Patent ID: 8679125
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing hip surgery with a robotic guided system on a patient, the method comprising: identifying a femoral acetabular impingement on the patient; touching at least one of proximal femur and acetabulum of the patient at a plurality of locations with a stylus coupled to a robotic arm associated with the robotic guided system and acquiring a plurality of corresponding data; creating a three-dimensional model of at least one of the patients' proximal femur and acetabulum based on the plurality of data acquired by touching; determining a location and amount of bone to be removed; creating a boundary or model of a desired shape of at least one of the proximal femur and acetabulum; setting dynamic movement limits of a cutting tool associated with the robotic guided system based on the determination; and removing the determined bone of at least one of the proximal femur and acetabulum with the tool while being inhibited from moving the tool outside of the dynamic limit by the robotic guided system.