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AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsSzymon Kostrzewski, Olivier Chappuis
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A surgical robot system includes a surgical robot having a robot base and a robot arm connected to the robot base. The surgical robot system further includes a joint manipulation arm configured to be attached to the robot arm and to be connected to an appendage of a patient and moved to apply force and/or torque to a joint connecting the appendage through movement of the robot arm. The surgical robot system further includes force and/or torque sensor apparatus configured to output a feedback signal providing an indication of an amount of force and/or torque that is being applied to the robot arm and/or the joint manipulation arm. At least one controller is configured to determine ligaments balancing at the joint based on a plurality of measurements of the feedback signal, and to output information characterizing the ligaments balancing.
A method of performing a ligaments balancing with a surgical robotic system, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions executable by at least one processor of a surgical robot system including a surgical robot with a robot arm connected to move a joint manipulation arm to apply force and/or torque to a joint connecting an appendage of a patient, the program instructions when executed by the at least one processor operate to:
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