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Navigation system and method for removing a volume of tissue from a patient

US9480534B2 · kind B2 · utility

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299References

18Claims

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Assignee

Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

David Gene Bowling · Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, US
John Michael Stuart · Rio Rancho, US
Jerry A. Culp · Kalamazoo, US
Donald W. Malackowski · Schoolcraft, US
José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Patrick Roessler · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
Joel N. Beer · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2013
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/09
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation system for use with a surgical manipulator operable in manual or semi-autonomous modes and a method for removing a volume of tissue from a patient. The navigation system includes a tracker for attaching to the patient and a localizer to receive signals from the tracker or transmit signals to the tracker. The navigation system includes a navigation processor that runs a plurality of software modules.

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