US 12,082,893 B2
Robotic pin placement
Daniel P. Bonny, Fremont, CA (US); Joel Zuhars, Fremont, CA (US); Stephen M. Howell, Fremont, CA (US); Timothy Pack, Fremont, CA (US); Kyle Kuznik, Fremont, CA (US); and Babak Kianmajd, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Think Surgical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Think Surgical, Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,875.
Application 17/725,875 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/778,811, granted, now 11,457,980, previously published as PCT/US2016/062020, filed on Nov. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/349,562, filed on Jun. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/259,487, filed on Nov. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265376 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system for inserting a pin in a bone coincident with a virtual plane having a predetermined location relative to the bone, comprising:
a surgical device, comprising:
a hand-held portion;
a working portion movably connected to the hand-held portion, wherein the working portion comprises a motor for driving the pin for insertion of the pin in the bone; and
an actuator system for moving the working portion relative to the hand-held portion in response to control signals; and
a computer operating software from a non-transitory memory and configured to receive inputs comprising the predetermined location of the virtual plane relative to the bone and a location of at least one of the bone and the surgical device, wherein the computer comprises a processor configured to generate the control signals, using the inputs, to maintain alignment of an axis of the pin coincident with the virtual plane.