Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization 失效
    摄影测量手术定位的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5603318A

    公开(公告)日:1997-02-18

    申请号:US145777

    申请日:1993-10-29

    摘要: A method and apparatus for defining the location of a medical instrument relative to features of a medical workspace including a patient's body region are described. Pairs of two-dimensional images are obtained, preferably by means of two video cameras making images of the workspace along different sightlines which intersect. A fiducial structure is positioned in the workspace for defining a three dimensional coordinate framework, and a calibration image pair is made. The calibration image pair comprises two 2D projections from different locations of the fiducial structure. After the calibration image pair is made, the fiducial structure is removed. A standard projection algorithm is used to reconstruct the 3D framework of the fiducial structure from the calibration image pair. Appropriate image pairs can then be used to locate and track any other feature such as a medical instrument, in the workspace, so long as the cameras remain fixed in their positions relative to the workspace. The computations are desirably performed with a computer workstation including computer graphics capability, image processing capability, and providing a real-time display of the workspace as imaged by the video cameras. Also, the 3D framework of the workspace can be aligned with the 3D framework of any selected volume scan, such as MRI, CT, or PET, so that the instrument can be localized and guided to a chosen feature. No guidance arc or other apparatus need be affixed to the patient to accomplish the tracking and guiding operations.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于定义医疗器械相对于包括患者身体区域的医疗工作区的特征的位置的方法和装置。 获得二维图像的对,优选地通过两个摄像机,沿着相交的不同视线线制作工作空间的图像。 基准结构位于工作空间中,用于定义三维坐标框架,并且进行校准图像对。 校准图像对包括从基准结构的不同位置的两个2D投影。 校准图像对后,基准结构被去除。 使用标准投影算法从校准图像对重建基准结构的3D框架。 只要相机保持固定在相对于工作空间的位置,适当的图像对就可用于定位和跟踪任何其他功能(如医疗仪器)。 该计算期望地由包括计算机图形能力,图像处理能力的计算机工作站执行,并且提供由摄像机成像的工作空间的实时显示。 此外,工作空间的3D框架可以与任何所选卷扫描的3D框架(例如MRI,CT或PET)对齐,使得仪器可以被定位并被引导到所选择的特征。 不需要向患者贴上引导电弧或其他装置以完成跟踪和引导操作。

    Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for photogrammetric surgical localization 有权
    摄影测量手术定位的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06491702B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-10

    申请号:US09865626

    申请日:2001-05-29

    IPC分类号: A61B1900

    摘要: A method and apparatus for defining the location of a medical instrument relative to features of a medical workspace including a patient's body region are described. Pairs of two-dimensional images are obtained, preferably by means of two video cameras making images of the workspace along different sightlines which intersect. A fiducial structure is positioned in the workspace for defining a three dimensional coordinate framework, and a calibration image pair is made. The calibration image pair comprises two 2D projections from different locations of the fiducial structure. After the calibration image pair is made, the fiducial structure is removed. A standard projection algorithm is used to reconstruct the 3D framework of the fiducial structure from the calibration image pair. Appropriate image pairs can then be used to locate and track any other feature such as a medical instrument, in the workspace, so long as the cameras remain fixed in their positions relative to the workspace. The computations are desirably performed with a computer workstation including computer graphics capability, image processing capability, and providing a real-time display of the workspace as imaged by the video cameras. Also, the 3D framework of the workspace can be aligned with the 3D framework of any selected volume scan, such as MRI, CT, or PET, so that the instrument can be localized and guided to a chosen feature. No guidance arc or other apparatus need be affixed to the patient to accomplish the tracking and guiding operations.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于定义医疗器械相对于包括患者身体区域的医疗工作区的特征的位置的方法和装置。 获得二维图像的对,优选地通过两个摄像机,沿着相交的不同视线线制作工作空间的图像。 基准结构位于工作空间中,用于定义三维坐标框架,并且进行校准图像对。 校准图像对包括从基准结构的不同位置的两个2D投影。 校准图像对后,基准结构被去除。 使用标准投影算法从校准图像对重建基准结构的3D框架。 只要相机保持固定在相对于工作空间的位置,适当的图像对就可用于定位和跟踪任何其他功能(如医疗仪器)。 该计算期望地由包括计算机图形能力,图像处理能力的计算机工作站执行,并且提供由摄像机成像的工作空间的实时显示。 此外,工作空间的3D框架可以与任何所选卷扫描的3D框架(例如MRI,CT或PET)对齐,使得仪器可以被定位并被引导到所选择的特征。 不需要向患者贴上引导电弧或其他装置以完成跟踪和引导操作。

    Bathtub wall panel extension
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10433678B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15936614

    申请日:2018-03-27

    申请人: William Peters

    发明人: William Peters

    IPC分类号: A47K3/00 E06B7/23

    摘要: The bathtub wall panel extension comprises a panel, a panel seal, and a door. The panel installs on top of a front wall of a bathtub in place of a sliding shower door. The panel may use the side tracks of the shower door to stabilize it in an upright position. The panel extends the height of the bathtub. The door may provide access to the bathtub though a door aperture when the door is in an open position. The door may comprise a door seal to provide a watertight seal with the panel when the door is in a closed position. The bathtub wall panel extension may comprise handholds, a magazine holder, a soap holder, a cup holder, and one or more shelves.

    Methods of using geometric constructs for neutronics modeling
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods of using geometric constructs for neutronics modeling 失效
    使用几何构造进行中子学建模的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07650265B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-19

    申请号:US10679427

    申请日:2003-10-07

    摘要: Various geometric constructs are configured for use in modeling a system, for example a fissile system, using an analysis method, such as Monte Carlo, to model such systems based upon the interstitial regions formed by these geometric constructs. The various geometric constructs are configured to provide for modeling of, for example, complex arrays and lattices and allows for embedding of these constructs and virtual filling of arrays of these modeled units.

    摘要翻译: 配置各种几何构造用于建模系统,例如使用诸如蒙特卡罗等分析方法的裂变系统,以基于由这些几何构造形成的间隙区域对这样的系统建模。 各种几何构造被配置为提供例如复杂阵列和格子的建模,并且允许嵌入这些构造并虚拟填充这些建模单元的阵列。

    Storage unit
    10.
    发明申请
    Storage unit 审中-公开
    存储单元

    公开(公告)号:US20060175944A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-10

    申请号:US11054069

    申请日:2005-02-09

    申请人: William Peters

    发明人: William Peters

    IPC分类号: A47B46/00

    CPC分类号: B25H3/025 A47B88/417 B25H3/04

    摘要: The subject invention is a storage member having multiple storage access areas for storage of open bin-like containers which containers can be removed from the stored position in the access areas for cleaning, refilling, or other purposes. In the general structural scheme of the invention the access areas on the storage member have integrated therein support runners that engage the respective upper lateral sides of the bin to hold the bin in position, with the runners being angled downwardly towards the front of the storage access area to hold the individual storage bin in a downwardly declined position as it extends outwardly to facilitate handling of the bins and removal of the contents of the storage bin.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是具有用于存储开放的箱状容器的多个存储通道区域的存储构件,其中容器可从存取位置从存储位置移除以进行清洁,再填充或其他目的。 在本发明的总体结构方案中,存储部件上的进入区域已经集成有支撑流道,该支撑流道与仓的相应的上侧面接合,以将箱子保持在适当位置,流道向下朝向储存通道的前方成角度 区域,以将个体储物箱保持在向下倾斜的位置,因为其向外延伸以便于处理料仓并且移除储存箱的内容物。