Patent ID: 11963755
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A robotic system for determining an extent of matter removed from a targeted anatomical structure, the robotic system comprising:
an instrument configured to be received within a targeted anatomical structure, the instrument including a tracking array;
at least one camera configured to detect a relative position of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure via the tracking array; and
a computer system and a display, the computer system configured to record the relative position of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure, and illustrate in the display a path of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure relative to an initial representation of the targeted anatomical structure,
wherein the targeted anatomical structure is an intervertebral disc disposed in an intervertebral space between adjacent vertebral bodies;
a cutting tool configured to remove matter from the targeted anatomical structure;
wherein the instrument other than the cutting tool is configured to be navigated after removing the matter with the cutting tool, within the targeted anatomical structure,
wherein the instrument is a non-cutting probing tool; and
wherein a position of a tip and shaft of the instrument within the targeted anatomical structure is determined via the tracking array by the computer system.