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Method and system for calibrating a surgical tool and adapter therefor

Title: Method and system for calibrating a surgical tool and adapter therefor

Related Patent Categories: Surgery, Instruments

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070173790, Method and system for calibrating a surgical tool and adapter therefor.

1.-20. (canceled)

21. A system for calibrating a surgical tool for use with a surgical navigation system comprising: a memory unit; an adapter that can be attached to a surgical tool having a tool tip and a tool axis; a tracking device attached to the adapter, the tracking device capable of being tracked by the surgical navigation system, wherein the adapter has a known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis; a calibration device capable of determining a position of the tool tip relative to the position of the tracking device and capable of communicating with the surgical navigation system; a first circuit operative to calculate the position of the tool tip; and an orientation of the surgical tool from the known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip, and a second circuit operative to store the position of the tool tip and the orientation of the surgical tool in the memory unit.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the tracking device is attached to the adapter by a docking structure.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the docking structure locks the tracking device into a specified position with respect to the adapter.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the adapter is a body having an interior surface and an exterior surface.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the interior surface defines an opening that has an axis and wherein the interior surface has a shape to engage the surgical tool, wherein the tool axis of the surgical tool inserted within the opening and the axis of the opening are identical.

26. The system of claim 21 wherein the tracking device is an optical tracking device.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the optical tracking device includes infrared LED's.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein the system further includes a database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and the first circuit calculates the orientation of the surgical tool from the database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip.

29-38. (canceled)

39. A system for calibrating a position and an orientation of a surgical tool for use with a surgical navigation system comprising: means for attaching a tracking device capable of communication with the surgical navigation system to the surgical tool using an adapter, the surgical tool having a tool axis and a tool tip, and the adapter having a known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis; means for calculating a position of the tool tip by touching the tool tip to a calibration device capable of communication with the surgical navigation system and capable of determining the position of the tool tip relative to a position of the tracking device; means for calculating orientation data for the surgical tool from the known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip; and means for storing the position of the tool tip for the surgical tool and the orientation data for the surgical tool within memory of the surgical navigation system so that when the surgical tool is used with the surgical navigation system, the position and the orientation of the surgical tool can be tracked by the surgical navigation system.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein the tracking device is attached to the adapter by a means for docking.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein the means for docking locks the tracking device into a specified position with respect to the adapter.

42. The system of claim 39 wherein the adapter is a body having an interior surface and an exterior surface.

43. The system of claim 42 wherein the interior surface defines an opening that has an axis and wherein the interior surface has a shape to engage the surgical tool, wherein the tool axis of the surgical tool inserted within the opening and the axis of the opening are identical.

44. The system of claim 39 wherein the tracking device is an optical tracking device.

45. The system of claim 44 wherein the optical tracking device includes infrared LED's.

46. The system of claim 39 wherein the system further includes a database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and the first circuit calculates the orientation of the surgical tool from the database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip.

47. A system for calibrating a surgical tool for use with a surgical navigation system comprising: a memory unit; means for attaching an adapter to a surgical tool having a tool tip and a tool axis; means for tracking the surgical tool attached to the adapter, the tracking means capable of being tracked by the surgical navigation system, wherein the adapter has a known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis; means for calibrating capable of determining a position of the tool tip relative to the position of the tracking means and capable of communicating with the surgical navigation system; means for calculating the position of the tool tip; and an orientation of the surgical tool from the known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip, and means for storing the position of the tool tip and the orientation of the surgical tool in the memory unit.

48. The system of claim 47 wherein the tracking means is attached to the adapter by a means for docking.

49. The system of claim 48 wherein the docking means locks the tracking device into a specified position with respect to the adapter.

50. The system of claim 49 wherein the adapter is a body having an interior surface and an exterior surface.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein the interior surface defines an opening that has an axis and wherein the interior surface has a shape to engage the surgical tool, wherein the tool axis of the surgical tool inserted within the opening and the axis of the opening are identical.

52. The system of claim 47 wherein the tracking means is an optical tracking device.

53. The system of claim 52 wherein the optical tracking device includes infrared LED's.

54. The system of claim 47 wherein the system further includes a database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and the first circuit calculates the orientation of the surgical tool from the database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip.

55. A system for calibrating a position and an orientation of a surgical tool for use with a surgical navigation system comprising: means for attaching a tracking device capable of communication with the surgical navigation system to the surgical tool using an adapter, the surgical tool having a tool axis and a tool tip, and the adapter having a known relation between the tracking device and the tool axis; means for calculating a position of the tool tip by touching the tool tip to a calibration device capable of communicating with the surgical navigation system and capable of determining the position of the tool tip relative to a position of the tracking device; means for storing the position of tool tip within memory of the surgical navigation system; and means for determining orientation data for the surgical tool from the position of the tool tip and from a database of stored relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip, such that the position of the tool tip intersects an axis of the surgical tool from the database, so that when the surgical tool is used with the surgical navigation system the position and the orientation of the surgical tool can be tracked by the surgical navigation system.

56. The system of claim 55 wherein the tracking device is attached to the adapter by a means for docking.

57. The system of claim 56 wherein the means for docking locks the tracking device into a specified position with respect to the adapter.

58. The system of claim 55 wherein the adapter is a body having an interior surface and an exterior surface.

59. The system of claim 58 wherein the interior surface defines an opening that has an axis and wherein the interior surface has a shape to engage the surgical tool, wherein the tool axis of the surgical tool inserted within the opening and the axis of the opening are identical.

60. The system of claim 55 wherein the tracking device is an optical tracking device.

61. The system of claim 60 wherein the optical tracking device includes infrared LED's.

62. The system of claim 55 wherein the system further includes a database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and the first circuit calculates the orientation of the surgical tool from the database of known relations of the tracking device to the tool axis and from the position of the tool tip.

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