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Flexible tracking article and method of using the same

  • US 8,457,719 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2010
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical navigation system comprising:

  • a tracking device comprising a flexible substrate and multiple tracking points disposed on the flexible substrate at intervals thereon;

    a surgical tracking system that tracks the positions of the tracking points;

    a data link that enables communication from the flexible substrate to the tracking system; and

    a registration routine associated with the tracking system, wherein the registration routine registers the positions of the tracking points to an image of a patient, and wherein the registration routine registers the positions of each tracking point in a model with previously created scan data of the patient by determining if the locations of the tracking points in the model match the scan data of the patient within a predetermined error level.

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