Position sensing system for orthopedic applications
CA 2499457 C · Owner: Reznick, David · Inventors: Shalgi, Avi; Reznick, David; Pesach, Susel
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A surgical tracking system includes a wireless position sensor which is adapted to be implanted in a bone of a subject and responsively to externally-applied magnetic fields within a working volume of the tracking system to generate and transmit sensor signals indicative of coordinates of the position sensor within the bone. A plurality of field generator coils are adapted to generate the magnetic fields so as to define the working volume. The field generators are fixed in predetermined locations to a reference structure which is movable relative to the subject in order to position the working volume so as to intercept the bone. A system controller is coupled to receive and process the …
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- Filed March 4, 2005 and granted November 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 4, 2025.
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