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US 11,426,245 B2Granted
Surgical guidance system and method with acoustic feedback
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsArthur Quaid, Hyosig Kang, Dennis Moses, Rony Abovitz, Scott Illsley
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Abstract
A surgical system includes a surgical tool, a tracking system configured to obtain tracking data indicative of positions of the surgical tool relative to an anatomical feature, an acoustic device, and a computer system programmed to control the acoustic device to provide acoustic feedback to a user based on the tracking data.
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A surgical system, comprising:
- a cutting tool;
- a tracking system configured to obtain tracking data indicative of positions of the cutting tool relative to an anatomical feature as the cutting tool cuts into the anatomical feature;
- an acoustic device;
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- a computer system programmed to control the acoustic device to provide acoustic feedback to a user indicating a cutting depth of the cutting tool into the anatomical feature based on the tracking data by indicating when the cutting depth is too shallow, too deep, and correct relative to a planned implant depth.
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