USE OF MICRO AND MINIATURE POSITION SENSING DEVICES FOR USE IN TKA AND THA
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Abstract
A system for assisting in a surgical process, comprising: (a) a surgical device taken from a group consisting of a surgical tool and a surgical implant; (b) a positional sensor carried by the surgical device, the positional sensor including a wireless transmitter and associated circuitry for transmitting sensor data from the transmitter; and (c) a computer system including a wireless receiver and signal conditioning circuitry and hardware for converting sensor data received by the wireless receiver into at least one of (i) audio feedback of positional information for the surgical device and (ii) visual feedback of positional information for the surgical device.
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130 Claims
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1-91. -91. (canceled)
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92. A surgical telemetry system comprising:
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a gyroscope coupled to a portion of an extremity of a patient and generating motion signals in at least two degrees of freedom; a processing system operatively coupled to the gyroscope to acquire motion data derived from the motion signals and generate a feedback output; and a feedback device operably coupled to the processing system to receive and present the feedback output to a user, the feedback output representing one of a position and an orientation of the portion of the extremity based on the motion data with respect to a reference. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. A surgical telemetry system for repairing a joint of a patient including a first joint surface adjacent a second joint surface, the system comprising:
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a gyroscope coupled to a portion of an extremity of a patient including the first joint surface, the gyroscope generating motion signals in at least two degrees of freedom; a processing system operatively coupled to the gyroscope to acquire motion data derived from the motion signals and generate a feedback output; and a feedback device operably coupled to the processing system to receive and present the feedback output to a user, the feedback output representing one of a range of movement and an angle of dislocation of the portion of the extremity based on the motion data with respect to a reference. - View Dependent Claims (109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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120. A method of generating telemetry data in a surgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating motion signals with a gyroscope coupled to an object; acquiring motion data based on the motion signals, the motion data including at least one of an object position and an object orientation; acquiring reference data from a reference sensor coupled in a predetermined relation to a patient, the reference data including at least one of a reference position and a reference orientation; generating a feedback output based on the motion data and the reference data, the feedback output representing a spatial relationship derived from the object data and the reference data; and presenting the feedback output to a user in substantially real-time. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130)
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