ENT Surgical Navigation
Surgical navigation for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) procedures enables more precise and less invasive surgeries.
About Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Surgical Navigation
Medtronic ENT surgical navigation solutions combine AxiEM™ electromagnetic tracking technology with our Fusion™ ENT Navigation System to help precisely track surgical instruments and reduce invasiveness during procedures such as functional endoscopic sinus surgery and lateral skull base or anterior skull base surgeries.
ENT Surgical Navigation Features and Benefits
The Fusion Navigation System is streamlined to ENT-specific procedures:
Reliable Accuracy
- Proprietary AxiEM (electromagnetic) tracking technology
- Reproducible accuracy without line of sight issues
- Optional skull-mounted patient tracker provides bone fixation for accuracy during lengthy, complex cases such as coronal flaps and lateral skull base procedures
- Accurate registration using either Tracer™ or PointMerge® registration methods
- Accurate registration using either skin-adhesive (non-invasive) patient tracker or skull-mounted patient tracker
Convenient and Customizable
- Enhanced Tracer contour registration algorithm offers accurate registration in less than one minute, with no headsets or fiducials required for CT
- Integrated touchpad on head frame eliminates need for foot pedal
- Customizable surgeon profiles, settings, and workflows
- Small footprint saves space in the operating room
- Video in/out
- Optional StealthMerge™ ENT image registration software automatically merges image data from CT, CTA, MR, and MRA exams
- Optional DICOM Query/Retrieve software allows you to easily find and retrieve patient exams from PACS
Innovative Instrumentation
- Navigated instruments provide same look and feel as non-navigated ENT instruments
- No calibration sequence required for instrument verification
- Optional M4 blades with automated AxiEM tracking are first and only factory-calibrated blades for navigation, providing "plug and play" functionality right out of the box
- Track up to three instruments at once; or conveniently switch among six instruments with a single instrument tracker
Last updated: 24 Jan 2012
