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Mirroring in image guided surgery

US12076196B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateDec 29, 2023
Grant dateSep 3, 2024
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30204
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging system, including a head-mounted display worn by a system operator. A marker defines a plane when attached to a human subject. Optically reflective elements are disposed on the marker and on opposing sides of the plane in a non-symmetrical arrangement with respect to the plane. A memory stores a graphical representation of a tool used in a procedure performed on the human subject, and an image of anatomy of the human subject. A camera attached to the display acquires an image of the marker and the tool. A processor analyzes the image to identify the plane and to identify a side of the plane wherein the camera is located, and to render to the display the image of the anatomy of the human subject with the graphical representation of the tool superimposed thereon from a point of view in the identified side of the plane.

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