Method and system for performing bone resection in robotized computer-assisted surgery
AssigneeOrthosoft Ulc
InventorPierre COUTURE
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Abstract
A system for performing bone resection on a bone in robotized computer-assisted surgery, comprising: a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: tracking a robot arm and a bone in a common referential system; obtaining a virtual model of a cutting block to be used on the bone, the virtual model including slots corresponding to at least two cutting planes of the cutting block; and controlling the robot arm having the cutting block supported at an end thereof to place the cutting block in a desired location on the bone, using the model of the cutting block and the tracking.
Claims20
A system for performing bone resection on a bone in robotized computer-assisted surgery, comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for:
- tracking a robot arm and a bone in a common referential system;
- obtaining a virtual model of a cutting block to be used on the bone, the virtual model including slots corresponding to at least one cutting plane of the cutting block;
- and
- controlling the robot arm having the cutting block supported at an end thereof to place the cutting block in a desired location on the bone, using the model of the cutting block and the tracking.
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