Apparatus and method for improving the accuracy of navigated surgical instrument
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Abstract
A computer assisted surgery system is described for assisting a surgeon in aligning a drill with the interlocking holes of an implanted intramedullary (IM) rod used for fixation of long bone fractures. With the IM rod inserted, a localizing device measures the pose of a tracked adapter attached to the rod'"'"'s exposed end. Approximate AP and lateral fluoroscopic x-ray images are acquired of the end of the rod with the interlocking holes. Image processing algorithms determine the actual position of the rod and calculate an adjustment to the pose of the tracked adapter and IM rod. Using the adjusted pose information, the system displays, in three roughly orthogonal views, a representation of the drill trajectory relative to the images of the IM rod and relative to a graphic representation of the IM rod.
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42 Claims
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14. A computer assisted surgery system for accurately positioning an instrument in a body, said system including:
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a localizing device configured to measure a pose of a surgical device; and
a computer configured to calculate an adjusted pose for said surgical device, said adjusted pose based on information developed from an image of said surgical device, wherein said adjusted pose includes a compensation for an improperly positioned representation of said surgical device in a graphical display of said surgical device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for accurately positioning a surgical device in a body, said method including:
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generating a computer model of said surgical device, said model including a reference point;
measuring a pose of said surgical device;
acquiring at least one image of said surgical device;
calculating a first position of said reference point based on at least said computer model and said pose of said surgical device;
calculating a second position of said reference point based on at least said at least one image; and
calculating an adjusted pose of said surgical device based on at least a difference between said first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for improving the accuracy of a navigated surgical instrument, said method including:
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acquiring an image of a patient anatomy and said instrument;
generating a graphic representation of said instrument; and
adjusting a position of said representation based on an adjustment transformation, said adjustment transformation based on a positional error of said instrument at or near an end of said instrument. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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