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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2024
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David G Bowling, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US);
John Michael Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Jerry A. Culp, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Patrick Roessler, Merzhausen, DE;
Joel N. Beer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical navigation system and method of operating the same involve a pointer tool and a localizer configured to track the pointer tool. Controller(s) is/are coupled to the localizer and are configured to generate a virtual boundary relative to a bone at a surgical site. The virtual boundary has a shape that delineates a region of the bone to be removed from a region to be avoided. The controller(s) identify, with the localizer, a position of one or more landmarks at the surgical site in response to the pointer tool touching the one or more landmarks at the surgical site. The controller(s) revise the shape of the virtual boundary based on the position of the one or more landmarks.