Patent ID: 11911121
Assignee: STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical method, comprising:
rotating a first subassembly of a handle assembly relative to a second subassembly of the handle assembly from a first position in which a stylus is removable from the handle assembly to a second position in which the stylus is locked to the handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly is part of a navigable probe assembly;
removably coupling a cannula to the handle assembly via a quick connect system comprising a collar, a compression element compressible between the handle assembly and the collar, and a locking element held between the handle assembly and the collar, wherein the compression element compresses the collar against the locking element when the collar is in a first position to cause the locking element to be compressed against the cannula such that the position of the cannula relative to the handle assembly is fixed;
inserting the cannula of the navigable probe assembly into a body to a predetermined depth at a predetermined orientation, wherein the depth and orientation are provided by a calibrated tracking module of the navigable probe assembly spaced from the cannula; and
inserting the stylus through the cannula and into the body.