US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Oct. 27 for "Transformation selection technique based on tracker movement" (German, American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,270, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Transformation selection technique based on tracker movement" was invented by Patrick Hornecker (Eichstetten, Germany), Renu Khorwal (New Delhi), Lars Fischer (Freiburg, Germany) and Carinne Granchi (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for selecting a transformation between a pose of a tracker and a coordinate system associated with image data acquired by a medical imaging apparatus is provided. The method is performed by a processor and comprises: obtaining tracking information indicative of a plurality of different p...