Virtual mouse for use in surgical navigation
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1. A method of performing a surgery, comprising:
- operating a surgical navigation system having a tracking system, computer and monitor placed outside of a sterile field;
placing a pad having a pad array within the sterile field;
placing a probe having a probe array within the sterile field;
acquiring the pad array and the probe array with the tracking system;
activating a virtual mouse by moving the probe near the pad; and
making a mouse input to the computer with the virtual mouse.
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Abstract
A surgical navigation system including a computer, a tracking system, and patient anatomical information. The surgical navigation system includes a structure based control system to enable a surgeon to reduce surgery time and costs. A virtual mouse or its functional equivalent is provided to enable a surgeon to access various features of the software based control system.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of performing a surgery, comprising:
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operating a surgical navigation system having a tracking system, computer and monitor placed outside of a sterile field;
placing a pad having a pad array within the sterile field;
placing a probe having a probe array within the sterile field;
acquiring the pad array and the probe array with the tracking system;
activating a virtual mouse by moving the probe near the pad; and
making a mouse input to the computer with the virtual mouse. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A surgical navigation system, comprising:
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a computer having surgical navigation utilities software;
a tracking system coupled to the computer for recognizing and tracking movement of arrays within a measurement field;
a monitor coupled to the computer;
a virtual mouse input device, including, a pad having a pad array, the pad array being trackable by the tracking system and recognizable by the computer as associated with the pad; and
a probe having a probe array, the probe array being trackable by the tracking system and recognizable by the computer as associated with the probe;
wherein movement of the probe relative to the pad causes a mouse input to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A virtual mouse input device for a surgical navigation system, comprising:
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a touch pad adapted for use in a sterile field;
a pad array attached to the touch pad, the pad array being trackable by a surgical navigation system and recognizable by the surgical navigation system as a touch pad; and
a probe suitable for use in a sterile field;
a probe array attached to the probe, the probe array being trackable by the surgical navigation system in relation to the pad array;
wherein movement of the probe array corresponds to movement of a marker on a monitor coupled to the surgical navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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