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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Think Surgical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Saleh Tabandeh, Fremont, CA (US);
Joel Zuhars, Fremont, CA (US);
Daniel Patrick Bonny, Fremont, CA (US);
Timothy Pack, Fremont, CA (US);
Randall Hanson, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Hoppe, Fremont, CA (US);
Nathan A. Netravali, Fremont, CA (US);
Think Surgical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and process is provided for dynamically positioning or repositioning a robot in a surgical context based on workspace and task requirements, manipulator requirements, or user preferences to execute a surgical plan. The system and method accurately determines and indicates an optimal position for a robot with respect to a patient's anatomy before or during a surgical procedure. Optimal positions for a robot are intuitively indicated to a user, surgical procedures can illustratively include surgery to the knee joint, hip joint, spine, shoulder joint, elbow joint, ankle joint, jaw, a tumor site, joints of the hand or foot, and other appropriate surgical sites.