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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2024
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Peter L. Ebbitt, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Oscar Williams, Foster City, CA (US);
Victor Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Hyosig Kang, Weston, FL (US);
Xiao H. Gao, Plantation, FL (US);
Kana Nishimura, Baden-Baden, DE;
Ezra Johnson, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
Surgical systems and methods involve a surgical robot and an end effector attached to the surgical robot. The end effector includes a drive assembly, a manual interface, a trigger assembly, and a tool attached to the drive assembly and being rotatable about a first axis. Controller(s) control the surgical robot to position the tool relative to a surgical site to align the first axis with a predetermined trajectory associated with the surgical site. The controller(s) detect input from the trigger assembly to rotate the tool about the first axis with the drive assembly and advance the tool along the predetermined trajectory at the surgical site to a first depth. The manual interface is configured to receive force to rotate the tool about the first axis and advance the tool along the predetermined trajectory to a second depth greater than the first depth.