Patents by Inventor Gord Scarth

Gord Scarth 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).

  • Publication number: 20200085512
    Abstract: A region within a body of an imaging subject can be imaged to identify a tumor locus in a three dimensional coordinate system. An opening in the body of the imaging subject can be formed to provide an access location. Using an actuator, a surgical tool can be guided to traverse the access location to access the tumor locus, the surgical tool guided along a specified trajectory in the three dimensional coordinate system by the actuator and configured to resect and remove a first portion of the tumor within the tumor locus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Brendan Reimer, Meir Dahan, Gord Scarth
  • Publication number: 20150073433
    Abstract: In an MR guided surgical system which is carried out in the bore of an MR magnet and uses fluorescence to detect tumor cells, there is provided a microscope system for viewing the required part of a patient which includes stereoscopic viewing components arranged for use in generating 2D and 3D images displayed to the surgeon. The optical assembly is adjustable to change the view and the visual images are overlaid by the MR images. The visual image can be adjusted in response to movement of the surgical tool and the MR image displayed and/or the image obtained can be modified in response to change in the visual image and/or movement of the tool. The components in the bore are made compatible with the MR environment. A fluorescence delivery system is operated to automatically activate the delivery system in response to detection of the level of fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn Schaerer, Mark Alexiuk, Gord Scarth, John K. Saunders, Meir Dahan
  • Publication number: 20120190965
    Abstract: In an MR guided surgical system which is carried out in the bore of an MR magnet, there is provided a microscope system for viewing the required part of a patient which includes stereoscopic viewing components arranged for use in generating 2D and 3D images displayed to the surgeon. The optical assembly is adjustable to change the view and the visual images are overlaid by the MR images. The visual image can be adjusted in response to movement of the surgical tool and the MR image displayed and/or the image obtained can be modified in response to change in the visual image and/or movement of the tool. The components in the bore are made compatible with the MR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Shawn Schaerer, Mark Alexiuk, Gord Scarth, John K. Saunders, Meir Dahan
  • Publication number: 20120190966
    Abstract: In an MR guided surgical system which is carried out in the bore of an MR magnet and uses fluorescence to detect tumor cells, there is provided a microscope system for viewing the required part of a patient which includes stereoscopic viewing components arranged for use in generating 2D and 3D images displayed to the surgeon. The optical assembly is adjustable to change the view and the visual images are overlaid by the MR images. The visual image can be adjusted in response to movement of the surgical tool and the MR image displayed and/or the image obtained can be modified in response to change in the visual image and/or movement of the tool. The components in the bore are made compatible with the MR environment. A fluorescence delivery system is operated to automatically activate the delivery system in response to detection of the level of fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Shawn Schaerer, Mark Alexiuk, Gord Scarth, John K. Saunders, Meir Dahan