Recording localization device tool positional parameters
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1. A method for recording positional parameters of a tool navigated using a localization device during a procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring at least one positional parameter of a tool with said localization device;
displaying information indicative of said at least one positional parameter of said tool;
determining with the localization device whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure; and
responsive to said tool being stable for the predetermined period of time as determined by the localization device, storing with the localization device said at least one positional parameter of said tool at an instant in time at an end of said predetermined period of time for a period of time extending beyond an end of said procedure.
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Abstract
A localization device display method and apparatus for recording positional parameters associated with a tool being navigated with the localization device. The localization device monitors the position of a tool and automatically records positional parameters associated with the tool when the positional parameters conform to an area of interest and the tool is stable.
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1. A method for recording positional parameters of a tool navigated using a localization device during a procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring at least one positional parameter of a tool with said localization device; displaying information indicative of said at least one positional parameter of said tool; determining with the localization device whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure; and responsive to said tool being stable for the predetermined period of time as determined by the localization device, storing with the localization device said at least one positional parameter of said tool at an instant in time at an end of said predetermined period of time for a period of time extending beyond an end of said procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for recording positional parameters associated with a tool navigated using a localization device, said localization device used to perform an osteotomy procedure on a bone, said method comprising the steps of:
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identifying at least one expected positional parameter associated with the tool; defining a range of interest for said at least one expected positional parameter with the localization device; monitoring the position of the tool with the localization device; calculating with the localization device at least one actual positional parameter associated with the tool based on the monitored position of the tool; displaying information indicative of the position of said tool; determining with the localization device whether said at least one actual positional parameter conforms to the range of interest; determining with the localization device whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure while said at least one actual positional parameter conforms to the range of interest; and responsive to said at least one actual positional parameter conforming to the range of interest as determined by the localization device and said tool being stable for the predetermined period of time while said at least one actual positional parameter conforms to the range of interest as determined by the localization device, storing with the localization device said at least one actual positional parameter at an instant of time at an end of said predetermined period of time for a period of time extending beyond an end of said osteotomy procedure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A localization system comprising:
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sensors for tracking a marker associated with a tool during a procedure; and a computer coupled to said sensors for monitoring the position of said tool, the computer programmed to; calculate at least one positional parameter of said tool based on the monitored position, determine whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure; and store the at least one calculated positional parameter at an instant in time for a period of time extending beyond an end of said osteotomy procedure responsive to said tool being stable for a predetermined period of time, as determined by the computer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product for recording tool positions with a localization device during a procedure, said computer program product comprising:
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computer readable program code embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable program code comprising at least; computer readable program code for monitoring at least one positional parameter of a tool with said localization device during a procedure; computer readable program code for determining with the localization device whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure; and computer readable program code for responsive to said tool being stable for the predetermined period of time as determined by the localization device, storing with the localization device said at least one positional parameter associated with said tool at an instant in time at an end of said predetermined period for a period of time extending beyond an end of said procedure. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A system for recording tool positions with a localization device, said system comprising:
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means for monitoring at least one positional parameter of a tool with said localization device during a procedure; means for determining whether said tool is stable for a predetermined period of time during the procedure; and means for, responsive to said tool being stable for the predetermined period of time as determined by the determining means, storing said positional parameter at an end of said predetermined period of time for a period of time extending beyond a end of said procedure. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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