Patent ID: 11890205
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A method for evaluating a subject, comprising:
providing a surgical instrument having a shaft configured for insertion relative to a tissue cavity of the subject;
providing a tracking device associated with the surgical instrument;
providing the tracking device to communicate a signal representative of a position of at least a distal end of the shaft relative to the tissue cavity;
displaying an image of the tissue cavity;
displaying a projection extending out from the distal end of the shaft on the displayed image of the tissue cavity;
tracking movement the tracking device;
communicating with a processor the tracked movement of the tracking device to generate data for display of a movement of the projection; and
determining a volume of the tissue cavity based on the communicated tracked movement of the tracking device that generated data for display of the movement of the projection.