Interbody tool, systems, and methods
AssigneeMazor Robotics Ltd.
InventorsIdo Zucker, Arik Levy
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Abstract
An interbody tool may include an upper portion with an upper contact surface and a plurality of upper legs; a lower portion with a lower contact surface and a plurality of lower legs, each of the lower legs moveably connected to one of the upper legs; a plurality of gauges, each gauge configured to measure a position of one of the plurality of upper legs relative to a corresponding one of the plurality of lower legs; at least one actuator configured to selectively push the upper portion away from the lower portion; and at least one sensor for measuring a force exerted by the at least one actuator.
Claims20
An interbody measurement system comprising:
- an interbody tool comprising:
- an upper contact surface and a plurality of upper legs;
- a lower contact surface and a plurality of lower legs, each of the lower legs moveably connected to one of the upper legs;
- a plurality of actuators configured to selectively adjust a distance between the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface, each actuator connecting a corresponding upper leg of the plurality of upper legs and a corresponding lower leg of the plurality of lower legs;
- and
- at least one sensor for measuring a characteristic of at least one actuator in the plurality of actuators;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing data for processing by the processor, the data, when processed, causes the processor to:
- activate the plurality of actuators;
- receive data corresponding to the characteristic from the at least one sensor;
- and
- determine whether to de-activate the plurality of actuators based on the data corresponding to the characteristic.
An interbody measurement system comprising:
- an interbody tool comprising:
- an upper contact surface and a plurality of upper legs;
- a lower contact surface and a plurality of lower legs, each of the lower legs moveably connected to one of the upper legs;
- a plurality of actuators configured to selectively adjust a distance between the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface, each actuator connecting a corresponding upper leg of the plurality of upper legs and a corresponding lower leg of the plurality of lower legs;
- at least one sensor for measuring a characteristic of at least one actuator in the plurality of actuators;
- and
- a communication interface to:
- receive one or more first signals to activate the plurality of actuators;
- send data corresponding to the characteristic as measured by the at least one sensor;
- and
- receive one or more second signals to de-activate the plurality of actuators, the one or more second signals being generated based on the data corresponding to the characteristic.
An interbody measurement system comprising:
- an interbody tool comprising:
- an upper contact surface and a plurality of upper legs;
- a lower contact surface and a plurality of lower legs, each of the lower legs moveably connected to one of the upper legs;
- a plurality of actuators configured to selectively adjust a distance between the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface, each actuator connecting a corresponding upper leg of the plurality of upper legs and a corresponding lower leg of the plurality of lower legs;
- and
- at least one sensor for measuring a force exerted by at least one actuator in the plurality of actuators;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing data for processing by the processor, the data, when processed, causes the processor to:
- activate the plurality of actuators;
- and
- deactivate the plurality of actuators when the force, as measured by the at least one sensor, reaches a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.