RICHARD D. BUCHOLZ, MD
Medical Practice in Saint Louis, MO

6708184, Mar 16, 2004

May 4, 2001

09/848267

Kurt R. Smith - Eldorado Springs CO
Richard D. Bucholz - Ladue MO
Timothy J. Schaewe - Boulder CO

Medtronic/Surgical Navigation Technologies - Louisville CO

G06F 1730

7071041, 707 7

An apparatus and method for producing composite data by a server computer with a distributed communication controller interface 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 with a distributed communication controller interface 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.

2013015, Jun 13, 2013

Dec 10, 2012

13/709673

Saint Louis University - St. Louis MO, US
Richard D. Bucholz - Ladue MO, US

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY - St. Louis MO

A61N 1/05

607116

A clamp for clamping a brain electrode extending through a burr hole formed in a skull of a patient. The clamp includes a first retainer element having a flange extending around an outer end for engaging an outer table of the skull and a jaw extending across the inner end. The clamp includes a second retainer element shaped complementarily to the first retainer element. The second retainer element has a flange extending around an outer end for engaging the outer table of the skull and a jaw extending across the inner end for cooperating with the jaw of the first retainer to clamp the electrode. The clamp has a cap for maintaining the jaws of the first and second retainer elements in cooperation to clamp the electrode adjacent an inner table of the skull. The cap includes an opening for receiving the electrode to hold the electrode against movement.

2011027, Nov 10, 2011

Jan 26, 2011

13/014473

Richard D. Bucholz - Ladue MO, US

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY - St. Louis MO

A61B 1/32

600206

A surgical distractor for distracting tissue of a patient to access structure underlying the tissue of the patient. The distractor includes a tube having a distal end adapted for insertion in tissue, a proximal end opposite the distal end, an exterior surface adapted for contacting the tissue, and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface defining a hollow interior extending between the distal end and the proximal end for accessing structure underlying the tissue when the distal end is inserted in the tissue. The distractor is adjustable from a reduced configuration, in which the tube has a reduced width sized for inserting the distal end in the tissue, and an expanded configuration, in which the tube has an expanded width greater than the reduced width sized to provide the hollow interior with a size sufficient for accessing the structure underlying the tissue.

2012028, Nov 15, 2012

Apr 16, 2012

13/447919

Richard D. Bucholz - Ladue MO, US

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY - St. Louis MO

G06F 3/033

345157

An input device for use in controlling medical equipment controlled by a mouse. The device includes an elastic finger cot having an interior sized and shaped for selectively receiving and retaining a user's finger. The device has a light emitting diode for emitting a beam of light to illuminate a selected surface and a light sensor for sensing a light reflected from the selected surface to detect movement of the sensor and finger cot relative to the surface and producing a signal corresponding to the detected movement. The device includes a transmitter for receiving the signal from the light sensor corresponding to the detected movement and generating an electromagnetic signal corresponding to the light sensor signal for receipt by the medical equipment. A power supply connected to the diode, the sensor, and the transmitter provides power. The medical equipment views the input device as the mouse controlling the medical equipment.