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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Louis-philippe Amiot, Hampstead, CA;
Eric Szmutny, Philipsburg, CA;
Louis Malette, St-Eustache, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ORTHOSOFT ULC, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/175 (2013.01); A61B 5/1077 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 17/1746 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2562/02 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface digitizing tool has a film of micro-sensor elements, with each micro-sensor element related in a network affected by a shape of the film. The film is flexible to conform to a shape of a selected surface of an object. A processing unit receives signals from the micro-sensor elements of the network. The processing unit has a model generator producing a model of the selected surface of the object from the signals of the network of resistive elements. A positioning frame aligns a position and orientation of a drilling tool with respect to a bone element.