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Patent No.:

US 12788506 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2024

System and method for reducing tool vibration at a variable stiffness end effector of a surgical system

Applicant:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventor:

Richard Todd Hage, Castle Rock, CO (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);

Attorney:

Harrity & Harrity, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Lau

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 15/0061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02);
Abstract

A method of operating a surgical system includes positioning a variable stiffness end effector assembly relative to a patient. The effector assembly has an end effector support having a tool insertion device disposed therein. The method also rigidly coupes the end effector support to the tool insertion device in a first mode by forming a rigid coupling mechanism, inserting a tool within the tool insertion device, vibrating the tool insertion device with the tool and decoupling the rigid coupling mechanism and compliantly coupling the tool insertion device in a second mode after vibrating.

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