U.S. patent number RE44,305 [Application Number 13/036,939] was granted by the patent office on 2013-06-18 for percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation. This patent grant is currently assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is John B. Clayton, Kevin T. Foley, Anthony Melkent, Michael C. Sherman. Invention is credited to John B. Clayton, Kevin T. Foley, Anthony Melkent, Michael C. Sherman.
United States Patent | RE44,305 |
Foley , et al. | June 18, 2013 |
An apparatus and procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments such as, for example, screws, rods, wires and plates into various body parts using image guided surgery. The invention includes an apparatus for use with a surgical navigation system, an attaching device rigidly connected to a body part, such as the spinous process of a vertebrae, with an identification superstructure rigidly but removably connected to the attaching device. This identification superstructure, for example, is a reference arc and fiducial array which accomplishes the function of identifying the location of the superstructure, and, therefore, the body part to which it is fixed, during imaging by CAT scan or MRI, and later during medical procedures.
Inventors: | Foley; Kevin T. (Germantown, TN), Clayton; John B. (Superior, CO), Melkent; Anthony (Germantown, TN), Sherman; Michael C. (Memphis, TN) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
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Family ID: | 26739359 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 13/036,939 | ||||||||||
Filed: | February 28, 2011 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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11451595 | Jun 12, 2006 | Re. 42226 | |||
11451594 | Jun 12, 2006 | Re. 42194 | |||
10423332 | Jun 13, 2006 | Re. 39133 | |||
60059915 | Sep 24, 1997 | ||||
Reissue of: | 09148498 | Sep 4, 1998 | 6226548 | May 1, 2001 | |
Current U.S. Class: | 600/426 |
Current CPC Class: | A61B 34/20 (20160201); A61B 17/70 (20130101); A61B 17/7083 (20130101); A61B 2090/3983 (20160201); A61B 2090/3945 (20160201); A61B 90/11 (20160201); A61B 17/7032 (20130101); A61B 2034/2072 (20160201); A61B 2090/363 (20160201); A61B 2034/2055 (20160201); A61B 2017/00477 (20130101); A61B 34/10 (20160201) |
Current International Class: | A61B 5/05 (20060101) |
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