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Automatic Identification Of Instruments Used With A Surgical Navigation System

  • US 20140081128A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2013
  • Published: 03/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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