Troy L Holsing5295 Horseradish Gulch Rd, Golden, CO 80403

6669635, Dec 30, 2003

Jan 14, 2002

10/047927

Paul Kessman - Broomfield CO
Troy Holsing - Broomfield CO
Jason Trobaugh - Broomfield CO

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

A61B 800

600437, 600461

A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instruments trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instruments trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instruments crossing of the ultrasound images plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.

6968224, Nov 22, 2005

Sep 19, 2003

10/664646

Paul Kessman - Broomfield CO, US
Troy Holsing - Louisville CO, US
Jason Trobaugh - Louisville CO, US

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

A61B005/05

600407, 600437, 128916

A surgical instrument navigation system comprises an ultrasound machine and a computer coupled to the ultrasound machine. A memory is coupled to the computer and includes computer instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to generate an icon representing the surgical instrument with a tip and the surgical instrument's trajectory and to overlay the icon on a real-time ultrasound image having an image plane, such that when the surgical instrument crosses the ultrasound image plane the format of the surgical instrument's trajectory is changed to represent the surgical instrument's crossing of the ultrasound image's plane. The system also comprises a localizer coupled to the ultrasound machine, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying the generated icon superimposed on the real-time image.

7085400, Aug 1, 2006

Jun 14, 2000

09/593495

Troy Holsing - Westminster CO, US
Gordon Goodchild - Broomfield CO, US

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

G06K 9/00

382103, 382151, 382152, 382291

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the calibration of a tracked imaging probe for use in image-guided surgical systems. The invention uses actual image data collected from an easily constructed calibration jig to provide data for the calibration algorithm. The calibration algorithm analytically develops a geometric relationship between the probe and the image so objects appearing in the collected image can be accurately described with reference to the probe. The invention can be used with either two or three dimensional image data-sets. The invention also has the ability to automatically determine the image scale factor when two dimensional data-sets are used.

7831082, Nov 9, 2010

Jun 5, 2006

11/446785

Troy Holsing - Westminster CO, US
Gordon Goodchild - Broomfield CO, US

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. - Louisville CO

G06K 9/00

382131, 382132, 382128

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the calibration of a tracked imaging probe for use in image-guided surgical systems. The invention uses actual image data collected from an easily constructed calibration jig to provide data for the calibration algorithm. The calibration algorithm analytically develops a geometric relationship between the probe and the image so objects appearing in the collected image can be accurately described with reference to the probe. The invention can be used with either two or three dimensional image data-sets. The invention also has the ability to automatically determine the image scale factor when two dimensional data-sets are used.

7920909, Apr 5, 2011

Apr 25, 2006

11/410143

Torsten M. Lyon - Golden CO, US
Troy L. Holsing - Nashville TN, US
Jerome R. Edwards - Nashville TN, US
Christopher B. Lee - Nashville TN, US
Evan Austill, Jr. - Nashville TN, US

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. - Nashville TN

A61B 6/04

600407, 600424

A method includes receiving during a first time interval associated with a path of motion of a dynamic body, image data associated with a plurality of images of the dynamic body. The plurality of images include an indication of a position of a first marker coupled to a garment at a first location, and a position of a second marker coupled to the garment at a second location. The garment is coupled to the dynamic body. During a second time interval, an image from the plurality of images is automatically identified that includes a position of the first marker that is substantially the same as a position of a first localization element relative to the dynamic body and a position of the second marker that is substantially the same as a position of the second localization element relative to the dynamic body.

7962193, Jun 14, 2011

Mar 16, 2010

12/724689

Jerome R. Edwards - Nashville TN, US
Evan Austill, Jr. - Nashville TN, US
Torsten M. Lyon - Golden CO, US
Troy L. Holsing - Nashville TN, US

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. - Nashville TN

A61B 6/04

600407, 600424

A method includes receiving during a first time interval image data associated with an image of a dynamic body. The image data includes an indication of the positions of a first marker and a second marker on a garment coupled to the dynamic body. The first marker and second marker are each coupled to the garment at a first and second locations, respectively. A distance is determined between the position of the first marker and the second marker. During a second time interval after the first time interval, data associated with a position of a first and second localization element that are each coupled to the garment is received. A distance between the first and second localization elements is determined. A difference is calculated between the distance between the first marker and the second marker and the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element.

8320653, Nov 27, 2012

Nov 8, 2010

12/941537

Troy Holsing - Westminster CO, US
Gordon Goodchild - Broomfield CO, US

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. - Louisville CO

G06K 9/00

382131, 382132

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the calibration of a tracked imaging probe for use in image-guided surgical systems. The invention uses actual image data collected from an easily constructed calibration jig to provide data for the calibration algorithm. The calibration algorithm analytically develops a geometric relationship between the probe and the image so objects appearing in the collected image can be accurately described with reference to the probe. The invention can be used with either two or three dimensional image data-sets. The invention also has the ability to automatically determine the image scale factor when two dimensional data-sets are used.

2007006, Mar 22, 2007

Sep 13, 2005

11/224028

Jerome Edwards - Nashville TN, US
Evan Austill - Nashville TN, US
Torsten Lyon - Golden CO, US
Troy Holsing - Nashville TN, US

A61B 5/05

600407000

A method includes receiving during a first time interval image data associated with an image of a dynamic body. The image data includes an indication of the positions of a first marker and a second marker on a garment coupled to the dynamic body. The first marker and second marker are each coupled to the garment at a first and second locations, respectively. A distance is determined between the position of the first marker and the second marker. During a second time interval after the first time interval, data associated with a position of a first and second localization element that are each coupled to the garment is received. A distance between the first and second localization elements is determined. A difference is calculated between the distance between the first marker and the second marker and the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element.