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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2024
Applicant:
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jason Otto, Plantation, FL (US);
Radu Iorgulescu, Weston, FL (US);
Chris Lightcap, Davie, FL (US);
Brian Schmitz, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Jason Wojcik, Weston, FL (US);
Carinne Cecile Granchi, Weston, FL (US);
Assignee:
MAKO SURGICAL CORP., Weston, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/15 (2013.01); A61B 17/142 (2016.11); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00128 (2013.01); A61B 17/157 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/03 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical method includes operating, by a surgical robot, in a first mode, detecting a crossing of an object from a first side of a boundary to a second side of the boundary, switching, in response to the crossing of the object from the first side of the boundary to the second side of the boundary, the surgical robot from the first mode to a second mode, and operating, by the surgical robot, in the second mode.