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227

However, the utility and helpfulness of the models, methods, systems, and/or apparatuses of FIGS 3-5, is dependent on how effectively a surgeon can navigate within, on, or in relation to one or more anatomical references or anatomical features of a patient such that the steps of the surgical procedure can be performed on a patient in the same manner as those modeled using models of the anatomy of the patient. This process of navigation is referred to as a mapping or translation between the virtual or model environment to a physical or real world environment that includes the patient anatomy and the operating field.

Added by DJM Jan 2024