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Systems and methods for establishing virtual constraint boundaries

US10512509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 8, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/47
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for establishing and tracking virtual boundaries. The virtual boundaries can delineate zones in which an instrument is not permitted during a surgical procedure. The virtual boundaries can also delineate zones in which the surgical instrument is permitted during the surgical procedure. The virtual boundaries can also identify objects or structures to be treated by the instrument or to be avoided by the instrument during the surgical procedure.

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