Patents by Inventor Shirley Antoinette Baert

Shirley Antoinette Baert 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: 20060235287
    Abstract: Apparatus for navigating an instrument through an anatomical structure of a patient's body volume, comprising a table for supporting the patient and at least a first C-arm having a first X-ray source and a first X-ray detector for acquiring a first series of 2D-images of the instrument whilst manoeuvering through said anatomical structure, and further comprising a processing unit for the images which unit connects to a memory device, whereby the memory device holds pre-determined 3D-images of the patient's anatomical structure, and the processing unit is arranged for processing the 2D-images of the instrument and the 3D-images of the anatomical structure so as to provide merged 3D-images of the instrument that in use manoeuvers through said anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Desmedt, Shirley Antoinette Baert, Wiro Niessen