Patents by Inventor Westley D. Ashe

Westley D. Ashe 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).

  • Tracking a cylindrical opening
    Patent number: 10779892
    Abstract: A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Northern Digital Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai Mikuszeit, Christian Schilling, Olaf Zerres, Georg Brunner, Stefan R. Kirsch, Westley D. Ashe, Mark Robert Schneider, Vladimir F. Kogan
  • TRACKING A CYLINDRICAL OPENING
    Publication number: 20190046273
    Abstract: A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nikolai Mikuszeit, Christian Schilling, Olaf Zerres, Georg Brunner, Stefan R. Kirsch, Westley D. Ashe, Mark Robert Schneider, Vladimir F. Kogan