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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Benjamin Vandyken, Plainwell, MI (US);
Phillip Lindeman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David E. Hershberger, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Dustin James Payne, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Arens, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. The robotic instrument further includes an actuator assembly operatively attached to the tool support and the hand-held portion and configured to move the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The robotic instrument may includes a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion. At least a portion of the handle alignment member and a tool plane defined by the tool are aligned when the tool support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.