Automatic Identification Of Instruments Used With A Surgical Navigation System
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1. A system to determine information related to a selected device used with a surgical navigation system for navigating a procedure relative to an anatomy, the system comprising:
- an information tag operable to receive and transmit selected information;
an information tag reader operable to at least one of read information from, write information to, or combinations thereof relative to the information tag;
a surgical instrument associated with the information tag wherein the information tag includes information specific to the surgical instrument;
a navigation system;
a communication system interconnecting the information tag reader and the navigation system wherein information read from the information tag is transmitted to the navigation system; and
a display operable to display information regarding the surgical instrument based upon the information read by the information tag reader from the information tag.
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Abstract
A system and apparatus taught to determine the identification and selected information relating to surgical instruments near a reader. The information can be stored on a member operable to transmit the information to a reader at a selected time. The information can be used in a navigation system to assist in navigation of the instrument relative to a patient.
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1. A system to determine information related to a selected device used with a surgical navigation system for navigating a procedure relative to an anatomy, the system comprising:
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an information tag operable to receive and transmit selected information; an information tag reader operable to at least one of read information from, write information to, or combinations thereof relative to the information tag; a surgical instrument associated with the information tag wherein the information tag includes information specific to the surgical instrument; a navigation system; a communication system interconnecting the information tag reader and the navigation system wherein information read from the information tag is transmitted to the navigation system; and a display operable to display information regarding the surgical instrument based upon the information read by the information tag reader from the information tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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