US 11,684,433 B2
Surgical tool systems and method
Neil R. Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on May 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/425,339.
Application 16/425,339 is a division of application No. 15/156,903, filed on May 17, 2016, granted, now 10,350,013.
Application 15/156,903 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/062,707, filed on Oct. 24, 2013, granted, now 10,357,184.
Application 14/062,707 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/924,505, filed on Jun. 21, 2013, granted, now 9,782,229, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/800,527, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/662,702, filed on Jun. 21, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2019/0314094 A1, Oct. 17, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guided surgical tool assembly comprising:
an end-effector including a guide tube; and
a surgical instrument having a shaft and a handle, the surgical instrument moveable within the guide tube, the surgical instrument including at least one detectable feature affixed to the shaft or the handle,
wherein a depth of the surgical instrument in the guide tube is determined by the at least one detectable feature,
wherein the detectable feature comprises at least one reflective lens and the at least one reflective lens comprises three reflective lenses.