Patents by Inventor Benno Heigl

Benno Heigl 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).

  • 3D imaging for catheter interventions by use of positioning system
    Publication number: 20040077942
    Abstract: A method of locating and visualizing a medical catheter that has been introduced into an area of examination within a patient
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew F. Hall, John Rauch, Joachim Hornegger, Reinmar Killmann, Norbert Rahn, Johann Seissl, Siegfried Wach, Benno Heigl
  • Method and apparatus for image presentation of a medical instrument introduced into an examination region of a patent
    Publication number: 20030220555
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for image presentation of a medical instrument introduced into an examination region of a patient, particularly a catheter in the framework of a cardiological examination or treatment, a 3D image dataset of the examination region is employed to generate a 3D reconstruction image of the examination region, at least two 2D fluoroscopic images of the examination region are acquired that reside at an angle relative to one another and wherein the instrument is shown, the 3D reconstruction image is registered relative to the 2D fluoroscopic images, the spatial position of the catheter tip and the spatial orientation of a section of the catheter tip are determined on the basis of the 2D fluoroscopic images; and the 3D reconstruction image is presented at a monitor, this presentation containing a positionally exact presentation of the tip and of the section of the catheter tip of the catheter in the 3D reconstruction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Benno Heigl, Joachim Hornegger, Reinmar Killmann, Norbert Rahn, Johann Seissl, Siegfried Wach
  • 3D imaging for catheter interventions by use of 2D/3D image fusion
    Publication number: 20030181809
    Abstract: A method of visualizing a medical instrument that has been introduced into an area of examination within a patient
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Andrew F. Hall, John Rauch, Joachim Hornegger, Reinmar Killmann, Norbert Rahn, Johann Seissl, Siegfried Wach, Benno Heigl