Patent · US Active

System and method for manipulating an anatomy

US10743952B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

10References

20Claims

0Family size

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	Sep 13, 2018
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A system includes a robotic manipulator comprising an arm and an end effector coupled to the arm and being moveable by the arm for interacting with a target site in a manual mode and an autonomous mode of operation. A navigation system is configured to track a position of the end effector and the target site. One or more controllers are configured to define a first virtual boundary relative to the target site, prevent the end effector from penetrating the first virtual boundary in the manual mode, and allow the end effector to penetrate the first virtual boundary in the autonomous mode.

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