Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsBenny Hagag, Hyosig Kang, Alon Mozes, Daniel Odermatt, Brian D. Schmitz
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Abstract
A method for registering a virtual model of a bone to the bone includes displaying, on the virtual model of the bone, a plurality of registration points indicating locations on the bone to be touched with a tracked probe, tracking positions of the tracked probe as the tracked probe is moved to the locations on the bone, and registering the virtual model of the bone to the bone based on tracked positions of the tracked probe corresponding to the plurality of registration points.
Claims20
A method for registering a virtual model of a bone to the bone, the method comprising:
- displaying, on the virtual model of the bone, a plurality of registration points indicating locations on the bone to be touched with a tracked probe;
- tracking positions of the tracked probe as the tracked probe is moved to the locations on the bone;
- and
- registering the virtual model of the bone to the bone based on tracked positions of the tracked probe corresponding to the plurality of registration points.
A method for a computer-assisted surgical system, comprising:
- displaying a representation of a bone;
- displaying, on the representation of the bone, a plurality of virtual points representing physical positions to be reached by a tool;
- tracking the tool relative to the bone;
- and
- updating a visual characteristic of the plurality of virtual points as the tool is moved to the physical positions.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a probe;
- and
- a navigation system programmed to:
- display, on a virtual model of a bone, a plurality of registration points indicating locations on the bone to be touched with the probe;
- track positions of the probe as the probe is moved to the locations on the bone;
- and
- register the virtual model of the bone to the bone based on tracked positions of the probe corresponding to the plurality of registration points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.