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Patent No.:

US 12773271 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2023

Sterilizable surgical device with battery switch

Applicant:

Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Mark Morgan, Biscayne Park, FL (US);

Timothy Wade Perez, Plantation, FL (US);

Fabian Riegelsberger, Umkirch, DE;

Jochen Breisacher, Teningen, DE;

Michael Schweizer, Freiburg, DE;

Daniel Kühne, Freiburg, DE;

Felix Jung, Freiburg, DE;

Kana Nishimura, Baden-Baden, DE;

Paul Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Assignee:

MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);

Attorney:

Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Deborah L Malamud

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0813 (2016.02);
Abstract

A surgical tracker assembly for use with a navigation system. The tracker assembly includes a tracker body defining a chamber configured to receive a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of markers that are actively energizable through the PCB. A plurality of openings formed in the tracker body and at least one channel formed in the tracker body extending between the chamber and one of the defined by the tracker body. Each of the markers are visible through one of the plurality of openings of the tracker body. The tracker body is configured to be sterilizable, with the PCB being located within the chamber of the tracker body, and the at least one channel is configured to enable sterilization fluid to enter into and drain from the chamber of the tracker body during sterilization. The PCB may also include a sterilization resistant protective coating.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Morgan, Jonathan. (2026). Sterilizable surgical device with battery switch (U.S. Patent No. 12773271). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12773271

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