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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
P Tech, Llc, Effingham, IL (US);
Peter M. Bonutti, Manalapan, FL (US);
Justin E. Beyers, Effingham, IL (US);
P Tech, LLC, Effingham, IL (US);
Abstract
A surgical system and method of operating the same involve a surgical operating table is controllable and adjustable and that supports a patient thereon. A robotic system includes a moveable arm that supports and moves an end effector relative to a surgical site of the patient. Controller(s) coupled to the surgical operating table and to the robotic system associate a virtual boundary with respect to the surgical site and detect that the end effector is outside of the virtual boundary. In response to detection of the end effector being outside of the virtual boundary, the controller(s) command adjustment of the surgical operating table to reposition the surgical site and the virtual boundary to enable the end effector to be inside the virtual boundary.