Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool
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1. A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a cutting element;
a force system configured to provide at least some force to the surgical tool; and
a controller programmed to generate control signals that cause the force system to;
provide a first constraint on a user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool in one degree of freedom when the cutting element is a first cutting element; and
provide a second constraint, in addition to the first constraint, on the user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool when the cutting element is a second cutting element, wherein the second constraint comprises a constraint in a second degree of freedom, thereby constraining the user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool in two degrees of freedom when the cutting element is a second cutting element.
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Abstract
A surgical system includes a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a cutting element, a force system configured to provide at least some force to the surgical tool, and a controller programmed to generate control signals. The control signals cause the force system to provide a first constraint on a user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool when the cutting element is a first cutting element and provide a second constraint, different from the first constraint, on a user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool when the cutting element is a second cutting element.
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1. A surgical system, comprising:
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a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a cutting element; a force system configured to provide at least some force to the surgical tool; and a controller programmed to generate control signals that cause the force system to; provide a first constraint on a user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool in one degree of freedom when the cutting element is a first cutting element; and provide a second constraint, in addition to the first constraint, on the user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool when the cutting element is a second cutting element, wherein the second constraint comprises a constraint in a second degree of freedom, thereby constraining the user'"'"'s manual movement of the surgical tool in two degrees of freedom when the cutting element is a second cutting element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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