Synthes Gmbh

Kevin Zylka

Nicolas Demanget

Stefan Gisler

Alasdair Mercer

Andrew Burton

Bruno Alessandri

Sourav Ghosh

Matt Miller

Anthony Leandri

Yuji Ikeda

Matthew Miller

Surgical tools and robotic systems adaptable for treating a left side or a right side of a patient with minimal interference with the patient and surrounding operative site are disclosed. In some embodiments, a surgical tool can include a body, an end-effector, a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector. The end-effector can extend from a distal end of the body and be movable relative to the body about a pivot axis. The first connector can rigidly secure the body to a planar mechanism. The second and third connectors can rigidly secure a distal part and a proximal part of a tracker, respectively, to the body. The first and second connectors can be symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane including a longitudinal axis of the body and the pivot axis and can be suited for attachment of either the tracker or the planar mechanism.

Surgical tool and robotic system comprising such a surgical tool

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Blue Ash, OH, United States of America

Kevin Zylka