Stryker Q Guidance
Modality: Surgical Navigation (paired with Intraoperative CT / C-arm fluoroscopy)
Stryker's current-generation surgical navigation platform for cranial neurosurgery, ENT, and spine surgery. Successor to NAV3i / iNav. Direct competitor to Medtronic StealthStation and Brainlab Curve Navigation. Pairs with intraoperative CBCT (Loop-X-class platforms or O-arm in mixed-vendor suites), pre-operative CT / MRI, and intraoperative C-arm fluoroscopy for tracked-instrument overlay.
Distinctive technology
- Multi-modality data fusion — pre-op CT / MRI + intra-op fluoro + intra-op CBCT registered into a single navigation workflow.
- Optical tracking — IR-camera-based tracking of surgical instruments and patient reference frame.
- SpineMap / SpineMask modules for spine-specific workflow.
- Cranial Navigation for tumor resection, biopsy, electrode placement, vascular workflow.
- ENT Navigation for sinus, skull base.
Clinical use
- Spine instrumentation — pedicle-screw placement with navigation-guided trajectory.
- Cranial neurosurgery — image-guided tumor resection, biopsy, DBS electrode placement.
- ENT / sinus — image-guided sinus surgery, skull-base tumor resection.
Refurb posture
- Software-licensed model — Q Guidance + module licensing is subscription / license-based.
- Service-network depth is OEM-led; secondary-market activity is limited.
- Module licensing tier (Spine, Cranial, ENT) drives clinical capability.