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Surgical orientation system and method

  • US 20050251026A1
  • Filed: 07/15/2005
  • Published: 11/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for aligning a medical prosthesis with an anatomical feature on a patient'"'"'s body, wherein a first position of the anatomical feature defines a reference position, the system comprising:

  • a surgical instrument adapted to support the medical prosthesis;

    a first measuring device for measuring anatomical positional changes relative to the reference position, the first measuring device being attached to a selected location on the patient near the anatomical feature;

    a communication channel; and

    a second measuring device for measuring surgical instrument positional changes relative to the reference position, the second measuring device being attached to the surgical instrument and operatively coupled to the first measuring device via the communication channel, and configured to receive the anatomical positional changes relative to the reference position via the communication channel, wherein the second measuring device is adapted to generate and display positional changes of the surgical instrument relative to the anatomical feature based on the anatomical positional changes relative to the reference position and the surgical instrument positional changes relative to the anatomical position.

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