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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Rahul Sharma, Gurgaon, IN;
Trevor Jonathan Lambert, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A surgical system for determining breakthrough depth of a bore in a bone passing through a proximal cortical layer of bone and a distal cortical layer of bone. The surgical system includes an instrument for coupling to a cutting tool. A sensor is coupled to the instrument to generate one or more depth measurements of the cutting tool as the cutting tool cuts through the bone. The breakthrough depth is determined based on depth measurements made after the cutting tool passes through the proximal cortical layer of bone. The breakthrough depth is optionally based on a type of bone being cut, bone hardness, and cutting tool selection.