Patent Document ID: 9526441
Application ID: 14114940
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus comprising: one or more processing devices and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processing devices, to cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising: receiving signals from a magnetic sensor located at a known position relative to an orthopaedic implant, the orthopaedic implant defining a hole that admits a transfixion element, the hole being defined to admit a transfixion element at two or more targeting locations in the hole; selecting a first targeting location of the two or more targeting locations, wherein selecting the first targeting location comprises: accessing information indicating an amount of bone compression; and selecting, as the first targeting location, a location at which insertion of a transfixion element will cause the amount of bone compression; determining, based on the signals, a position of a landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location; and indicating the position of the landmark identifier relative to the first targeting location.