Patent ID: 11890066
Assignee: GLOBUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system comprising:
a passive end effector including,
a base configured to attach to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot,
a first mechanism extending along a first plane, the first mechanism extends between a rotatable connection to the base and a rotatable connection to a second mechanism, and
a second mechanism extending along a second plane, the second mechanism extends between a rotatable connection to the first mechanism and a rotatable connection to a tool attachment mechanism,
wherein the first and second mechanisms pivot about the rotatable connections to constrain movement of the tool attachment mechanism to a range of movement within a working plane, the tool attachment mechanism being configured to connect to a surgical saw having a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting, the saw blade extending along the working plane, and
wherein the first plane is positioned vertically above the second plane and the second plane is positioned vertically above the working plane.