| InnerOptic Technology, Inc. Patent applications |
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| 20120108955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REAL-TIME DYNAMIC IMAGERY OF A MEDICAL PROCEDURE SITE USING MULTIPLE MODALITIES - A system and method of providing composite real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site from multiple modalities which continuously and immediately depicts the current state and condition of the medical procedure site synchronously with respect to each modality and without undue latency is disclosed. The composite real-time dynamic imagery may be provided by spatially registering multiple real-time dynamic video streams from the multiple modalities to each other. Spatially registering the multiple real-time dynamic video streams to each other may provide a continuous and immediate depiction of the medical procedure site with an unobstructed and detailed view of a region of interest at the medical procedure site at multiple depths. A user may thereby view a single, accurate, and current composite real-time dynamic imagery of a region of interest at the medical procedure site as the user performs a medical procedure. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120101370 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image guided surgery. The systems herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound wands or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quickly calibratable surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110251483 | IMAGE ANNOTATION IN IMAGE-GUIDED MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image annotation in image-guided medical procedures. Some embodiments herein allow physicians or other operators to use one or more medical devices in order to define annotations in 3D space. These annotations may later be displayed to the physician or operator in 3D space in the position in which they were first drawn or otherwise generated. In some embodiments, the operator may use various available medical devices, such as needles, scalpels, or even a finger in order to define the annotation. Embodiments herein may allow an operator to more conveniently and efficiently annotate visualizable medical data. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110137156 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR IMAGE MANAGEMENT IN IMAGE-GUIDED MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image management in image-guided medical procedures. Some embodiments herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound transducers or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets and allow the operator to control the presentation of regions of interest. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quick calibration of surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110130641 | IMAGER FOCUSING BASED ON INTRAOPERATIVE DATA - Various embodiments herein provide for imager focusing based on intraoperative data. Ideally, an imaging plane of an ultrasound transducer would be truly planar. That is not the case, though. Instead, ultrasound transducers image a volume that is closer to a rectangular volume, but that has focal depths or areas in the imaged volume that are “thinner” and provide a better resolution. In general, embodiments herein may include determining the pose of an imager, such as an ultrasound transducer, and the pose of a location of interest. Based on those poses, a focal adjustment may be determined in order to, for example, better focus the imager on the object of interest. Then data is generated and the focus of the imager is adjusted. Additionally, imaging data and/or the object of interest may be displayed. In other embodiments, estimated projections of medical devices are displayed to allow for better intraoperative planning. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110082351 | REPRESENTING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - Various embodiments herein provide for representing measurement information during a medical procedure. Pose information is determined for one or more sensors. Measurements for the one or more sensors are then determined. The measurements can include measurements (e.g., temperature, radiation levels, etc.) of the sensors themselves as well as estimated measurements for other parts of the medical scene determined based on the sensors. After receiving the measurements, the measurements may be displayed relative to the rest of the procedure in a rendered 3D scene so that the doctor may be able to see measurements for various parts of the medical scene. Other embodiments herein provide for reducing the number of trackers needed to track and display a medical procedure based on a 3D model of the scene. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110057930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION DEPTH EXTRACTION TO PROVIDE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY FOR ENDOSCOPY - A system and method for providing high-speed, high-resolution three-dimensional imagery for endoscopy, particularly of a tissue surface at a medical procedure site is disclosed. High-resolution imagery provides greater detail of the tissue surface, but requires high-speed depth-frame imaging to provide timely updated depth information. A pattern of light, such as a point of light for example, may be projected onto the tissue surface and a reflected image analyzed to determine depth information. The point of light can be projected and analyzed quickly to produce faster depth-frame image rates. Three-dimensional structured-light depth resolution information may be generated and combined with either a two-dimensional image or a two-dimensional stereo image to provide three-dimensional imagery of the tissue surface. Switching between three-dimensional images and one of the two-dimensional image and a two-dimensional stereo image may also be provided. Further, the three-dimensional structured- light depth information may be further optimized by combining it with three-dimensional stereo-correspondence depth information to generate hybrid three-dimensional imagery. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110043612 | DUAL-TUBE STEREOSCOPE - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for dual-tube stereoscopes. Embodiments may include an elongated body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having at least one proximal opening, the distal end having first and second distal openings; a first waveguide coupled to the first distal opening; and a second waveguide coupled to the second distal opening. There may also be optics situated near the proximal end of the elongated body and configured to receive light from the first and second waveguides and to transmit the received light through the at least one proximal opening onto a single light-receiving device. Some embodiments include processing a single received digital image, comprising two sub-images, to produce two images viewable stereoscopically, for example. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100268067 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image guided surgery. The systems herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound wands or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quickly calibratable surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100198045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REAL-TIME DYNAMIC IMAGERY OF A MEDICAL PROCEDURE SITE USING MULTIPLE MODALITIES - A system and method of providing composite real-time dynamic imagery of a medical procedure site from multiple modalities which continuously and immediately depicts the current state and condition of the medical procedure site synchronously with respect to each modality and without undue latency is disclosed. The composite real-time dynamic imagery may be provided by spatially registering multiple real-time dynamic video streams from the multiple modalities to each other. Spatially registering the multiple real-time dynamic video streams to each other may provide a continuous and immediate depiction of the medical procedure site with an unobstructed and detailed view of a region of interest at the medical procedure site at multiple depths. As such, a surgeon, or other medical practitioner, may view a single, accurate, and current composite real-time dynamic imagery of a region of interest at the medical procedure site as he/she performs a medical procedure, and thereby, may properly and effectively implement the medical procedure. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20090312629 | CORRECTION OF RELATIVE TRACKING ERRORS BASED ON A FIDUCIAL - Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for correction of relative tracking error based on a fiducial. One embodiment is a method for the correction of obtained emplacement data of two surgical instruments by the detection of a detectable fiducial coupled to first surgical instrument by a second surgical instrument or something thereto coupled. The corrected relative emplacements of both surgical instruments is then determined based on the emplacement of the fiducial. This corrected emplacement is then used to produce an image for display. Systems and devices for carrying out the presented methods are also described. | 12-17-2009 |
