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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Intellijoint Surgical Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Richard Tyler Fanson, Stoney Creek, CA;
Eric Ryterski, Louisville, CO (US);
Armen Garo Bakirtzian, Kitchener, CA;
Andre Novomir Hladio, Hamilton, CA;
INTELLIJOINT SURGlCAL INC., Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for use in electronic guidance systems for surgical navigation. A sensor is provided with an optical sensor and an inclinometer (e.g. accelerometer or other inclination measuring sensor) and communicates measurements of patient inclination to an inter-operative computing unit. The computing unit is configured to determine patient movement (e.g. relative to an initial patient position) and provide inclination measurements graphically via a GUI to represent patient movement during a procedure. The graphic may be selectively displayed. In one example, a bubble level graphic is displayed to indicate patient movement. A direction of the bubble level may utilize a registration coordinate frame of the patient and the current inclination expressed with respect to the anatomical directions of the patient.