Method and apparatus for perspective inversion
US7630753B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/364
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at least two different perspectives and to overlay the representation of the surgical instrument onto an image data of the patient. The image data and the representations can be displayed on a display.
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