Surgical sensor
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1. A method of determining a position of a plurality of portions of an anatomy, wherein the plurality of portions of the anatomy are naturally a single portion, comprising:
- attaching a first tracking sensor to a first portion of the anatomy including moving a first anchor into a first bone portion of the anatomy, interconnecting the first tracking sensor and the first anchor in a selected orientation, and fixing the first tracking sensor to the first anchor, wherein interconnecting the first tracking sensor and the first anchor in a selected orientation includes connecting the first tracking sensor to the first anchor in substantially only a single orientation determined by a first hollow formed relative to the first anchor;
attaching a second tracking sensor to a second portion of the anatomy including moving a second anchor into a second bone portion of the anatomy; and
moving the first portion of the anatomy relative to the second portion of the anatomy;
wherein a selected position of the first portion and the second portion is determined at least in part with a first position signal produced from the first tracking sensor and a second position signal produced from the second tracking sensor.
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Abstract
An integrated surgical anchor/localization sensor is disclosed. The anchor is adapted to be secured to an anatomical structure and contains a sensor housing. A receiver is located within the sensor housing and is adapted to sense reference signals generated by a surgical guidance system. A transmitter, connected to the receiver, conveys to a processor signals received by the receiver, so that the signals transmitted by the receiver are indicative of a current position of the anchor. Various other structures and methods are also disclosed.
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1. A method of determining a position of a plurality of portions of an anatomy, wherein the plurality of portions of the anatomy are naturally a single portion, comprising:
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attaching a first tracking sensor to a first portion of the anatomy including moving a first anchor into a first bone portion of the anatomy, interconnecting the first tracking sensor and the first anchor in a selected orientation, and fixing the first tracking sensor to the first anchor, wherein interconnecting the first tracking sensor and the first anchor in a selected orientation includes connecting the first tracking sensor to the first anchor in substantially only a single orientation determined by a first hollow formed relative to the first anchor; attaching a second tracking sensor to a second portion of the anatomy including moving a second anchor into a second bone portion of the anatomy; and moving the first portion of the anatomy relative to the second portion of the anatomy; wherein a selected position of the first portion and the second portion is determined at least in part with a first position signal produced from the first tracking sensor and a second position signal produced from the second tracking sensor. - 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 of determining a position of a plurality of portions of an anatomy, wherein the plurality of portions of the anatomy are naturally a single portion, comprising:
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attaching a first tracking sensor to a first portion of the anatomy including moving a first anchor into a first bone portion of the anatomy, interconnecting the first tracking sensor and the first anchor in a selected orientation, and fixing the first tracking sensor to the first anchor; attaching a second tracking sensor to a second portion of the anatomy including moving a second anchor into a second bone portion of the anatomy; moving the first portion of the anatomy relative to the second portion of the anatomy; determining a selected position of the first portion and the second portion of the anatomy at least in part with a first position signal produced from the first tracking sensor and a second position signal produced from the second tracking sensor; registering the obtained image data to the physical space of the patient, wherein registering the image data includes matching a location of a fiducial in the physical space of the patient with an image space of the obtained image data; anchoring at least one of the first tracking sensor, the second tracking sensor, or combinations thereof with the fiducial to the portion of the anatomy, wherein at least one of the first anchor or the second anchor is the fiducial; displaying a movement of at least one of the first bone portion or the second bone portion of the anatomy with the obtained image data based on the registration of the obtained image data to the physical space; and obtaining image data of the patient with an imaging system prior to attaching the first anchor or the second anchor.
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20. A method of detecting and tracking a current position of a tissue of an anatomy, comprising:
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attaching an anchor to the tissue; imaging the anatomy after attaching the anchor to the anatomy to generate images; attaching a tracking sensor to the anchor after the imaging of the anatomy; registering the position of the anchor to the image data including image data of the anchor; wherein a position of the surface of the anatomy is determined with a position signal produced by and conveyed from the tracking sensor; and wherein the tracking sensor is configured so that the position signals correspond to the current position of the tissue; wherein attaching a tracking sensor includes positioning the tracking sensor on an external portion of the anatomy. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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