Title:
コンピュータ支援膝関節形成術の器具類、システム、および方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4754215
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Instrumentation, systems, and processes for tracking anatomy, instrumentation, trial implants, implants, and references, and rendering images and data related to them in connection with surgical operations, for example total knee arthroplasties ("TKA"). These instrumentation, systems, and processes are accomplished by using a computer to intraoperatively obtain images of body parts and to register, navigate, and track surgical instruments. Disclosed in this document are also alignment modules and other structures and processes which allow for coarse and fine alignment of instrumentation and other devices relative to bone for use in connection with the tracking systems of the present invention.
Inventors:
Christopher Patrick Carson
Christa smoothers
Christa smoothers
Application Number:
JP2004531494A
Publication Date:
August 24, 2011
Filing Date:
August 27, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW,INC.
International Classes:
A61B17/56; A61B17/15; A61B17/16; A61B19/00; A61F2/38; A61F2/46; A61B17/00; A61B17/70; A61F2/30
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2000083980A | 2000-03-28 | |||
| JPH10137273A | 1998-05-26 |
Foreign References:
| US4952213A | 1990-08-28 | |||
| DE10031887A1 | 2002-01-17 | |||
| WO2001091647A1 | 2001-12-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro