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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Roger Ryan Dees, Jr., Drummonds, TN (US);
Branislav Jaramaz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Scott Kennedy Laster, Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A system () and device () for mounting and tracking a tracker array during a surgical procedure are described. For example, the system includes a surgical navigation system () including a position tracking system () configured to track one or more tracker arrays, and a device () for mounting a tracker array () onto a patient during the surgical procedure. The device includes an intramedullary (IM) canal component () configured to be inserted into an IM canal () within a bone (). The device further includes a tracker pin () configured to penetrate at least a portion of the bone and engage an inserted end () of the IM canal component, and a tracker array () affixed to the tracker pin. The IM canal component is configured to engage the IM canal of the bone to stabilize the tracker array during the surgical procedure.