FÜHRUNG UND SYSTEM FÜR BILDGESTEUERTE CHIRURGIE DER WIRBELSÄULE
摘要
A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.
申请公布号
AT279159(T)
申请公布日期
2004.10.15
申请号
AT19980963865T
申请日期
1998.12.11
申请人
SURGICAL NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
发明人
MELKENT, TONY;FOLEY, KEVIN, T.;ESTES, BRADLEY, T.;CHAUDOIN, JOSEPH