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Surgical manipulator having a feed rate calculator

US9566125B2 · kind B2 · utility

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299References

40Claims

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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

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2015
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2035

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 at least one controller configured to operate the surgical manipulator in a manual mode or a semi-autonomous mode. The at least one controller including a feed rate calculator configured to calculate an instrument feed rate. The instrument feed rate is a velocity at which a distal end of the energy applicator advances along a path segment of a tool path in the semi-autonomous mode.

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