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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
James E. Flatt, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert Dodde, Portage, MI (US);
Jonathan Boyer, Galesburg, MI (US);
Larry Douglas O'cull, Westfield, IN (US);
Victor Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Christopher Wayne Jones, Kokomo, IN (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
Surgical systems and methods involve a robotic arm with a first mounting portion that releasably receives a sterile barrier assembly and a second mounting portion associated with a surgical component. An illumination device is coupled to the robotic arm. Controller(s) detect, using one or more sensors, a condition associated with installation of one or more of the sterile barrier assembly and the second mounting portion to the first mounting portion. The controller(s) control the illumination device to indicate the condition to a user.