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Ascension to Showcase
Miniaturized Sensors for Intrabody
Navigation at AAOS Annual
Meeting
BURLINGTON, VERMONT; MARCH
01, 2004: Ascension
Technology’s new microBIRD™
3D navigation device will
be showcased in Booth
#SE057 at the American
Association for Orthopaedic
Surgeon’s (AAOS)
Annual Meeting in San Francisco,
March 10-14, 2004. Booth hosts,
Bioengineering Consultants,
Ltd., of Charlottesville,
VA, will debut a new computer
aided targeting system for
the precise placement of femoral
nail and pins.
microBIRD measures the six
degrees-of-freedom location
(position and orientation)
of an instrument within the
human body. Mounted on the
instrument tip, the microBIRD’s
1.8mm miniaturized sensor,
with advanced imaging modalities,
lets the surgeon “see” inside
the patient. With no occlusion
or line-of-sight restrictions
and no distortion due to nearby
conductive metals, microBIRD
is the ideal 3D localizer
for the targeting and guidance
of instruments in minimally
invasive surgery and procedures.
Bioengineering Consultants,
an engineering firm specializing
in the research, design and
development of medical products
for the orthopaedic, gastrointestinal
and urology fields, has developed
the orthopaedic targeting
system to ensure quicker recovery
and more positive patient
outcomes from femoral surgeries.
With the ability to track
the location of surgical instruments,
surgeons will be able to position
femoral pins and nails more
quickly and more accurately.
At present, Bioengineering’s
prototype employs Ascension’s
miniBIRD navigation device.
Soon its systems will be delivered
with the next evolution in
location trackers—the microBIRD.
Ascension Technology Corporation,
based in Burlington, Vermont,
USA, is the world leader in
magnetic motion tracking solutions
for medical applications.
More information about Ascension
trackers is available at www.ascension-tech.com.
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