Patents by Inventor Shawnoah S. POLLOCK

Shawnoah S. POLLOCK 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
  • 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: 11553934
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: James M. Rhodes, Shawnoah S. Pollock
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 20210085345
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: James M. RHODES, Shawnoah S. POLLOCK
  • Patent number: 10856891
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Rhodes, Shawnoah S. Pollock
  • Publication number: 20190365393
    Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: James M. RHODES, Shawnoah S. POLLOCK