Patent ID: 11950865
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for detecting expected movement of a surgical instrument of a surgical robot system, said method comprising:
applying an insertion force to a surgical instrument to drive the instrument into a bone of a patient;
monitoring one or more forces associated with the insertion force, wherein the monitored forces are measured by at least one strain gauge;
comparing the monitored forces to a predetermined range or threshold expected for the surgical procedure;
providing a notification, via the robot system, upon detecting that the monitored forces fall outside of the predetermined range or threshold;
monitoring a bone movement of the patient caused by a lateral force of the surgical instrument through a dynamic reference array attached to the patient; and
automatically adjusting a guide tube of the robot system to offset the bone movement based on the monitoring of the bone movement.