Stryker Corporation
Merging Localization And Vision Data For Robotic Control

Abstract:

Surgical systems and methods are described in which a localizer generates localizer data associated with a bone. A vision device generates, in a coordinate system of the vision device, image data associated with the bone and an environment of the bone within a field-of-view of the vision device. A robotic manipulator supports and moves a surgical instrument. Controller(s) associate a virtual object with the bone and determine a position and orientation of the virtual object based on the localizer data. Controller(s) merge the image data and the localizer data associated with the bone into a common coordinate system and control the robotic manipulator based on an output of merging the image data and the localizer data.