Kurt Stucki Smith
Physician at Sugarloaf Mtn Rd, Boulder, CO

6470207, Oct 22, 2002

Mar 23, 1999

09/274972

David A. Simon - Boulder CO
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO
Kevin T. Foley - Memphis TN

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

A61B 500

600426, 600427, 378207

Digital x-ray images taken before a surgical procedure by a fluoroscopic C-arm imager are displayed by a computer and overlaid with graphical representations of instruments be used in the operating room. The graphical representations are updated in real-time to correspond to movement of the instruments in the operating room. A number of different techniques are described that aid the physician in planning and carrying out the surgical procedure.

6370224, Apr 9, 2002

Jun 12, 2000

09/591512

David A. Simon - Boulder CO
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO

Sofamor Danek Group, Inc. - Memphis TN

G01N 2304

378 62, 378 98

Image processing operations are used to improve images that include visual artifacts generated by calibration markers used in intrinsic calibration of an x-ray image. Artifacts introduced by opaque or semi-transparent calibration markers may be completely or partially removed from the image. More particularly, artifacts caused by opaque calibration markers are removed by changing the pixels corresponding to the projections of the calibration markers to blend in with pixels surrounding the calibration markers. Artifacts may also be generated with semi-transparent calibration markers. These artifacts may be eliminated from the image, while leaving intact the underlying image, by subtracting a constant offset from each marker projection.

6490467, Dec 3, 2002

Jun 26, 1998

09/105067

Richard D. Bucholz - St. Louis MO
Kevin T. Foley - Memphis TN
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO
Daniel Bass - Moss Beach CA
Thomas Wiedenmaier - San Carlos CA
Todd Pope - San Francisco CA
Udo Wiedenmaier - San Mateo CA

Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

A61B 600

600407, 606130, 600434, 600435, 600411, 600427

A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates an image representing the position of one or more body elements during the procedure using scans generated by a scanner prior or during the procedure. The image data set has reference points for each of the body elements, the reference points of a particular body element having a fixed spatial relation to the particular body element. The system includes an apparatus for identifying, during the procedure, the relative position of each of the reference points of each of the body elements to be displayed. The system also includes a processor for modifying the image data set according to the identified relative position of each of the reference points during the procedure, as identified by the identifying apparatus, said processor generating a displaced image data set representing the position of the body elements during the procedure. The system also includes a display utilizing the displaced image data set generated by the processor, illustrating the relative to the system are also disclosed. Also disclosed are devices for use with a surgical navigation system having a sensor array which is in communication with the device to identify its position.

6434415, Aug 13, 2002

Sep 20, 1999

09/398313

Kevin T. Foley - Germantown TN
Richard D. Bucholz - St. Louis MO
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO

St. Louis University - St. Louis MO
Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. - Louisville CO

A61B 600

600425, 600427, 600429, 600437, 606130

A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates a display representing the position of two or more body elements during the procedure based on an image data set generated by a scanner prior to the procedure. The image data set has reference points for each of the body elements, the reference points of a particular body element having a fixed spatial relation to the particular body element. The system includes an apparatus for identifying, during the procedure, the relative position of each of the reference points of each of the body elements to be displayed. The system also includes a processor for modifying the image data set according to the identified relative position of each of the reference points during the procedure, as identified by the identifying apparatus, said processor generating a displaced image data set representing the position of the body elements during the procedure. The system also includes a display utilizing the displaced image data set generated by the processor, illustrating the relative position of the body elements during the procedure. Methods relating to the system are also disclosed.

6236875, May 22, 2001

Jul 23, 1997

8/809404

Richard D. Bucholz - St. Louis MO
Kevin T. Foley - Memphis TN
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO
Daniel Bass - Moss Beach CA
Thomas Wiedenmaier - San Carlos CA
Todd Pope - San Francisco CA
Udo Wiedenmaier - San Mateo CA

Surgical Navigation Technologies - Broomfield CO
St. Louis University - St Louis MO

A61B 505

600407

A system for use during a medical or surgical procedure on a body. The system generates an image representing the position one or more body elements during the procedure using scans generated by a scanner prior or during the procedure. The image data set has reference points for each of the body elements, the reference points of a particular body element having a fixed spatial relation to the particular body element. The system includes an apparatus for identifying, during the procedure, the relative position of each of the reference points of each of the body elements to be displayed. The system also includes a processor for modifying the image data set according to the identified relative position of each of the reference points during the procedure, as identified by the identifying apparatus, said processor generating a displaced image data set representing the position of the body elements during the procedure. The system also includes a display utilizing the displaced image data set generated by the processor, illustrating the relative position of the body elements during the procedure. Methods relating to the system are also disclosed.

2005002, Jan 27, 2005

Apr 20, 2004

10/828545

Kenneth Riff - Orono MN, US
Gregory Linden - Shorewood MN, US
Kurt Smith - Boulder CO, US

G06F017/60, A61B005/00

705002000, 600300000

A system and method for computer enabled network patient management of medical devices used in chronic disease management. Utilizing web site and push alert notification of alert level physiologic data derived via analysis of continuous stream wireless data transmissions from a patient, a full cycle improvement over existing modalities is achieved. Proxy and medical device user integration and access is enabled to achieve further contribution to the technical advantages of the system.

7685005, Mar 23, 2010

Aug 29, 2001

09/943193

Kenneth M. Riff - Orono MN, US
Gregory J. Linden - Shorewood MN, US
Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO, US

Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

A61B 5/00, G06F 19/00

705 3, 705 2, 705 4, 600300, 707100

A system and method for computer enabled network patient management of medical devices used in chronic disease management. Utilizing web site and push alert notification of alert level physiologic data derived via analysis of continuous stream wireless data transmissions from a patient, a full cycle improvement over existing modalities is achieved. Proxy and medical device user integration and access is enabled to achieve further contribution to the technical advantages of the system.

2005024, Oct 27, 2005

Apr 22, 2004

10/830778

Kurt Smith - Boulder CO, US
Corwin Bell - Boulder CO, US

H04N007/16, A61B005/00, G06K009/00, H04H009/00

725010000, 725011000, 382115000, 382116000

The present invention provides methods and apparatuses to enhance wellness. In particular, the present invention provides a processor, a biofeedback sensor, and a wellness enhancing program that may comprise a series of multimedia events. The processor monitors a student's biometric information via the biofeedback sensor and uses the information to influence the wellness enhancing program.

2006008, Apr 20, 2006

Nov 3, 2005

11/265115

Ciaran Bolger - Dublin, IE
Steven Arms - Williston VT, US
Christopher Townsend - Shelburne VT, US
Kurt Smith - Boulder CO, US

A61B 3/14

351209000

An apparatus consistent with the present invention comprises a sensor for receiving a signal representing eye tremor and a processor for monitoring eye tremor while receiving the signal. A method consistent with the present invention includes receiving a signal representing eye tremor, comparing the received signal representing eye tremor to at least one reference value, and classifying a patient's brain stem function using the comparison of the received signal representing eye tremor to at least one reference value. An embodiment consistent with the present invention includes an ocular micro tremor (OMT) sensor and associated signal processing hardware and software for clinical analyses

5970499, Oct 19, 1999

Apr 11, 1997

8/832688

Kurt R. Smith - Boulder CO
Richard D. Bucholz - St. Louis MO
Timothy J. Schaewe - Louisville CO

G06F 1730

707104

An apparatus and method for producing composite data by a server computer involves deforming a template creating a mapping relationship between co-registered data and subject data, filtering the co-registered data, and mapping this filtered co-registered data according to the mapping data. A client computer requests the composite data from the server computer and transmits the subject data to the server computer. The client presents the received composite data to an operator and monitors the operators use of the composite data.