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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventor:
Cedric Corpa De La Fuente, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02);
Abstract
A movable tracking assembly for use with a navigated surgical system has a marked pin and a tracking sleeve that enables detection of axial and rotational movement. The tracking sleeve has a sensor that can detect movement relative to the marked pin and communicate that information to the surgical system. The tracking sleeve also has external trackers for use with an optical tracking camera.