Daniel M. Schwartz
Audiology in Teaneck, NJ
License number
New Jersey O2-0000172
Issued Date
Jan 15, 2009
Expiration Date
Jul 31, 2013
Category
Speech and Hearing
Type
Audiologist
Address
Address
2
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Professional information
Methods And Devices For In Situ Tissue Navigation
US Patent:
2009022, Sep 3, 2009
Filed:
Mar 3, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/396667
Inventors:
Ryszard Lec - Philadelphia PA, US
Mark R. Goodwin - Gilbertsville PA, US
David Greg Anderson - Moorestown NJ, US
Daniel Schwartz - Teaneck NJ, US
Denis Drummond - Gladwyne PA, US
Mark R. Goodwin - Gilbertsville PA, US
David Greg Anderson - Moorestown NJ, US
Daniel Schwartz - Teaneck NJ, US
Denis Drummond - Gladwyne PA, US
International Classification:
A61B 6/00
US Classification:
600478
Abstract:
The “Smart Tool” includes a “Smart Tool Probe” and two processing modules. The Smart Tool Probe is a hand held, wired or wireless, device that a surgeon utilizes for interrogating and identifying a tissue site, such as the entrance to a pedicle. The processing units, an Electro-Optical Control (EOC) Module and a CDS Module, provide control and display capabilities enabling real-time tissue site (such as vertebra bone) interrogation. The Smart Tool Probe utilizes a system of optical fibers that carry the interrogating optical signal sent by the light source(s) and the reflected optical signal back to the optical receivers. The light source(s) and light receivers are located in the EOC Module. The data received from the EOC Module are processed and converted into an image which is displayed on the screen in real-time. The software installed on the machine allows the surgeon to adjust/enhance the image properties to suit the selected requirements. This mode of operation provides interactive image sharpening (to adjust image sharpness), threshold control (to adjust image contrast), segmentation (to delineate the density map in the image), and image calculus (to pin-point the center of a particular region in the image).