Patents by Inventor Greg Rutz
Greg Rutz 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).
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Patent number: 11707363Abstract: A tunable implant, system, and method enables a tunable implant to be adjusted within a patient. The tunable implant includes a securing mechanism to secure the implant in the patient, a actuation portion that enables the implant to move and an adjustment portion that permits adjustment of the implant after the implant has been positioned within the patient. The method of adjusting the tunable implant includes analyzing the operation of the implant, determining if any adjustments are necessary and adjusting the implant to improve implant performance. The implant system includes both the tunable implant and a telemetric system that is operable to telemetrically receive data from the tunable implant where the data is used to determine if adjustment of the tunable implant is necessary. The system also includes an instrument assembly that is used for performing spinal surgery where the instrument assembly includes a mounting platform and a jig.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: Mark W. Hunter, Greg Rutz, Torsten Lyon
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Publication number: 20230027856Abstract: Preemptive caching within content/name/information centric networking environment is contemplated. The preemptively caching may be performed within content/name/information centric networking environments of the type having a branching structure or other architecture sufficient to facilitate routing data, content, etc. such that one or more nodes other than a node soliciting a content object also receive the content object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Patent number: 11477118Abstract: Preemptive caching within content/name/information centric networking environment is contemplated. The preemptively caching may be performed within content/name/information centric networking environments of the type having a branching structure or other architecture sufficient to facilitate routing data, content, etc. such that one or more nodes other than a node soliciting a content object also receive the content object.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Publication number: 20200314008Abstract: Preemptive caching within content/name/information centric networking environment is contemplated. The preemptively caching may be performed within content/name/information centric networking environments of the type having a branching structure or other architecture sufficient to facilitate routing data, content, etc. such that one or more nodes other than a node soliciting a content object also receive the content object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Patent number: 10686702Abstract: Preemptive caching within content/name/information centric networking environment is contemplated. The preemptively caching may be performed within content/name/information centric networking environments of the type having a branching structure or other architecture sufficient to facilitate routing data, content, etc. such that one or more nodes other than a node soliciting a content object also receive the content object.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Publication number: 20200106778Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for assisting a content delivery network (CDN) in managing access restrictions through use of uniform resource identifier (URI) signing packages.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kyong Park, Jason Burgess, Garey Hassler, Greg Rutz
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Patent number: 10547702Abstract: Internet Protocol (IP) over a content/name/information centric network is contemplated, such as for devices, software or other entities lacking capabilities sufficient to natively support content/name/information centric networking and/or the related messaging protocols and requirements. The contemplated IP over content/name/information centric networking may be facilitated with encapsulation and decapsulation of IP packets when forwarded over a content/name/information centric network as well as attendant processing and protocols created to facilitate the operation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Publication number: 20180280159Abstract: A tunable implant, system, and method enables a tunable implant to be adjusted within a patient. The tunable implant includes a securing mechanism to secure the implant in the patient, a actuation portion that enables the implant to move and an adjustment portion that permits adjustment of the implant after the implant has been positioned within the patient. The method of adjusting the tunable implant includes analyzing the operation of the implant, determining if any adjustments are necessary and adjusting the implant to improve implant performance. The implant system includes both the tunable implant and a telemetric system that is operable to telemetrically receive data from the tunable implant where the data is used to determine if adjustment of the tunable implant is necessary. The system also includes an instrument assembly that is used for performing spinal surgery where the instrument assembly includes a mounting platform and a jig.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Mark W. Hunter, Greg Rutz, Torsten Lyon
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Publication number: 20180131673Abstract: Internet Protocol (IP) over a content/name/information centric network is contemplated, such as for devices, software or other entities lacking capabilities sufficient to natively support content/name/information centric networking and/or the related messaging protocols and requirements. The contemplated IP over content/name/information centric networking may be facilitated with encapsulation and decapsulation of IP packets when forwarded over a content/name/information centric network as well as attendant processing and protocols created to facilitate the operation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Patent number: 9757087Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto an image data of the patient. The image data and the representations can be displayed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: David A. Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Michael Haas
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Publication number: 20170134276Abstract: Preemptive caching within content/name/information centric networking environment is contemplated. The preemptively caching may be performed within content/name/information centric networking environments of the type having a branching structure or other architecture sufficient to facilitate routing data, content, etc. such that one or more nodes other than a node soliciting a content object also receive the content object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Greg White, Greg Rutz
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Patent number: 7660623Abstract: A display and navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient includes a tracking sensor, a tracking device and display. The tracking sensor is associated with the medical device and is used to track the medical device. The tracking device tracks the medical device with the tracking sensor. The display includes indicia illustrating at least five degree of freedom information and indicia of the medical device in relation to the five degree of freedom information.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: Mark Hunter, Greg Rutz, Torsten Lyon
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Patent number: 7630753Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto an image data of the patient. The image data and the representations can be displayed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Inventors: David A Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Michael Haas
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Publication number: 20090262111Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto an image data of the patient. The image data and the representations can be displayed on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David A. Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Micheal Haas
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Publication number: 20050273004Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto an image data of the patient. The image data and the representations can be displayed on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: David A. Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Michael Haas
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Patent number: 6947786Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. The surgical instrument navigation system includes: a surgical instrument; an imaging device that is operable to capture image data representative of a patient; a tracking subsystem that is operable to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument; and a data processor adapted to receive the image data from the imaging device and the position data from the tracking subsystem. The data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of the surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto the image data of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David A. Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Michael Haas
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Publication number: 20040152970Abstract: A display and navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient includes a tracking sensor, a tracking device and display. The tracking sensor is associated with the medical device and is used to track the medical device. The tracking device tracks the medical device with the tracking sensor. The display includes indicia illustrating at least five degree of freedom information and indicia of the medical device in relation to the five degree of freedom information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Mark Hunter, Greg Rutz, Torsten Lyon
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Publication number: 20030163038Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. The surgical instrument navigation system includes: a surgical instrument; an imaging device that is operable to capture image data representative of a patient; a tracking subsystem that is operable to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument; and a data processor adapted to receive the image data from the imaging device and the position data from the tracking subsystem. The data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of the surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto the image data of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2002Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: David A. Simon, Greg Rutz, Monish Rajpal, Gordon Goodchild, Michael Haas