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

Claim 19:
20. The method according to claim 19 wherein employing the inter-level transforms and the volumetric fiducial points associated with the pre-selected spinal level to obtain volumetric fiducial points associated with the other spinal levels of the plurality of spinal levels comprises:
(x) applying the inter-level transform between the pre-selected spinal level and an adjacent spinal level to the volumetric fiducial points associated with the pre-selected spinal level, thereby obtaining estimated volumetric fiducial locations associated with the adjacent spinal level;
(xi) employing the estimated volumetric fiducial locations to determine volumetric fiducial points residing within the segmented surface defined by the segmented surface data corresponding to the adjacent spinal level; and
(xii) repeating steps (x) and (xi) to determine the volumetric fiducial points associated with the additional spinal levels of the plurality of spinal levels.