High bandwidth and low latency hybrid communication techniques for a navigation system
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsDonald W. Malackowski, Paul Hoekstra, Matt Shinew, Chunwu Wu
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Abstract
A surgical tracker and method of operating the same involve the surgical tracking including one or more tracking markers, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, an infrared (IR) receiver, and a tracker controller coupled to the RF transmitter and the IR receiver. The tracker controller obtains sensor data and operates the IR receiver to wirelessly receive a command to manage an operating parameter of the surgical tracker with respect to RF communication. The tracker controller operates the RF transmitter to wirelessly transmit the sensor data using RF communication managed in accordance with the operating parameter.
Claims20
A surgical tracker comprising:
- one or more tracking markers;
- a radio frequency (RF) transmitter;
- an infrared (IR) receiver;
- a tracker controller being coupled to the RF transmitter and the IR receiver, the tracker controller being configured to:
- obtain sensor data;
- operate the IR receiver to wirelessly receive a command to manage an operating parameter of the surgical tracker with respect to RF communication;
- and
- operate the RF transmitter to wirelessly transmit the sensor data using RF communication managed in accordance with the operating parameter.
A method of operating a surgical tracker, the surgical tracker including one or more tracking markers, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter, an infrared (IR) receiver, and a tracker controller being coupled to the RF transmitter and the IR receiver, the method comprising the tracker controller performing the following steps:
- obtaining sensor data;
- operating the IR receiver to wirelessly receive a command for managing an operating parameter of the surgical tracker with respect to RF communication;
- and
- operating the RF transmitter to wirelessly transmit the sensor data using RF communication managed in accordance with the operating parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.