US Patent No: 5,359,417
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
Surgical microscope for conducting computer-supported stereotactic microsurgery and a method for operating the same
Stats
-
Oct 25, 1994
Issued date -
Oct 15, 1992
filing date -
07/961,339
serial no -
In Force
status
Importance
Loading Importance Indicators...
Overall
|
US Family Size
|
International Coverage
|
|
Patent Longevity
|
Forward Citations
|
Abstract
A defined determination of the field of view observed through a surgical microscope is made. To achieve this determination, the relative current position of the plane of the field of view to the position of an object detail of interest is detected in a sighting method with the aid of a position detection system operating according to the laser triangulation principle. As soon as the plane of the field of view and the object detail are coincident, then with the aid of detected optical system data, the position of the object detail with reference to the surgical microscope is determined and, with the detected coordinates of the surgical microscope, the position of the field of view is determined in space. The position detecting system required for this purpose operates on an optical basis and can be integrated into the optics of the surgical microscope.
Loading the Abstract Image...
First Claim
Related Publications
Loading Related Publications...
- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
| Patent Owner | Address | Total Patents |
|---|---|---|
| CARL-ZEISS-STIFTUNG | OBERKOCHEN | 588 |
International Classification(s)
- [Classification Symbol]
- [Patents Count]
Inventor(s)
| Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luber, Joachim | Essingen/Forst, DE | 25 | 392 |
| Muller, Werner | Essingen, DE | 78 | 905 |
Cited Art
| Patent Info | (Count) | # Cites | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| 5,273,039 Surgical microscope apparatus having a function to display coordinates of observation point | 62 | 1992 | |
|
|
|||
| 4,722,056 Reference display systems for superimposing a tomagraphic image onto the focal plane of an operating microscope | 225 | 1986 | |
Patent Citation Ranking
Forward Cites
| Patent Info | (Count) | # Cites | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| RE43952 Interactive system for local intervention inside a non-homogeneous structure | 0 | 1990 | |
| 6,474,341 Surgical communication and power system | 139 | 1999 | |
| 6,381,485 Registration of human anatomy integrated for electromagnetic localization | 157 | 1999 | |
| RE43328 Image guided awl/tap/screwdriver | 0 | 2002 | |
| 7,657,300 Registration of human anatomy integrated for electromagnetic localization | 5 | 2002 | |
| 6,920,347 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems | 72 | 2002 | |
| 7,606,613 Navigational guidance via computer-assisted fluoroscopic imaging | 8 | 2002 | |
| 7,152,608 Surgical communication and power system | 6 | 2002 | |
| 7,599,730 Navigation system for cardiac therapies | 22 | 2002 | |
| 7,697,972 Navigation system for cardiac therapies | 40 | 2003 | |
| 7,570,791 Method and apparatus for performing 2D to 3D registration | 19 | 2003 | |
| 7,835,778 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation of a multiple piece construct for implantation | 4 | 2003 | |
| 7,881,770 Multiple cannula image guided tool for image guided procedures | 1 | 2004 | |
| 7,567,834 Method and apparatus for implantation between two vertebral bodies | 6 | 2004 | |
| 7,853,305 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems | 0 | 2005 | |
| 8,239,001 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 0 | 2005 | |
| 7,835,784 Method and apparatus for positioning a reference frame | 3 | 2005 | |
| 7,840,253 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 6 | 2005 | |
| 8,112,292 Method and apparatus for optimizing a therapy | 0 | 2006 | |
| RE42226 Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation | 0 | 2006 | |
| RE42194 Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation | 0 | 2006 | |
| 8,074,662 Surgical communication and power system | 0 | 2006 | |
| 8,175,681 Combination of electromagnetic and electropotential localization | 6 | 2008 | |
| 7,974,677 Method and apparatus for preplanning a surgical procedure | 7 | 2009 | |
| 7,953,471 Method and apparatus for implantation between two vertebral bodies | 0 | 2009 | |
| 8,060,185 Navigation system for cardiac therapies | 2 | 2009 | |
| 7,996,064 System and method for placing and determining an appropriately sized surgical implant | 0 | 2009 | |
| 8,046,052 Navigation system for cardiac therapies | 1 | 2010 | |
| 8,271,069 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 0 | 2010 | |
| 8,290,572 Method and system for navigating a catheter probe in the presence of field-influencing objects | 0 | 2010 | |
| 8,320,653 System and method for image based sensor calibration | 2010 | ||
| 8,359,730 Method of forming an electromagnetic sensing coil in a medical instrument | 0 | 2011 | |
| 8,401,616 Navigation system for cardiac therapies | 0 | 2011 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,167,145 Bone navigation system | 65 | 1996 | |
| 6,236,875 Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | 207 | 1997 | |
| 6,347,240 System and method for use in displaying images of a body part | 54 | 1997 | |
| 6,490,467 Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | 102 | 1998 | |
| 6,434,415 System for use in displaying images of a body part | 96 | 1999 | |
| 6,379,302 Navigation information overlay onto ultrasound imagery | 49 | 1999 | |
| 6,535,756 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation system | 54 | 2000 | |
| 7,085,400 System and method for image based sensor calibration | 11 | 2000 | |
| 6,725,080 Multiple cannula image guided tool for image guided procedures | 123 | 2001 | |
| 6,402,762 System for translation of electromagnetic and optical localization systems | 54 | 2001 | |
| 7,139,601 Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames | 51 | 2001 | |
| 6,669,635 Navigation information overlay onto ultrasound imagery | 27 | 2002 | |
| 6,978,166 System for use in displaying images of a body part | 29 | 2002 | |
| 7,797,032 Method and system for navigating a catheter probe in the presence of field-influencing objects | 1 | 2002 | |
| 7,217,276 Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgery | 15 | 2002 | |
| 7,660,623 Six degree of freedom alignment display for medical procedures | 18 | 2003 | |
| 7,313,430 Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery | 19 | 2003 | |
| 6,968,224 Method of detecting organ matter shift in a patient | 26 | 2003 | |
| 7,366,562 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 48 | 2003 | |
| 7,542,791 Method and apparatus for preplanning a surgical procedure | 44 | 2004 | |
| 7,751,865 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 18 | 2004 | |
| 7,636,595 Method and apparatus for calibrating non-linear instruments | 9 | 2004 | |
| 7,630,753 Method and apparatus for perspective inversion | 1 | 2005 | |
| 8,057,407 Surgical sensor | 0 | 2005 | |
| 7,831,082 System and method for image based sensor calibration | 2 | 2006 | |
| 7,925,328 Method and apparatus for performing stereotactic surgery | 0 | 2007 | |
| 7,971,341 Method of forming an electromagnetic sensing coil in a medical instrument for a surgical navigation system | 0 | 2008 | |
| 7,818,044 Method and apparatus for surgical navigation | 1 | 2008 | |
|
|
|||
| 7,075,640 Consumable for laser capture microdissection | 3 | 1997 | |
| 6,469,779 Laser capture microdissection method and apparatus | 9 | 1998 | |
| 6,184,973 Laser capture microdissection pressure plate and transfer arm | 31 | 1998 | |
| 6,697,149 Laser capture microdissection vacuum hold-down | 3 | 1998 | |
| 6,639,657 Laser capture microdissection translation stage joystick | 4 | 1998 | |
| 6,528,248 Processing technology for LCM samples | 5 | 2000 | |
| 6,512,576 Laser capture microdissection optical system | 5 | 2000 | |
| 6,690,470 Automated laser capture microdissection | 22 | 2000 | |
| 6,700,653 Laser capture microdissection optical system | 0 | 2002 | |
| 7,012,676 Laser capture microdissection translation stage joystick | 0 | 2003 | |
| 6,924,889 Laser capture microdissection vacuum hold-down | 0 | 2003 | |
| 6,870,625 Automated laser capture microdissection | 1 | 2003 | |
| 7,027,133 Automated laser capture microdissection | 0 | 2004 | |
| 7,148,966 Automated laser capture microdissection | 0 | 2006 | |
| 7,221,447 Consumable for laser capture microdissection | 2 | 2006 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,165,181 Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization | 130 | 1998 | |
| 6,146,390 Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization | 79 | 2000 | |
| 6,491,702 Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization | 42 | 2001 | |
| 7,763,035 Image guided spinal surgery guide, system and method for use thereof | 8 | 2004 | |
| 8,105,339 Image guided spinal surgery guide system and method for use thereof | 1 | 2010 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,891,034 System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head | 250 | 1995 | |
| 5,871,445 System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head | 205 | 1995 | |
| 6,076,008 System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head | 120 | 1999 | |
| 6,374,135 System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head | 17 | 1999 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,841,149 Method of determining the distance of a feature on an object from a microscope, and a device for carrying out the method | 5 | 1996 | |
| 6,483,948 Microscope, in particular a stereomicroscope, and a method of superimposing two images | 15 | 1997 | |
| 7,394,552 Method for measuring the separation of extended objects in conjunction with an optical observation system and microscope for carrying out the same | 1 | 2002 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,226,418 Rapid convolution based large deformation image matching via landmark and volume imagery | 45 | 1998 | |
| 6,633,686 Method and apparatus for image registration using large deformation diffeomorphisms on a sphere | 32 | 2000 | |
| 6,408,107 Rapid convolution based large deformation image matching via landmark and volume imagery | 10 | 2000 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,493,109 Optical coherence tomography assisted ophthalmologic surgical microscope | 58 | 1994 | |
| 6,004,314 Optical coherence tomography assisted surgical apparatus | 101 | 1997 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,795,294 Procedure for the correlation of different coordinate systems in computer-supported, stereotactic surgery | 98 | 1995 | |
| 6,741,948 Method and apparatus for fixing a location | 5 | 2001 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,470,578 Method and apparatus for indicating a pattern of intersection using a light column | 12 | 2000 | |
| 6,710,929 Method of forming and using laser light columns | 19 | 2002 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,495,195 Broadband absorbing film for laser capture microdissection | 9 | 1997 | |
|
|
|||
| 8,200,314 Surgical navigation | 0 | 2007 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,731,910 Optical system with variable image scale | 4 | 1995 | |
|
|
|||
| 8,049,873 Surgical microscopy system having an optical coherence tomography facility | 0 | 2009 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,294,774 Scanning probe microscope having graphical information | 1 | 1999 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,639,789 Instrument and service unit for a surgical operating area | 23 | 2002 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,701,173 Curved surgical instruments and method of mapping a curved path for stereotactic surgery | 4 | 1999 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,235,038 System for translation of electromagnetic and optical localization systems | 96 | 1999 | |
|
|
|||
| 8,165,658 Method and apparatus for positioning a guide relative to a base | 0 | 2008 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,215,550 Laser capture microdissection optical system | 37 | 1998 | |
|
|
|||
| 7,998,062 Endoscope structures and techniques for navigating to a target in branched structure | 0 | 2007 | |
|
|
|||
| 7,139,121 Projection microscope | 0 | 2004 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,549,472 Control of protective layer thickness in kilns by utilizing two laser beams | 1 | 1995 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,943,914 Master-slave micromanipulator apparatus | 16 | 1997 | |
|
|
|||
| 5,985,085 Method of manufacturing consumable for laser capture microdissection | 21 | 1997 | |
|
|
|||
| 7,016,110 Microscope suitable for high-throughput screening having an autofocusing apparatus | 3 | 2001 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,974,938 Microscope having a stable autofocusing apparatus | 7 | 2000 | |
|
|
|||
| 6,466,432 Instrument and service unit for a surgical operating area | 8 | 2000 | |
| 8,046,053 System and method for modifying images of a body part | 0 | 2005 | |
Maintenance Fees
| Fee | Large entity fee | small entity fee | micro entity fee | due date |
|---|
| Fee | Large entity fee | small entity fee | micro entity fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable | $700.00 | $350.00 | $175.00 |
| Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional | $1,640.00 | $820.00 | $410.00 |