Patent · US Active

System and method for manipulating an anatomy

US10098704B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

MAKO Surgical Corp. · US

Inventors

David Gene Bowling · Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, US
John Michael Stuart · Rio Rancho, US
Jerry A. Culp · Kalamazoo, US
Donald W. Malackowski · Schoolcraft, US
José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
Patrick Roessler · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
Joel N. Beer · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 21, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/3975
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Surgical systems and methods for manipulating an anatomy with a tool include defining a first virtual boundary associated with the anatomy and a second virtual boundary associated with the anatomy. The first virtual boundary is activated in a first mode. Movement of the tool is constrained in relation to the first virtual boundary in the first mode. The first virtual boundary is deactivated in a second mode. Movement of the tool is constrained in relation to the second virtual boundary in the second mode.

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