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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2021
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Sg, SG;
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Samuel C. Dumpe, Beaver, PA (US);
Branislav Jaramaz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Constantinos Nikou, Monroeville, PA (US);
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED, Singapore, SG;
SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A system for intra-operatively viewing and manipulating computer-aided design (CAD) objects associated with a joint of a patient is disclosed. The system comprises a point probe having a tip and one or more tracking markers, a tracking device having one or more sensors configured to detect a location of the tracking markers, a display screen, and a processor. The processor displays a CAD environment on the display screen including a 3D bone model and one or more 3D objects. The processor receives a selection of one of the CAD objects from the point probe and receives the location of the tracking markers from the tracking device. The processor determines a motion of the tip of the point probe, processes the motion of the tip to generate a vector of motion constrained to a selected movement axis of the reference axes, and repositions the selected CAD object according to the vector.