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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David Gene Bowling, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Patrick Roessler, Merzhausen, DE;
Jerry A. Culp, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
John Michael Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Joel N. Beer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for establishing and tracking virtual boundaries. The virtual boundaries can delineate zones in which an instrument is not permitted during a surgical procedure. The virtual boundaries can also delineate zones in which the surgical instrument is permitted during the surgical procedure. The virtual boundaries can also identify objects or structures to be treated by the instrument or to be avoided by the instrument during the surgical procedure.