Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Targeting an orthopaedic implant landmark
- Patent Title (中): 瞄准矫形外科植入物界标
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Application No.: US12758747Application Date: 2010-04-12
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Publication No.: US09031637B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Nicholas S. Ritchey , Sied Janna , Charles C. Heotis , Hoa Wilhelm
- Applicant: Nicholas S. Ritchey , Sied Janna , Charles C. Heotis , Hoa Wilhelm
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B5/11 ; A61B17/17 ; A61B19/00

Abstract:
A system for targeting landmarks on devices such as surgical implants is disclosed. The system can include a field generator for generating one or more magnetic fields, an orthopaedic implant located within the magnetic fields, the implant having at least one landmark, a removable probe with a first magnetic sensor, a landmark identifier and a processor. The landmark identifier can contain a second sensor, or, alternatively, the field generator. The processor can utilize sensor data and, if desirable, field generator and other information, to generate and display the position and orientation of the sensor(s) in preferably six degrees of freedom, and thereby, to generate and display the position and orientation of the landmark(s). The system allows for blind targeting of one or more landmarks. The landmark identifier, field generator and/or drill motor may be disposed in an autoclavable housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100274121A1 Targeting an orthopaedic implant landmark Public/Granted day:2010-10-28
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