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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2024
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Timothy J. Bozung, Belding, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A system including an instrument adapted to be manually supported and moved by a user. The instrument having a hand-held portion, a drive mechanism movably coupled to the hand-held portion, and a plurality of actuators operatively coupled to the drive mechanism for moving the drive mechanism in at least two degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion. The instrument also includes a tracking device for tracking the instrument and a working portion removably coupled to the drive mechanism by a coupling assembly. The system further comprises a navigation system for determining a position of the working portion and a bone to be cut during the medical procedure and a control system in communication with the actuators and configured to control the actuators to actively position the working portion such that the working portion is substantially maintained on a plane.