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Rainer Birkenbach
Also filed as: BIRKENBACH RAINER
34 granted patents·6 pending applications·3,334 citations·filing 1998–2022
98Inventor score
Files withBRAINLAB AG26BIRKENBACH RAINER8BRAINLAB MED COMPUTERSYST GMBH2DROSTE CLAUDIA1ERBEL STEPHAN1
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40 records- 0197US6947582B1Three-dimensional shape detection by means of camera imagesBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 20, 2005·111 cites·12 claims
- 0297US6178345B1Method for detecting the exact contour of targeted treatment areas, in particular, the external contourBRAINLAB MED COMPUTERSYST GMBH·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 23, 2001·257 cites·6 claims
- 0394US7294106B2Cable-free medical detection and treatment systemBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 13, 2007·259 cites·14 claims
- 0493US6640128B2Method and device for the navigation-assisted dental treatmentBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 28, 2003·374 cites·19 claims
- 0590US6527443B1Process and apparatus for image guided treatment with an integration of X-ray detection and navigation systemBRAINLAB AG·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 4, 2003·496 cites·24 claims
- 0690US6428547B1Detection of the shape of treatment devicesBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 6, 2002·254 cites·8 claims
- 0789US8386077B2Method for assessing the positioning accuracy of a medical robot armBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 26, 2013·21 cites·22 claims
- 0889US6783536B2Magnetic catheter navigationBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 31, 2004·252 cites·14 claims
- 0987US7993353B2Medical tracking system with universal interfaceBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 9, 2011·303 cites·31 claims
- 1087US7862568B2Fixing deviceBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 4, 2011·21 cites·19 claims
- 1186USD761428SReference marker arrayBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 12, 2016·28 cites·1 claims
- 1284US7463823B2Stereoscopic visualization device for patient image data and video imagesBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 9, 2008·41 cites·13 claims
- 1383US8014848B2Visualization of procedural guidelines for a medical procedureBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 6, 2011·31 cites·17 claims
- 1481US6782285B2Cable-free medical detection and treatment systemBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 24, 2004·39 cites·11 claims
- 1581US6424856B1Method for the localization of targeted treatment areas in soft body partsBRAINLAB AG·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 23, 2002·272 cites·13 claims
- 1679US9622832B2Surgical instrument, in particular pointer instrument, comprising tip sensorBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 18, 2017·19 cites·21 claims
- 1779US8160743B2Anthropomorphic medical robot arm with movement restrictionsBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 17, 2012·37 cites·18 claims
- 1879US6223067B1Referencing device including mouthpieceBRAINLAB MED COMPUTERSYST GMBH·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 24, 2001·248 cites·3 claims
- 1977US9542001B2Controlling a surgical navigation systemBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 10, 2017·6 cites·28 claims
- 2075US9392931B2Controlling a surgical microscopeURBAN ALEXANDER·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 19, 2016·11 cites·23 claims
- 2175US7744605B2Medical instrument with a touch-sensitive tipBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 29, 2010·69 cites·11 claims
- 2275US7527387B2Medical marker meansBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·12 cites·24 claims
- 2374US8328793B2Device, system and method for integrating different medically applicable apparatusesBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 11, 2012·67 cites·2 claims
- 2472US9918797B2Patient positioning system with an electromagnetic field generator of an electromagnetic tracking systemBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 20, 2018·6 cites·18 claims
- 2571US7203277B2Visualization device and method for combined patient and object image dataBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 10, 2007·61 cites·20 claims
- 2670US10292775B2Systems and method for determining the shape of a surgical instrument and surgical instruments having a deformable bodyBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2018·Granted May 21, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 2769US8463005B2Stent and method for determining the position of a stentERBEL STEPHAN·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 11, 2013·10 cites·23 claims
- 2862US7213598B2Navigation-calibrating rotationally asymmetrical medical instruments or implantsBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2003·Granted May 8, 2007·27 cites·8 claims
- 2957US9030444B2Controlling and/or operating a medical device by means of a light pointerBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2010·Granted May 12, 2015·1 cites·9 claims
- 3055US2025131611A1Virtual camera sources showing regions of interest of devicesBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3152US11495342B2Planning an external ventricle drainage placementBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 8, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 3252US9818175B2Removing image distortions based on movement of an imaging deviceBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 14, 2017·0 cites·11 claims
- 3352US2025114056A1Determining electrode orientation using optimized imaging parametersBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3451US10064693B2Controlling a surgical navigation systemBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 4, 2018·0 cites·17 claims
- 3549US11992284B2Image based motion control correctionBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2019·Granted May 28, 2024·0 cites·13 claims
- 3649US2009143826A1Fastening system and fastening method for reference arraysBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3743US2015351661A1Navigated induction detectorBRAINLAB AG·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3841US2014235999A1Method for determining the shape of a surgical instrument and surgical instrument having a deformable bodyBIRKENBACH RAINER·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3938US2005020908A1Method and device for navigating an object in a body to an aneurysmFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4031US9501616B2Processing of digital data, in particular medical data by a virtual machineDROSTE CLAUDIA·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 22, 2016·0 cites·15 claims
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