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

Claim 0:
1. 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 coupled to the tracking system and the display device and configured to:
register a plurality of target trajectories to the at least one bone;
determine a distance between the surgical tool and each target trajectory;
automatically identify which one of the target trajectories is closest to and within a threshold distance of the surgical tool; and
display, 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.