US 11,981,037 B2
Positioning tool, robotic arm system and registration method
Tao Li, Jiangsu (CN); Chao He, Jiangsu (CN); and Zhou Jiang, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to SUZHOU MICROPORT ORTHOBOT CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed by Suzhou MicroPort Orthobot Co., Ltd., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/850,789.
Claims priority of application No. 201911382736.9 (CN), filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197386 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1694 (2013.01) [A61B 17/14 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B25J 15/0066 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); B25J 17/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning tool for a robotic arm including a base joint, and a plurality of movable joints, wherein the plurality of movable joints include a shoulder joint, an elbow joint, a forearm joint, a wrist joint, and a rotation joint, wherein the positioning tool comprises: a body, a registration tip, and a trackable element that is disposed on the registration tip, the body having one end configured to connect with a terminal end of a robotic arm and the other end non-detachably connected to the registration tip, the registration tip configured to abut a characteristic point of an object to perform a registration of the object, the trackable element configured to communicate with a navigation device, wherein a mounting feature for installing a surgical instrument is provided in a middle portion of the body.