Patents by Inventor Stefan Vilsmeier

Stefan Vilsmeier 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: 20200058397
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical data processing method for determining an indicator relating to an injury of an anatomical structure (1) of a patient, wherein the method comprises executing, on at least one processor (5) of at least one computer (3), steps of: a) acquiring (S1) acceleration data describing an energy of a set of one or more signals in dependence on both time and frequency, the set of signals acquired by measuring the acceleration of the anatomical structure (1) over time; b) acquiring (S2) analysis data describing an analysis rule for determining at least one of b1) an overall energy level of at least one signal of the set of signals, b2) a correlation between at least two signals of the set of signals in the frequency domain, the at least two signals respectively measured at at least two different respective regions of the anatomical structure (1), or b3) a relationship between energies given for at least two different frequency ranges of at least one signal of the set of signals; c) determining (S3)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10434332
    Abstract: A medical data processing method of determining a transformation for determining a breathing state-dependent geometry of an anatomical body part of a patient's body, the method comprising: a) acquiring planning image data describing a set of tomographic medical planning images describing each a different part of the anatomical body part in the same respiratory state called reference planning respiratory state, wherein the anatomical body part is subject to respiratory movement and wherein the planning images comprise a planning image called reference planning image describing a part of the anatomical body part which is called reference planning body part; b) acquiring breathing image data describing a set of tomographic medical breathing images of the anatomical body part, wherein the breathing images comprise a reference breathing image describing the reference planning body part in a respiratory state called reference breathing respiratory state, which is different from the reference planning respiratory st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10395420
    Abstract: A data processing method for calculating a medical display image to be displayed on a display device, comprising the steps of acquiring at least one image dataset representing a medical image of a patient, acquiring a patient-specific information dataset representing patient-specific information and calculating the display image from the at least one image dataset on the basis of a template, the template being selected from a plurality of templates in accordance with the acquired patient-specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10357664
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for controlling a process of monitoring the position of at least a part of a patient's body (1) during a radiation treatment, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing an energy value which is dependent on the radiation energy applied to the patient's body (1); b) controlling the time at which the monitoring process is performed, in accordance with the energy value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Stefan Vilsmeier, Stephan Erbel
  • Publication number: 20190126068
    Abstract: A radiotherapy feedback device is provided which provides one of a plurality of indication signals for presentation to a surgeon based on the status of a current surgical procedure. In some aspects, an indication signal is provided to the surgeon if the surgical procedure on an anatomical structure is of sufficient status so as to respond well to subsequent radiotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Stefan VILSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190080161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical tracking system comprising at least one sensor device which can be positioned in a fixed position relative to a target, the sensor device comprising a marker device and a marker device detector, the marker device detector being capable of obtaining information for determining a relative position between the marker device detector and another marker device, the system further comprising a control unit configured to process a medical navigation workflow and to select the function of the sensor device as either acting as a marker device detector or as a marker device in a step of the medical navigation workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Vilsmeier, Christian Brack, Ingmar Hook, Timo Neubauer
  • Publication number: 20190038920
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining a radiotherapy treatment plan for radiotherapy treatment of a treatment body part of a patient's body. The method can include acquiring treatment target position data comprising treatment target position information describing the position of a treatment target to be treated by radiotherapy in the treatment body part. Statistic model target region position data is acquired, which describes the position of a model target region in a model body part corresponding to the treatment body part. Based on the treatment target data and the statistic model target region position data, irradiation region position data is determined that describes the position of an irradiation region to be treated by irradiation with treatment radiation in the treatment body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Publication number: 20180367765
    Abstract: A medical tracking system comprising at least two sensor devices which are independently maneuverable and can be positioned in a fixed position relative to targets, each sensor device comprising at least one of an orientation sensor and a position sensor for respectively determining sensor data, the system further comprising a control unit configured to receive and combine the at least two sensor data of the at least two sensor devices in order to determine a relative position between at least two of the at least two sensor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Vilsmeier, Timo Neubauer, Christian Brack, Ingmar Hook
  • Patent number: 10157310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical tracking system comprising at least one sensor device which can be positioned in a fixed position relative to a target, the sensor device comprising a marker device and a marker device detector, the marker device detector being capable of obtaining information for determining a relative position between the marker device detector and another marker device, the system further comprising a control unit configured to process a medical navigation workflow and to select the function of the sensor device as either acting as a marker device detector or as a marker device in a step of the medical navigation workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Stefan Vilsmeier, Christian Brack, Ingmar Hook, Timo Neubauer
  • Patent number: 10143855
    Abstract: A radiotherapy feedback device is provided which provides one of a plurality of indication signals for presentation to a surgeon based on the status of a current surgical procedure. In some aspects, an indication signal is provided to the surgeon if the surgical procedure on an anatomical structure is of sufficient status so as to respond well to subsequent radiotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10137315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data processing method of determining a radiotherapy treatment plan for radiotherapy treatment of a treatment body part (P) of a patient's body, the method being executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring treatment target position data comprising treatment target position information describing the position of a treatment target (TT1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10055848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data processing method of determining a transformation for transforming medical image data into a positional reference system, the method being executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring, from a medical imaging apparatus (5), medical image data comprising medical image information describing a two-dimensional image of an anatomical body part (1); b) acquiring medical image selection data comprising medical image selection information describing a selection (4) from the medical image information; c) acquiring imaging apparatus characteristic data comprising imaging apparatus characteristic information describing an imaging characteristic of the medical imaging apparatus (5); d) determining, based on the medical image data, medical image selection data and imaging apparatus characteristic data, selection position data comprising selection position information describing a three-dimensional position of an anatomical structure (2) in the anatomical body part
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventors: Juergen Gassner, Uli Mezger, Valentin Elefteriu, Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 10022559
    Abstract: A medical data processing method for determining a target set comprising at least one irradiation target in a patient's body for radiation therapy treatment by means of a treatment device constituted to treat the at least one target by means of one or more sub-beams during a treatment time, the one or more sub-beams constituting at least one treatment beam which is to pass through the at least one target in accordance with a treatment plan during the treatment time, the method comprising the following steps and being constituted to be executed by a computer: a) acquiring (S 1.1) critical area; b) acquiring (S 1.2) target data; c) acquiring (S 1.3) treatment beam constraint data; d) acquiring treatment beam criteria data (S 1.4); and e) determining (S4), based on the critical area data, the target data, the treatment beam constraint data and the treatment beam criteria data, target set data describing spatial information on at least one irradiation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 9928588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical data processing method of determining an image of an anatomical structure of a patient's body, the method comprising the following steps which are constituted to be executed by a computer: a) acquiring (S1) GP atlas data describing an image-based model of at least part of a human body comprising the anatomical structure; b) acquiring (S1) patient medical image data describing a patient-specific medical image of the anatomical structure in the patient's body, wherein the patient medical image data comprises in particular three-dimensional image information c) determining (S2), based on the atlas data and the patient medical image data, atlas-patient transformation data describing a transformation between the image-based model and the anatomical structure in the patient's body; d) acquiring (S3, S4) medical indication data describing a medical indication which the anatomical structure is subject to; e) acquiring (S7) imaging parameter data describing at least one imagi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 9925392
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medical data processing method of determining a transformation for determining a breathing state-dependent geometry of an anatomical body part of a patient's body, the method comprising executing, on at least one processor of at least one computer, steps of: a) acquiring, at a processor, planning image data describing a set of tomographic medical planning images describing each a different part of the anatomical body part in the same respiratory state called reference planning respiratory state (y), wherein the anatomical body part is subject to respiratory movement and wherein the planning images comprise a planning image called reference planning image describing a part of the anatomical body part which is called reference planning body part; b) acquiring, at a processor, breathing image data describing a set (1) of tomographic medical breathing images of the anatomical body part, wherein the breathing images comprise a reference breathing image (A) describing the reference planning body part
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Patent number: 9911199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining data referred to as target change data which can be used for performing radiotherapy treatment, the target change data describing information on the change of position of a target included in a body of a patient, the method being performed by a computer and comprising the following steps: acquiring determination rule data describing a rule for mapping an indicator change set to the target change data, the indicator change set being a set which comprises more than one element, the elements of the indicator change set respectively representing information on respective changes of positions of indicators, at least two of the indicators respectively indicating a change of position of different body structures referred to as indicator structures, acquiring set data describing an acquired indicator change set; and determining the target change data based on the determination rule data and the set data by applying the rule for mapping to the acquired indic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier
  • Publication number: 20180056092
    Abstract: A radiotherapy feedback device is provided which provides one of a plurality of indication signals for presentation to a surgeon based on the status of a current surgical procedure. In some aspects, an indication signal is provided to the surgeon if the surgical procedure on an anatomical structure is of sufficient status so as to respond well to subsequent radiotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Stefan VILSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20170340902
    Abstract: The present application relates to a data processing method for determining the position of a soft tissue body part within a patient's body. The data processing method includes acquiring CT-image data including information about the position of the body part within a coordinate system assigned to a transportable CT-device, wherein the patient's body is positioned relative to the treatment device, and wherein the CT-device is configured to be positioned relative to the patient's body and/or relative to the treatment device, acquiring first transformation data including information about a first transformation between the coordinate system assigned to the CT-device and a coordinate system assigned to the treatment device, and determining, based on the CT-image data and the first transformation data, position data including information about the position of the body part within the coordinate system assigned to the treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan VILSMEIER, Kajetan BERLINGER
  • Publication number: 20170311813
    Abstract: A medical image processing method performed by a computer, for measuring the spatial location of a point on the surface of a patient's body including: acquiring at least two two-dimensional image datasets, wherein each two-dimensional image dataset represents a two-dimensional image of at least a part of the surface which comprises the point, and wherein the two-dimensional images are taken from different and known viewing directions; determining the pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets which show the point on the surface of the body; and calculating the spatial location of the point from the locations of the determined pixels in the two-dimensional image datasets and the viewing directions of the two-dimensional images; wherein the two-dimensional images are thermographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hagen KAISER, Stephen FROEHLICH, Stefan VILSMEIER
  • Patent number: 9788754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical method of managing a cerebrovascular insult, the method comprising the following steps in this order: a) placing a patient on a patient support unit; b) positioning a mobile tomographic imaging system in a predetermined position relative to the patient support unit with the patient placed on the patient support unit; c) imaging at least part of the patient's brain using an imaging unit of the tomographic imaging system, the imaging comprising in particular generating an image describing the functioning of the patient's blood vessel system; d) determining, in dependence on the result of the imaging, whether the patient support unit should be rotated relative to the tomographic imaging system with the patient placed on the patient support unit so that the patient is free of the imaging unit in order to conduct a medical intervention on the patient's blood vessel system, or whether the patient support unit may remain in its position relative to the tomographic imagi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Brainlab AG
    Inventor: Stefan Vilsmeier