US 12,186,042 B2
Methods and systems for robotic-assisted insertion of medical fasteners
Samuel C. Dumpe, Sewickley, PA (US); Brett J. Bell, Mendon, UT (US); Constantinos Nikou, Monroeville, PA (US); and Gene Edward Austin, Bartlett, TN (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH); and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, SG (SG); and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug (CH)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,786.
Application 18/499,786 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,530, filed on Apr. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,844,582.
Application 17/717,530 is a continuation of application No. 17/433,775, granted, now 11,298,197, issued on Apr. 12, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2021/017849, filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,893, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074825 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/162 (2013.01); A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 17/848 (2013.01); A61B 17/865 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A robotic surgical system for use with a medical fastener or a bone removal tool, wherein the medical fastener or the bone removal tool comprises a recess, the robotic surgical system comprising:
an end effector configured to interchangeably receive the medical fastener or the bone removal tool, the end effector comprising:
a sleeve configured to receive the medical fastener or the bone removal tool, the sleeve configured to move relative to the medical fastener or the bone removal tool received within the end effector between a first position and a second position, the sleeve comprising a sleeve recess, wherein the sleeve is biased towards the first position, and
a detent configured to engage with the recess of the medical fastener or the bone removal tool and constrain axial movement of the medical fastener or the bone removal tool when the sleeve is in the first position, wherein as the sleeve approaches the second position, the detent is released from the recess of the medical fastener or the bone removal tool, thereby releasing the medical fastener at a predetermined depth.