Patents & Publications of Richard S. LaBarca

Approved Patents

Stewart O. Allen Carlos F. Reverte Scott F. Cosby Richard S. Labarca, "Methods and Apparatus for Widget Sharing Between Content Aggregation Points," Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.
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Provisional Patents

Richard S. LaBarca, Ruby Pan, Jason R. McDowall, Albert O. Drouart, Matthew S. Bosworth, Robert Clewley, "System, Method, Terminal Device and Server for Playing a Game," Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus LLP. PCT International Patent Application No. PCT/US2005/036874
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Publications

Structural Biology Research Software

J.M. Skinner, R.S. LaBarca, R.M. Sweet. "A User-Extensible Graphical User Interface for Control of Either Instrument-Control Program, ACE or SPEC," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research.A 383 (1996) 627-630. 1996
J.M. Skinner, R.S. LaBarca, R.M. Sweet. "TCL/Tk in the Development of User-Extensible Graphical User Interfaces," USENIX TCL/Tk Conference Proceedings. 1996
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Mobile Robotics

Carnegie Mellon Univ. Robotics Club. "Sidewinder II," Society of Automotive Engineers Walking Machine Decathlon white paper. 1996
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R.S. LaBarca, G.F. Brisson, P. Sand, J.W. Hurst, C.F. Reverte, M. Ungerer. "Jim: An Intelligent Continuous-Motion Frame-Walking Robot," Society of Automotive Engineers Walking Machine Decathlon white paper. 1998
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R.S. LaBarca. "Towards Robotic Bipedal Walking: An Experimental System for Designing Control Software for Dynamically Stable Robots," Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science Undergraduate Research Thesis. 1998
Referenced in Sony Corp.'s Bipedal Abulation Control Patent
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Medical Robotics / Computer-Assisted Surgery

A. DiGioia, B. Jaramaz, M. Blackwell, D. Simon, F. Morgan, J. Moody, C. Nikou, B. Colgan, C. Aston, R. LaBarca, E. Kischell, and T. Kanade: "An Image Guided Navigation System for Accurate Alignment in Total Hip Replacement Surgery". tech. report CMU-RI-TR-98-18, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.
Jaramaz B, Nikou C, Levison T, DiGioia A, LaBarca R: "CupAlign:ÊComputer-Assisted Postoperative Radiographic Measurement of Acetabular Components Following Total Hip Arthroplasty," Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1679: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p876-882.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE, Colgan B: "Surgical Navigation for Total Hip Replacement with the Use of HipNav," Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp.3-8, January 2000.
Digioia AM, Jaramaz B, Colgan B, Moody JE, Nikou C, LaBarca R: "Image Guided Surgical Navigation for Total Hip Replacement," 4th International Symposium on Computer Assisted Surgery, Davos, Switzerland, March 17-19 1999.
Digioia AM, Jaramaz B, Blackwell M, Simon D, Morgan F, Moody J, Nikou C, Colgan B, Aston C, LaBarca R, Kischell E, Kanade T: "Using HipNav as a Measurement Tool: Inherent Inaccuracies of Current Mechanical Guides," Third Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS/USA '99), Pittsburgh, PA, June 1999.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE, Colgan B: "Image Guided and Surgical Navigation for Hip Reconstruction," VIIth Annual Symposium Critical Issues in Surgery: Image Guided Surgery, Computer Assisted Surgery, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, December 9-11, 1999.
DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "Mechanical Acetabular Alignment Guides: Inherent Inaccuracy," The Millennium Symposium on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/Davos), Davos, Switzerland, February 17-19, 2000.
LaBarca RS, Jaramaz B, DiGioia AM, Nikou C, Cassenti L: "Development of Femoral Guidance and Intraoperative Range of Motion Simulation for the HipNav System," The Millennium Symposium on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/Davos), Davos, Switzerland, February 17-19, 2000.
Jaramaz B, DiGioia A: "Computer Assisted ACL Reconstruction Surgery: Assessment of Two Techniques of Graft Position in ACL Reconstruction," Fourth Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopadic Surgery, (CAOS/USA 2000), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2000.
Jaramaz B, LaBarca R, DiGioia A, Moody JE, Picard F, Nikou C: "HipNav Femur - Development of a Complete THR Application," Fourth Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/USA 2000), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2000.
Nikou C, LaBarca R, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Picard F, DiGioia A: "Hybrid Reality Visualization Devices," Fourth Annual North American Program on Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, (CAOS/USA 2000), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2000.
DiGioia AM, Moody JE, LaBarca RS, Nikou C, Jaramaz B: "Clinical Measurements of Acetabular Component Orientation Using Surgical Navigation Technologies," The 13th Annual Symposium of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Berlin, Germany, September 20 - 23, 2000.
Picard F, DiGioia A, Sell D, Moody J, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "Computer-Assisted TKR Navigation: Introperative Measurements of Alignment and Soft Tissue Balancing," The 13th Annual Symposium of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Berlin, Germany, September 20 - 23, 2000.
Picard F, Moody JR, Jaramaz B, Digioia A, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "A Classification Proposal for Computer-Assisted Knee Systems," Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1935: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p1145-1151.
Picard F, Moody J, Martinek V, Fu F, Rytel M, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Jaramaz B, DiGioia A: "A Computer-Assisted ACL Reconstruction System Assessment of Two Techniques of Graft Positioning in ACL Reconstruction," Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 1935: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention p1136-1144.
DiGioia A, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca R: "Unreliability of Mechanical Acetabular Alignment Guides and Ways to Improve Alignment," Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society, Fall Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-11, 2000.
Amin DV, Kanade T, Jaramaz B, DiGioia A, Nikou C, LaBarca RS, Moody JE: "Calibration Method for Determining the Physical Location of the Ultrasound Image Plane," Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 220: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, p940-947.
DiGioia AM, Jaramaz B, Moody JE, Levison TJ, LaBarca RS, Nikou C: "Mini Incision THR Assisted with Surgical Navigation," 1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
DiGioia AM, Moody JE, LaBarca RS, Nikou C, Jaramaz B: "Clinical Measurements of Acetabular Component Orientation Using Surgical Navigation Technologies," 1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
Picard F, Moody JE, DiGioia AM, Martinek V, Fu F, Rytel M, Jaramaz B, LaBarca R, Nikou C: "KneeNav-ACL Computer Assisted Measurement Reliability," 1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.
Amin DV, Kanade T, DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, Nikou C, LaBarca RS: "Ultrasound Based Registration of the Pelvic Bone Surface for Surgical Navigation," 1st Annual Meeting, International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International), Davos, Switzerland, February 7-10, 2001.