Patents by Inventor Osvaldo Andres Barrera
Osvaldo Andres Barrera 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).
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Patent number: 11911117Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Ibrahim Al-Shawi, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Patent number: 11857265Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Publication number: 20230200909Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Patent number: 11666270Abstract: A sleep apnea and obesity comorbidity treatment system includes a transceiver and a control module. The control module is configured to: receive sensor data, where the sensor data is indicative of a glucose level of a patient and a ketones level of the patient, transmit the sensor data to a remote feedback device, receive feedback information from the remote feedback device based on the sensor data, and where the feedback information provides indications to the patient to maintain or alter a behavior of the patient based on the glucose level and the ketones level, and based on the feedback information, performing an operation to maintain or alter at least one of a diet or physical activity of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Avram Scheiner, Randal C. Schulhauser, Joe Sartor, Patrick W. Kinzie, Jason C. Lee
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Patent number: 11564745Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Publication number: 20220409298Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani HAIDER, Ibrahim AL-SHAWI, Osvaldo Andres BARRERA
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Patent number: 11464574Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Ibrahim Al-Shawi, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Patent number: 11331161Abstract: A method of marking a tumor includes positioning a surgical instrument adjacent breast tissue, generating an image of a tumor in the breast tissue on a display using an ultrasonic probe of the surgical instrument, aligning a needle of the surgical instrument with the tumor using the image of the tumor generated on the display, deploying the needle from the ultrasound probe into the breast tissue, and deploying an elongated tissue marker from the needle into the tumor, thereby fixing a distal portion of the tissue marker in the tumor.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Kasey A. Grim, Joe D. Sartor
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Publication number: 20220008153Abstract: A feedback patch for use with a surgical instrument or a robotic surgical system includes a substrate and a stimulator disposed on the substrate. The stimulator is configured to receive a feedback signal from a sensor of the surgical instrument or the robotic surgical system and is configured to stimulate a hand of a clinician interfacing with the surgical instrument or the robotic surgical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Joe Sartor
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Publication number: 20220000573Abstract: A feedback patch for use with a surgical instrument or a robotic surgical system includes a substrate and a stimulator disposed on the substrate. The stimulator is configured to receive a feedback signal from a sensor of the surgical instrument or the robotic surgical system and is configured to stimulate a hand of a clinician interfacing with the surgical instrument or the robotic surgical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Joe Sartor
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Publication number: 20210369349Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Hani Haider, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Publication number: 20210338153Abstract: A sleep apnea and obesity comorbidity treatment system includes a transceiver and a control module. The control module is configured to: receive sensor data, where the sensor data is indicative of a glucose level of a patient and a ketones level of the patient, transmit the sensor data to a remote feedback device, receive feedback information from the remote feedback device based on the sensor data, and where the feedback information provides indications to the patient to maintain or alter a behavior of the patient based on the glucose level and the ketones level, and based on the feedback information, performing an operation to maintain or alter at least one of a diet or physical activity of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Avram Scheiner, Randal C. Schulhauser, Joe Sartor, Patrick W. Kinzie, Jason C. Lee
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Patent number: 11116574Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Osvaldo Andres Barrera
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Publication number: 20200376271Abstract: A system for monitoring patient intake includes an acquisition and transmission device having an electrode configured to detect vagus nerve activity. A first internal inductive coil is configured to communicate a signal indicative of the vagus nerve activity detected by the electrode to a second external inductive coil. The system also includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory that cause the system to process the signal received by the second induction coil into data corresponding to intake of the patient and communicate the data to a server that is accessible by a clinician.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: OSVALDO ANDRES BARRERA, JOE D. SARTOR
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Publication number: 20190290385Abstract: A surgical assembly for marking a tumor includes a surgical instrument and an elongated tissue marker. The surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic probe and a needle configured to move in a distal direction through a channel of the ultrasonic probe from a retracted position to a deployed position. The tissue marker is disposed within the needle and deployable therefrom. The tissue marker includes a distal portion and a plurality of fixation elements coupled to the distal portion. Upon deployment of the tissue marker from the needle, the plurality of fixations elements are configured to move from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration to anchor in a tumor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: OSVALDO ANDRES BARRERA, KASEY A. GRIM, JOE D. SARTOR
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Publication number: 20190290297Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Hani HAIDER, Ibrahim AL-SHAWI, Osvaldo Andres BARRERA, David Scott SAUNDERS
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Publication number: 20190290386Abstract: A method of marking a tumor includes positioning a surgical instrument adjacent breast tissue, generating an image of a tumor in the breast tissue on a display using an ultrasonic probe of the surgical instrument, aligning a needle of the surgical instrument with the tumor using the image of the tumor generated on the display, deploying the needle from the ultrasound probe into the breast tissue, and deploying an elongated tissue marker from the needle into the tumor, thereby fixing a distal portion of the tissue marker in the tumor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: OSVALDO ANDRES BARRERA, KASEY A. GRIM, JOE D. SARTOR
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Publication number: 20190133694Abstract: A surgical visualization and tracking system includes including first and second tracking magnets and a sensor base assembly including a base and at least three magnetic sensor assemblies. Each of the magnetic sensor assemblies is configured to independently track each of the tracking magnets in X, Y, and Z dimensions. A control console is configured to receive tracking data from each of the magnetic sensor assemblies and determine position and orientation information for each of the tracking magnets based upon the received tracking data. A visualization system is configured to receive the position and orientation information from the control console and represent the position and orientation information for each of the first and second tracking magnets on a displayed 3D model of tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: OSVALDO ANDRES BARRERA, SHUTING GUO
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Publication number: 20190090959Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Hani HAIDER, Ibrahim AL-SHAWI, Osvaldo Andres BARRERA
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Patent number: 10219811Abstract: A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of NebraskaInventors: Hani Haider, Ibrahim Al-Shawi, Osvaldo Andres Barrera