Patents by Inventor Yannick Brosseau

Yannick Brosseau 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-assisted surgery system and method
    Patent number: 11771502
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Éric Szmutny, Michel Boivin, Yannick Brosseau
  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210378761
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: LOUIS-PHILIPPE AMIOT, Éric SZMUTNY, MICHEL BOIVIN, Yannick BROSSEAU
  • Computer-assisted surgery system and method
    Patent number: 11116577
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Eric Szmutny, Michel Boivin, Yannick Brosseau
  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170119477
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: LOUIS-PHILIPPE AMIOT, ERIC SZMUTNY, MICHEL BOIVIN, YANNICK BROSSEAU
  • Computer-assisted surgery system and method
    Patent number: 9532848
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: OTHOSOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Éric Szmutny, Michel Boivin, Yannick Brosseau
  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080312529
    Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Eric Szmutny, Michel Boivin, Yannick Brosseau