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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventors:

Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);

Paul Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Matt Shinew, Ada, MI (US);

Chunwu Wu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); H04N 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01S 5/0294 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); H04B 1/02 (2013.01); H04B 10/1141 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02); H04N 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

High bandwidth, low latency hybrid communication techniques are disclosed for a navigation system. The navigation system comprises a tracker configured to couple to the object and a localization device configured to track the tracker. In one embodiment, the localization device is configured to utilize communication on a first spectrum to track the tracker and to manage an operating parameter of the tracker with respect to communication on a second spectrum. In another embodiment, the localization device is configured to utilize communication with a first modulation method to track the tracker and to manage an operating parameter of the tracker and to utilize communication with a second modulation method for receiving sensor data from the tracker.


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