US 12,491,033 B2
Splint device forming a fiducial marker co- operable with a guidance system of a robot
Alon Mozes, Miami Beach, FL (US); Uday Reebye, Durham, NC (US); Juan Salcedo, Coral Gables, FL (US); and Mauro Fittipaldi, Miami, FL (US)
Assigned to NEOCIS INC., Miami, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/629,081
Filed by NEOCIS INC., Miami, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056977
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/014408, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,240, filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233248 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61C 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61C 1/082 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A splint device co-operable with a guidance system of a robot and adapted to be applied to a first object disposed within a pliable housing defining an opening, the splint device comprising:
a splint body arranged to be fixedly coupled to the first object; and
a retractor having a first portion coupled to the splint body, a second portion extending away from the splint body, and a first ratchet mechanism operably engaged between the first and second portions of the retractor, the second portion being arranged to engage the pliable housing about the opening such that the second portion and the first ratchet mechanism variably separate and maintain the pliable housing away from the first object.