Patent ID: 11918313
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A system for robotic-assisted surgery, comprising:
a base, including a computer;
a display electronically coupled to the computer;
a robot arm electronically coupled to the computer and movable based on commands processed by the computer;
an active end-effector, coupled to the robot arm, comprising a clamp configured to couple to the robot arm, a stationary linear guide rail, a moveable carriage slidably coupled to and linearly translatable along the guide rail, and an instrument mount attached to the moveable carriage and configured for fixedly securing a surgical instrument to the moveable carriage, wherein the movable carriage and guide rail allow for linear movement of the surgical instrument relative to the guide rail, and
wherein the active end-effector includes tracking markers and the surgical instrument includes tracking markers,
wherein the movable carriage and the surgical instrument are configured for linear sliding along the linear guide rail of the end-effector.