Patent ID: 11957629
Assignee: STRYKER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method of operating a surgical joint positioning system for manipulating a subject's joint, the system comprising a base configured to be positioned relative to an operating table, one or more robotic arms coupled to the base and being configured to support and control movement of the subject's joint, one or more motorized actuating arrangements configured to control movement of the robotic arms to enable the joint to be moved in three different planes of motion, and one or more sensors, and one or more controllers comprising a processing assembly, the method comprising:
controlling, with the one or more controllers, the one or more motorized actuating arrangements;
sensing, with the one or more sensors, one or more physiological parameters of the subject's joint as the one or more robotic arms move the subject's joint;
receiving and processing, with the one or more controllers, signals indicative of the one or more physiological parameters sensed by the one or more sensors for computing a value of a gap within the subject's joint; and
controlling, with the one or more controllers, movement of the one or more robotic arms based on the computed value of the gap.