Patents by Inventor David D. Beatty

David D. Beatty 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for positioning a guidance apparatus relative to a patient
    Patent number: 8340743
    Abstract: A method for positioning a guide device for placement of an interventional object in a body, the guide device having a guide axis, includes: determining a target point in the body and a reference point, wherein the target point and the reference point define a planned trajectory line (PTL) extending through each; determining a visualization plane, wherein the PTL intersects the visualization plane at a sighting point; mounting the guide device relative to the body to move with respect to the PTL, wherein the guide device does not intersect the visualization plane; determining a point of intersection (GPP) between the guide axis and the visualization plane; and aligning the GPP with the sighting point in the visualization plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: MRI Interventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimble Jenkins, David D. Beatty
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR POSITIONING A GUIDANCE APPARATUS RELATIVE TO A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20090131783
    Abstract: A method for positioning a guide device for placement of an interventional object in a body, the guide device having a guide axis, includes: determining a target point in the body and a reference point, wherein the target point and the reference point define a planned trajectory line (PTL) extending through each; determining a visualization plane, wherein the PTL intersects the visualization plane at a sighting point; mounting the guide device relative to the body to move with respect to the PTL, wherein the guide device does not intersect the visualization plane; determining a point of intersection (GPP) between the guide axis and the visualization plane; and aligning the GPP with the sighting point in the visualization plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Kimble Jenkins, David D. Beatty