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Surgical manipulator capable of controlling a surgical instrument in multiple modes

US9119655B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39Claims

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Assignee

Stryker Corporation · 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
John Ketchel · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2013
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/09
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical manipulator for manipulating a surgical instrument and an energy applicator extending from the surgical instrument. The surgical manipulator further includes a switch and at least one controller configured to control operation of the surgical manipulator in a first operating mode or a second operating mode. The at least one controller is also configured to determine a commanded pose to which the energy applicator is advanced based on a summation of a plurality of input forces and torques and transition between the operating modes by adjusting the plurality of input forces and torques in response to actuation of the switch.

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