Installed in the operating room, the station includes a localization system, a touch-screen, a computer and a double switch pedal.

The Surgetics Station^® which contains the navigation software, so called Surgetics^® Applications, necessary for specific types of surgery allows the surgeon to view the position of surgical instruments in real-time and in 3D. The localization system is infrared (two cameras which emit infrared signals and receive those sent by the retro reflective markers on the references that are fixed to the surgeon’s tools).
An optically-based system of localization is the best choice due to the submillimetric precision and reliability that it offers.
0ptical location is “passive,” which means it requires no complicated wire link between the system and the surgical tools.

Surgical Navigation can be compared to the GPS system (Global Positioning Satellite system): the road map is the image of the patient displayed on a screen (X ray, CT scan, MRI, Bone Morphing…), the satellite is the infrared camera in the operating room, the vehicle is the surgical instrumentation. Surgical Navigation is used to track in real time the location of an instrument during surgery.

The Surgetics Station^® is an open platform supporting a rapidly growing number of Surgetics^® Applications. The Surgetics Station^®, is extremely easy to use for all surgeons. The double control pedal replaces the keyboard and mouse, leaving the surgeon free to complete the operation without requiring any additional assistants.

The Surgetics^® Application guides the surgeon through the various steps of the surgery. For each step, the surgeon is provided with both graphic and online textual help. Each step is validated by the control pedal.