US 12,364,544 B2
Soft tissue balancing in articular surgery
Pierre Couture, Montreal (CA); Alain Richard, Lachine (CA); Olivier Boisvert, Montreal (CA); Emily Gogarty, Montreal (CA); Louis-Philippe Amiot, Montreal (CA); Sebastien Parratte, Marseilles (FR); Di Li, LaSalle (CA); and Dugal James, Bendigo (AU)
Assigned to Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,415.
Application 17/469,415 is a continuation of application No. 16/166,795, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,135,021.
Application 16/166,795 is a continuation of application No. 15/624,621, filed on Jun. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,136,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/501,585, filed on May 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,732, filed on Nov. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/375,049, filed on Aug. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/350,958, filed on Jun. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096166 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 5/4585 (2013.01); A61B 17/1675 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/1127 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0268 (2013.01); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61G 13/0063 (2016.11); A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 13/125 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot-aided surgical system comprising:
a processor;
a display device; and
memory, including instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive an indication that a first surgical step has been completed on a patient by a robotic arm;
automatically cause the robotic arm to perform an intraoperative orthopedic assessment for the patient;
output for display, on a user interface of the display device, information related to the intraoperative orthopedic assessment;
determine whether the intraoperative orthopedic assessment has been completed; and
output for display, on the user interface in response to determining that the orthopedic assessment has been completed, information corresponding to a second surgical step based on results of the intraoperative orthopedic assessment.