Patents by Inventor Michel Albert Audette

Michel Albert Audette 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 correlating a body with an image of the body
    Patent number: 6096050
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for correlating points on a spatial body to corresponding points on a database body formed from pre-aquired images of the spatial body. The system and process involve matching the spatial points with the corresponding database points using relative positional information between the spatial points and the database points. Symmetric false matches are detected and discarded by fitting the spatial points and database points to a first and second closed body, respectively, and comparing the orientation of the spatial points and the database points projected onto the closed bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Surgical Navigation Specialist Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Albert Audette
  • Method and apparatus for correlating a body with an image of the body
    Patent number: 5951571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and process for correlating points on a spatial body to corresponding points on a data-base body formed from pre-acquired images of the spatial body. The system and process involves matching the spatial points with the corresponding data-base points using relative positional information between the spatial points and the data-base points. Symmetric false matches are detected and discarded by fitting the spatial points and data-base points to a first and second closed body, respectively, and comparing the orientation of the spatial points and the data-base points projected onto the closed bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Surgical Navigation Specialist Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Albert Audette