Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162920 | Magnetic navigation of medical devices in magnetic fields A method of turning a medical device with the assistance of an externally applied magnetic field, in a direction with a component in a plane perpendicular to the direction of the externally applied magnetic field. The method includes applying first torque to the dis... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8135185 | Location and display of occluded portions of vessels on 3-D angiographic images A method of finding the location of an occluded portion of a blood vessel relative to a three-dimensional angiographic image of a subject's vasculature includes identifying the location of the occluded portion of the blood vessel on each of a series of displayed two... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8114032 | Systems and methods for medical device advancement and rotation A system for moving an elongate medical device has at least one drive element for engaging and moving an elongate medical device. Various embodiments provide for moving the separate inner and outer elements of a telescoping medical device. Some systems also provide ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092450 | Magnetically guidable energy delivery apparatus and method of using same An energy delivery apparatus for delivering electrical energy at a target location, the energy delivery apparatus being usable in combination with a magnetic field. The energy delivery apparatus includes an electrical conductor, the electrical conductor having a sub... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088129 | Method and apparatus for magnetically controlling motion direction of mechanically pushed catheter The movement of a catheter through a medium, which may be living tissue such as a human brain, is controlled by mechanically pushing a flexible catheter having a magnetic tip through the medium and applying a magnetic field having a magnitude and a direction that gu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8060184 | Method of navigating medical devices in the presence of radiopaque material A method of navigating the distal end of a medical device through an operating region in a subject's body includes displaying an x-ray image of the operating region, including the distal end of the medical device; determining the location of the distal end of the me... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8024024 | Remote control of medical devices using real time location data A method of determining the quality of contact between a remotely navigated medical device and a cyclically moving anatomical structure includes measuring movement of the device, and processing the measured movement of the device to determine the contact between the... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7998020 | Apparatus for selectively rotating and/or advancing an elongate device An apparatus for selectively advancing and/or rotating an elongate device, includes a carrier mounted for rotation about a primary axis and a pair of opposed rollers on the carrier adapted to drive the device in a direction along the primary axis. A mechanism drives... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983733 | Surgical navigation using a three-dimensional user interface A system for controlling a medical device in a patient. A display system displays an image of a volume of the patient in a virtual three-dimensional space. A stylus is controllable to actuate a virtual element in the virtual space. A navigation system controls the m... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966059 | Rotating and pivoting magnet for magnetic navigation A system for magnetically navigating a medical device in an operating region within the body of a patient. The system includes a magnet having a front field projecting from the front of the magnet sufficient to project a magnetic field into the operating region in t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961926 | Registration of three-dimensional image data to 2D-image-derived data A method for obtaining registration of a three-dimensional image data set of an anatomical vessel with corresponding two-dimensional image data of the vessel in an X-ray imaging system, where the method comprise the user identifying two points on an anatomical vesse... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961924 | Method of three-dimensional device localization using single-plane imaging A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location and orientation of a medical device distal end using a single-plane imaging system, using a computational model of the medical device and a transfer function for the medical device describing local d... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7892233 | Magnetically navigable telescoping catheter and method of navigating telescoping catheter A magnetically navigable catheter includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, and an extension member having a proximal end and a distal end, slidably mounted in the sheath so that the distal end portion of the extension member telescopes from the dist... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7853306 | Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length A method of navigating a medical device includes determining the location of a medical device at a point in an operating region in a subject's body, the medical device being responsive to at least one control variable to assume a desired configuration includes stori... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831294 | System and method of surgical imagining with anatomical overlay for navigation of surgical devices A system and method are provided for control of a navigation system for deploying a medical device within a subject, and for enhancement of a display image of anatomical features for viewing the projected location and movement of medical devices, and projected locat... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818076 | Method and apparatus for multi-system remote surgical navigation from a single control center A system and method are provided for performing remote surgical navigation in multiple systems from a single control center, where there are at least two remote navigation systems in separate procedure rooms having respective control computers. The system includes a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815580 | Magnetic guidewire for lesion crossing The invented guidewire relates to improvements in a magnetically navigable medical guidewire to enable passage through an occluded or partially occluded vessel. The guidewire comprises an elongate wire having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end f... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7774046 | Magnetic navigation system A magnetic navigation system for orienting a magnetically responsive device in an operating region in a subject has at least two magnet units and a support for mounting the at least two magnet units for movement relative to the subject, the support supporting the at... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772950 | Method and apparatus for dynamic magnetic field control using multiple magnets A method and apparatus for dynamic magnetic field control using multiple magnets. Control methods and system means are described that allow dynamically changing the magnetic field generated at a point in space by a multiplicity of magnets. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771437 | Guide for medical devices A guide for controlling the orientation of a medical device includes a cannula having a lumen therein for the medical device, and a guide member having a passage therein for receiving and directing the medical device, the guide member being movably mounted in the ca... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771415 | Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body A method of turning a medical device, having a magnetically responsive element associated with its distal end, at an operating point within an operating region inside a patient's body from an initial direction to a desired final direction, through the movement of at... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769444 | Method of treating cardiac arrhythmias A method of treating cardiac arrhythmias resulting from errant electrical signals conducted through the cardiac tissue from a source location. The magnitude of the errant signals is reduced by shunting electrical signals from the source location with an electrically... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769428 | Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length A method of navigating a medical device includes determining the location of a medical device at a point in an operating region in a subject's body, the medical device being responsive to at least one control variable to assume a desired configuration includes stori... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766856 | System and methods for advancing a catheter An advancer system is described for moving an elongate medical device within a body. The system includes a drive unit having a motor. The drive unit is configured to translate movement of the motor to the device so as to alternately advance and retract the device re... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761133 | Navigation of remotely actuable medical device using control variable and length A method of navigating a medical device includes determining the location of a medical device at a point in an operating region in a subject's body, the medical device being responsive to at least one control variable to assume a desired configuration includes stori... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757694 | Method for safely and efficiently navigating magnetic devices in the body A method of turning a medical device, having a magnetically responsive element associated with its distal end, at an operating point within an operating region inside a patient's body from an initial direction to a desired final direction, through the movement of at... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756308 | Registration of three dimensional image data to 2D-image-derived data A method for obtaining registration of a three-dimensional image data set of an anatomical vessel with corresponding two-dimensional image data of the vessel in an X-ray imaging system, where the method comprise the user identifying two points on an anatomical vesse... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751867 | Contact over-torque with three-dimensional anatomical data A method is provided for establishing contact of a medical device against a three-dimensional surface geometry within a subject body, the method comprising obtaining a three-dimensional tissue surface geometry of an anatomical region within the subject body, obtaini... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747960 | Control for, and method of, operating at least two medical systems A control for, and method of, operating at least two medical systems, each of which generates its own visual display output and accepts commands from an input device. The control includes a display, having an active display area, and at least one inactive display ar... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742803 | Voice controlled user interface for remote navigation systems A method of controlling a remote navigation system that remotely orients the distal end of the medical device in order to navigate a medical device through a body lumen, the method comprising: displaying an exterior image of the body lumen; superimposing an indicato... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7708696 | Navigation using sensed physiological data as feedback A method for controlling a remote navigation system includes operating the remote navigation system to bring a sensor carried on a medical device successively into a plurality of locations in a predetermined pattern, and using the sensor to sense a physiological pro... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690619 | Apparatus for pivotally orienting a projection device An apparatus that provides for rotation about two axes orthogonal to each other includes a gimbal having two arms adjoining a portion that is mounted to a base for rotation about a first axis. A shaft defining a second axis orthogonal to the first pivotally couples ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7662126 | Ultrasonic disbursement of magnetically delivered substances A system and method are provided for attracting a magnetically responsive substance inserted in a subject's body towards a target area within the body to treat the area. The system generally comprises a medical device having a proximal end, a distal end, and at leas... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657075 | Registration of three dimensional image data with X-ray imaging system A method for determining a transformation of a three-dimensional pre-operative image data set to obtain a registration of the three-dimensional image data with an X-ray imaging system. In one aspect of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of the use... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635342 | System and methods for medical device advancement and rotation A system for moving an elongate medical device has at least one drive element for engaging and moving an elongate medical device. Various embodiments provide for moving the separate inner and outer elements of a telescoping medical device. Some systems also provide ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630752 | Remote control of medical devices using a virtual device interface An interface system and method for controlling a magnetic surgery system by displaying a virtual image of the device, adjusting the configuration of the device or the actuation controls to be applied to the device until the configuration of the displayed device assu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627361 | Methods and apparatus for steering medical device in body lumens A method of operating a navigation system that can orient the distal end of a medical device in a selected direction to navigate the medical device through a network of body lumens in an operating region in a subject that includes identifying a path through the netw... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7625382 | Method and apparatus for magnetically controlling motion direction of a mechanically pushed catheter The movement of a catheter through a medium, which may be living tissue such as a human brain, is controlled by mechanically pushing a flexible catheter having a magnetic tip through the medium and applying a magnetic field having a magnitude and a direction that gu... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623736 | Registration of three dimensional image data with patient in a projection imaging system A method for determining a translation of a three-dimensional pre-operative image data set to obtain a registration of the three-dimensional image data with a patient positioned in a projection imaging system. In one embodiment the user identifies an initial three-d... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7603905 | Magnetic navigation and imaging system A system for imaging and magnetically navigating a medical device within an operating region in a subject's body includes a first C-arm and a second C-arm. The system includes an imaging beam source and an imaging beam receiver mounted on the first C-arm disposed on... | 10/20/2009 |
