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US 9,808,321 B2Granted
Dynamic reference frame for surgical navigation system
AssigneeIZI Medical Products
InventorsNelson L. Huldin, Greg Groenke, Holger-Claus Rossner
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Abstract
A device and manufacturing method for a surgical navigation system, comprising a rigid frame member having a top portion, a plurality of mounts each having a top surface, wherein the plurality of mounts are disposed at prescribed locations of the top portion. The top surface of the plurality of mounts are configured to align on a common horizontal plane that extends in parallel with the top portion of the frame member.
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A device comprising:
- a rigid frame member having a top portion;
- a plurality of mounts each having a top surface, wherein the plurality of mounts are disposed at prescribed locations of the top portion;
- wherein the top surface of the plurality of mounts are configured to align on a common horizontal plane that extends in parallel with the top portion of the frame member;
- and wherein indicia for respective functional icons are disposed on the top portion at respective prescribed locations registered to respective image space locations in an image space comprising radiological image data for a patient.
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A method of manufacturing a device comprising:
- connecting a plurality of mounts on a top surface of a frame member,
- wherein each plurality of mounts has a top surface,
- wherein the top surface of the plurality of mounts are configured to align on a common horizontal plane that extends in parallel with the top surface of the frame member;
- mounting one or more tracking marker elements on each mount and aligning a centerline of each tracking marker element with the top surface;
- and
- disposing indicia for respective functional icons at respective prescribed physical locations on the top surface of the frame member, wherein each of the respective prescribed physical locations is registered to a respective image space location corresponding to a respective functional icon disposed on a display unit configured to display patient radiological image data.
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A device comprising:
- a rigid frame member having a top portion;
- and
- a plurality of mounts each having a top surface, wherein the plurality of mounts are disposed at prescribed locations of the top portion,
- wherein the top surface of the plurality of mounts are configured to align on a common horizontal plane that extends in parallel with the top portion of the frame member,
- wherein indicia corresponding to a plurality of functional icons are disposed on the top portion at respective prescribed locations, wherein each functional icon represents an executable function, said indicia registered to respective image space locations in an image space comprising radiological image data for a patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.