Patents by Inventor Margarita Noll

Margarita Noll 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 apparatus for generating at least one section of a virtual 3D model of a body interior
    Patent number: 7794388
    Abstract: A method for generating at least one section of a virtual 3D model of a body interior, in particular a hollow organ, uses data that are provided by at least one endoscope introduced into the body interior. The data comprise at least one position and orientation of the endoscope, the at least one position and orientation being assigned at least one distance between the endoscope and the at least one point on a surface of the body interior, and at least one endoscopic image of the surface of the body interior in the region of the at least one point on the surface of the body interior. From the said data relating to a number of different positions and orientations of the endoscope is/are generated the section or sections of the 3D model in superposition with the associated endoscopic image. An appropriate apparatus is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitaet
    Inventors: Wolfgang Draxinger, Margarita Noll, Herbert Stepp, Klaus M. Irion
  • Method and apparatus for generating at least one section of a virtual 3D model of a body interior
    Publication number: 20070060792
    Abstract: A method for generating at least one section of a virtual 3D model of a body interior, in particular a hollow organ, uses data that are provided by at least one endoscope introduced into the body interior. The data comprise at least one position and orientation of the endoscope, the at least one position and orientation being as signed at least one distance between the endoscope and the at least one point on a surface of the body interior, and at least one endoscopic image of the surface of the body interior in the region of the at least one point on the surface of the body interior. From the said data relating to a number of different positions and orientations of the endoscope is/are generated the section or sections of the 3D model in superposition with the associated endoscopic image. An appropriate apparatus is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Draxinger, Margarita Noll, Herbert Stepp, Klaus Irion