Patents by Inventor Jason Trobaugh

Jason Trobaugh 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 detecting organ matter shift in a patient
    Patent number: 6968224
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kessman, Troy Holsing, Jason Trobaugh
  • Method of detecting organ matter shift in a patient
    Publication number: 20040059217
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Kessman, Troy Holsing, Jason Trobaugh
  • Navigation information overlay onto ultrasound imagery
    Patent number: 6669635
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kessman, Troy Holsing, Jason Trobaugh
  • Navigation information overlay onto ultrasound imagery
    Publication number: 20020156375
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Kessman, Troy Holsing, Jason Trobaugh
  • Navigation information overlay onto ultrasound imagery
    Patent number: 6379302
    Abstract: A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kessman, Troy Holsing, Jason Trobaugh