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US 7,734,327 B2Granted
Flexible image guided surgery marker
AssigneeDepuy International Limited
InventorCallum Colquhoun
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Abstract
A bone marker for use in image guided surgery comprises a support having an anchor mechanism for anchoring the support in a bone. The marker includes at least one reference member which can be detected by an image guided system and which is attached to the support. The support has at least one limb which is resiliently deformable.
Claims17
A bone marker for use in image guided surgery, comprising:
- an anchor mechanism configured to be attached to a bone;
- a support having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the anchor mechanism wherein the anchor mechanism comprises at least one fixation member for anchoring the bone marker in the bone, and an adjustable coupling member for releasably coupling the support to the fixation member;
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- at least one reference member attached to the second end of the support, the at least one reference member configured to be detected by an image guided system to identify the location of the at least one reference member relative to the bone, wherein the support comprises at least one resiliently deformable limb configured such that, when the anchor mechanism is attached to the bone, at least a portion of the at least one limb extends away from the bone.
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A bone marker for use in image guided surgery, comprising:
- an anchor mechanism configured to be attached to a bone;
- a support having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the anchor mechanism, and wherein the support comprises a first limb, a second limb and a third limb, and at least one of the first limb, the second limb and the third limb is configured to be resiliently deformable such that, when the anchor mechanism is attached to the bone, at least a portion of the at least the first limb, the second limb and the third limb extends away from the bone;
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- at least one reference member attached to the second end of the support, the at least one reference member configured to be detected by an image guided system to identify the location of the at least one reference member relative to the bone, and wherein the at least one reference member comprises a first reference member attached to the first limb, a second reference member attached to the second limb, and a third reference member attached to the third limb.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.