Inventor

Richard D. Bucholz

Inventor

St. Louis, MO, US

Overview

1995–2016

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 34 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Bprimary

A61BDiagnosis54%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures9%

G06FElectric digital data processing9%

A61NElectrotherapy7%

LOC247%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests7%

G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data4%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes2%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication2%

PatentTitleYear

9,457,180'Electrode clamp'2016 8,872,768'Input device'2014 8,845,655'Instrument guide system'2014 8,721,538'Distractor'2014 8,626,953'System and method of communicating data for a hospital'2014 8,046,053'System and method for modifying images of a body part'2011 7,776,056'Instrument guide system'2010 7,217,276'Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgery'2007 7,139,601'Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames'2006 7,072,704'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'2006 6,978,166'System for use in displaying images of a body part'2005 6,928,490'Networking infrastructure for an operating room'2005 6,862,469'Method for combining proton beam irradiation and magnetic resonance imaging'2005 6,725,078'System combining proton beam irradiation and magnetic resonance imaging'2004 6,708,184'Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data using a device having a distributed communication controller interface'2004 6,678,545'System for determining the position in a scan image corresponding to the position of an imaging probe'2004 6,526,415'Method and apparatus for producing an accessing composite data'2003 6,491,699'Instrument guidance method and system for image guided surgery'2002 6,490,467'Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames'2002 6,463,319'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'2002 6,434,415'System for use in displaying images of a body part'2002 6,374,135'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'2002 6,347,240'System and method for use in displaying images of a body part'2002 6,298,262'Instrument guidance for stereotactic surgery'2001 6,236,875'Surgical navigation systems including reference and localization frames'2001 6,076,008'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'2000 D0422706'Biopsy guide tube'2000 D0420132'Drill guide'2000 5,970,499'Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data'1999 5,891,034'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'1999 5,871,445'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'1999 5,851,183'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'1998 D0387427'Ventriculostomy probe'1997 5,383,454'System for indicating the position of a surgical probe within a head on an image of the head'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995–2014Patents assigned to UNIV ST LOUIS (19)· patent assignee history

1995–2014Based in St. Louis, MO, US· patent location history

2000–2005Patents assigned to SURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH (8)· patent assignee history

2004–2016Based in Ladue, MO, US· patent location history

2010–2014Patents assigned to MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC (2)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Patents assigned to BUCHOLZ RICHARD D (5)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Patents assigned to SMITH KURT R (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
UNIV ST LOUIS	19	1995–2014
SURGICAL NAVIGATION TECH	8	2000–2005
BUCHOLZ RICHARD Dself	5	2011–2014
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION INC	2	2010–2014
SMITH KURT R	2	2011–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
St. Louis, MO, US	30	1995–2014
Ladue, MO, US	4	2004–2016