Abstract: A trackable medical instrument for use in a computer assisted image guided medical and surgical navigation systems that generate images during medical and surgical procedures, includes a guide member having an emitter array for being tracked by the system and a drive shaft contained within the guide member having a proximal and a distal end, the drive shaft being rotatable within the guide member while being fixable axially inside the guide member, the proximal end of the drive shaft having a first connector for interchangeably receiving at least one drive source, and the distal end having a second connector for interchangeably receiving at least one instrument tip.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 20, 1997
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2000
Assignee:
Surgical Navigation Technologies
Inventors:
Kevin T. Foley, Anthony J. Melkent, Catalina J. Carroll