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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Neil R. Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nicholas A. Theodore, Paradise Valley, PA (US);
Mitchell Foster, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Nobert Johnson, North Andover, MA (US);
Timothy Moulton, Newport, RI (US);
Kevin Zhang, Medford, MA (US);
Jeffrey Forsyth, Cranston, RI (US);
Chris Major, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert LeBoeuf, Salem, NH (US);
David Cleary, Somerville, MA (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 may be tracked by surgical robot system and displayed to a user. In some embodiments the end-effector element may be configured to restrict the movement of an instrument assembly in a guide tube. In some embodiments, the end-effector may contain structures to allow for magnetic coupling to a robot arm and/or wireless powering of the end-effector element. 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.