Inventors:
Alberto D. Cuellar - Houston TX, US
Amir Sarvestani - Freiburg, DE
Jose Moctezuma de la Barrera - Freiburg, DE
International Classification:
A61B 19/00, A61B 5/11, G01C 25/00, G12B 13/00
US Classification:
600595, 606 1, 128897, 128898, 738654, 73 179
Abstract:
A device for use with a surgical navigation system includes a body with an inner and outer wall that is shaped to envelope an extremity of a patient, a tracking device associated with the body in a fixed relation to the outer wall of the body, and a filler that fixably conforms to the space between the inner wall of the body and the extremity. The device can be used in orthopedic surgery.