US 12,186,028 B2
Rotating marker for image guided surgery
Tomer Gera, Kfar Tavor (IL); Nissan Elimelech, Beerotaim (IL); Nitzan Krasney, Haifa (IL); and Stuart Wolf, Yokneam (IL)
Assigned to AUGMEDICS LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Appl. No. 18/008,980
Filed by AUGMEDICS LTD., Yokneam (IL)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/055242
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/255627, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Application 18/008,980 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/901,026, filed on Jun. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,389,252, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329799 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3904 (2016.02); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A marker for image guided surgery, comprising:
a base, having a base axis, connecting to an anchoring device; and
an alignment target, comprising:
a target region having an alignment pattern formed thereon;
a socket connected to the target region and configured to fit rotatably to the base, whereby the alignment target is rotatable about the base axis; and
an optical indicator for the socket indicating an angle of orientation of the alignment target about the base axis.