Patents by Inventor Rand Kmiec

Rand Kmiec 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: 20240138927
    Abstract: A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Krull, Thomas Calloway, Rand Kmiec, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Gary Pinard
  • Publication number: 20240115325
    Abstract: A camera tracking system for computer assisted navigation during surgery. Operations identify locations of markers of a reference array in images obtained from tracking cameras imaging a real device. Operations determine measured coordinate locations of a feature of a real device in the images based on the identified locations of the markers and based on a relative location relationship between the markers and the feature. Operations process a region of interest in the images identified based on the measured coordinate locations through a neural network configured to output a prediction of coordinate locations of the feature in the images. The neural network has been trained based on training images containing the feature of a computer model rendered at known coordinate locations. Operations track pose of the feature of the real device in 3D space based on the prediction of coordinate locations of the feature of the real device in the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Calloway, Sanjay Joshi, Tushar Sawant, Rand Kmiec, Norbert Johnson
  • Patent number: 11918304
    Abstract: A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame without piercing a sterilizing drape to be interposed between the base frame and the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc
    Inventors: Alexander Krull, Thomas Calloway, Rand Kmiec, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Gary Pinard
  • Patent number: 11911115
    Abstract: A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame without piercing a sterilizing drape to be interposed between the base frame and the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Krull, Thomas Calloway, Rand Kmiec, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Gary Pinard
  • Publication number: 20230397957
    Abstract: A registration fixture for registration of a medical image to a three-dimensional tracking space, includes a base frame, an orientation plate, and a registration plate. The base frame is adapted to be mounted to an x-ray medical imaging device. The orientation plate is attached to the base frame and has a first set of radiopaque markers arranged along at least four radial lines which extend from a center location. The radial lines are angularly spaced apart about the center location. At least three of the radiopaque markers are arranged along each of the radial lines. The registration plate is attached to the base frame and spaced apart from the orientation plate. The registration plate includes a second set of radiopaque markers arranged along a circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Neil R. Crawford, Rand Kmiec
  • Publication number: 20230190220
    Abstract: A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame without piercing a sterilizing drape to be interposed between the base frame and the side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Krull, Thomas Calloway, Rand Kmiec, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Gary Pinard
  • Publication number: 20230190383
    Abstract: A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame without piercing a sterilizing drape to be interposed between the base frame and the side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Krull, Thomas Calloway, Rand Kmiec, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Gary Pinard