Patent ID: 11963755
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A tracking system comprising:
an instrument configured to be received within a targeted anatomical structure, the instrument including a tracking array, the instrument being a non-cutting tool;
a cutting tool configured to remove at least a portion of the targeted anatomical tissue;
at least one camera configured to detect a relative position of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure via the tracking array; and
a computer system and a display, the computer system records configured to record the relative position of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure as the instrument is traversed in the targeted anatomical structure after removing the at least portion of the target anatomical tissue, and to illustrate in the display a path of the traversed instrument within the targeted anatomical structure relative to an initial representation of the targeted anatomical structure based on tracking by the camera of the traversed instrument tracking array in the targeted anatomical structure.