Patent ID: 11950852
Assignee: 7D SURGICAL ULC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. The method according to claim 20 wherein intraoperative fiducial points are generated by:
obtaining input identifying at least three intraoperative fiducial points at a selected spinal level within an intraoperative frame of reference, wherein the selected spinal level in the intraoperative frame of reference is expected to correspond to the pre-selected spinal level in the volumetric frame of reference, and wherein the intraoperative fiducial points at the pre-selected spinal level correspond to the volumetric fiducial points at the pre-selected spinal level; and
employing the inter-level transforms and the intraoperative fiducial points associated with the selected spinal level to obtain intraoperative fiducial points associated with the other spinal levels of the plurality of spinal levels.