HipNav

HipNav

HipNav was the first computer-assisted surgery system developed to guide the surgeon during total hip replacement surgery. It was developed at Carnegie Mellon University.

The developers of HipNav won an Otto Aufranc Award for their work in tracking the pelvis and implantation instruments.


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