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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
May. 06, 2025
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Douglas Alan Staunton, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Paul Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael Dale Dozeman, Portage, MI (US);
MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Abstract
A surgical system and method of operating the same. A manipulator supports and facilitates movement of a surgical tool along a tool path relative to a surgical site. Controller(s) determine commanded states and actual states of the surgical tool relative to the tool path for a plurality of time steps. The controller(s) detect at least one deviation between the commanded states and the actual states of the surgical tool for at least one of the plurality of time steps. The controller(s) respond to the deviation by modification of one or both of: a feed rate of the surgical tool; and the tool path.