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Surgical Tracking Systems: HearRestore Gateway

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This lecture presents the HearRestore Gateway, a miniaturized surgical tracking system for microsurgeries like ENT, spine, and neuro-surgeries. It uses a 6D tracking system with a tracker, 5-LEDs target, and navigation application. The system offers highly precise tracking, is 70 times smaller than previous systems, and allows wireless communication. Advantages include higher accuracy, a novel mask-on-filter, and a full pipeline for 6D tracking and calibration. CSEM's technologies, spaceCoder™ and VIP, are key components. The lecture also covers the system's development roadmap, including industrialization steps and market prospects.

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