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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2024
Applicant:
Mako Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US);
Inventors:
Radu Iorgulescu, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Carinne Cecile Granchi, Weston, FL (US);
Dennis Moses, Hollywood, FL (US);
Jason Robert Wojcik, Weston, FL (US);
Assignee:
MAKO SURGICAL CORP., Weston, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical robotics method includes capturing points along a surface of a cutting tool by tracking a probe, deriving a tool axis from relative locations of the points, and controlling, using the tool axis, a robot that interfaces with the cutting tool.