Patents by Inventor Guido M. Weiner

Guido M. Weiner 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 and system for virtual endoscopy with guidance for biopsy
    Patent number: 7536216
    Abstract: A method for virtual endoscopy in a lumen includes acquiring from a patient an imaging dataset exhibiting a lesion external to a lumen wall; deriving a three-dimensional (3-D) volume of the lesion; obtaining data on maximum bend characteristics for a given endoscope; and deriving projection criteria, based on the 3-D volume and the maximum bend, for projecting an endoluminal image of said lesion, indicating an optimal biopsy insertion point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignees: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Charite-Universitatsmedzin Berlin
    Inventors: Bernhard Geiger, Guido M. Weiner