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Patent No.:

US 12350002 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2024

Soft tissue cutting instrument and method of use

Applicant:

Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);

Inventors:

Todd Borus, Vancouver, WA (US);

Carinne Cecile Granchi, Weston, FL (US);

Assignee:

MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);

Attorney:

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

Primary Examiner:

Patricia J Park

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 17/1742 (2013.01); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02);
Abstract

A method of providing soft tissue release during a joint arthroplasty procedure includes identifying, on a virtual model of target anatomy, a plurality of soft tissue attachment points, generating a soft tissue release pathway relative to the virtual model based on the plurality of soft tissue attachment points such that following the soft tissue release pathway with a cutting device results in release of soft tissue, and operating the cutting device based on the soft tissue release pathway.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Borus, Todd. (2025). Soft tissue cutting instrument and method of use (U.S. Patent No. 12350002). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12350002

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