US 12,453,607 B2
Rotational tracker adapter with biasing mechanism
Amir A. Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US)
Assigned to Mobius Imaging, LLC, Shirley, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/278,854
Filed by Mobius Imaging, LLC, Shirley, MA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/017862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/182963, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,303, filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0130800 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0225747 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for use with an end effector including a stop and a retainer for coupling the end effector to a surgical handpiece, the adapter comprising:
a base comprising a proximal end and opposing distal end;
a biasing element to urge the base away from the surgical handpiece, the biasing element extending from the proximal end of the base and defining an abutment interface arranged for engaging the surgical handpiece;
a mount coupled to the base for releasably securing a tracker to the adapter; and
a coupler disposed on the base and configured to removably secure the adapter to the end effector such that the end effector can rotate relative to the base and the biasing element;
wherein the biasing element is configured to compress in response to attachment of the retainer to the surgical handpiece with abutment occurring between the distal end of the base and the stop of the end effector to limit movement of the adapter relative to the end effector.