SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS COMPRISED

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
FUSION	Medtronic Xomed, Inc.	6743 SOUTHPOINT DRIVE NORTH Jacksonville FL 32216	surgical navigation systems comprised of high resolution graphic computers, integrated operating software, sensors and tracking arrays, for use in initially locating and then tracking the position of a patient and of instruments during image guided surgery;
WAVE	MAKO Surgical Corporation	2555 Davie Road Fort Lauderdale FL 33317	Surgical navigation systems comprised of computer hardware, software, cameras, and tracking arrays that integrate with robotic arm technology to provide better anatomic tracking, improve surgical accuracy, and reduce operating room line of sight issues for surgical procedures;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A method for easily calibrating both the position of the tip of a surgical tool and the orientation of that tool includes attaching a tracking device capable of communication with the surgical navigation system to the surgical tool using an adapter, where the adapter has a known relation between the tracking device and the axis of the surgical tool. The method then performs a calibration process to calculate the position of the tip of the surgical tool and the position of the tracking device and orientation data for the surgical tool from the known relation between the tracking device and the axis of the surgical tool and from the tool tip position. Lastly, the method stores the position of the tool tip for the surgical tool and the orientation data within memory of the surgical navigation system so the position and the orientation of the surgical tool can be tracked by the surgical navigation system.