SURGICAL COMPONENT NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/024672

A3

A navigation and monitoring system to track positions of surgical components during surgery of a patient. The navigation system includes a power source to emit a tracking signal during surgery of the patient, a first sensor mounted to a region of the patient to respond to the emitted tracking signal, and a control unit to track a position of the region relative to a fixed region of the patient as the region moves with respect to the fixed region, based on the response of the first sensor. The system can calibrate and register a movable reference point of the patient relative to a fixed reference point, and can maintain that reference point when the movable reference point moves in space during a surgical process.

CHEUNG ANDREW (US)
CAMPBELL JOSHUA (US)

PCT/US2011/048610

March 20, 2014

August 22, 2011

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MANHATTAN TECHNOLOGIES LLC (US)
CHEUNG ANDREW (US)
CAMPBELL JOSHUA (US)

A61C19/00

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