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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
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);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic tracking sensor includes an outer tube, a plurality of optical fibers within the outer tube and including a central optical fiber and a plurality of additional optical fibers, and one or more structural members within the outer tube and configured to provide a spacing between the plurality of optical fibers such that the central optical fiber is positioned along a central longitudinal axis of the outer tube and the plurality of additional optical fibers are spaced apart from one another and from the central optical fiber.