Patents by Inventor Hubert Goette
Hubert Goette 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: 11911223Abstract: An image-based approach of calibrating an ultrasound-probe is described, wherein at least two ultrasound-images which cross each other are acquired with a tracked ultrasound probe, and wherein the intersection areas of these images, which have been calculated on the basis of the tracked spatial position of the ultrasound probe are checked for similar image content. The grade of similarity gives an indication as to how well the ultrasound probe is calibrated.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Brainlab AGInventors: Hubert Götte, Alfredo Guillermo Illanes Manríquez, Michael Friebe, Sathish Balakrishnan, Prabal Poudel
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Publication number: 20230042076Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a tarType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventor: Hubert GÖTTE
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Patent number: 11478303Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones that form a joint is disclosed. The method includes acquiring a set of target poses to be achieved between the two bones, assessing one or more proposed implant arrangements using the set of target poses, and selecting an implant arrangement from the proposed implant arrangements based on the assessment. Assessing an implant arrangement includes determining a real pose between the two bones for each target pose, calculating a pose deviation value for each target pose based on the target pose and the corresponding real pose, and calculating an overall pose deviation value from the individual pose deviation values. The implant arrangement may be selected based on the overall pose deviation values for the proposed implant arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. LimitedInventor: Hubert Götte
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Publication number: 20210045719Abstract: The disclosed invention encompasses an image-based approach of calibrating an ultrasound-probe, wherein at least two ultrasound-images which cross each other are acquired with a tracked ultrasound probe, and wherein the intersection areas of these images, which have been calculated on the basis of the tracked spatial position of the ultrasound probe are checked for similar image content. The grade of similarity gives an indication as to how well the ultrasound probe is calibrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Hubert Götte, Alfredo Guillermo Illanes Manríquez, Michael Friebe, Satish Balakrishnan, Prabal Poudel
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Publication number: 20210000544Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a tarType: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventor: Hubert Götte
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Patent number: 10792105Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a tarType: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Smith & Nephew Orthopedics AGInventor: Hubert Götte
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Patent number: 10699409Abstract: A method for removing ghost markers from a measured set of medical markers, wherein the measured set of markers represents the positions of real markers and the positions of ghost markers, comprising the steps of: —calculating all possible minimal marker sets, wherein a minimal marker set is a subset of the measured set and a minimal marker set consists of the smallest possible number of markers which would cause the measured set to be measured; —calculating the smallest extent of each minimal marker set, wherein the smallest extent is the smallest extent among the extents in three orthogonal directions; and —selecting the minimal marker set having the smallest out of the smallest extents as a marker set without ghost markers.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventors: Hubert Goette, Steffen Heinrich
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Publication number: 20200134816Abstract: A method for removing ghost markers from a measured set of medical markers, wherein the measured set of markers represents the positions of real markers and the positions of ghost markers, comprising the steps of: —calculating all possible minimal marker sets, wherein a minimal marker set is a subset of the measured set and a minimal marker set consists of the smallest possible number of markers which would cause the measured set to be measured; —calculating the smallest extent of each minimal marker set, wherein the smallest extent is the smallest extent among the extents in three orthogonal directions; and —selecting the minimal marker set having the smallest out of the smallest extents as a marker set without ghost markers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Hubert Goette, Steffen Heinrich
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Publication number: 20190262079Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a tarType: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Hubert Götte
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Patent number: 10327848Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a targetType: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Brainlab AGInventor: Hubert Götte
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Publication number: 20160267659Abstract: A data processing method for co-registering a medical 3D image dataset and a spatial reference (27), comprising the steps of: acquiring the 3D image dataset, wherein the 3D image dataset represents a medical CT image, a medical MR image or an angiograph of at least a part (20) of a patient and a set of hybrid markers (11); detecting the positions of the hybrid markers (11) in the 3D image dataset so as to obtain a scan matrix representing the arrangement of the set of hybrid markers (11) in the 3D image dataset and the position of the scan matrix in the 3D image dataset; acquiring the positions of the hybrid markers (11) with respect to the spatial reference (27), so as to obtain an image matrix (22a) representing the arrangement of the set of hybrid markers (11) in three-dimensional space and the position of the image matrix (22a) relative to the spatial reference (27); and co-registering the scan matrix and the image matrix (22a).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Brian VASEY, Rupert HEIGL, Hubert GOETTE
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Publication number: 20160262837Abstract: A data processing method, performed by a computer, for determining implant positions of two implant components relative to two bones, wherein each of the implant components is to be attached to one of the bones such that the implant components form a joint between the bones, and wherein an implant position is a relative position between the implant component and the corresponding bone, said method comprising the steps of: a) acquiring a set of target poses, wherein a target pose represents a relative position to be achieved between the two bones; b) calculating a set of virtual poses for a pair of virtual test implant positions, wherein the set of virtual poses comprises one virtual pose for each of the target poses and wherein a virtual pose represents a relative position between the two bones if the virtual test implant positions were applied as the implant positions; c) calculating a pose deviation value for each of the target poses, wherein a pose deviation value represents the difference between a targetType: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventor: Hubert Götte
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Publication number: 20140303947Abstract: A data processing method for determining six parameters of a contact position of a joint which connects two bones, comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of sample contact position datasets, each dataset comprising six parameters, acquiring a subset of n of the parameters of the contact position as an input parameter dataset, selecting at least two of the sample contact position datasets based on the input parameter dataset and determining the m=6?n remaining parameters of the contact position based on the at least two selected sample contact position datasets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Brainlab AGInventor: Hubert Goette
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Patent number: 8685030Abstract: The invention relates to a device, system, and method for making an incision into a patient's bone using a cutting block, wherein locations of reference objects of the patient's body are defined with respect to a reference coordinate system. The device may include: a cutting guide having an incision plane; a localization reference for determining a spatial position of the incision plan (the localization reference secured to the cutting guide); a fixation device secured to the bone; an adjusting device for setting a position of the incision plane relative to the bone, wherein a location of the adjusting device is defined with respect to a base coordinate system; and a pre-adjusting device for aligning the base coordinate system with respect to the reference coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Brainlab AGInventors: Hubert Götte, Jacek Kluzik
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Patent number: 7699793Abstract: A device and method for detecting an impingement of joint components of a joint includes detecting a spatial position of each joint component during a relative movement of the joint components; calculating an instantaneous center point of rotation or an instantaneous axis of rotation from the detected spatial positions of the joint components; when one joint component moves relative to the other joint component, establishing whether the calculated instantaneous center point of rotation moves within a first expectation range or whether the calculated instantaneous axis of rotation moves within a second expectation range; and establishing that there is an impingement of the joint components when at least one of the calculated instantaneous center point of rotation or the calculated instantaneous axis of rotation leaves or exits the respective expectation range.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: BrainLAB AGInventors: Hubert Götte, Martin Immerz
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Patent number: 7670345Abstract: A bone incision block includes an incision guide, a localization reference adjustably attached to the incision guide, a fastener for fastening to a bone, and an adjustment device. The incision guide defines an incision plane, and the localization reference enables the incision plane to be spatially determined. The adjustment device is operatively coupled between the fastener and the incision guide, wherein the incision plane can be set relative to the bone via the adjustment device, and a spatial position of the adjustment device can be determined via a registration element.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: BrainLAB AGInventors: Norman Plassky, Timo Neubauer, Christian Brack, Hubert Götte
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Patent number: D916782Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventors: Hubert Goette, Martin Leidel, Annika Mueller, Michaela Ecker, Antonia Henning
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Patent number: D944840Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventors: Hubert Goette, Martin Leidel, Annika Mueller, Michaela Ecker, Antonia Henning
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Patent number: D945465Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventors: Hubert Goette, Martin Leidel, Annika Mueller, Michaela Ecker, Antonia Henning