ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,184, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Printed tracker for a surgical navigation system" was invented by Florian Franitza (Ehrenkirchen, Germany) and Fadi Ghanam (Schallstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracker for a surgical navigation system and a method for manufacturing the tracker are presented. The tracker comprises a layer stack that comprises a substrate with at least one reflective surface configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation. The layer stack further comprises a printed absorbent layer configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation, wherein...