Nicole C Fallacaro

US Patent:

20220409299, Dec 29, 2022

Filed:

Sep 7, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/939097

Inventors:

- Weston FL, US
Lori Dombrowski - Elmwood Park NJ, US
Nicole R. Fallacaro - Montvale NJ, US
Shawn Stad - Lakeville MA, US
Paul Rochette - Stanhope NJ, US
Peter L. Ebbitt - Boca Raton FL, US

Assignee:

MAKO Surgical Corp. - Weston FL

International Classification:

A61B 34/20
A61B 17/70
A61B 34/30
A61B 34/00

Abstract:

Tool assemblies, system, and methods for manipulating tissue and methods for performing a surgical procedure on a vertebral body adjacent soft tissue. A manipulator moves an end effector, and a screw is coupled to the end effector. A sleeve is disposed coaxially around the screw, and the screw and the sleeve are releasably engaged to one another. A navigation system is configured to track the vertebral body, and one or more controllers control the end effector to advance the screw relative to the sleeve along an insertion trajectory defined with respect to a surgical plan. The screw disengages the sleeve during advancement, and the screw is secured to the vertebral body. A distal working portion of the screw may be freely slidable through a distal end of the sleeve when disengaged. The screw may be a tap marker removably couplable with a tracking device of the navigation system.

US Patent:

20200281608, Sep 10, 2020

Filed:

Mar 6, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/810911

Inventors:

- Leesburg VA, US
Oliver Buchert - Franklin Lakes NJ, US
Shawn D. Stad - Lakeville MA, US
Paul R. Rochette - Stanhope NJ, US
Nicole Renee Fallacaro - Montvale NJ, US
Lori Dombrowski - Elmwood Park NJ, US
Mitch Baldwin - Grand Rapids MI, US
Christopher P. Bell - New York NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/16
A61B 17/70
A61B 17/86

Abstract:

A stylet control system for selectively advancing and retracting a stylet includes a stylet having a first end and a second end, the second end being threaded, a screwdriver defining a bore for receiving a portion of the stylet and having a screw-engaging end for engaging a screw, the stylet being rotationally fixed relative to the screwdriver. The system includes a control device having a passage for receiving the screwdriver and having an inner portion defining a lumen for receiving the portion of the stylet, the inner portion being threaded for engaging the threaded second end of the stylet, when the screwdriver is rotated in the first rotation direction and the control device is prevented from rotating, the screwdriver advances the screw in the first axial direction and the stylet retracts in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction.

US Patent:

20190269469, Sep 5, 2019

Filed:

Mar 1, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/290177

Inventors:

- Ft. Lauderdale FL, US
Lori Dombrowski - Elmwood Park NJ, US
Nicole R. Fallacaro - Montvale NJ, US
Shawn Stad - Lakeville MA, US
Paul Rochette - Stanhope NJ, US
Peter L. Ebbitt - Boca Raton FL, US
Juan Reyes - Butler NJ, US

International Classification:

A61B 34/20
A61B 17/70
A61B 34/00
A61B 34/30

Abstract:

Tool assemblies, system, and methods for manipulating tissue and methods for performing a surgical procedure on a vertebral body adjacent soft tissue. A manipulator moves an end effector, and a screw is coupled to the end effector. A sleeve is disposed coaxially around the screw, and the screw and the sleeve are releasably engaged to one another. A navigation system is configured to track the vertebral body, and one or more controllers control the end effector to advance the screw relative to the sleeve along an insertion trajectory defined with respect to a surgical plan. The screw disengages the sleeve during advancement, and the screw is secured to the vertebral body. A distal working portion of the screw may be freely slidable through a distal end of the sleeve when disengaged. The screw may be a tap marker removably couplable with a tracking device of the navigation system.