System for neuronavigation registration and robotic trajectory guidance, robotic surgery, and related methods and devices

US11944325B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hayden Cameron · Philadelphia, US
• Spiros Mantzavinos · Lynn, US
• Neil R. Crawford · Chandler, US
• Sanjay Joshi · Andover, US
• Norbert Johnson · North Andover, US
• James Cascarano · Cambridge, US
• Justin Larson · Medina, US
• Stephen Cicchini · North Wales, US
• Ross Morris · Norristown, US
• Christopher Angelucci · Schwenksville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2024
• Expiry date: May 9, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3966
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for robotic surgery makes use of an end-effector which has been configured so that a drill connected thereto is guided in its trajectory and limited in its advancement into an associated anatomical feature by a drill guide. The drill guide may be adjusted manually to engage a corresponding surface of the drill after its advancement by a pre-selected amount. The drill guide likewise includes features to guide the drill during trajectories having oblique angles relative to the surface of the anatomical feature associated with the medical procedure.