Patent ID: 11944390
Assignee: 7D SURGICAL ULC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of aligning an untrackable medical instrument during a medical procedure, the method comprising:
employing a tracking system to detect signals from fiducial markers associated with a trackable medical instrument;
processing the signals to determine an intraoperative orientation and position of the trackable medical instrument;
employing a camera of the tracking system to obtain an intraoperative video feed;
displaying the intraoperative video feed;
during a subsequent phase of the medical procedure involving the untrackable medical instrument, augmenting the intraoperative video feed with a virtual display feature associated with the previously determined intraoperative orientation and position of the trackable medical instrument;
employing the virtual display feature within the augmented intraoperative video feed to align the untrackable medical instrument relative to the previously determined intraoperative orientation and position of the trackable medical instrument;
wherein the untrackable medical instrument is untrackable by the tracking system.