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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
John J. Janik, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Robert A. Brindley, Delton, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A delivery system and methods are disclosed for delivering a material to a target site. A delivery instrument is coupled to a robotic manipulator and comprises a delivery device having a distal tip comprising an opening deliver the material to the target site through the opening. A navigation system tracks the delivery device and the target site and generates position signals. One or more controllers are in communication with the robotic manipulator and the navigation system and define a virtual boundary associated with the target site, wherein the virtual boundary is utilized to constrain movement of the delivery device. The one or more controllers control one or more joint motors of the robotic manipulator to move the distal tip of the delivery device with respect to the virtual boundary based on the position signals from the navigation system.