Patent ID: 11883116
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method for operating a tracker for a surgical navigation system, the tracker comprising a first switch configured to be operated between a first switch configuration and a second switch configuration, the first switch pre-configured to assume the first switch configuration and adapted to switch from the first to the second switch configuration only for the duration that the first switch is operated or for a fixed time duration after the first switch was operated, one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation, and electrical circuitry configured to selectively control the one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation to emit electromagnetic radiation with a first radiation characteristic or a second radiation characteristic, wherein the second radiation characteristic is different from the first radiation characteristic, wherein the method comprises:
emitting, by the one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic radiation having the first radiation characteristic in the first switch configuration;
operating the switch so as to switch from the first switch configuration to the second switch configuration; and
emitting, by the one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic radiation having the second radiation characteristic in the second switch configuration.