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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Reddy, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert Teichman, Lafayette, CO (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a subject. A reference device can be associated with the subject. The reference device can be moved while maintaining or allowing registration with an image space.