Patent ID: 11903775
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical instrument assembly comprising:
a processor;
a surgical instrument configured to operate on a bone that includes a medullary canal;
a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument, the display configured to display image data of the bone, the image data generated by an imaging device; and
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions that, upon execution of the processor, cause the processor to determine 1) an axis of the bone, and 2) based on the axis, a representation of a trajectory that defines a point of entry into the bone and meets the medullary canal,
wherein the display is further configured to overlay the representation of the trajectory on the image data of the bone, so as to display the representation of the trajectory.