Robotic reaming and shell placement

Abstract

A system for robot-assisted surgery includes a surgical robot having a robotic arm, an end effector coupled to the robotic arm, wherein the end effector is adapted to receive, translate, and orient a navigated surgical instrument; a camera tracking system adapted to intra-operatively track a pose of the navigated surgical instrument relative to a defined coordinate system; and a computer platform including a processor and a memory. In embodiments, the computer platform operative to display to a user an image of a target location on the patient and the pose of the navigated surgical instrument; and selectively control translation and orientation of the navigated surgical instrument based on a defined operational mode, to perform a surgical process under user control that comprises one or more of: reaming an acetabulum of the patient to a planned center of an acetabular prosthesis, or positioning the acetabular prosthesis in the reamed acetabulum.

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