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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Bruce M. Burg, Louisville, CO (US);
Orey G. Block, Westminster, CO (US);
Andrew Bzostek, Boulder, CO (US);
Vince J. Doerr, Boulder, CO (US);
Abhishek Jain, Centennial, CO (US);
Brandon Merkl, Lakewood, CO (US);
Joseph Thomas Cilke, Broomfield, CO (US);
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is disclosed having an elongated body portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The body portion is formed from a plastically deformable material such that the body portion can be bent between the proximal and distal ends from a first configuration to a second bent configuration and maintains the bent configuration. A flexible circuit having at least a pair of lead wires disposed around the body portion. The pair of lead wires are configured to conform to the bent configuration of the body portion such that they do not break during bending of the body portion. A tracking device adapted to cooperate with a navigation system to track the distal end of the instrument is coupled to the flexible circuit.