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EP4375921 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING PLACEMENT OF A MEDICAL TUBE OR LINE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.03.2025
Database last updated on 21.03.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.10.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
GE Precision Healthcare LLC
3000 N. Grandview Blvd.
Waukesha, WI 53188 / US
[2024/22]
Inventor(s)01 / TEGZES, Pál
1138 Budapest / HU
02 / HERCZEG, Zita
6722 Szeged / HU
03 / YANG, Hongxu
3552AS Utrecht / NL
04 / KISS, Zoltan
1138 Budapest / HU
05 / CZIRIA, Balazs Peter
1138 Budapest / HU
06 / DALAL, Poonam
Wauwatosa, 53226 / US
07 / BAENEN, Alec Joseph
Waukesha, 53188 / US
08 / RAO, Gireesha Chinthamani
Waukesha, 53188 / US
09 / HECKEL, Beth Ann
Waukesha, 53188 / US
10 / GOSWAMI, Pulak
Nashville, 37203 / US
11 / ZHOU, Dennis Wei
Jamesville, 13078 / US
12 / AVINASH, Gopal Biligeri
San Ramon, 94583 / US
13 / FERENCZI, Lehel
1138 Budapest / HU
14 / NYE, Katelyn Rose
Wauwatosa, 53226 / US
 [2024/22]
Representative(s)Fennell, Gareth Charles
Kilburn & Strode LLP
Lacon London
84 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8NL / GB
[2024/22]
Application number, filing date23207102.731.10.2023
[2024/22]
Priority number, dateUS20221799361223.11.2022         Original published format: US202217993612
[2024/22]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4375921
Date:29.05.2024
Language:EN
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Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP22.04.2024
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/00, G06T7/246
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CPC:
G06T7/246 (EP); G06T7/70 (CN); G06T7/0016 (EP);
G06V10/764 (CN); G06V10/82 (CN); G16H30/40 (CN);
G06T2207/10116 (EP); G06T2207/20081 (EP); G06T2207/20084 (EP,CN);
G06T2207/20212 (CN); G06T2207/30021 (EP,CN); G06T2207/30092 (EP) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/22]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR VISUALISIERUNG DER PLATZIERUNG EINES MEDIZINISCHEN SCHLAUCHS ODER EINER LEITUNG[2024/22]
English:SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING PLACEMENT OF A MEDICAL TUBE OR LINE[2024/22]
French:SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE VISUALISATION DE PLACEMENT D'UN TUBE OU D'UNE LIGNE MÉDICAL[2024/22]
Examination procedure31.10.2023Examination requested  [2024/22]
29.11.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.11.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
28.03.2025Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
24.07.2025Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[XY] US2022164996  (BAENEN ALEC JOSEPH et al.) [X] 1,11,12 * abstract; figures 1-13; claims 1,4-10 * * paragraphs [0057] - [0061] * * paragraph [0087] *[Y] 2-10,13-15
 [YA] US2005129298  (WARP RICHARD J et al.) [Y] 2-10,13-15 * abstract; figures 1,3; claim 1 *[A] 1,11,12
 [YA] US2020138382  (CAO NAN et al.) [Y] 2-10,13-15 * abstract; figures 1-3,7; claim 1 *[A] 1,11,12
 [YA]   BAKAR SIDDIQUE ABU ET AL: "Image Stitching for Chest Digital Radiography Using the SIFT and SURF Feature Extraction by RANSAC Algorithm", JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONFERENCE SERIES, vol. 1624, no. 4, 6 November 2020 (2020-11-06), GB, XP093147109, ISSN: 1742-6588, Retrieved from the Internet DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1624/4/042023 [Y] 2-10,13-15 * abstract; figures 1,6 * * sections 2-3 *[A] 1,11,12

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1624/4/042023
 [YA]   YANG FAN ET AL: "Improvement of automated image stitching system for DR X-ray images", COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, NEW YORK, NY, US, vol. 71, 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10), pages 108 - 114, XP029461989, ISSN: 0010-4825, DOI: 10.1016/J.COMPBIOMED.2016.01.026 [Y] 2-10,13-15 * abstract; figures 1,2,8 * * section 2 *[A] 1,11,12

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.01.026
 [YA]   H-J BENDER ET AL: "Reconstruction of 3D Catheter Paths from 2D X-ray Projections", 1 January 2006, MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING AND COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVENTION - MICCAI '99 : SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, CAMBRIDGE, UK, SEPTEMBER 19 - 22, 1999; [LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ; 1679], SPRINGER, BERLIN [U.A.], PAGE(S) 981 - 989, ISBN: 978-3-540-66503-8, XP019036125 [Y] 2-10,13-15 * abstract; figures 1,4-5 * * section 3 *[A] 1,11,12
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