×

System and method for bone segment navigation

  • US 6,241,735 B1
  • Filed: 08/30/1999
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system for bone segment navigation, comprising:

  • a planning unit, a marker arrangement, a position sensing unit that senses the position of said marker arrangement, an indication and processing unit connected to said position sensing unit and to said planning unit in order to indicate a deviation of a present position of said marker arrangement from a planned marker arrangement position or from a planned marker arrangement displacement path, and a template allocated to a bone segment to be navigated, wherein said marker arrangement is connected to said template, and wherein said template comprises a mating surface that fits close and two dimensionally and in an unambiguously reproducible manner against said bone segment to be navigated.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×