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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
David Gene Bowling, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US);
Bojan Gospavic, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Christopher W. Jones, Kokomo, IN (US);
Greg Mcewan, Mattawan, MI (US);
Lucas Gsellman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kana Nishimura, Baden-Baden, DE;
Weiyi Ding, Northville, MI (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are techniques including a robotic manipulator including a surgical tool to interface with and rotate the screw about a rotational axis. A haptic device includes an actuator and a rotational interface coupled to the actuator and the rotational interface is manually manipulatable by a hand of an operator. One or more controllers control movement of the robotic manipulator to maintain the rotational axis of the surgical tool along a planned trajectory; autonomously control the surgical tool to rotate the screw at a rotational rate about the rotational axis and to linearly advance the screw at an advancement rate according to a known thread geometry of the screw; obtain a measurement indicative of a present interaction between the screw and the target site; and control the actuator of the haptic device to enable the rotational interface to emulate the present interaction between the screw and the target site.