METHOD FOR TRACKING AFFECTED AREA AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

Title:

METHOD FOR TRACKING AFFECTED AREA AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/162221

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method for tracking an affected area and a surgical instrument in which locations of the affected area and the surgical instrument are macro-traced by tracking sensors and markers, and using a stereo microscope with the macro-traced images of the affected area and the surgical instrument, allowing the locations thereof to be more accurately and precisely micro-traced. The method for tracking an affected area and a surgical instrument comprises: a macro-tracking step for detecting, via tracking sensors, energy generated from a plurality of markers attached to the affected area and the surgical instrument, and tracing the locations thereof by means of a processor; an image input step for filming images of the affected area and the surgical instrument traced via tracking sensors in the macro-tracking step, and inputting images of the affected area and the surgical instrument filmed via the tracking sensors into the stereo display unit of a microscope by means of the processor; and a micro-tracking step for tracing, with the coordinate system of the microscope as a reference, the locations of the affected area and the surgical instrument by means of the images entered into the stereo display unit of the microscope.

Inventors:

KIM MIN-YOUNG (KR)
LEE HYUN-KI (KR)
CHUNG JAE-HEON (KR)
HONG JONG-KYU (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2013/003355

Publication Date:

October 31, 2013

Filing Date:

April 19, 2013

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

KOH YOUNG TECH INC (KR)
KYUNGPOOK NAT UNIV IND ACAD (KR)

International Classes:

A61B19/00; A61B1/04; A61M25/095

Foreign References:

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