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- Patent Title: System and method for tracking bones
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Application No.: US16556837Application Date: 2019-08-30
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Publication No.: US11684426B2Publication Date: 2023-06-27
- Inventor: Pierre Couture
- Applicant: ORTHOSOFT INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Montreal
- Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
- Current Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montréal
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B34/10 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A system for determining a position and an orientation of a bone of an anatomical feature includes a trackable reference device having a surgical pin at a first position being attachable to the bone. A wearable attachment attached to the trackable reference device is configured to be mounted about the outer-skin surface of the anatomical feature. A distance sensor mounted to the trackable reference device at a second position is operable to determine a distance measurement of the second position of the trackable reference device from the bone. Reference markers are fixedly mounted to the trackable reference device. A position sensing device registers position and orientation readings of the reference markers in a reference coordinate system. A processing unit determines the position and the orientation of the bone in the reference coordinate system using the position and orientation readings and the distance measurement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200069375A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING BONES Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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