US Patent Issued to MAKO SURGICAL on Aug. 25 for "Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,517, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MAKO SURGICAL CORP. (Weston, Fla.).

"Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool" was invented by Benny Hagag (Plantation, Fla.), Hyosig Kang (Weston, Fla.), Alon Mozes (Miami Beach, Fla.), Daniel Odermatt (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Brian D. Schmitz (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotically-assisted implant impaction system includes a robot arm, a release member coupled to the robot arm, and an impactor coupled to the robot arm via the release member. The release member includes a spring, a slide member biased...