SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL JIG FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES

A system and method for generating a surgical instrument in a surgical procedure is disclosed. The method may include, attaching a grid to a portion of a patient's body and using a mixed or augmented reality system to produce a virtual instrument, or holographic representation of a physical instrument. The user can the manipulate the virtual instrument to a desired position on the patient's body, and using coordinates on a grid, identifies a desired location of the virtual instrument with respect to the patient's body. The user may then drill holes that correspond with the positioning of the virtual instrument and identified by coordinates on the grid, and the attach the physical instrument to the desired location using holes drilled at the identified coordinates.