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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Mako Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Peter L. Ebbitt, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Oscar Williams, Foster CIty, CA (US);
Victor Soto, Doral, FL (US);
Hyosig Kang, Weston, FL (US);
Xiao H. Gao, Plantation, FL (US);
Kana Nishimura, Baden-Baden, DE;
Ezra Johnson, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
End effectors for driving tools at surgical sites along trajectories maintained by surgical robots. A tool has interface and working ends. An end effector has a mount to attach to the surgical robot, and an actuator configured to generate torque. A drive assembly with a geartrain translates rotation from the actuator into rotation of a drive conduit supported about an axis. A rotational lock operatively attached to the drive conduit releasably secures the tool for concurrent rotation about the axis, and an axial lock releasably secures the tool for concurrent translation with the drive conduit along the trajectory maintained by the surgical robot. The axial lock is operable between a release configuration where relative movement between the drive assembly and the tool is permitted along the axis, and a lock configuration where relative movement between the drive assembly and the tool is restricted along the axis.