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Patent No.:

US 12310802 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021

Nanofiber adhesives for navigation tracker fixation

Applicant:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

Bradley W. Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);

Andrew J. Wald, Denver, CO (US);

Kristen H. Temnyk, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Rochelle D Turchen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); D01D 5/0007 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3979 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); D10B 2331/041 (2013.01); D10B 2401/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tracker system for use in image guided surgery is disclosed. The tracker system may couple to wet tissue and may include a navigation tracker and a base pad that couple to each other. The base pad may be fabricated from a plurality of nonwoven nanofibers. The base pad is configured to couple to body tissue of a patient via at least one of adsorption, hydration equilibrium, and macromolecular interpenetration.

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