Guidance of off-axis surgical instruments

Abstract

A guidance system for performing alignment of an off-axis surgical instrument includes a surgical system configured to receive first data indicating a location of a planned tunnel through a surgical site, receive second data indicating a position of the surgical instrument relative to the planned tunnel at the surgical site, and, based on the first data and the second data, cause a display to present a visual representation indicative of a current position of a portion of the surgical instrument relative to the planned tunnel, a first rotational orientation of the aimer tool relative to the planned tunnel, and a second rotational orientation of the aimer tool relative to the planned tunnel.

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