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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
James G. Walen, Portage, MI (US);
Rahul Eapen, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Portage, MI (US);
Caleb Gossens, Ravenna, MI (US);
Fadi Ghanam, Schallstadt, DE;
Michael Laubenthal, Mattawan, MI (US);
John Andrew Snodgrass, Plainwell, MI (US);
Stryker European Operations Limited, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Abstract
An adapter for removably coupling a tracker to a surgical handpiece includes a proximal member having an interface configured to engage and prevent rotation of the proximal member relative to the surgical handpiece, a distal member slidably and rotatably coupled to the proximal member, a biasing member disposed between the proximal distal members and configured to urge the proximal and distal members in opposing directions, and a tracking array mount coupled to the distal member. The biasing member is configured to be compressed by a reference feature of the end effector and the surgical handpiece when the distal member is disposed on the end effector and the end effector is coupled to the surgical handpiece, the compressed biasing member creating a frictional force between the distal and proximal members that resists rotation of the distal member relative to the proximal member.