Patents by Inventor Brian D. Hoffman, JR.

Brian D. Hoffman, JR. 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).

  • AUXILIARY IMAGE DISPLAY AND MANIPULATION ON A COMPUTER DISPLAY IN A MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220071721
    Abstract: A medical system comprises a control system and a display device coupled to the control system. The control system comprises a processor and a memory comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to generate a primary image of an anatomic structure and manipulate a therapeutic instrument to deliver a therapy to the anatomic structure. The control system also determines an effect of the therapy on the anatomic structure and displays a representation of the effect of the therapy in an auxiliary image registered with the primary image of the anatomic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Brian D. Hoffman, JR., Rajesh Kumar, David Q. Larkin, Nitish Swarup, Guanghua G. Zhang