Patents by Inventor Manuel Hoever

Manuel Hoever 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).

  • Medical image registration using a rigid inner body surface
    Patent number: 9241657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical image registration method in which an actual patient's body or portion of a patient's body (22) is positionally registered to a patient image created using a medical body-imaging technique such as MR, CT or x-ray imaging, wherein in a medical navigation system, the actual spatial position of at least a part of the body or body portion (22) is assigned to a respective position in the image of said body or body portion (22), wherein the part of the body or body portion (22) comprises a registration area in the form of the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage. The invention also relates to a medical image registration device which comprises a surface scanner (15) for scanning a registration area comprising the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Fritz Vollmer, Manuel Hoever
  • MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION USING A RIGID INNER BODY SURFACE
    Publication number: 20130102893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical image registration method in which an actual patient's body or portion of a patient's body (22) is positionally registered to a patient image created using a medical body-imaging technique such as MR, CT or x-ray imaging, wherein in a medical navigation system, the actual spatial position of at least a part of the body or body portion (22) is assigned to a respective position in the image of said body or body portion (22), wherein the part of the body or body portion (22) comprises a registration area in the form of the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage. The invention also relates to a medical image registration device which comprises a surface scanner (15) for scanning a registration area comprising the surface of a substantially rigid body structure, in particular an inner structure, made of bone or cartilage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Fritz Vollmer, Manuel Hoever
  • Display screen with an animated graphical user interface for medical software
    Patent number: D858564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Elmar Schlereth, Daniel Modrow, Markus Lausser, Katharina Mohs, Manuel Hoever, Patrick Hiepe, Xingxing Feng