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Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,744 · App. 17/627,208 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Robotic hand-held surgical instrument systems and methods

Inventors: Timothy J. Bozung (Scotts, MI); Stephen J. Reasoner (Kalamazoo, MI); Jeffrey Timmer (Kalamazoo, MI)
Assignee: Stryker Corporation
A61B17/142A61B34/20A61B34/30A61B90/57A61B2017/00398A61B2017/0046
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Patent No.
US 12,232,744
App. No.
17/627,208
Filed
Jan 14, 2022
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
YANG, ANDREW
Art Unit
3775
USPC
606/79
Abstract

A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. A plurality of actuators operatively interconnect the tool support and the hand-held portion to move the tool support in three degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion. An optional constraint assembly may operatively interconnect the tool support and the hand-held portion to constrain movement of the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in three degrees of freedom. A guidance array assists users in positioning the tool and/or portions of the instrument.

Claims (44)

1. A hand-held robotic instrument for use with a tool to perform surgery, the robotic instrument comprising:

a hand-held portion to be held by a user;

a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool;

a plurality of actuators operatively interconnecting the tool support and the hand-held portion to move the tool support in three degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion, each of the plurality of actuators being actively adjustable in effective length; and

a constraint assembly having a passive linkage operatively interconnecting the tool support and the hand-held portion, the passive linkage being coupled to the tool support and the hand-held portion in a manner configured to constrain movement of the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in three degrees of freedom.

2. The robotic instrument of claim 1 , wherein the passive linkage operatively interconnects the tool support and the hand-held portion independently of the plurality of actuators, the passive linkage being passively adjustable in effective length.

3. The robotic instrument of claim 2 , wherein the constraint assembly comprises a passive linkage joint coupling the passive linkage to the tool support.

4. The robotic instrument of claim 3 , wherein the passive linkage joint comprises a passive linkage U-joint or a passive linkage spherical joint.

5. The robotic instrument of claim 3 , wherein the passive linkage comprises a shaft and a sleeve configured to receive the shaft along a constraint axis, the passive linkage being configured to allow the shaft to slide axially along the constraint axis relative to the sleeve and to constrain movement of the shaft radially relative to the constraint axis during actuation of one or more of the plurality of actuators.

6. The robotic instrument of claim 5 , wherein the passive linkage comprises a key to constrain rotation of the shaft relative to the sleeve about the constraint axis.

7. The robotic instrument of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of actuators is disposed along an active axis, the active axes configured to be arranged in a canted configuration relative to the constraint axis.

8. The robotic instrument of claim 7 , comprising a plurality of first active joints coupling the plurality of actuators to the tool support.

9. The robotic instrument of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of first active joints comprises an active U-joint or an active spherical joint.

10. The robotic instrument of claim 9 , wherein the first active joints and the passive linkage joint define parallel pivot axes disposed on a common plane.

11. The robotic instrument of claim 10 , wherein the tool support comprises a tool coupler arranged so that the tool is located on a tool plane parallel to the common plane when the tool is removably coupled to the tool support.

12. The robotic instrument of claim 9 , comprising a second active joint coupling two of the plurality of actuators to the hand-held portion and a third active joint coupling one of the plurality of actuators to the hand-held portion and wherein each of the second active joints comprises a swivel yoke arranged to swivel relative to the hand-held portion about a swivel axis and the third active joint comprises a pivot housing fixed to the hand-held portion.

13. The robotic instrument of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of actuators comprises a lead screw, the carriers configured to threadably receive the lead screws so that each of the lead screws can rotate relative to a corresponding one of the carriers to adjust the effective length of a corresponding one of the plurality of actuators.

14. The robotic instrument of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of actuators comprises a motor having a rotor fixed to one of the lead screws, and each of the plurality of actuators comprises a housing, the rotor being configured to rotate relative to the housing, and wherein each of the first active joints comprises a pivot yoke extending from a corresponding one of the housings.

15. The robotic instrument of claim 14 , wherein each of the housings and corresponding carrier are constrained from relative movement in a first degree of freedom to allow the lead screws to rotate relative to the carriers.

16. The robotic instrument of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of actuators comprises a first actuator adjustable in effective length along a first active axis, a second actuator adjustable in effective length along a second active axis, and a third actuator adjustable in effective length along a third active axis, wherein the passive linkage is adjustable in effective length along a constraint axis, the constraint axis and the third active axis being coplanar along a center plane throughout actuation of the plurality of actuators.

17. A hand-held robotic instrument for use with a saw blade in performing surgery, the robotic instrument comprising:

a hand-held portion to be held by a user;

a blade support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the saw blade;

a plurality of actuators operatively interconnecting the blade support and the hand-held portion to move the blade support in three degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion;

a constraint assembly operatively interconnecting the blade support and the hand-held portion to constrain movement of the blade support relative to the hand-held portion in three degrees of freedom; and

a controller coupled to the plurality of actuators to control adjustment of the plurality of actuators to maintain the saw blade along a plane.

18. The robotic instrument of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of actuators comprises a first actuator adjustable in effective length along a first active axis, a second actuator adjustable in effective length along a second active axis, a third actuator adjustable in effective length along a third active axis, and a passive linkage adjustable in effective length along a constraint axis.

19. The robotic instrument of claim 17 , wherein the blade support comprise a motor to drive motion of the saw, wherein the blade support comprises a transmission coupled to the motor to convert rotary motion from the motor into oscillating motion of the saw.

20. The robotic instrument of claim 17 , further comprising a tracker mount fixed to the blade support to removably receive a navigation tracker.

21. The robotic instrument of claim 17 , wherein the robotic instrument weighs less than 6 lbs.

22. A robotic surgical instrument comprising:

a hand-holdable body to be held by a user;

a tool support movably coupled to the hand-holdable body;

a tool coupler supported by the tool support;

a plurality of actuators to move the tool support in a plurality of degrees of freedom relative to the hand-holdable body, the plurality of actuators including:

a pair of linear actuators operatively interconnecting the tool support and the hand-holdable body with each of the pair of linear actuators having a first portion connected to the hand-holdable body and a second portion connected to the tool support, the pair of linear actuators being arranged to control elevation and pitch of the tool support relative to the hand-holdable body; and

a rotary actuator arranged to control roll movement of the tool coupler relative to the tool support and the hand-holdable body.

23. A robotic surgical instrument for use with a surgical tool, the surgical instrument comprising:

a hand-holdable body to be held by a user;

a tool support movably coupled to the hand-holdable body to support the tool;

a plurality of actuators to move the tool support in a plurality of degrees of freedom relative to the hand-holdable body, the plurality of actuators including:

an elevation actuator with a first portion connected to the hand-holdable body and a second portion connected to the tool support; and

a pair of secondary actuators, each of the pair of secondary actuators including an actuator portion operatively connected to the elevation actuator and a support portion operatively connected to the tool support such that each of the pair of secondary actuators is arranged to effectively operate between the elevation actuator and the tool support to move the tool support relative to the elevation actuator;

wherein the elevation actuator is arranged to move both the tool support and the secondary actuators relative to the hand-holdable body in one degree of freedom.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2022
From: REASONER, STEPHEN J.; BOZUNG, TIMOTHY J.; TIMMER, JEFFREY
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058760/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2022
From: STRYKER CORPORATION
To: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 058760/0517 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63015184 · Apr 24, 2020
Provisional Application 62874107 · Jul 15, 2019
Related Publication 20220273396A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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