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Systems and methods for establishing virtual constraint boundaries

US9603665B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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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	Mar 12, 2014
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2035

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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