Patent ID: 11963725
Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for tracking position and orientation of a surgical tool during a surgical procedure and providing feedback to a user, the system comprising:
a surgical tool configured to perform at least a portion of the surgical procedure, the surgical tool having distal and proximal ends and comprising at least one tracking device;
a tracking system configured to monitor the at least one tracking device and record position information related to the at least one tracking device during the surgical procedure; and
a processing system operably connected to the tracking system and configured to:
receive the position information for the at least one tracking device affixed to the surgical tool from the tracking system;
determine a location for the distal end and the proximal end of the surgical tool in three-dimensional space based on the received position information for the at least one tracking device to identify the position and orientation of the surgical tool;
compare the identified position and orientation of the surgical tool to optimal position and orientation data to determine a conformance level for the user for the surgical procedure; and
generate a user performance record based on at least a portion of the conformance level.