Patent ID: 8105339
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for use in performing surgery to prepare an implantation space in at least one bone, said system comprising: a guide having an elongated wall configured to engage the at least one bone for use in preparing the implantation space, said guide defining an elongated passage extending through said guide for use in forming the implantation space; a tool configured to be inserted into said passage in said guide for use in performing the surgery, said tool including a first tracking device attached to said tool for use in identifying a position of said tool relative to at least one of said guide or said at least one bone; and a computer controlled surgical navigation system having a position tracking device configured to track positions of said tool relative to a known reference point, wherein at least one of an orientation or a depth of said tool are determined upon tracking said first tracking device; a second tracking device separately attached to said guide for use in identifying a position of said guide relative to at least one of the at least one bone or said tool; wherein said computer controlled surgical navigation system having the position tracking device is configured to track positions of both said tool and said elongated guide based on said first tracking device and said second tracking device, respectively.