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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Hani Haider, Carter Lake, IA (US);
Osvaldo Andres Barrera, Omaha, NE (US);
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Abstract
A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery. The improvement relates to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Some of the improvement relate to controlling the selection of which data to display during a procedure and/or how the data is displayed to aid the surgeon. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled automatically to improve the efficiency of the procedure. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure.