Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Versatile tracking arrays for a navigation system and methods of recovering registration using the same
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Application No.: US16422007Application Date: 2019-05-24
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Publication No.: US11191594B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Jonathan Morgan , Jean Gonzalez
- Applicant: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
- Applicant Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Assignee: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
- Current Assignee: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/88 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/84 ; A61B17/56 ; A61B34/00

Abstract:
A navigation system is disclosed comprising a first and a second tracker support separately affixed to the same rigid object by a distance. A first and a second plurality of trackable elements are secured to the first and second tracker supports, respectively. The navigation system defines a tracking arrangement to be tracked based on a combination of the first and second plurality of trackable elements. A geometry of the tracking arrangement relative to the rigid object is registered. The navigation system has a localizer configured to track the rigid object by detecting the registered geometry of the tracking arrangement. The navigation system identifies a condition wherein at least one trackable element has been displaced relative to the registered geometry, and in response, generates a response to address the condition.
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