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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Branislav Jaramaz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Constantinos Nikou, Monroeville, PA (US);
Joshua Updyke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ryan Sheehan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James E. Moody, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Adam Hahn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A cutting assembly () is configured for use with an electromagnetic tracking system (). The cutting assembly comprises a bur assembly () and a sheath assembly (). The sheath assembly comprises a sensor () configured to measure an electrical field around the cutting assembly, a wire () configured to operably connect the sensor and an external computing device (), and a sensor mount () affixed to at least a portion of the sheath assembly, the sensor mount configured to house the sensor and at least a portion of the wire. The sheath assembly is configured to receive at least a portion of the bur assembly such that any impact from magnetic interference caused by, for example, a cutting device () within the bur assembly on the sensor is minimized when the cutting device is cutting a patient's bone.