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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
José Luis Moctezuma DE LA Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Markus Jan Boehringer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Amir Sarvestani, Freiburg, DE;
José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Markus Jan Boehringer, Kleinmachnow, DE;
Amir Sarvestani, Freiburg, DE;
Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG., Freiburg, DE;
Abstract
An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical instrument. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation tracker device that can be attached to the adapter. When the adapter is held against a surgical instrument in a non-fixed manner, the effector axis or the effector plane of the instrument can be tracked by the surgical navigation system. The method includes a calibration method to determine the known relation between the effector axis or the effector plane and the location of the navigation tracker.