US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on July 8 for "Field generator assembly and method for surgical navigation" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,981, issued on July 8, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Field generator assembly and method for surgical navigation" was invented by Hans Schoepp (Freiburg, Germany) and Florian Herrmann (Schwanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field generator assembly for surgical navigation is provided. The field generator assembly comprises a field generator configured to generate an electromagnetic field, an attachment member configured to attach the field generator to a body of a patient, at least one first arm comprising a first portion configured to be in contact with a surface of the body o...