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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Jose Luis Moctezuma DE LA Barrere, Freiburg, DE;
David E. Hershberger, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Markus Bohringer, Ehrenkirchen, DE;
Peter Forst, Emmendingen, DE;
Ulrich Buehner, Freiburg, DE;
Martin Stangenberg, Gundelfingen, DE;
Jerry A. Culp, Kalzamazoo, MI (US);
Klaus Welte, Seelbach, DE;
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrere, Freiburg, DE;
David E. Hershberger, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Markus Bohringer, Ehrenkirchen, DE;
Peter Forst, Emmendingen, DE;
Ulrich Buehner, Freiburg, DE;
Martin Stangenberg, Gundelfingen, DE;
Jerry A. Culp, Kalzamazoo, MI (US);
Klaus Welte, Seelbach, DE;
Howmedica Leibinger Inc., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgery system comprising at least one smart instrument, a computer system, and a sensor system adapted to wirelessly sense the position of the at least one smart instrument and to transmit position information to the computer system, wherein the sensor system includes a sensor array and the sensor array includes at least three linear CCD cameras and at least one infrared transceiver.