Navigated handpiece motor current signal and pose estimation based geofencing

Abstract

A geofencing system for a surgical handpiece with a cutting surface, including: a motion tracking system configured to track a location of the surgical handpiece; and an event detector configured to: receive a current measurement signal indicating a current usage of the surgical handpiece; receive motion information regarding the surgical handpiece from the motion tracking system; determine if the cutting surface has exited a second surface of a bone opposite a first surface where the cutting surface entered the bone based upon the current measurement signal and the motion information; and stop the surgical handpiece when it is determined that the cutting surface has exited the second surface of the bone.

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