Patent ID: 11872000
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of cutting a bone of a patient along a plane, the method comprising:
moving, by the robotic surgical system, an end effector to a trajectory, wherein the robotic surgical system includes:
a robotic arm having the end-effector connected thereto; and
an actuator that controls movement of the robotic arm and positioning of the end effector, thereby controlling the trajectory of a surgical instrument received in a surgical instrument guide connected to the end effector;

receiving the surgical instrument in the surgical instrument guide connected to the end effector;
maintaining the position of the end-effector in a locked plane in which the surgical instrument received in the surgical instrument guide is only allowed to move within a single plane defined by the locked plane, wherein the surgical instrument is a bone cutting tool;
receiving, by a neuromonitoring module of the robotic surgical system, a trigger from a neuromonitoring system;
preventing, by a processor of a computing device in the robotic surgical system, a deeper insertion into a patient of the surgical instrument guided by the robotic surgical system upon receipt of the trigger,
wherein the surgical instrument guide is integrated with the neuromonitoring module.