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System, device, and method for determining a position of an object

US8082022B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

18Claims

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Assignee

Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Chunwu Wu · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2009
Grant date	Dec 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/3983
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system is disclosed for determining a position and a change in the position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being removably mounted to an outer surface of a patient's body. The substrate includes a sensor that is tracked by the surgical navigation system and a fiber optic device that determines the position of an anatomical structure relative to the sensor. The concatenation of the position of the sensor and the relative position of the anatomical structure allows a global position of the anatomical structure to be determined by a computer system and displayed to the user.

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