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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2024
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David G. Bowling, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US);
Donald W. Malackowski, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
José Luis Moctezuma De La Barrera, Freiburg, DE;
Patrick Roessler, Merzhausen, DE;
Jerry A. Culp, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
John M. Stuart, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Joel N. Beer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
Surgical systems and methods of operating the same involve controlling a robotic manipulator to move a cutting instrument to cut away material from a bone at a surgical site. A machine vision system uses a vision camera to detect an object at, or in proximity to, the surgical site. A control system associates a virtual boundary with the detected object and controls the robotic manipulator to move the cutting instrument based on the virtual boundary such that the cutting instrument avoids the detected object. In one example, the control system modifies a tool path of the cutting instrument based on the virtual boundary to avoid the detected object. Additionally, or alternatively, the control system can automatically adjust an orientation of the cutting instrument based on the virtual boundary to avoid the detected object.