Systems and methods for robotic infection treatment of a prosthesis
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsViktor Krebs, Peter Ebbitt, Snehal Kasodekar, Hyosig Kang
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Abstract
A system for debriding an infected implant area includes an ultrasonic tool, a navigation system for tracking movement of the ultrasonic tool, and a processing circuit programmed to determine an area to debride and control the ultrasonic tool to automatically adjust a parameter of the ultrasonic tool to provide a first vibrational characteristic when debridement is of a surface of the implant and a second vibrational characteristic when the debridement is of patient tissue.
Claims20
A system for debriding an infected implant area, the system comprising:
- an ultrasonic tool;
- a navigation system for tracking movement of the ultrasonic tool;
- and
- a processing circuit programmed to:
- determine an area to debride, the area comprising patient tissue and a surface of an implant;
- and
- control the ultrasonic tool to automatically adjust a parameter of the ultrasonic tool to provide a first vibrational characteristic when debridement is of the surface of the implant and a second vibrational characteristic when the debridement is of the patient tissue.
A method for debriding an infected implant area, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processing circuit, an area to be debrided, the area comprising patient tissue and a surface of an implant;
- and
- debriding the area with an ultrasonic tool while controlling, by the processing circuit, the ultrasonic tool to automatically adjust a parameter of the ultrasonic tool to provide a first vibrational characteristic when debridement is of the surface of the implant and a second vibrational characteristic when the debridement is of the patient tissue.
A system for debriding an infected implant area, the system comprising:
- an ultrasonic tool;
- a navigation system for tracking movement of the ultrasonic tool;
- and
- a processing circuit programmed to:
- determine an area to debride;
- and
- control the ultrasonic tool or a robot coupled to the ultrasonic tool based on the movement of the ultrasonic tool relative to the area to debride.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.