Patents by Inventor Demetrius K. Lopes

Demetrius K. Lopes 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).

  • Method of navigating medical devices in the presence of radiopaque material
    Patent number: 8060184
    Abstract: A method of navigating the distal end of a medical device through an operating region in a subject's body includes displaying an x-ray image of the operating region, including the distal end of the medical device; determining the location of the distal end of the medical device in a reference frame translatable to the displayed x-ray image; and displaying an enhanced indication of the distal end of the medical device on the x-ray image to facilitate the navigation of the distal end of the device in the operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Stereotaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger N. Hastings, Steven J. Ferry, Demetrius K. Lopes
  • Method of navigating medical devices in the presence of radiopaque material
    Patent number: 7248914
    Abstract: A method of navigating the distal end of a medical device through an operating region in a subject's body includes displaying an x-ray image of the operating region, including the distal end of the medical device; determining the location of the distal end of the medical device in a reference frame translatable to the displayed x-ray image; and displaying an enhanced indication of the distal end of the medical device on the x-ray image to facilitate the navigation of the distal end of the device in the operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Stereotaxis, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger N. Hastings, Steven J. Ferry, Demetrius K. Lopes
  • Method of navigating medical devices in the presence of radiopaque material
    Publication number: 20040002643
    Abstract: A method of navigating the distal end of a medical device through an operating region in a subject's body includes displaying an x-ray image of the operating region, including the distal end of the medical device; determining the location of the distal end of the medical device in a reference frame translatable to the displayed x-ray image; and displaying an enhanced indication of the distal end of the medical device on the x-ray image to facilitate the navigation of the distal end of the device in the operating region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Roger N. Hastings, Steven J. Ferry, Demetrius K. Lopes