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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jason Otto, Plantation, FL (US);
Xiao Hui Gao, Weston, FL (US);
Assignee:
MAKO SURGICAL CORP., Weston, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/4657 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4632 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of assessing ligament balance in a joint. The method comprising forcing, by motors of joints of an articulated arm of a robotic device, a ligament balancing device to apply a first force to a first bone of the joint in contact with the ligament balancing device, holding the first bone with the first force while allowing manual manipulation of a second bone of the joint and collecting a force measurement, and determining, by a processor in communication with the robotic device, a force applied to one or more ligaments of the joint based on the force measurement.