Patents by Inventor Tobias Reiff

Tobias Reiff 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).

  • Computer-implemented technique for determining a coordinate transformation for surgical navigation
    Patent number: 9901407
    Abstract: A technique for determining a transformation between a navigation reference coordinate system (302) for navigation of a surgical device (150) relative to patient image data and an image coordinate system (304) in which the patient image data define a shape of a patient surface is provided. A computer-implemented method implementation of that technique comprises receiving multiple data sets that have been taken from different perspectives of the patient surface. Feature coordinates of multiple features (170) identifiable in the picture data sets are determined from the picture data sets and in the navigation reference coordinate system (302). From the feature coordinates, a shape model of the patient surface in the navigation reference coordinate system (302) is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC
    Inventors: Jochen Breisacher, Jean Stawiaski, Tobias Reiff
  • Computer-Implemented Technique For Determining A Coordinate Transformation For Surgical Navigation
    Publication number: 20160157938
    Abstract: A technique for determining a transformation between a navigation reference coordinate system (302) for navigation of a surgical device (150) relative to patient image data and an image coordinate system (304) in which the patient image data define a shape of a patient surface is provided. A computer-implemented method implementation of that technique comprises receiving multiple data sets that have been taken from different perspectives of the patient surface. Feature coordinates of multiple features (170) identifiable in the picture data sets are determined from the picture data sets and in the navigation reference coordinate system (302). From the feature coordinates, a shape model of the patient surface in the navigation reference coordinate system (302) is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Breisacher, Jean Stawiaski, Tobias Reiff