Six degree of freedom alignment display for medical procedures
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1. A navigation system for guiding a medical device to a target in a patient during a medical procedure, said navigation system comprising:
- a display; and
a workstation operably connected to the display and configured to process information from;
a tracking sensor associated with the medical device and operable to be used to track the medical device, anda tracking device operable to track the medical device with the tracking sensor to update a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided,the workstation, in response to the position of the medial device, configured to provide information for displaying on the display;
a first indicia identifying a first degree of freedom information;
a second indicia identifying a second degree of freedom information;
a third indicia identifying a third degree of freedom information;
a fourth indicia identifying a fourth degree of freedom information; and
a fifth indicia identifying a fifth degree of freedom information;
a sixth indicia identifying a sixth degree of freedom information; and
wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth indicia are illustrated on said display to assist in guiding the medical device to the target, the first, second, and third indicia are X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, with said X axis represented by a horizontal bar, said Y axis represented by a vertical bar crossing said X axis, and said Z axis represented by a separate bar, with a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided represented by an arrow on each of the displayed X axis, Y axis, and Z axis, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth indicia are rotation about the X, Y, and Z axes, respectively.
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Abstract
A display and navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient includes a tracking sensor, a tracking device and display. The tracking sensor is associated with the medical device and is used to track the medical device. The tracking device tracks the medical device with the tracking sensor. The display includes indicia illustrating at least five degree of freedom information and indicia of the medical device in relation to the five degree of freedom information.
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1. A navigation system for guiding a medical device to a target in a patient during a medical procedure, said navigation system comprising:
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a display; and a workstation operably connected to the display and configured to process information from; a tracking sensor associated with the medical device and operable to be used to track the medical device, and a tracking device operable to track the medical device with the tracking sensor to update a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided, the workstation, in response to the position of the medial device, configured to provide information for displaying on the display; a first indicia identifying a first degree of freedom information; a second indicia identifying a second degree of freedom information; a third indicia identifying a third degree of freedom information; a fourth indicia identifying a fourth degree of freedom information; and a fifth indicia identifying a fifth degree of freedom information; a sixth indicia identifying a sixth degree of freedom information; and wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth indicia are illustrated on said display to assist in guiding the medical device to the target, the first, second, and third indicia are X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, with said X axis represented by a horizontal bar, said Y axis represented by a vertical bar crossing said X axis, and said Z axis represented by a separate bar, with a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided represented by an arrow on each of the displayed X axis, Y axis, and Z axis, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth indicia are rotation about the X, Y, and Z axes, respectively. - 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 navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient during a medical procedure, said navigation system comprising:
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a tracking sensor associated with the medical device and operable to be used to track the medical device; a tracking device operable to track the medical device with the tracking sensor to update a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided; and a workstation having a display, the workstation configured to provide information data for displaying on the display indicia illustrating at least five degrees of freedom information and indicia of the position of the medical device in relation to said at least five degrees of freedom information as the medical device is guided; wherein the first, second, and third indicia are X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, with the X axis represented by a horizontal bar, the Y axis represented by a vertical bar crossing the X axis, and the Z axis represented by a separate bar, with the position of the medical device represented by an arrow on each of the displayed X axis, Y axis, and Z axis. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for navigating and displaying a medical device during a medical procedure, said method comprising:
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selecting a target for navigating the medical device to; displaying the target in a coordinate system that includes an X axis represented by a horizontal bar, a Y axis represented by a vertical bar crossing the X axis, and a Z axis represented by a separate bar; tracking the medical device with a navigation system to determine a position of the medical device in the coordinate system; and displaying the medical device in relation to the target with at least five degrees of freedom information by displaying an indicia that indicates the position of the medical device on each of the X axis, Y axis and Z axis as the medical device is navigated. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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