Curved bracket for surgical navigation systems

- MRI Interventions, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of a curved bracket for surgical navigation systems showing our design with first and second connectors;

FIG. 2 is a front view of with the first connector above the second connector and facing outward;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the orientation shown in FIG. 2 with the first connector facing inward;

FIG. 4 is a side view with a primary surface of the second connector below the first connector and facing outward;

FIG. 5 is an opposing side view of the orientation shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a front view with the second connector above the first connector;

FIG. 7 is a rear view with the first connector above the second connector;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary environmental view illustrating the curved bracket for surgical navigation systems attached to a trajectory frame and holding a reference frame with fiducials according to embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a side perspective view of a curved bracket for surgical navigation systems showing another embodiment of our design with the first and second connectors;

FIG. 10 is a front view of with the first connector above the second connector and facing outward;

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the orientation shown in FIG. 10 with the first connector facing inward;

FIG. 12 is a side view with a primary surface of the second connector below the first connector and facing outward;

FIG. 13 is an opposing side view of the orientation shown in FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a front view with the second connector above the first connector;

FIG. 15 is a rear view and with the first connector above the second connector; and,

FIG. 16 is an exemplary environmental view illustrating the curved bracket for surgical navigation systems attached to a trajectory frame and holding a reference frame with fiducials according to embodiments of the present invention.

The broken lines shown are included for the purpose of illustrating unclaimed background articles and portions of the curved bracket for surgical navigation systems that form no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for a curved bracket for surgical navigation systems, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D829904
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 13, 2016
Date of Patent: Oct 2, 2018
Assignee: MRI Interventions, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Inventors: Peter G. Piferi (Orange, CA), Maxwell Jerad Daly (Redlands, CA)
Primary Examiner: Keli L Hill
Assistant Examiner: Karra S Johnson
Application Number: 29/551,409