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AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsDavid G. Bowling, John M. Stuart, Jerry A. Culp, Donald W. Malackowski, José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Patrick Roessler, Joel N Beer
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Surgical systems and methods for generating a tool path. A manipulator is configured to support and move a surgical instrument. Controller(s) obtain data that defines a volume of tissue to be removed from a surgical site. The controller(s) operate the manipulator to move the surgical instrument to remove first portions of the volume and acquire data defining the first portions removed from the volume. The controller(s) identify, based on the volume and the acquired data, additional portions of the volume of tissue that require removal. The controller(s) generate a tool path that passes through the additional portions and operate the manipulator to move the surgical instrument along the tool path to remove the additional portions.
A surgical system comprising:
A method of operating a surgical system, the surgical system including a manipulator configured to support and move a surgical instrument, and one or more controllers, the method comprising the one or more controllers performing the following:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.