System and method for preparing bone
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsScott David Nortman, Amit Mistry, Jason K. Otto, Robert Van Vorhis, Mark Ellsworth Nadzadi, Miranda Jamieson
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Abstract
A method includes generating a surgical plan for installation of a structure at a bone and controlling a controllable guide structure to guide a cutting tool to sculpt the bone and the structure based on the surgical plan. Sculpting the bone provides the bone with a bone mating surface and sculpting the structure provides the structure with a structure mating surface. The method also includes installing the structure on the bone by engaging the structure mating surface of the structure with the bone mating surface of the bone.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- generating a surgical plan for installation of a structure at a bone;
- controlling a controllable guide structure to guide a cutting tool to sculpt the bone and the structure based on the surgical plan, wherein sculpting the bone provides the bone with a bone mating surface and sculpting the structure includes sculpting a bone material of the structure and provides the structure with a structure mating surface;
- and
- installing the structure on the bone by engaging the structure mating surface of the structure with the bone mating surface of the bone.
A system for preparing a bone to receive a structure, the system comprising:
- a robotic device configured to guide a cutting tool;
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- a control system configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving anatomical information associated with a joint of a patient;
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- generating, based on the anatomical information, a surgical plan for installation of the structure at the joint, wherein the structure is determined based on the anatomical information;
- controlling the robotic device to guide the cutting tool to sculpt a bone of the joint and the structure based on the surgical plan, wherein sculpting the bone provides the bone with a bone mating surface and sculpting the structure includes sculpting a bone material of the structure and provides the structure with a structure mating surface;
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- causing installation of the structure on the bone such that the structure mating surface of the structure engages the bone mating surface of the bone.
A device, the device comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:
- receiving anatomical information associated with a joint of a patient;
- generating, based on the anatomical information, a surgical plan for installation of a structure at the joint, wherein the structure is determined based on the anatomical information;
- controlling a controllable guide structure to guide a cutting tool to sculpt a bone of the joint and the structure based on the surgical plan, wherein sculpting the bone provides the bone with a bone mating surface and sculpting the structure includes sculpting a bone material of the structure and provides the structure with a structure mating surface;
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- causing installation of the structure on the bone by engaging the structure mating surface of the structure with the bone mating surface of the bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.