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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Andrew N. Csavoy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey M. Waynik, Nederland, CO (US);
Mark S. Freas, Maplegrove, MN (US);
Matthew S. Solar, Indialantic, FL (US);
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Andrew N. Csavoy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey M. Waynik, Nederland, CO (US);
Mark S. Freas, Maplegrove, MN (US);
Matthew S. Solar, Indialantic, FL (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system can be used to navigate or guide an instrument or device into an anatomy of a patient. The navigation can occur with the use of image data acquired of the patient. The image data can be registered to the patient space for navigation. One or more tracking devices can be the associated with the patient and with guiding instruments for tracking guiding devices relative to the patient.