Surgical navigation system including patient tracker with removable registration appendage
US7556428B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/3995
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical navigation system includes a CT scanner that takes a plurality of x-ray images of a patient. A patient tracker including locators is attached to the patient, and a registration appendage is removably secured to the patient tracker in a known position and orientation. The registration appendage includes radio-opaque markers arranged in a predetermined geometric pattern. The registration appendage is viewable in a CT scan in situations where the locators of the patient tracker are outside of a field of view of the CT scanner.
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