Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.

Orey G Block

Vince J Doerr

Brad Jacobsen

Andrew Bzostek

Paul Kessman

Bradley A Jascob

Bruce M Burg

Brandon Merkl

John H Dukesherer

Joseph Thomas Cilke

Jeffrey Swetnam

Abhishek Jain

A surgical instrument is disclosed having an elongated body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The body portion is formed from a plastically deformable material such that the body portion can be bent between the proximal and distal ends from a first configuration to a second bent configuration and maintains the bent configuration. A flexible circuit having at least a pair of lead wires disposed around the body portion. The pair of lead wires are configured to conform to the bent configuration of the body portion such that they do not break during bending of the body portion. A tracking device adapted to cooperate with a navigation system to track the distal end of the instrument is coupled to the flexible circuit.

Flexible circuit sheet

A portable system can be provided that works with a surgical navigation system. The portable system can control a localizer to assist in the tracking of a tracking device. The portable system can be provided to be substantially carried by a single user form one location to another. Further, various digital control components can be provided to assist in miniaturization, robustness, and the like.

Portable electromagnetic navigation system

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Westminster, CO, United States of America

Orey G Block