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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US);
Helmut Rohs, Freiburg, DE;
Norbert Riedlinger, Riegel Am Kaiserstuhl, DE;
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A camera and drape assembly for use with one or more tracking elements of a surgical system. The assembly includes a camera unit including a casing and a plurality of optical sensors supported by the casing for detecting the one or more tracking elements. The casing includes a base and a post extending from the base. The assembly also includes a drape having a flexible section for draping over the post of the casing to cover the casing and the optical sensors. The assembly also includes a collar to fit over the post to trap the flexible section of the drape between the collar and the post.