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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Sharif Razzaque, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Martinie, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Iannitti, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrei State, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brian Heaney, Durham, NC (US);
Allan Siperstein, Cleveland, OH (US);
Kurtis Keller, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Sharif Razzaque, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
John Martinie, Charlotte, NC (US);
David Iannitti, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrei State, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brian Heaney, Durham, NC (US);
Allan Siperstein, Cleveland, OH (US);
Kurtis Keller, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Inneroptic Technology, Inc., Hillsborough, NC (US);
Abstract
Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image guided surgery. The systems herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound wands or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quickly calibratable surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments.