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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:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Synaptive Medical Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Yanhui Bai, Toronto, CA;
Michael Frank Gunter Wood, Toronto, CA;
Cameron Anthony Piron, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/367 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are various embodiments of a sensored surgical tool, and surgical intraoperative tracking and imaging system incorporating same. In one embodiment, the surgical tool comprises a rigid elongate tool body having a substantially rigid tool tip to be displaced and tracked within the surgical cavity so to reproducibly locate the tool tip within the cavity. The tool further comprises one or more tool tip cameras and/or pressure sensors operatively disposed along the body at or proximal to the tool tip.