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United States Patent5445166   
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Inventor(s)Taylor; Russell H. (Ossining, NY)
AbstractThe system is for assisting a surgeon in positioning an article relative to a target position. The system includes a computer for determining a surgical plan, sensors for sensing execution of the surgical plan by the surgeon, an advisor for advising the surgeon based upon comparison of the surgical plan and its execution and, selecting of different types of advise to give the surgeon. The system can also have an input for changing the surgical plan in the computer during surgery.
   














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Inventor     Taylor; Russell H. (Ossining, NY)
Owner/Assignee     International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
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Publication Date     August 29, 1995
Application Number     08/223,862
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Filing Date     April 6, 1994
US Classification     128/897
Int'l Classification     A61B 017/36
Examiner     Kamm; William E.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Perman & Green
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Parent Case     This is a divisional of copending application No. 08/147,008 filed Nov. 2, 1993, which is a continuation of application No. 07/714,816 filed Jun. 13, 1991; abandoned.
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USPTO Field of Search     128/897 434/262 434/263 606/001
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What is claimed is:

1. A system for assisting a surgeon in positioning an article relative to a target position, the system comprising:

means for determining a surgical plan based upon input patient information;

means for sensing surgical execution of the surgical plan by the surgeon;

means for advising the surgeon based upon comparison of the surgical plan and the sensed surgical execution; and

means for automatically selecting different types of advice to give the surgeon based upon the surgical plan and the sensed surgical execution.

2. A system as in claim 1 wherein the means for sensing includes means for sensing in different modes.

3. A system as in claim 2 further comprising means for automatically selecting different sensing modes based upon sensed surgical execution of the surgical plan.

4. A system as in claim 3 wherein the means for sensing includes a first optical position sensor system and a redundant second sensor system.

5. A system as in claim 3 wherein the means for advising includes a visual advisor and an audio advisor.

6. A system as in claim 3 wherein the means for automatically selecting includes a computer.

7. A system for assisting a surgeon during surgery, the system comprising:

means for determining a surgical plan based upon input patient information;

means for sensing surgical execution of the surgical plan by the surgeon;

means for advising the surgeon of the surgical plan and the sensed surgical execution du