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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Chunwu Wu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
Surgical systems, navigation systems, and methods involving a robotic manipulator configured to control movement of an instrument to facilitate a surgical procedure. The navigation system includes a camera unit configured to optically track a pose of the instrument and a non-optical sensor coupled to the instrument. The navigation system includes a computing system coupled to the camera unit and being configured to obtain readings from the non-optical sensor. The computing system detects a condition whereby the camera unit is blocked from optically tracking the pose of the instrument. In response to detection of the condition, the computing system tracks the pose of the instrument with the readings from the non-optical sensor.