Patent ID: 11890074
Assignee: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating a surgical guidance system for use with a robotic device configured to support and move a surgical tool, the surgical guidance system comprising a tracking system configured to track the surgical tool and at least one bone, a display device, and a control system, the method comprising the control system performing the following:
registering a plurality of target trajectories to the at least one bone;
determining a distance between the surgical tool and each target trajectory;
automatically identifying which one of the target trajectories is closest to and within a threshold distance of the surgical tool, and
displaying, on the display device, the identified target trajectory relative to the at least one bone and a tracked pose of the surgical tool relative to the identified target trajectory.