US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Aug. 11 for "Tracker and related accessories for a surgical navigation system" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,518, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Tracker and related accessories for a surgical navigation system" was invented by James G. Walen (Portage, Mich.), Rahul Eapen (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Clifford Edwin Lambarth (Portage, Mich.), Caleb Gossens (Ravenna, Mich.), Fadi Ghanam (Schallstadt, Germany), Michael Laubenthal (Mattawan, Mich.) and John Andrew Snodgrass (Plainwell, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 proxi...