Patents by Inventor Manfred Doetter

Manfred Doetter 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).

  • Patent number: 7167738
    Abstract: A method is described for navigating in the interior of the body using three-dimensionally visualized structures. In a first step of the method, at least two two-dimensional images of the same anatomical object are provided from different perspectives, and also items of information that make it possible to draw conclusions about the respective spatial position of an imaging system relative to the anatomical object. The projections of a geometrical structure to be visualized are then created in every two-dimensional image, wherein a geometrical structure to be visualized is created in each two-dimensional image, wherein the geometrical structure to be visualized is different from the anatomical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Achim Schweikard, Manfred Doetter, Michael Roth, José-Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera
  • Publication number: 20040082849
    Abstract: A method is described for navigating in the interior of the body using three-dimensionally visualized structures. In a first step of the method, at least two two-dimensional images (50, 50′) of the same anatomical object (12) are provided from different perspectives, and also items of information that make it possible to draw conclusions about the respective spatial position of an imaging system relative to the anatomical object (12). The projections (76, 76′, 78, 78′) of a geometrical structure (80, 82) to be visualized are then created in every two-dimensional image (50, 50′), wherein a geometrical structure (80, 82) to be visualized is created in each two-dimensional image (50, 50′), wherein the geometrical structure (80, 82) to be visualized is different from the anatomical object (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Achim Schweikard, Manfred Doetter, Michael Roth