Abstract: There is described a system and a method for assisting a user manipulating an object during a surgery, the method comprising: tracking the object in a sterile field in which surgery is being performed at a location using a tracking device which generates tracking data; processing the tracking data using a processing device located outside the sterile field to generate position and orientation information related to the object; and sending the position and orientation information related to the object to a displaying device positioned in the sterile field adjacent to the location at which the surgery is being performed, for display to the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2017
Assignee:
OTHOSOFT, INC.
Inventors:
Louis-Philippe Amiot, Éric Szmutny, Michel Boivin, Yannick Brosseau