Patent ID: 7660623

Claim:
A navigation system for guiding a medical device to a target in a patient during a medical procedure, said navigation system comprising: a display; and a workstation operably connected to the display and configured to process information from: a tracking sensor associated with the medical device and operable to be used to track the medical device, and a tracking device operable to track the medical device with the tracking sensor to update a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided, the workstation, in response to the position of the medial device, configured to provide information for displaying on the display: a first indicia identifying a first degree of freedom information; a second indicia identifying a second degree of freedom information; a third indicia identifying a third degree of freedom information; a fourth indicia identifying a fourth degree of freedom information; and a fifth indicia identifying a fifth degree of freedom information; a sixth indicia identifying a sixth degree of freedom information; and wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth indicia are illustrated on said display to assist in guiding the medical device to the target, the first, second, and third indicia are X, Y, and Z axes, respectively, with said X axis represented by a horizontal bar, said Y axis represented by a vertical bar crossing said X axis, and said Z axis represented by a separate bar, with a position of the medical device as the medical device is guided represented by an arrow on each of the displayed X axis, Y axis, and Z axis, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth indicia are rotation about the X, Y, and Z axes, respectively.