Implant and instrument morphing

摘要

A method for morphing a surgical object for a surgical navigation system is provided. The method comprises providing a tracking system and a surgical tool detectable by the tracking system. Dimensional data is collected and analyzed on the surgical object by contacting the surgical tool with the surgical object at more than one point while tracking the surgical tool with the tracking system, and the collected and analyzed dimensional data is associated with a reference model from a computer database of the tracking system. The reference model is selected and information for performing the surgery based upon the selected reference model is generated.