COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the system comprising:
- a tracking device for tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed, and for generating tracking data for the object;
a processing device positioned outside the sterile field, for generating position and orientation information related to the object by processing the tracking data received from the tracking device and; and
a displaying device for being located in the sterile field, the displaying device for displaying the position and orientation information received from the processing device to the user during the surgery.
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Abstract
There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the system comprising:
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a tracking device for tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed, and for generating tracking data for the object; a processing device positioned outside the sterile field, for generating position and orientation information related to the object by processing the tracking data received from the tracking device and; and a displaying device for being located in the sterile field, the displaying device for displaying the position and orientation information received from the processing device to the user during the surgery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for assisting a user in manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising:
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tracking the object located in a sterile field at which surgery is being performed to generate tracking data; processing the tracking data from a location remote of the sterile field, to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information from the location remote of the sterile field for display in the sterile field to the user, during the surgery. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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