Patent ID: 8162955

Claim:
A device for registering a patient's hip while the patient is in a lateral position, comprising: a support; a plurality of positioning elements mounted to the support for movement relative to an immediately adjacent portion of the support, said plurality of positioning elements configured for placement on characteristic points of the hip; at least one adjusting element operatively coupled to at least two positioning elements of the plurality of positioning elements, wherein movement of the at least one adjusting element effects a corresponding movement of the at least two positioning elements relative to the immediately adjacent portion of the support; and markers operatively connected to respective ones of the positioning elements, said markers being trackable by a navigation system, wherein movement of the at least two positioning elements relative to the immediately adjacent portion of the support effects a corresponding movement of the respective markers, whereby when the positioning elements have been placed on characteristic points of the hip, data for registering the hip can be ascertained from the position of the markers.