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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Orthosoft Ulc, Montreal, CA;
ORTHOSOFT ULC, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A system for tracking an end effector of a robot in computer-assisted surgery, may have: a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining referential tracking data for a first part of a robot using optical tracking relative to a frame of reference, and concurrently obtaining tool tracking data for an end effector of the robot arm in the frame of reference; and continuously tracking and outputting the position and orientation of the end effector in the frame of reference, using the tool tracking data, and concurrently adjusting the position and orientation of the end effector in the frame of reference when the referential tracking data indicates a movement of the first part of the robot and/of the optical tracking, in the frame of reference.