Think Surgical, Inc.

Muhammad Afnan

Feimo Shen

Barry Voorhees

Joel F Zuhars

Micah Forstein

Jay Roldan

Min Yang Jung

Koteswara Ruvva

Kamran Shamaei Ghahfarokhi

Cj Geering

A method and system are provided to determine an optimal placement with respect to position and orientation for one or more bones in a workspace of a robot to improve robotic cutting and maximize the robot workspace during a robotic surgical procedure. The method is additionally useful to aid a user in positioning and orienting the bones in the operating room at the determined position and orientation.

Method to determine bone placement in a robot workspace

An apparatus for calibration of a robotic arm having an end effector of a robot includes a magnetic coupler having a body, a receiving face, a mounting member, and a magnetic portion. The mounting member is configured to fixedly connect to the end effector of the robotic arm. A mechanical digitizer probe having a ball and a handle are provided, where the ball is fixedly attached to a distal end of the handle and the ball is removably coupled to the magnetic coupler via the magnetic portion on the receiving face to form a rotatable ball and socket connection, and where a proximal end of the handle is adapted to be attached to a mechanical digitizer associated with the robot. A method for calibration of the robotic arm of a robot is also detailed.

Magnetic coupling and method for calibrating a robotic system

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Muhammad Afnan