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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Mako Surgical Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jienan Ding, Weston, FL (US);
Joseph J. Bos, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Tim Perez, Plantation, FL (US);
Min Wu, Weston, FL (US);
Saul Najera, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert A. Brindley, Delton, MI (US);
Assignee:
MAKO Surgical Corp., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 17/7074 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00871 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0266 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber optic tracking sensor includes at least three optical fibers, each optical fiber having a plurality of fiber optic sensors along a length of a sensing portion of the sensor. A shape-memory member is coupled to the three optical fibers and provides support to the sensor. The at least three optical fibers are arranged in a spaced apart relationship, each offset from a central longitudinal axis of the sensor.