Patents by Inventor Ben Geebelen

Ben Geebelen 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: 20220125519
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing augmented reality assisted surgery are disclosed. Certain aspects provide a method including generating a virtual scene comprising one or more virtual elements comprising one or more anatomical elements corresponding to one or more anatomy parts. The method further includes identifying one or more references in an actual physical scene comprising the one or more anatomy parts. The method further includes registering the virtual scene to the one or more references to generate an augmented scene. The method further includes displaying the augmented scene on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Pieter SLAGMOLEN, Katrien PLESSERS, Filip JONKERGOUW, Anneleen Van ASSCHE, Rosalien MARIEN, Durva GAJJAR, Chloé DELA RUELLE, Nele DAEMEN, Roel WIRIX-SPEETJENS, Brecht HEYDE, Sanne WILLEKENS, Ben GEEBELEN
  • Patent number: 8702686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptable therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical guide for an intra-operative adjustment of a guidance element to a pre-planned position. An advantage and innovation of the present invention is that it provides a template or guide that adapts in a controlled way to a changed intra-operative anatomical situation compared to the default planned situation. This adaption maybe purely positional but it may also include force feedback. Feedback, either visual feedback or force feedback that results in an adjustment of a guidance element is also an aspect of the present invention. For example, the feedback can contain information either about the fit of the guide or template onto a bone (in case the guide or template fits onto one bone) or about the relative position of two bones of bone fragments (e.g. ligament tension between the femur and tibia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Materialise NV
    Inventors: Ben Geebelen, Roel Wirix-Speetjens, Louis James Keppler, Wilfried Vancraen
  • Publication number: 20120234329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical tool, e.g. surgical guide frame for medical treatments, comprising: —a rigid structure, and —at least one functional guidance element (13), wherein the rigid structure comprises means for positioning and holding the rigid structure around a soft tissue area of a patient and includes means for compressing the soft tissue area surrounded by the positioning and holding means as well as to the use of such a therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical tool for medical treatments, especially in areas where the therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical tool, e.g. surgical guide is supported on soft tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Wilfried Vancraen, Louis James Keppler, Ben Geebelen, Jeroen Dille
  • Publication number: 20120179147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptable therapeutic, diagnostic or surgical guide for an intra-operative adjustment of a guidance element to a pre-planned position. An advantage and innovation of the present invention is that it provides a template or guide that adapts in a controlled way to a changed intra-operative anatomical situation compared to the default planned situation. This adaption maybe purely positional but it may also include force feedback. Feedback, either visual feedback or force feedback that results in an adjustment of a guidance element is also an aspect of the present invention. For example, the feedback can contain information either about the fit of the guide or template onto a bone (in case the guide or template fits onto one bone) or about the relative position of two bones of bone fragments (e.g. ligament tension between the femur and tibia).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Materialise N.V.
    Inventors: Ben Geebelen, Roel Wirix-Speetjens, Louis James Keppler, Wilfried Vancraen