Strkyer Partners with NeuroLogica on Mobile CT Surgical Nav Unit

Stryker Corp. subsidiary Stryker Navigation has partnered with the Danvers, MA-based portable CT maker, NeuroLogica to produce an integrated surgical navigation unit for its BodyTomTM 32-slice CT scanners. The technologies should expedite minimally invasive surgeries, "including spine, trauma, neurosurgery and ENT," according to a joint press release issued by the manufacturers.

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