HipNav
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HipNavwas the firstcomputer-assisted surgerysystem developed to guide the surgeon during totalhip replacementsurgery.[1]It was developed atCarnegie Mellon University.[2]The patented technology was licensed out of Carnegie Mellon by the founders ofCASurgica, Inc.After several years of attempting to commercialize HipNav, the company ultimately folded. The founders of CASurgica later foundedBlue Belt Technologies, Inc.
References
[edit]- ^Digioia, Anthony M.; Jaramaz, Branislav; Nikou, Constantinos; Labarca, Richard S.; Moody, James E.; Colgan, Bruce D. (2000). "Surgical navigation for total hip replacement with the use of hipnav".Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics.10(1): 3–8.doi:10.1016/S1048-6666(00)80036-1.
- ^Levison, Timothy J.; Moody, James E.; Jaramaz, Branislav; Nikou, Constantinos; Digioia, Anthony M. (2000). "Surgical Navigation for THR: A Report on Clinical Trial Utilizing HipNav".Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2000.Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 1935. pp. 1185–7.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-40899-4_126.ISBN978-3-540-41189-5.