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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2018
Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Nikolai Mikuszeit, Radolfzell, DE;
Christian Schilling, Thayngen, CH;
Olaf Zerres, Radolfzell, DE;
Georg Brunner, Constance, DE;
Stefan R. Kirsch, Radolfzell, DE;
Westley D. Ashe, Hinesburg, VT (US);
Mark Robert Schneider, Williston, VT (US);
Vladimir F. Kogan, Shelburne, VT (US);
Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.