Patent ID: 9265583
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A robotic surgery method, comprising: a. moving a mobile base into a position upon an operating room floor adjacent a patient and temporarily fixing the position of the mobile base relative to the floor; b. coupling a first element of a fluoroscopic imaging system comprising a source element and a detector element to a first robotic arm coupled to the mobile base, the first robotic arm comprising a mounting fixture configured to be interchangeably coupled to a surgical tool and the first element of the fluoroscopic imaging system; c. mounting a second element of the fluoroscopic imaging system in a position and orientation relative to the first element such that a targeted patient tissue structure may be positioned between the first and second elements of the fluoroscopic imaging system; and d. utilizing a sensing system and one or more sensing elements coupled to each of the first and second elements of the fluoroscopic imaging system to determine a relative spatial positioning between each of the first and second elements of the fluoroscopic imaging system.