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US 2025/0143946 A1Published application
Motorized joint positioner
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorHyosig Kang
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Abstract
A method of operating a joint positioner includes securing a first holder of the joint positioner to a first portion of a limb and a second holder of the joint positioner to a second portion of the limb, manually articulating a mechanical arm extending between the first holder and the second holder to a position causing tension in soft tissue of the limb, and switching between a first mode in which arm segments of the mechanical arm are manually repositionable and a second mode in which the mechanical arm is fixed in the position.
Claims20
A method of operating a joint positioner, comprising:
- securing a first holder of the joint positioner to a first portion of a limb and a second holder of the joint positioner to a second portion of the limb;
- manually articulating a mechanical arm extending between the first holder and the second holder to a position causing tension in soft tissue of the limb;
- and
- switching between a first mode in which arm segments of the mechanical arm are manually repositionable and a second mode in which the mechanical arm is fixed in the position.
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A joint positioner, comprising:
- a first holder configured to hold a first portion of a patient's limb;
- a second holder configured to hold a second portion of the patient's limb;
- and
- a mechanical arm comprising arm segments extending in series between the first holder and the second holder;
- wherein:
- the mechanical arm is operable in a first mode and a second mode;
- in the first mode, the mechanical arm is manually articulable to a position causing tension in soft tissue of the patient's limb;
- and
- in the second mode, the mechanical arm is fixed in the position.
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