Christopher John Conner

US Patent:

20190175020, Jun 13, 2019

Filed:

Dec 7, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/212938

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Christopher CONNER - Houston TX, US
Thomas A. PIETERS - Houston TX, US
Cihan Mehmet KADIPASAOGLU - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/0476
A61B 6/00
A61B 5/055
A61B 6/03

Abstract:

This invention relates generally to methods for localization and visualization of implanted electrodes and penetrating probes in the brain in 3D space with consideration of functional brain anatomy. Particularly, this invention relates to precise and sophisticated methods of localizing and visualizing implanted electrodes to the cortical surface and/or topological volumes of a patient's brain using 3D modeling, and more particularly to methods of accurately mapping implanted electrodes to the cortical topology and/or associated topological volumes of a patient's brain, such as, for example, by utilizing recursive grid partitioning on a manipulable virtual replicate of a patient's brain. This invention further relates to methods of surgical intervention utilizing accurate cortical surface modeling and/or topological volume modeling of a patient's brain for targeted placement of electrodes and/or utilization thereof for surgical intervention in the placement of catheters or other probes into it.