Globus Medical, Inc.

Kb Medical Sa

Olivier Chappuis

Szymon Kostrzewski

Billy Nussbaumer

Roderik Berthelin

Daniel Gehriger

Norbert J Johnson

David Cleary

Sritam Parashar Rout

Jason Zappacosta

Hayden Cameron

Stephen Cicchini

Timothy Blackwell

Peter Eckert

Khiem Pham

Weston Healy

Keerthighaan Kanagasegar

Michael Brauckmann

Samuel Paster

Kyle VanLeer

Neil Robert Crawford

David Stumpo

Drew Mike

Luis Vargas

Benoit Brot

An end effector arm for use with a surgical navigation system includes a base configured to attach to an end effector coupler of a surgical robot arm and a mechanical linkage. The mechanical linkage includes a first end rotatably coupled to the base and a second end opposite the first end, the second end configured to be removably coupled to a handheld surgical tool. The end effector arm further includes a spring mechanism configured to impart a variable rotational force on the mechanical linkage based on an angle of rotation of the mechanical linkage with respect to the base.

Gravity compensation of end effector arm for robotic surgical system

Systems and methods for resecting a knee joint using a navigated pin guide driver system. The navigated pin guide driver system communicates with a navigation system to aid a user in placing cut block pins into the knee joint. The navigated pin guide driver system may include a handle, a reference element that electronically communicates with the navigation system, one or more pin guide tubes that may correspond to one or more cut blocks, and a distal tip that is configured to attach to the bone.

Systems and methods for navigating a pin guide driver

A blade adapter couples a sagittal saw handpiece to an end effector of a robot to actuate a saw blade. The end effector has a first mechanical interface, and the sagittal saw handpiece has a second mechanical interface. The blade adapter includes a first coupling mechanism at a first side of the blade adapter and a second coupling mechanism at a second side of the blade adapter. The first coupling mechanism is coupleable to the first mechanical interface, and the second coupling mechanism is coupleable to the second mechanical interface.

Systems and methods for robot-assisted knee arthroplasty surgery

Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during a surgical procedure, particularly a spinal surgical procedure. The system features a portable robot arm with end effector for precise positioning of a surgical tool. The system requires only minimal training by surgeons/operators, is intuitive to use, and has a small footprint with significantly reduced obstruction of the operating table. The system works with existing, standard surgical tools, does not required increased surgical time or preparatory time, and safely provides the enhanced precision achievable by robotic-assisted systems.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for precise guidance of surgical tools

A surgical robot system includes a surgical robot having a robot base and a robot arm connected to the robot base. The surgical robot system further includes a joint manipulation arm configured to be attached to the robot arm and to be connected to an appendage of a patient and moved to apply force and/or torque to a joint connecting the appendage through movement of the robot arm. The surgical robot system further includes force and/or torque sensor apparatus configured to output a feedback signal providing an indication of an amount of force and/or torque that is being applied to the robot arm and/or the joint manipulation arm. At least one controller is configured to determine ligaments balancing at the joint based on a plurality of measurements of the feedback signal, and to output information characterizing the ligaments balancing.

System and method for ligament balancing with robotic assistance

Embodiments of a compliant orthopedic driver are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, compliant orthopedic driver includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a driver axis; a driver tip disposed at the distal end of the body, wherein the body includes at least one compliant portion configured to allow the driver flex about at least two axes transverse to the driver axis.

Compliant orthopedic driver

A robotic system may include a robot base and a rod feeding subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a feeding actuator configured to selectively move a surgical rod. The robotic system may include a brake subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a brake actuator configured to receive the surgical rod from the rod feeding subassembly, and selectively fix a first portion of the surgical rod with respect to the brake subassembly. The robotic system may include a bending subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a bending actuator configured to selectively rotate to engage a second portion of the surgical rod and bend the second portion of the surgical rod with respect to the first portion of the surgical rod so that the first portion and the second portion of the surgical rod define a first bend angle.

Surgical robotic systems for bending surgical rods, and related methods and devices

A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base, a first mechanism, and a second mechanism. The base attaches to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot. The first mechanism extends between a rotatable connection to the base and a rotatable connection to a tool attachment mechanism. The second mechanism extends between a rotatable connection to the base and a rotatable connection to the tool attachment mechanism. The first and second mechanisms pivot about the rotatable connections to constrain movement of the tool attachment mechanism to a range of movement within a working plane. The tool attachment mechanism is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade for cutting.

Surgical robot with passive end effector

Devices, systems, and methods for computer-assisted navigation and/or robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, allow for the navigated movement of instruments or other surgical devices. The instruments may be suitable for procedures involving navigated and/or robotic total knee arthroplasty, for example.

Instruments for navigated orthopedic surgeries

Described herein are systems and apparatus of surgical instruments engineered for integration with robotic surgical systems to enhance precision in surgical procedures. Also described herein are methods of using such surgical instruments in performing surgical procedures. The use of such surgical instruments reduce complications arising from misalignment during surgery. The disclosed technology assists in stages of a surgical procedure that require a precise trajectory to be followed. Surgical instrument guides are attached to a universal surgical instrument guide, which is engineered to attach directly or indirectly with a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system. Surgical instruments can then be precisely guided along an axis defined by the universal surgical instrument guide. Individual instruments are easily inserted and removed from the channel of the universal surgical instrument guide, thus allowing a range of instruments to be used throughout a procedure while maintaining the surgical trajectory.

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Lutry, Switzerland

Olivier Chappuis