Articulating drill system
AssigneeThink Surgical, Inc.
InventorsStan G. Shalayev, Joel F. Zuhars, Allen B. Kantrowitz, In K. Mun, Daniel Fuller, Simon R. Grover
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Abstract
An articulating drill system is provided that includes a hand-held portion and a drill portion. At least two actuators are provided for controlling at least two axes of the drill portion. In some embodiments, a tool is provided with the drill portion and adapted to interact with patient tissue. The drill portion can be modified to include at least two rigid objects in communication with the actuators and attached to the drill portion. The system can be used to make any linear cut within a deviation of ±1.0 mm and ±1.0°, or better in patient tissue.
Claims20
An articulating surgical device for positioning a tool relative to a bone at a pre-planned location comprising:
- a hand-held portion;
- a working portion movably coupled to the hand-held portion and configured to drive the tool;
- an actuator system for moving the working portion relative to the hand-held portion in response to control signals corresponding to movement of at least one of the bone and the articulating surgical device for positioning the tool relative to the bone at the pre-planned location;
- at least one light-emitting-diode;
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- a processor configured to actuate the at least one light-emitting-diode (LEDs) for wirelessly transmitting data, wherein the data comprises a first data type for indicating a position and orientation of at least a portion of the articulating surgical device and a second data type different than the first data type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.