US 12,484,978 B2
Robotic system including a link tracker
Victor Soto, Coral Gables, FL (US); Alan Ross, Albuquerque, NM (US); David Gene Bowling, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM (US); Jochen Breisacher, Teningen (DE); Jonathan Mark Morgan, Biscayne Park, FL (US); Dave A. Sinclair, Miramar, FL (US); David DiPietro, Portland, OR (US); David Robert Whisler, San Mateo, CA (US); Paul David Ekegren, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Paul Shiels, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed by MAKO Surgical Corp., Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/315,665, filed on Mar. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277256 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/73 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
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1. A surgical robotic system comprising:
a base; and
a robotic arm coupled to the base and comprising:
a plurality of links with each link defining a link surface;
a plurality of joints configured to enable movement of the plurality of links; and
a link tracker assembly configured to be assembled relative to the link surface of a longest link of the plurality of links, and wherein the link tracker assembly is formed by optical tracking elements that are configured to be removably coupled to the longest link.