US 12,213,741 B2
Apparatus for robotic joint arthroscopic surgery
Jeffrey Roh, Seattle, WA (US); Justin Esterberg, Mesa, AZ (US); John Cronin, Jericho, VT (US); Seth Cronin, Essex Junction, VT (US); Michael John Baker, Georgia, VT (US); and Mihir Patel, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to IX Innovation LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by IX Innovation LLC, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,723.
Application 18/461,723 is a continuation of application No. 17/974,509, filed on Oct. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,786,313.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138922 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61F 2002/30952 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical robot comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions, which when executed by one or more computer processors cause the surgical robot to:
extract information describing an arthroscopic surgical procedure from a surgical database performing the arthroscopic surgical procedure by the surgical robot;
identify injured soft tissue within an anatomy of a patient using images of the anatomy obtained using an imaging sensor of the surgical robot; and
perform the arthroscopic surgical procedure based on the information, wherein the computer instructions cause the surgical robot to:
secure, by one or more end effectors of the surgical robot, the injured soft tissue; and
suture, by the one or more end effectors, the injured locations to repair the injured soft tissue.