Augmented reality medical procedure aid

Abstract

An apparatus for aiding a medical practitioner in performance of a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising: a photosensor that registers light; optics that directs an image of a scene of the medical procedure onto the photosensor and a retina of the practitioner; a light projector; and a controller that controls the light projector to project light to form an augmenting virtual image (AVI) on the photosensor and the retina of the practitioner but not the scene, the AVI comprising a visual representation for use in the medical procedure and a plurality of markers corresponding to selected homologous features in the scene, wherein the controller configures the AVI responsive to the scene imaged on the photosensor and the AVI formed onto the photosensor so that the markers are substantially coincident with the corresponding homologous features.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.