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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/372 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract
An example physical tracking tool includes a main body defining a channel configured to receive a tool, the channel having a longitudinal axis; and one or more physical tracking features attached to the main body, each physical tracking feature comprising a plurality of planar faces, each planar face of the plurality of planar faces including different a graphical pattern of a plurality of graphical patterns.