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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Inventors:
Florian Franitza, Ehrenkirchen, DE;
Fadi Ghanam, Schallstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/397 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02);
Abstract
A tracker for a surgical navigation system and a method for manufacturing the tracker are presented. The tracker comprises a layer stack that comprises a substrate with at least one reflective surface configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation. The layer stack further comprises a printed absorbent layer configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation, wherein the printed absorbent layer covers less than the entire reflective surface.