Patent ID: 11896314
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
an instrument adapted to be manually supported and moved by a user, the instrument including a hand-held portion, a working portion including a cutting accessory movably coupled to the hand-held portion with a plurality of actuators, a plurality of actuators operatively coupled to the working portion for moving the working portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom relative to the hand-held portion, and a plurality of sensors for sensing positions of the working portion relative to the hand-held portion, the plurality of actuators configured to preventing backdriving; and
a control system in communication with the actuators to control the actuators to move the working portion relative to the hand-held portion, the control system operable in both a passive mode and a manual override mode, the system monitoring a position of the cutting accessory relative to a work course along which the working portion of the instrument should travel while in the passive mode, and the control system operable to control the instrument to become a fixed and stiff tool while in the manual override mode.