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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Mako Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Jason Otto, Plantation, FL (US);
Radu Iorgulescu, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Chris Lightcap, Davie, FL (US);
Brian Schmitz, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Jason Wojcik, Weston, FL (US);
Carinne Cecile Granchi, Weston, FL (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A surgical system includes a surgical tool and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to provide a plurality of virtual haptic interaction points where each virtual haptic interaction point is associated with a portion of the surgical tool such that movement of the surgical tool corresponds to movement of the plurality of virtual haptic interaction points, establish a haptic object that defines a working boundary for the surgical tool, and constrain at least one of the portions of the surgical tool based on a relationship between at least one of the plurality of virtual haptic interaction points and the haptic object.