US 11,864,937 B2
Imaging systems and methods
Evan Ruff, Atlanta, GA (US); Gregory Kolovich, Savannah, GA (US); Dev Mandavia, Atlanta, GA (US); Dhruv Vishwakarma, Suwanee, GA (US); Igor Zamlinsky, Roswell, GA (US); and Sean Dolan, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to OXOS Medical, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by OXOS Medical, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,897.
Application 17/658,897 is a continuation of application No. 17/480,929, filed on Sep. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,382,582.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,864, filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040643 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/4405 (2013.01) [A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assisting an operator during non-invasive imaging having an imaging sensor located adjacent to an examination area, where the imaging sensor includes a detecting perimeter adjacent to a plurality of position tracking implements that are fixedly positioned relative to the imaging sensor, the method comprising:
positioning an emitting apparatus at a distance from the imaging sensor, the emitting apparatus including a camera system, a position tracking apparatus and an aperture opening configured to pass an energy emission;
orienting the emitting apparatus such that the aperture opening faces towards the examination area;
detecting a position and an orientation of the emitting apparatus using the position tracking apparatus to produce a real-time positioning data of the emitting apparatus relative to the imaging sensor;
generating a first virtual representation of the detecting perimeter and a second virtual representation of the energy emission using the real-time positioning data;
displaying on a display a real-time image of the examination area using the camera system; and
superimposing the first virtual representation of the detecting perimeter and the second virtual representation of the energy emission on the display while displaying the real-time image of the examination area to permit the operator to confirm a location of the detecting perimeter and a location of the energy emission using the display.