NAVIGATION TRACKER FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF
First Claim
1. A surgical tracking system, the system comprising:
- a plate for receiving at least one member for coupling the plate to a generally longitudinal axis of a flat surface of a patient'"'"'s bone;
a post coupled to the plate and operable to extend beyond a surgical site; and
a tracker component for navigation and coupled to the plate or coupled to the post, wherein the post enables the tracker component to be positioned within the surgical site while remaining away from an articular surface resection area of the bone, and the tracker component remains within the surgical site during resection of the bone.
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Abstract
A navigation tracker fixation device system is provided that comprises a plate that is placed at a generally longitudinal axis of a patient'"'"'s bone and having at least one hole and operable to receive a member for coupling the plate to the bone. A post is provided that is coupled to the plate and operable to extend beyond a surgical site. A tracker component may be coupled to the plate, the post or both the plate and the post, and the post enables the tracker component to be positioned within the surgical site while remaining away from an articular surface resection area of the bone. The tracker component remains within the surgical site during resection of the bone. Preferably, the surgical tracking system is provided to verify bone resection or knee kinematics, without a need to remove or replace the tracker component from the surgical site, during the procedure.
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33 Claims
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1. A surgical tracking system, the system comprising:
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a plate for receiving at least one member for coupling the plate to a generally longitudinal axis of a flat surface of a patient'"'"'s bone; a post coupled to the plate and operable to extend beyond a surgical site; and a tracker component for navigation and coupled to the plate or coupled to the post, wherein the post enables the tracker component to be positioned within the surgical site while remaining away from an articular surface resection area of the bone, and the tracker component remains within the surgical site during resection of the bone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for verifying bone resection during a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
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coupling a plate to a generally longitudinal axis of a patient'"'"'s bone; coupling a post to the plate such that the post extends beyond the surgical site; coupling a tracker component for navigation to the plate or to the post; positioning the tracker component within the surgical site while remaining away from an articular surface resection area of the bone as a function of the post; and verifying the bone resection while the tracker component remains within the surgical site during the resection of the bone. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for verifying knee kinematics during a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
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coupling a plate to a generally longitudinal axis of a patient'"'"'s bone; coupling a post to the plate such that the post extends beyond the surgical site; coupling a tracker component for navigation to the plate or to the post; positioning the tracker component within the surgical site while remaining away from an articular surface resection area of the bone as a function of the post; and verifying the knee kinematics while the tracker component remains within the surgical site during the resection of the bone. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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