Patents by Inventor Bruce L. BURG

Bruce L. BURG 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).

  • Electromagnetic coil apparatuses for surgical navigation and corresponding methods
    Patent number: 11950853
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes a jig and multiple wires. The jig includes a center member and coil-separating blocks. The coil-separating blocks protrude from the center member and are separated from each other to provide a coil channels. Each of the wires is wrapped on the jig, around the center member, and in one of the coil channels to form one of a multiple coils. Each of the coils is configured to connect to an electromagnetic navigation system and generate respective electromagnetic fields to be emitted relative to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Wald, Bruce M. Burg, Steven L. Hartmann, Brad Jacobsen, Jeffrey Swetnam
  • Method and Apparatus for Surgical Navigation
    Publication number: 20140148692
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical navigation system for tracking an instrument relative to a patient. The system can track a portion of the patient, an instrument, and/or both relative to image data, a coordinate system, an atlas, a morphed atlas, or combinations thereof. The system can include a tracking device on the instrument to provide six degree of freedom information regarding the location of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. HARTMANN, Bruce L. BURG, Andrew BZOSTEK, Matthew W. KOENIG, Brad JACOBSEN, Bradley A. JASCOB, Paul KESSMAN