ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,010, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Tracker for a surgical navigation system" was invented by Fadi Ghanam (Schallstadt, Germany), Jochen Breisacher (Teningen, Germany), Florian Herrmann (Schwanau, Germany), Emeric Umbdenstock (Freiburg, Germany), Reinhold Zimmermann (Freiburg, Germany) and Gerd Ulrich Gamm (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracker for a surgical navigation system, a tracker system, and a surgical navigation system are provided. The tracker comprises a carrier and an electrical circuit disposed on the carrier. The electrical circuit comp...