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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Neil R. Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US);
Chris Major, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Bartelme, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nobert Johnson, North Andover, MA (US);
Stephen Cicchini, North Wales, PA (US);
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a surgical robot system may include an end-effector element configured for controlled movement and positioning and tracking of surgical instruments and objects relative to an image of a patient's anatomical structure. In some embodiments the end-effector and instruments may be tracked by surgical robot system and displayed to a user. In some embodiments, tracking of a target anatomical structure and objects, both in a navigation space and an image space, may be provided by a dynamic reference base located at a position away from the target anatomical structure.