Patents by Inventor R. Patrick Courtis

R. Patrick Courtis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135519
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11950786
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. A cutting guide slot extends through the body. A pair of first arms extends posteriorly from the body. Each arm includes a first customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a first corresponding positive contour of one of a patient's femoral condyles. A second arm extends proximally from the body. The second arm has a second customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a second corresponding positive contour of an anterior surface of the patient's femur. A method of performing a surgical procedure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: R. Patrick Courtis, Francis Metelues
  • Publication number: 20240081912
    Abstract: A model production device generates one or more contact bodies of a patient-specific surgical instrument model based on a parameterized model of a patient's bone. The parameterized model includes a predetermined number of polygons each having a predetermined position relative to the patient's anatomy. The parameterized model may be generated based on a three-dimensional model that was generated based on multiple images of the patient's bone. The model production device adds parametric fixed geometry to the patient-specific surgical instrument model based on the parameterized model and subtracts the three-dimensional model of the patient's bone from the patient-specific surgical instrument model. Each contacting body may be positioned at a high-confidence part of the parametric model, and the parametric fixed geometry may be positioned at a low-confidence part. A patient-specific surgical instrument may be manufactured based on the patient-specific surgical instrument model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, Anwar Mohammed, Randy P. Mangen, Francis G. Metelues, R. Patrick Courtis, Luke J. Aram
  • Patent number: 11883220
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the spatial orientation of input imagery to produce a three-dimensional model includes a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to determine candidate values indicative of translation and rotation of the anatomical object in the two-dimensional images, and to produce, as a function of the obtained two-dimensional images and the candidate values, a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object. The circuitry is also to determine a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model, to determine whether the score satisfies a threshold, and to produce, in response to a determination that the score satisfies the threshold, data indicating that the candidate three-dimensional model is an accurate representation of the anatomical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11819280
    Abstract: A model production device generates one or more contact bodies of a patient-specific surgical instrument model based on a parameterized model of a patient's bone. The parameterized model includes a predetermined number of polygons each having a predetermined position relative to the patient's anatomy. The parameterized model may be generated based on a three-dimensional model that was generated based on multiple images of the patient's bone. The model production device adds parametric fixed geometry to the patient-specific surgical instrument model based on the parameterized model and subtracts the three-dimensional model of the patient's bone from the patient-specific surgical instrument model. Each contacting body may be positioned at a high-confidence part of the parametric model, and the parametric fixed geometry may be positioned at a low-confidence part. A patient-specific surgical instrument may be manufactured based on the patient-specific surgical instrument model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, Anwar Mohammed, Randy P. Mangen, Francis G. Metelues, R. Patrick Courtis, Luke J. Aram
  • Patent number: 11816822
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11653933
    Abstract: Methods of designing and manufacturing a number of low-profile metallic customized, patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Fritzinger, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20230034101
    Abstract: A system may be configured to facilitate a medical procedure. Some embodiments may: acquire a scan corresponding to a region of interest (ROI); capture an image of a patient in real-time; identify, via a trained machine learning (ML) model using the acquired scan and the captured image, a Kambin's triangle; and overlay, on the captured image, a representation of the identified Kambin's triangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tarik Yardibi, Raymond Parfett, R. Patrick Courtis, Emir Osmanagic
  • Publication number: 20220292663
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20220233203
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. The body has a bone-facing surface and an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface. The body includes a number of bone-contacting segments raised relative to the bone-facing surface. The bone-contacting segment include negative contours shaped to match corresponding positive contours of a patient's bone. The positive contours correspond to silhouette curves of a three-dimensional model of the patient's bone that correspond to contours of the patient's bone captured in images used to generate the model. The body further includes a number of surgical guides extending from the outer surface to the bone-contacting surface or the bone-facing surfaces. A method associated with the instrument is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: James M. Rhodes, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11348216
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11304710
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. The body has a bone-facing surface and an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface. The body includes a number of bone-contacting segments raised relative to the bone-facing surface. The bone-contacting segment include negative contours shaped to match corresponding positive contours of a patient's bone. The positive contours correspond to silhouette curves of a three-dimensional model of the patient's bone that correspond to contours of the patient's bone captured in images used to generate the model. The body further includes a number of surgical guides extending from the outer surface to the bone-contacting surface or the bone-facing surfaces. A method associated with the instrument is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Rhodes, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20220096157
    Abstract: A model production device generates one or more contact bodies of a patient-specific surgical instrument model based on a parameterized model of a patient's bone. The parameterized model includes a predetermined number of polygons each having a predetermined position relative to the patient's anatomy. The parameterized model may be generated based on a three-dimensional model that was generated based on multiple images of the patient's bone. The model production device adds parametric fixed geometry to the patient-specific surgical instrument model based on the parameterized model and subtracts the three-dimensional model of the patient's bone from the patient-specific surgical instrument model. Each contacting body may be positioned at a high-confidence part of the parametric model, and the parametric fixed geometry may be positioned at a low-confidence part. A patient-specific surgical instrument may be manufactured based on the patient-specific surgical instrument model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, Anwar Mohammed, Randy P. Mangen, Francis G. Metelues, R. Patrick Courtis, Luke J. Aram
  • Publication number: 20220022831
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the spatial orientation of input imagery to produce a three-dimensional model includes a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to determine candidate values indicative of translation and rotation of the anatomical object in the two-dimensional images, and to produce, as a function of the obtained two-dimensional images and the candidate values, a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object. The circuitry is also to determine a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model, to determine whether the score satisfies a threshold, and to produce, in response to a determination that the score satisfies the threshold, data indicating that the candidate three-dimensional model is an accurate representation of the anatomical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20210330336
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. A cutting guide slot extends through the body. A pair of first arms extends posteriorly from the body. Each arm includes a first customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a first corresponding positive contour of one of a patient's femoral condyles. A second arm extends proximally from the body. The second arm has a second customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a second corresponding positive contour of an anterior surface of the patient's femur. A method of performing a surgical procedure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: R. Patrick COURTIS, Francis METELUES
  • Patent number: 11134908
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the spatial orientation of input imagery to produce a three-dimensional model includes a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to determine candidate values indicative of translation and rotation of the anatomical object in the two-dimensional images, and to produce, as a function of the obtained two-dimensional images and the candidate values, a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object. The circuitry is also to determine a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model, to determine whether the score satisfies a threshold, and to produce, in response to a determination that the score satisfies the threshold, data indicating that the candidate three-dimensional model is an accurate representation of the anatomical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Patent number: 11051829
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. A cutting guide slot extends through the body. A pair of first arms extends posteriorly from the body. Each arm includes a first customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a first corresponding positive contour of one of a patient's femoral condyles. A second arm extends proximally from the body. The second arm has a second customized patient-specific negative contour configured to receive a portion of a second corresponding positive contour of an anterior surface of the patient's femur. A method of performing a surgical procedure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: R. Patrick Courtis, Francis Metelues
  • Publication number: 20210196291
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a customized patient-specific surgical instrument having a body. The body has a bone-facing surface and an outer surface positioned opposite the bone-facing surface. The body includes a number of bone-contacting segments raised relative to the bone-facing surface. The bone-contacting segment include negative contours shaped to match corresponding positive contours of a patient's bone. The positive contours correspond to silhouette curves of a three-dimensional model of the patient's bone that correspond to contours of the patient's bone captured in images used to generate the model. The body further includes a number of surgical guides extending from the outer surface to the bone-contacting surface or the bone-facing surfaces. A method associated with the instrument is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: James M. Rhodes, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20210097668
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis
  • Publication number: 20210093274
    Abstract: Technologies for determining the spatial orientation of input imagery to produce a three-dimensional model includes a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to determine candidate values indicative of translation and rotation of the anatomical object in the two-dimensional images, and to produce, as a function of the obtained two-dimensional images and the candidate values, a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object. The circuitry is also to determine a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model, to determine whether the score satisfies a threshold, and to produce, in response to a determination that the score satisfies the threshold, data indicating that the candidate three-dimensional model is an accurate representation of the anatomical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shawnoah S. Pollock, R. Patrick Courtis