NANOFIBER ADHESIVES FOR NAVIGATION TRACKER FIXATION

A tracker system for use in image guided surgery is disclosed. The tracker system may couple to wet tissue and may include a navigation tracker and a base pad that couple to each other. The base pad may be fabricated from a plurality of nonwoven nanofibers. The base pad is configured to couple to bo...

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Hauptverfasser:	Jacobsen, Bradley W, Temnyk, Kristen H, Wald, Andrew J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING SURGERY TEXTILES
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Zusammenfassung:	A tracker system for use in image guided surgery is disclosed. The tracker system may couple to wet tissue and may include a navigation tracker and a base pad that couple to each other. The base pad may be fabricated from a plurality of nonwoven nanofibers. The base pad is configured to couple to body tissue of a patient via at least one of adsorption, hydration equilibrium, and macromolecular interpenetration.