Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trackable protective packaging for tools and methods for calibrating tool installation using the same
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Application No.: US16817118Application Date: 2020-03-12
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Publication No.: US11690680B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Roberto Montane , Brandt Williams , Seamus Gilhooley , Jonathan Mark Morgan , Mark Palm , Michael Vu
- Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Applicant Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Current Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Ft. Lauderdale
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/10 ; A61B34/00

Abstract:
Protective packaging, surgical kits, systems, and methods are described herein for assisting in determining whether a tool is properly installed on a surgical device. The protective packaging retains the tool and has trackable features defined relative to a tool center point of the tool. The trackable features have a predetermined state defined relative to the tool center point and the trackable features are configured to be detectable by a localizer to locate the tool center point. One or more controllers can compare the actual state of the tool center point with an expected state of the tool center point, which is based on an expected condition in which the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device. Based on the comparison, the one or more controllers can determine whether the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200297429A1 TRACKABLE PROTECTIVE PACKAGING FOR TOOLS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING TOOL INSTALLATION USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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