Method and apparatus for perspective inversion
US9757087B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2031 |
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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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