Patents by Inventor Benjamin VanDyken
Benjamin VanDyken has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12544079Abstract: A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. The robotic instrument further includes an actuator assembly operatively attached to the tool support and the hand-held portion and configured to move the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The robotic instrument may includes a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion. At least a portion of the handle alignment member and a tool plane defined by the tool are aligned when the tool support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Benjamin VanDyken, Phillip Lindeman, David E. Hershberger, Dustin James Payne, Gregory Daniel Arens
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Publication number: 20260026903Abstract: A system is provided comprising a surgical robotic system for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. The robotic system further includes an actuator assembly operatively attached to the tool support and the hand-held portion and configured to move the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The robotic system may include a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion. At least a portion of the handle alignment member and a tool plane defined by the tool are aligned when the tool support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: January 29, 2026Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Benjamin VanDyken, Phillip Lindeman, David E. Hershberger, Dustin James Payne, Gregory Daniel Arens, Connor McCarthy, Gilbert Tyler Cross
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Publication number: 20250331925Abstract: Robotic surgical systems and methods involve controlling a robotic manipulator that supports a surgical tool. Controller(s) control the robotic manipulator to enable a user to direct movement of the surgical tool relative to a bone. A tracking system tracks movement of the surgical tool pursuant to the user's directed movement of the surgical tool for generating a tool path. Controller(s) generate a virtual boundary based on the tool path and control the robotic manipulator to move the surgical tool to manipulate the bone while constraining the surgical tool to remain within the virtual boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Patent number: 12369984Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) for use with a navigation system. The navigation system includes a localizer and a bone tracker coupled to a physical bone. The localizer monitors the bone tracker to track a pose of the physical bone in a localizer coordinate system. Controller(s) obtain surgical plan data related to the physical bone. The surgical plan data includes a virtual model of the physical bone and cut volume data defining material to be removed from the physical bone in preparation for receiving an implant. The controller(s) register the HMD to the localizer coordinate system and provide, on the HMD display, computer-generated imagery representative of the surgical plan data, including the virtual model of the physical bone and the cut volume data. The controller(s) align and combine the computer-generated imagery with a real-world view of the physical bone.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Publication number: 20240108358Abstract: A system is provided comprising a robotic instrument for use with a tool. In some versions, the robotic instrument comprises a hand-held portion to be held by a user and a tool support movably coupled to the hand-held portion to support the tool. The robotic instrument further includes an actuator assembly operatively attached to the tool support and the hand-held portion and configured to move the tool support relative to the hand-held portion in a plurality of degrees of freedom. The robotic instrument may includes a handle alignment member extending from the hand-held portion. At least a portion of the handle alignment member and a tool plane defined by the tool are aligned when the tool support has an optimal range of motion relative to the hand-held portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Benjamin VanDyken, Phillip Lindeman, David E. Hershberger, Dustin James Payne, Gregory Daniel Arens
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Publication number: 20240050156Abstract: A head-mounted device (HMD) for use with a navigation system. The navigation system includes a localizer and a bone tracker coupled to a physical bone. The localizer monitors the bone tracker to track a pose of the physical bone in a localizer coordinate system. Controller(s) obtain surgical plan data related to the physical bone. The surgical plan data includes a virtual model of the physical bone and cut volume data defining material to be removed from the physical bone in preparation for receiving an implant. The controller(s) register the HMD to the localizer coordinate system and provide, on the HMD display, computer-generated imagery representative of the surgical plan data, including the virtual model of the physical bone and the cut volume data. The controller(s) align and combine the computer-generated imagery with a real-world view of the physical bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Patent number: 11844574Abstract: A preoperative surgical planning system uses a head-mounted device to execute a preoperative surgical simulation whereby a virtual tool and a virtual anatomical model are provided on the display of the head-mounted device. The virtual tool is tracked relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation in which the virtual tool is moveable in response to receipt of a control input from the wearer of the head-mounted device and wherein the virtual tool is configured to remove a portion of the virtual anatomical model. A planning parameter is automatically generated based on tracking of the virtual tool relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation. The generated planning parameter is stored for future retrieval by a surgical system to facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated planning parameter.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Publication number: 20220151703Abstract: A preoperative surgical planning system uses a head-mounted device to execute a preoperative surgical simulation whereby a virtual tool and a virtual anatomical model are provided on the display of the head-mounted device. The virtual tool is tracked relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation in which the virtual tool is moveable in response to receipt of a control input from the wearer of the head-mounted device and wherein the virtual tool is configured to remove a portion of the virtual anatomical model. A planning parameter is automatically generated based on tracking of the virtual tool relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation. The generated planning parameter is stored for future retrieval by a surgical system to facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated planning parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Patent number: 11272985Abstract: System and methods for simulating a surgical procedure are provided. The system includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, are configured to execute a surgical planning program. The surgical planning program is configured to track a tool relative to a model of an anatomy during a preoperative surgical simulation, generate a planning parameter based on the tracking of the tool relative to the model of the anatomy during the preoperative surgical simulation, and store the generated planning parameter. The system also includes a surgical system configured to load the generated planning parameter from the surgical planning program, and facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken
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Publication number: 20190142520Abstract: System and methods for simulating a surgical procedure are provided. The system includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, are configured to execute a surgical planning program. The surgical planning program is configured to track a tool relative to a model of an anatomy during a preoperative surgical simulation, generate a planning parameter based on the tracking of the tool relative to the model of the anatomy during the preoperative surgical simulation, and store the generated planning parameter. The system also includes a surgical system configured to load the generated planning parameter from the surgical planning program, and facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventor: Benjamin VanDyken