M. Burg, Andrew Bzostek
  • Publication number: 20220287586
    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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew BZOSTEK, Steven L. HARTMANN