ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,775, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MAKO SURGICAL CORP. (Weston, Fla.).
"Systems and methods for adaptive planning and control of a surgical tool" was invented by Jason Otto (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Abdullah Abbasi (Lake Worth, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assisting a joint arthroplasty procedure for a joint comprising a bone includes determining, by tracking a cutting tool during a first stage of modifying the bone with the cutting tool, a surface corresponding to a bone modification created by the cutting tool during the first stage of modifying the bone, generating, based on the surface and an implant geometry,...