Surgical navigation planning system and method for placement of percutaneous instrumentation and implants
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRonald A. von Jako
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Abstract
A system and method for placement of at least one implant comprising an imaging system configured for taking at least one image of a patient; a navigation system configured for tracking position and orientation of at least one implant; a computer configured to measure and calculate the position and orientation of the at least one implant; and a display configured to display the at least one image of the patient and superimpose a graphical representation of the at least one implant with position and orientation information of the at least one implant on the at least one image of the patient.
Claims22
A method for placement of an implant, said method comprising:
- measuring a position of at least two implants;
- calculating a distance between the position of the at least two implants;
- and
- displaying the distance to a user.
A system for placement of at least one implant, said system comprising:
- an imaging system configured for taking at least one image of a patient;
- a navigation system configured for tracking position and orientation of at least one implant;
- a computer configured to measure and calculate the position and orientation of the at least one implant;
- and
- a display configured to display the at least one image of the patient and superimpose a graphical representation of the at least one implant with position and orientation information of the at least one implant on the at least one image of the patient.
A computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for execution on a computer, said set of instructions comprising:
- a tracking routine for measuring the position and orientation of at least one implant;
- a measurement routine for measuring differences between the position and orientation of the at least one implant;
- a calculation routine for calculating curves and trajectories for implant placement;
- and
- a display routine for displaying an image of a patient and superimposing on the image a graphical representation of the at least one implant with position and orientation information, and curve and trajectory information.
A method for implant placement and measurement, said method comprising:
- measuring the positions (x, y, z) of at least two implants;
- and
- calculating a distance between the two positions of the at least two implants.
A method for implant placement and measurement, said method comprising:
- measuring the positions (x, y, z) of three or more implants;
- and
- calculating a best fit curve between the three or more positions of the three or more implants.
A method for implant placement and measurement, said method comprising:
- measuring the positions (x, y, z) of at least two implants;
- measuring the orientations (roll, pitch yaw) of the at least two implants;
- and
- calculating a best fit curve between the at least two positions of the at least two implants and the at least two orientations of the at least two implants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.