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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Chunwu Wu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 19/2203 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4894 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5248 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5255 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5445 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5483 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods that utilize optical sensors and non-optical sensors to determine the position and/or orientation of objects. A navigation system includes an optical sensor for receiving optical signals from markers and a non-optical sensor, such as a gyroscope, for generating non-optical data. A navigation computer determines positions and/or orientations of objects based on optical and non-optical data.