Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Justin Kemp

Andrew Wald

Victor D Snyder

Nikhil Mahendra

Jerald Lamont Redmond

Joseph Moctezuma

Shai Ronen

Craig Drager

Joseph Thomas Cilke

Wei-Shyang Yang

Yvan Paitel

Trent Begin

Brad Jacobsen

Katharine E Darling

Rowena Vigh

Ryan D Datteri

Disclosed is a navigation system. The navigation system may be used to at least assist in a procedure. The system may assist in delineating objects and/or determining physical boundaries of image elements. The system may assist in planning and/or a workflow of the procedure.

System and method for a tracked procedure

Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.

System and method for registration between coordinate systems and navigation of selected members

A tracking system can be used to track a plurality of tracking devices. A representation of at least two instruments may be displayed relative to image data. The representation is customizable to distinguish between the at least two instruments.

Method and apparatus for identification of multiple navigated instruments

A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.

Automatic identification of instruments

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Erie, CO, United States of America

Justin Kemp