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Tracker for a surgical navigation system

US11850007B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stryker European Operations Limited · IE

Inventors

Fabian Riegelsberger · Umkirch, DE
Florian Herrmann · Maulmacher, DE
Jochen Breisacher · Teningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/001
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tracker, a surgical tool system, a surgical navigation system, and a method for operating a surgical navigation system are provided. The tracker is configured to be associated with a patient or a surgical tool that is to be tracked by the surgical navigation system. The tracker comprises an optical fibre having a longitudinal extension and configured to be optically coupled to a light source such that the optical fibre transmits light emitted by the light source. The optical fibre has a lateral surface along its longitudinal extension and is configured to emit light via at least a portion of the lateral surface.

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