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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Hans-Ulrich Becker, Muellheim, DE;
Michael Dale Dozeman, Portage, MI (US);
Michael Ferko, Warwick, NY (US);
Gregory Garcia, Parkland, FL (US);
Vladimir Gershuni, Brooklyn, NY (US);
José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Batavia, OH (US);
Patrick Roessler, Merzhausen, DE;
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
Surgical systems, computer-implemented methods, and software programs for generating a milling path for a bone. The implementations involve obtaining a virtual model of the bone, a resection volume defined relative to the virtual model of the bone, and a reference guide defined with respect to the resection volume. Section planes are successively arranged along the reference guide, and each section plane intersects the reference guide and intersects the resection volume. A section path is generated within each section plane and is defined relative to the resection volume. Transition segments are generated to connect section paths of section planes. The milling path is then generated by combining the section paths and the transition segments.