Patent ID: 6533737
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgical system to assist in the installation of an implant on at least one anatomical structure, said system comprising:a tool to identify a possible position for the implant on the at least one anatomical structure; a computer including models of each of the at least one anatomical structure and of the implant; a position sensing system connected to said computer; said position sensing system being configured to register said possible position for the implant with respect to at least one position of each of the at least one anatomical structure and to transfer said positions to said computer; and whereby, in operation, said computer simulates constraints for each of said at least one position of each of the at least one anatomical structure; wherein an appropriate position of the implant is one of said at least one position where said simulated constraint lies in a predeterminate acceptable range.