Patent ID: 11948674
Assignee: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 16:
17. A computer-implemented method for optimizing a future surgical preoperative plan, said method comprising:
creating a preoperative plan based on 1) prior movement of a surgical robot to assist in cutting a patient's anatomy for receiving an implant and/or preparing a bone for the implant and/or prosthesis insertion, and 2) an initial preoperative plan previously stored;
executing the preoperative plan, wherein executing the preoperative plan includes controlling a surgical robot configured to cut, ablate, bur, or move a patient's anatomy; and
storing intra-operative information including patient surgical information and information related to the movement or control of the surgical robot, wherein:
the future surgical preoperative plan is based on the stored intra-operative information,
the future surgical preoperative plan includes instructions for controlling or moving the surgical robot, and
at least some of the intraoperative information is received from the surgical robot.