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Optically coupled frameless stereotactic system and method
Assignee: Covidien AG
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1998-12-15
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Expires: 2015-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A system for quantitative computer graphic determination of positions on a patient's anatomy and positions on associated equipment located near the patient's anatomy in relation to anatomical data, as from CT or MR scanning. A first camera produces a quantitative electronic readout of its field-of-view which provides a determination of relative spacial coordinates of uniquely identifiable points in its field-of-view. A second camera produces a quantitative electronic readout of its field-of-view which provides a determination of relative spacial coordinates of uniquely identifiable points in its field-of-view. The two cameras are located with respect to the patient's anatomy and the associated equipment so that the fields-of-view of the cameras include both the patient's anatomy and the equipment, but are taken from different directions. A body marker is positioned with respect to the patient's anatomy at a known position relative to said patient anatomy. The body marker has known coordinates in a stereotactic coordinate system that is established relative to the patient's anatomy so that the coordinates of all identifiable points in the fields of view of the two cameras can be determined relative to the stereotactic coordinate system and related to imaging data.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric R. Cosman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:24
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/14; A; A61; A61B; A61B34/00; A61B34/20; A61B90/00; A61B90/10; A61B90/36; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/20; G06V10/24; G06V10/245; G06V30/00; G06V30/10; G06V30/14; G06V30/144; A61B34/10; A61B2034/107; A61B2034/2046; A61B2034/2055; A61B2034/2057; A61B2034/2068; A61B2034/2072; A61B2090/363; A61B2090/364; A61B2090/368; A61B90/37; A61B2090/371; A61B90/39; A61B2090/3937; A61B2090/3983; A61B90/50; A61B2090/502; A61B90/20; A61B90/361; A61N; A61N5/00; A61N5/10; A61N5/1048; A61N5/1049; A61N2005/105; G06V2201/00; G06V2201/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A process for providing an instant graphics display including anatomy of a patient and showing indications of a surgical instrument and a microscope in relation to indications of internal and external anatomy of a patient, the process including the steps of: indexing a patient's anatomy, the surgical instrument and the microscope to define fiducial point locations; storing scanned image data taken of the patient representative of internal anatomy and indexed at said fiducial point locations; optically sensing a data field encompassing the patient's anatomy, the surgical instrument and the microscope with a camera to provide representative camera data indexed at said fiducial point locations; correlating said scanned image data and said representative camera data based on said fiducial point locations to provide instant graphics display data; and driving a computer graphics display with said instant graphics display data to show indications of the surgical instrument and the microscope in relation to indications of internal and external anatomy of the patient.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
A process for providing an instant graphics display including anatomy of a patient and showing indications of a surgical instrument and a microscope in relation to indications of internal and external anatomy of a patient, the process including the steps of: indexing a patient's anatomy, the surgical instrument and the microscope to define fiducial point locations; storing scanned image data taken of the patient representative of internal anatomy and indexed at said fiducial point locations; optically sensing a data field encompassing the patient's anatomy, the surgical instrument and the microscope with a camera to provide representative camera data indexed at said fiducial point locations; correlating said scanned image data and said representative camera data based on said fiducial point locations to provide instant graphics display data; and driving a computer graphics display with said instant graphics display data to show indications of the surgical instrument and the microscope in relation to indications of internal and external anatomy of the patient.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the step of indexing includes fixing light sources to said fiducial point locations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the step of indexing includes fixing light sources comprising diodes to said fiducial point locations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the step of indexing includes fixing reflector light sources to said fiducial point locations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said step of optically sensing a data field includes using a plurality of cameras to sense said data field respectively with different fields of view.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein other instruments are indexed and placed within the data field and are visualized by said computer graphics display.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
145 words
A system for use with respect to a patient's anatomy and a surgical device in the proximity of the patient's anatomy, for indicating the current position of the surgical device with respect to a patient's anatomy, comprising: memory means for storing and providing image scanned data representative of the patient's anatomy in three dimensions; a camera system for providing current position data indicative of the patient's anatomy and the surgical device whereby to track movement of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy; means for referencing said current position data to said image scanned data to provide composite display signals indicative of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy as represented by said image scanned data; and a display means for displaying said composite display signals to indicate the current position of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
145 words
A system for use with respect to a patient's anatomy and a surgical device in the proximity of the patient's anatomy, for indicating the current position of the surgical device with respect to a patient's anatomy, comprising: memory means for storing and providing image scanned data representative of the patient's anatomy in three dimensions; a camera system for providing current position data indicative of the patient's anatomy and the surgical device whereby to track movement of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy; means for referencing said current position data to said image scanned data to provide composite display signals indicative of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy as represented by said image scanned data; and a display means for displaying said composite display signals to indicate the current position of the surgical device in relation to the patient's anatomy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein said means for referencing includes markers affixed for indicating index locations with respect to the patient's anatomy in said image scanned data and said current position data indicative of the patient's anatomy.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein said markers comprise optically detectible objects.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein said markers comprise reflective objects.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
A system according to claim 8 wherein said markers comprise light sources.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
A system according to claim 7 further including a mechanical holder adapted to be affixed to the patient's anatomy and including index means for referencing said current position data to said image scanned data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein said means for referencing comprises computer graphic means for rendering and viewing the patient's anatomy to thereby register said current position data with said image scanned data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
System according to claim 7 wherein said system further includes a surgical device and marker means affixed to said surgical device and detectable to be represented in said current position data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein said camera system includes a plurality of cameras for sensing a plurality of fields of view to provide said current position data.
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