Patents by Inventor Peter Lutz Nolte

Peter Lutz Nolte 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).

  • System and method for ligament graft placement
    Patent number: 6725082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining data indicative of a location for ligament graft placement. Medical image data representative of a bone is provided. Position data indicative of an intraoperative position of each of a plurality of points associated with a surface of the bone is obtained. The medical image data and the position data are related to one another mathematically to obtain transformed data indicative of the location for ligament graft placement. The present invention is also related to a system for obtaining data indicative of a location for ligament graft placement. The system includes a computer configured to receive medical image data representative of a bone and a pointer or ultrasound device configured to determine position data indicative of an intraoperative position of one or more points associated with a surface of the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Synthes U.S.A.
    Inventors: Marwan Sati, Peter Lutz Nolte
  • System and method for ligament graft placement
    Publication number: 20020055679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining data indicative of a location for ligament graft placement. Medical image data representative of a bone is provided. Position data indicative of an intraoperative position of each of a plurality of points associated with a surface of the bone is obtained. The medical image data and the position data are related to one another mathematically to obtain transformed data indicative of the location for ligament graft placement. The present invention is also related to a system for obtaining data indicative of a location for ligament graft placement. The system includes a computer configured to receive medical image data representative of a bone and a pointer or ultrasound device configured to determine position data indicative of an intraoperative position of one or more points associated with a surface of the bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Marwan Sati, Peter Lutz Nolte