A surgical system includes a surgical tool, a tracking system configured to obtain tracking data indicative of positions of the surgical tool relative to an anatomical feature, an indicator light configured to emit light, and a computer system programmed to control the indicator light to change a color of the light based on the tracking data.

A method of generating resection data for use in planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone covered at least partially in cartilage includes receiving a three-dimensional patient bone model comprising a bone model surface, and correlated with a position and orientation of the patient bone via a navigation system. The method further includes identifying a target region on the bone model surface of the model for intra-operative registration, and receiving location data for a first plurality of points based on the intra-operative registration of the cartilage on the patient bone in locations corresponding to points within the target region on the bone model surface. The method further includes determining resection depth based at least in part on the location data for the first plurality of points; and generating resection data using the resection depth, the resection data configured to be utilized by the navigation system during the arthroplasty procedure.

A method includes generating an anatomical model corresponding to an anatomical feature of a patient, proposing a component for coupling to the anatomical feature of the patient, positioning a virtual model corresponding to the component in a proposed location relative to the anatomical model, generating a planned resection geometry based on a virtual relationship between the virtual model and the anatomical model, tracking movement of a surgical instrument relative to the anatomical feature, and simultaneously displaying the planned resection geometry, the anatomical model, and a graphic corresponding to the surgical instrument on a display based in part on the tracked movement of the surgical instrument relative to the anatomical feature.

A surgical system includes a robotic device configured to facilitate performance of a procedure and a computer system communicable with the robotic device. The computer system is programmed to associate a virtual object with an anatomical feature, adjust the virtual object associated with the anatomical feature in response to movement of the anatomical feature during the procedure by monitoring detected movement of the anatomical feature and adjusting the virtual object in response to the detected movement, and control the robotic device based on a relationship between at least one point associated with the robotic device and the virtual object during the procedure.

A surgical system includes a surgical tool, a tracking system configured to obtain tracking data indicative of positions of the surgical tool relative to an anatomical feature, an acoustic device, and a computer system programmed to control the acoustic device to provide acoustic feedback to a user based on the tracking data.

A control method is provided to manage a surgical robot having an arm configured to hold a medical tool. The method includes receiving a set of sensor signals from sensors on the arm, generating a profile based on the set of sensor signals, comparing the profile to at least one signature, determining a state of the arm based on results of the comparison, and changing operation of the arm based on the state of the arm. The state of the arm is indicative of a predetermined condition that has occurred or will likely occur eminently. Changing operation of the arm prevents the condition from occurring or continuing. The robot arm may hold a medical tool for using during surgery or another medical procedure.

Methods and systems of augmenting an implant intraoperatively and preparing a cone for revision surgical procedure are disclosed. A system includes a cutting device, a tracking and navigation system and a cutting system in operable communication with the cutting device and the tracking and navigation system. The cutting device includes a communication system, a cutting element, and a plurality of optical trackers. The tracking and navigation system is configured to detect a location of optical trackers. The control system is configured to cause the tracking and navigation system to detect the location of the cutting device, determine a revised shape for an implant cavity, cause the cutting device to cut the implant cavity to the revised shape, select a shape for a cone to be placed in the revised implant cavity, and machine the cone to the selected shape.

Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during surgery, particularly spinal surgery, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Several minimally invasive approaches to spinal surgeries were conceived, percutaneous technique being one of them. This procedures looks to establish a skin opening as small as possible by accessing inner organs via needle-puncture of the skin.

The percutaneous technique is used in conjunction with a robotic surgical system to further enhance advantages of manual percutaneous techniques by improving precision, usability and/or shortening surgery time by removal of redundant steps.

Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during surgery, particularly spinal surgery, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Several minimally invasive approaches to spinal surgeries were conceived, percutaneous technique being one of them. This procedures looks to establish a skin opening as small as possible by accessing inner organs via needle-puncture of the skin. The percutaneous technique is used in conjunction with a robotic surgical system to further enhance advantages of manual percutaneous techniques by improving precision, usability and/or shortening surgery time by removal of redundant steps.

A packaging technique for applying an insulating pack to the housing of a battery cell. The insulating pack is formed from a self-adhesive cutout of insulating material by folding the cutout onto the sides of the housing that are to be covered. The packaging technique involves a packaging method for automatically applying an insulating pack, a battery cell including an insulating pack, a packaging station for carrying out the method, and a preparation device for preparing one or more cutouts of insulating material.