Patent ID: 11918305
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system comprising:
a robotic manipulator;
a surgical instrument coupled to the robotic manipulator and being moveable by the robotic manipulator;
a navigation system comprising:
a first tracker coupled to a first bone;
a second tracker coupled to a second bone, wherein the first bone and the second bone are moveable relative to each other; and
a localizer configured to track each of the first tracker, the second tracker, and the surgical instrument; and

one or more controllers configured to:
associate a first virtual boundary with the first bone;
associate a second virtual boundary with the second bone; and
control the robotic manipulator in relation to the first virtual boundary to facilitate manipulation of the first bone by the surgical instrument and simultaneously control the robotic manipulator in relation to the second virtual boundary to avoid interaction of the surgical instrument with the second bone while accounting for movement of the first virtual boundary and the second virtual boundary relative to each other that is based on the tracked first and second trackers.