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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Lou Keppler, Lakewood, OH (US);
Sathiya Prabaharan, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Emily Hampp, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Stuart L. Axelson, Jr., Succasunna, NJ (US);
John R. Fossez, Frisco, TX (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of performing surgery on a bone includes providing a robotically controlled bone preparation system and creating at least one hole in the bone with the robotically controlled bone preparation system prior to machining the bone. The bone hole aligns with a hole or a post in a guide for a manual cutting tool. If the robot fails during surgery, or if the surgeon does not wish to complete the procedure with the robot, the guide is attached to the bone after aligning the guide hole with the bone hole. The surgery is completed manually after the guide is attached to the bone, and the robot is not used after the guide is attached to the bone.