Patent ID: 9737235
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical navigation system, comprising: an imaging system operable to acquire image data, including: a first tracking system operable in a first manner, wherein the first manner is an optical tracking configuration defining a first navigation space, including a second tracking system operable in a second manner that is electromagnetic and defining a second navigation space, including a third tracking device operable to be tracked by the first tracking system; a navigation system operable to execute instructions to determine a location of the first tracking device in the second navigation space, the second tracking device in the first navigation space, both the first tracking device and the second tracking device in the first navigation space, and both the first tracking device and the second tracking device in the second navigation space, due to correlation of the first navigation space and the second navigation space; and a single mounting structure operable to be connected to a patient at a selected location; wherein at least the third tracking device is positioned at a known position relative to the imaging system by being fixed to the gantry and the third tracking device is tracked to determine a position of the imaging portion of the imaging system within the first navigation space when the image data is acquired; wherein at least two of the first tracking device, the second tracking device, or the third tracking device are operable to be calibrated and selectively removably connected to the single mounting structure with a connection portion and operable to be connected to the single mounting structure separately while maintaining the single mounting structure connected to the patient.