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Andrew Bzostek
Also filed as: BZOSTEK ANDREW · BZOSTEK ANDREW M
52 granted patents·12 pending applications·3,515 citations·filing 2003–2025
99Inventor score
Files withMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC31MEDTRONIC XOMED INC7HARTMANN STEVEN L6KALPIN SCOTT L4KENDRICK LANCE2
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64 records- 0197US9226689B2Flexible circuit sheetMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·271 cites·41 claims
- 0297US8644907B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 4, 2014·539 cites·26 claims
- 0397US7697972B2Navigation system for cardiac therapiesMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 13, 2010·723 cites·60 claims
- 0496US8717430B2System and method for radio-frequency imaging, registration, and localizationSIMON DAVID A·Filed 2010·Granted May 6, 2014·274 cites·30 claims
- 0596US8401616B2Navigation system for cardiac therapiesVERARD LAURENT·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·264 cites·31 claims
- 0696US8046052B2Navigation system for cardiac therapiesMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 25, 2011·195 cites·22 claims
- 0796US7835557B2System and method for detecting status of imaging deviceMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 16, 2010·253 cites·30 claims
- 0895US10191615B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 29, 2019·49 cites·23 claims
- 0994US8175681B2Combination of electromagnetic and electropotential localizationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2008·Granted May 8, 2012·116 cites·29 claims
- 1093US9504530B2Method and apparatus for surgical navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·63 cites·22 claims
- 1193US8170313B2System and method for detecting status of imaging deviceKENDRICK LANCE·Filed 2010·Granted May 1, 2012·248 cites·21 claims
- 1292US11672602B2Port placement guide based on insufflated patient torso model and normalized surgical targetsVERB SURGICAL INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 13, 2023·16 cites·20 claims
- 1392US9226688B2Flexible circuit assembliesMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·53 cites·26 claims
- 1492US9138204B2Method and apparatus for calibrating and re-aligning an ultrasound image plane to a navigation trackerKOENIG MATTHEW W·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 22, 2015·46 cites·15 claims
- 1590US8504139B2Navigating a surgical instrumentJACOBSEN BRAD·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 6, 2013·79 cites·30 claims
- 1690US8494613B2Combination localization systemMARKOWITZ H TOBY·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 23, 2013·48 cites·23 claims
- 1789US8494614B2Combination localization systemMARKOWITZ H TOBY·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 23, 2013·45 cites·39 claims
- 1888US8483802B2Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable deviceKALPIN SCOTT L·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 9, 2013·23 cites·44 claims
- 1987US12268453B2Navigation system and methodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 8, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 2087US11439317B2Position determination system and methodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 13, 2022·5 cites·21 claims
- 2186US9232985B2Navigating a surgical instrumentMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 12, 2016·20 cites·22 claims
- 2286US2025057439A1Position Determination System And MethodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2385US10838577B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 17, 2020·4 cites·13 claims
- 2485US9220573B2System and method for tracking positions of uniform marker geometriesKENDRICK LANCE·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2015·59 cites·35 claims
- 2585US8475407B2Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable deviceKALPIN SCOTT L·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 2, 2013·17 cites·26 claims
- 2683US10765483B2Navigation system and methodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 8, 2020·3 cites·32 claims
- 2783US9226800B2Navigated malleable surgical instrumentBURG BRUCE M·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 5, 2016·20 cites·35 claims
- 2882US12268454B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 8, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 2982US10617374B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 14, 2020·5 cites·43 claims
- 3082US8731641B2Combination of electromagnetic and electropotential localizationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·12 cites·22 claims
- 3181US10722320B2Thermo-electric generatorMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 28, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 3281US9974501B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2011·Granted May 22, 2018·14 cites·27 claims
- 3380US9717442B2Method and system for navigating an instrumentMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 1, 2017·9 cites·34 claims
- 3480US2024180630A1Method and Apparatus for Image-Based NavigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3579US12133723B2Position determination system and methodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 5, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3679US2024315784A1System and method for determining a configuration of an expandable portionMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3777US12004822B2System and method for determining a configuration of an expandable portionMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3877US9113812B2Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable deviceMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 25, 2015·7 cites·19 claims
- 3975US2023022885A1Method And Apparatus For Image-Based NavigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4074US9854991B2Integrated navigation arrayMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 2, 2018·6 cites·36 claims
- 4174US9339601B2Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable deviceKALPIN SCOTT L·Filed 2011·Granted May 17, 2016·7 cites·29 claims
- 4274US9216257B2Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable deviceKALPIN SCOTT L·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 22, 2015·7 cites·47 claims
- 4373US2023081692A1Flexible circuit sheetMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4472US10492868B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationHARTMANN STEVEN L·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 3, 2019·4 cites·25 claims
- 4571US2022287586A1Navigation Field Distortion DetectionMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4670US11779399B2Method and apparatus for image-based navigationMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·14 claims
- 4770US11660146B2Navigation system and methodMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 30, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4870US10568699B2Navigating a surgical instrumentMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 25, 2020·1 cites·13 claims
- 4965US2020188037A1Navigating A Surgical InstrumentMEDTRONIC XOMED INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 5064US11684451B2Thermo-electric generatorMEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 27, 2023·0 cites·12 claims
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