Computer input method using a digitizer as an input device
AssigneeThink Surgical, Inc.
InventorPierre Brisson
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Abstract
A system and method are provided that supplies computer inputs using a tracked pointer as an input device during computer-assisted surgery. The system and method provides input or feedback to a computer-assisted surgical device. The system and method utilizes a tracking system for tracking one or more devices in an operating room. The devices include a tracked pointer to input data into a computing system using the anatomy as a reference for selecting an input. The tracked pointer inputs data into the computing system based on the position of the tracked pointer relative to a selection location defined with respect to the anatomy.
Claims20
A surgical system comprising:
- a tracked pointer;
- a tracking system for tracking positions of the tracked pointer;
- and
- a display for displaying a selectable input and a selection location for positioning the tracked pointer to select the selectable input, wherein the selection location is defined with respect to anatomy.
A method for inputting data into a surgical system, comprising:
- displaying a selectable input and a selection location for positioning a tracked pointer to select the selectable input, wherein the selection location is defined with respect to anatomy;
- determining positions of the tracked pointer relative to the anatomy;
- and
- recording the selectable input when the tracked pointer is positioned at a location on the anatomy that corresponds to the selection location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.