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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David Gene Bowling, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM (US);
John Michael Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Jerry A. Culp, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Patrick Roessler, Merzhausen, DE;
Joel N. Beer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical robotic system and method for controlling an instrument feed rate. The surgical robotic system comprises a surgical manipulator for manipulating a surgical instrument and an energy applicator extending from the surgical instrument. At least one controller includes a feed rate calculator configured to calculate the instrument feed rate. A hand held pendant is operable by a user to adjust a defined feed rate of the surgical manipulator in the semi-autonomous mode.