Patent ID: 9248000
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A system for visualizing an interior of a body from an exterior position, comprising: a navigation system having a monitor and a camera, wherein the camera is rigidly fixed to the monitor and serves as a global reference system, wherein the monitor is movably positionable between an operator and the body; an optical reference unit adapted to be attached to the body for tracking movements of the body; an electronic processing device in communication with the navigation system; and an image data set comprising features of the interior of the body, the image data set being accessible to the processing device; wherein the processing device receives an optical image of an exterior surface of the body obtained with the camera, registers the image data set with respect to the global reference system of the camera by matching a spatial position of the optical reference unit in the image data set with a spatial position of the optical reference unit in the optical image without tracking either the monitor, or the camera, and causes the monitor to display the image data set superimposed and in registration with the optical image in a position and orientation that represents an angle of viewing and an aperture angle of the camera relative to the body.