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US 12,685,539 B2Granted
Systems and methods for preparing a proximal tibia
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsMark Nadzadi, Ali Abbasi, Amit Mistry, Jason Otto
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Abstract
A method of preparing a bone to receive an implant component includes planning one or more surgical cuts configured to provide the bone with a curved intersection between two surfaces, applying a mechanical restraint to an arm holding a cutting tool based on the one or more surgical cuts, and performing, subject to the mechanical restraint and by articulating the arm, the one or more surgical cuts using the cutting tool.
Claims20
A method of preparing a bone to receive an implant component, comprising:
- planning, via a computing system, one or more surgical cuts that provide the bone with a curved intersection between two surfaces;
- applying a mechanical restraint to an arm holding a cutting tool based on the one or more surgical cuts;
- and
- performing, subject to the mechanical restraint and by articulating the arm, the one or more surgical cuts using the cutting tool such that the bone is provided with the curved intersection between the two surfaces.
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A method of preparing a bone, comprising:
- planning, via a computing system, a plurality of resections that combine to provide the bone with a first surface, a second surface, and a curved intersection between the first surface and the second surface;
- applying a mechanical restraint to an arm holding a cutting tool based on a surgical plan comprising the plurality of resections;
- and
- performing, subject to the mechanical restraint and by articulating the arm, the plurality of resections using the cutting tool such that the bone is provided with the first surface, the second surface, and the curved intersection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.