Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alignment precision
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Application No.: US17499325Application Date: 2021-10-12
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Publication No.: US11690682B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Zachary Christopher Wilkinson , Ryan Lloyd Landon , Brian William McKinnon
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16298722 2019.03.11
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B17/15 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B34/10

Abstract:
Alignment precision technology, in which a system accesses image data of a bone to which a reference marker array is fixed. The system generates a three-dimensional representation of the bone and the reference markers, defines a coordinate system for the three-dimensional representation, and determines locations of the reference markers relative to the coordinate system. The system accesses intra-operative image data that includes the bone and a mobile marker array that is attached to an instrument used in a surgical procedure. The system co-registers the intra-operative image data with the three-dimensional representation by matching the reference markers included in the intra-operative image data to the locations of the reference markers. The system determines locations of the mobile markers in the co-registered image and determines a three-dimensional spatial position and orientation of the instrument relative to the bone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220022966A1 ALIGNMENT PRECISION Public/Granted day:2022-01-27
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