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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.:

US 10925676 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2017

Method, system and apparatus for controlling a surgical navigation system

Applicant:

Synaptive Medical Inc., Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Cameron Anthony Piron, Toronto, CA;

Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Toronto, CA;

Gal Sela, Toronto, CA;

Joshua Lee Richmond, Toronto, CA;

Murugathas Yuwaraj, Toronto, CA;

Stephen B. E. McFadyen, Toronto, CA;

Kelly Noel Dyer, Toronto, CA;

Monroe M. Thomas, Toronto, CA;

Wes Hodges, Toronto, CA;

Simon Alexander, Toronto, CA;

David Gallop, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC., Toronto, CA;

Attorney:

Perry + Currier

Primary Examiner:

Joel Lamprecht

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00207 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2046 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2090/103 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for controlling a surgical navigation system are provided. The method 1 comprises receiving image data at a processor from a tracking system; receiving, at a processor, an identifier of a surgical instrument within a field of view of the tracking system; generating, at the processor, output data based on the identifier of the surgical instrument; and transmitting the output data to at least one output device connected to the processor, for controlling the output device.

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