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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Brian M. Tremblay, Boulder, CO (US);
Bradley A. Jascob, Westminster, CO (US);
Todd Martens, Denver, CO (US);
Brandon D. Larocque, Parker, CO (US);
Mark W. Hunter, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian M. Tremblay, Boulder, CO (US);
Bradley A. Jascob, Westminster, CO (US);
Todd Martens, Denver, CO (US);
Brandon D. Larocque, Parker, CO (US);
Mark W. Hunter, St. Louis, MO (US);
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A surgical navigation system for tracking a procedure relative to a patient is disclosed. The system can track a portion of the patient, an instrument, both, and both or either relative to image data, a coordinate system, an atlas, a morphed atlas, or combinations thereof. The system can include a minimally or non-invasive dynamic reference frame and/or fiducial marker, sensor tipped instruments, and isolator circuits.