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 drill for positioning a tool relative to a bone at a pre-planned location comprising:
- a hand-held portion;
- a drill portion movably coupled to the hand-held portion and configured to rotate the tool;
- an actuator system for moving the drill 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 drill for positioning the tool relative to the bone at the pre-planned location;
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- a light-emitting-diode (LED) for wirelessly transmitting data.
An articulating drill, comprising:
- a hand-held portion;
- a drill portion movably coupled to the hand-held portion and configured to rotate the tool;
- an actuator system for moving the drill 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 drill for positioning the tool relative to the bone at the pre-planned location;
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- a receiver for wirelessly receiving data from a navigation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.