IP Library Patent Application 18497581
Patent Application
App. No. 18/497,581

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED CONTROL BOUNDARIES

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18/497,581
Abstract

A method includes providing a boundary defining a portion of a bone to be resected, determining a position of a tracked probe, obtaining a customized boundary by changing a shape of the boundary based on the position of the tracked probe, and guiding operation of a cutting tool in an area defined by the customized boundary.

Claims (33)

1 . A method, comprising:

providing a boundary defining a portion of a bone to be resected;

determining a position of a tracked probe;

obtaining a customized boundary by changing a shape of the boundary based on the position of the tracked probe; and

guiding operation of a cutting tool in an area defined by the customized boundary.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the boundary relative to a virtual representation of the bone and allowing a user to adjust a vertex of the standard control boundary using an input device.

3 . The method of claim 2 , comprising generating the virtual representation of the bone based on imaging of the bone.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the boundary comprises obtaining the boundary from a library of standard boundaries.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the position of the tracked probe indicates a position on an anatomic structure of a patient.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting an implant component to be implanted on the bone and providing the boundary based on the implant component.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the position of the tracked probe indicates a position of a soft tissue.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein guiding the operation of the cutting tool comprises providing feedback to a user based on a position of the cutting to relative to the customized boundary.

9 . A method, comprising:

providing a boundary defining a portion of a bone to be resected;

obtaining a customized boundary by changing a shape of the boundary based on a position of a patient tissue; and

guiding a bone resection based on the customized boundary.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein providing the boundary comprises loading the boundary from computer memory.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein providing the boundary comprises selecting the boundary based on selection of an implant such that the boundary is a predefined boundary associated with the implant.

12 . The method of claim 9 , comprising determining the position of the patient tissue by tracking a probe.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the patient tissue is a soft tissue.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein guiding operation of the surgical tool based on the customized boundary comprises causing the surgical tool to operate on the bone inside the customized boundary.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein guiding operation of the surgical tool based on the customized boundary comprises controlling a robotic device interfacing with the surgical tool.

16 . A system, comprising:

a probe;

an optical tracking system configured to determine a position of the probe;

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing programming instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

providing a boundary defining a portion of a bone to be resected;

obtaining a customized boundary by changing a shape of the boundary based on the position of the probe;

providing guidance for operation of a cutting tool based on the customized boundary.

17 . The system of claim 16 , further comprising a robotic arm, wherein providing the guidance comprises controlling the robotic arm based on the customized boundary.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein providing the boundary comprises loading the boundary from storage in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the boundary corresponds to a shape of an implant for implantation at the bone.

20 . The system of claim 16 , wherein obtaining the customized boundary by changing the shape of the boundary based on the position of the probe comprises registering a position of a patient tissue based on the position of the probe and changing the shape of the boundary based on the position of the patient tissue.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2023
From: OTTO, JASON; KANG, HYOSIG
To: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
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