Patent Document ID: 20080097187
Application ID: 11584422
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system to navigate a surgical plan relative to an anatomy, comprising: an instrument operable to assist in performing the surgical plan; a tracking device operable to be interconnected with the instrument; a tracking system operable to track the tracking device wherein a location of the instrument is operable to be determined at least in part based upon the tracked position of the tracking device; a planning processor operable to: identify an anatomical landmark in image data of the anatomy; determine an anatomical target based upon the identified anatomical landmark; determine a path through the anatomy based upon the image data of the anatomy to reach the anatomical target; and a display operable to display at least one of a planned path, an icon illustrating the position of the instrument, an icon illustrating the entire path of the instrument at an instant in time, the image data of the anatomy, or combinations thereof.