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Robotic system and method for reorienting a surgical instrument moving along a tool path

US9681920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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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	Jun 15, 2015
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/45117
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Robotic system and method for positioning an energy applicator extending from a surgical instrument. The robotic system includes a surgical manipulator operable in a manual mode or a semi-autonomous mode. The surgical manipulator moves the energy applicator along a tool path in the semi-autonomous mode, monitors output of a force/torque sensor as the energy applicator moves along the tool path, and reorients the surgical instrument based on the output in response to a user applying reorienting forces and torques to the surgical instrument.

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