US 12,350,002 B2
Soft tissue cutting instrument and method of use
Todd Borus, Vancouver, WA (US); and Carinne Cecile Granchi, Weston, FL (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/422,515.
Application 17/169,946 is a division of application No. 13/900,484, filed on May 22, 2013, granted, now 10,945,801.
Application 18/422,515 is a continuation of application No. 17/169,946, filed on Feb. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,918,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/650,273, filed on May 22, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0156559 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/76 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 17/1742 (2013.01); A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of providing soft tissue release during a joint arthroplasty procedure, the method comprising:
identifying, on a virtual model of a patient's bone, a plurality of soft tissue attachment points;
generating, by a computer-assisted surgical system, a soft tissue release pathway relative to the virtual model based on the plurality of soft tissue attachment points such that following the soft tissue release pathway with a cutting device results in release of soft tissue;
optically tracking a position of the cutting device relative to the patient's bone and operating the cutting device based on the soft tissue release pathway; and
displaying, on a display device, relative positions of the cutting device and the soft tissue release pathway while updating a visualization of the soft tissue release pathway based on completion of stages of the soft tissue release by the cutting device.