Tissue discrimination and applications in medical procedures
    92.
    发明授权
    Tissue discrimination and applications in medical procedures 有权
    组织歧视和医疗程序中的应用

    公开(公告)号:US07050848B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-23

    申请号:US10812038

    申请日:2004-03-29

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05

    摘要: A system and method for discriminating tissue types, controlling the level of therapy to tissue, and determining the health or a known tissue by measuring the characteristics an electrical signal applied to conductive element located within or by the tissue. Additionally, the system and method may be used for determining whether the conductive tip of a pedicle probe or pedicle screw is located in one of cortical bone, cancellous bone, and cortical bone near a boundary with soft tissue, whether the conductive tip of a cannula is located adjacent to one of nerve tissue and annulus tissue, and whether the conductive tip of a cathode is located adjacent to one of nerve tissue and prostate gland tissue.

    摘要翻译: 用于区分组织类型,控制对组织的治疗水平以及通过测量施加到位于组织内或由组织内的导电元件的电信号的特性来确定健康或已知组织的系统和方法。 此外,该系统和方法可用于确定椎弓根探针或椎弓根螺钉的导电尖端是否位于与软组织边界附近的皮层骨,松质骨和皮质骨之一中,无论导管的导管末端 位于神经组织和环带组织之间,以及阴极的导电末端是否位于神经组织和前列腺组织之一附近。

    Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation
    94.
    发明申请
    Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation 审中-公开
    用于计算机辅助外科导航的经皮注册装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060009780A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-12

    申请号:US11199418

    申请日:2005-08-08

    IPC分类号: A61B17/58

    摘要: An apparatus and procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments such as, for example, screws, rods, wires and plates into various body parts using image guided surgery. An apparatus for use with a surgical navigation system, an attaching device rigidly connected to a body part, such as the spinous process of a vertebrae, with an identification superstructure rigidly but removably connected to the attaching device. This identification superstructure, for example, is a reference arc and fiducial array which accomplishes the function of identifying the location of the superstructure, and, therefore, the body part to which it is fixed, during imaging by CAT scan or MRI, and later during medical procedures.

    摘要翻译: 使用图像引导手术将外科植入物和器械(例如螺钉,杆,线和板)经皮放置到各种身体部位中的装置和程序。 一种与外科导航系统一起使用的装置,刚性地连接到身体部位的附接装置,例如椎骨的棘突,具有刚性但可拆卸地连接到附接装置的识别上部结构。 该识别超结构例如是参考电弧和基准阵列,其在通过CAT扫描或MRI进行成像期间实现识别上部结构的位置以及因此固定的身体部位的功能,并且稍后在 医疗程序。

    Adjustable surgical guide and method of treating vertebral members
    95.
    发明授权
    Adjustable surgical guide and method of treating vertebral members 失效
    可调外科指南及治疗脊椎成员的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06755839B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-29

    申请号:US10175221

    申请日:2002-06-19

    IPC分类号: A61B1756

    摘要: A guide and method of using the guide for positioning within a patient between vertebral members for contouring each of the members. The guide comprises a first section and a second section. A first edge is positioned along an edge of the first section, and a second edge is positioned along an edge of the second section. One or more elongated rods extend through the sections. One or both of the sections are movable along the rods to adjust a spacing between the first edge and the second edge. When positioned within the patient, the first edge is aligned along a first vertebral member and the second edge is aligned along a second vertebral manner. A manner of locking the sections is included for preventing the sections from moving relative to each other once the first and second edges are aligned within the patient.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用该引导件在椎体构件之间定位患者之间以用于轮廓化每个构件的引导和方法。 引导件包括第一部分和第二部分。 第一边缘沿着第一部分的边缘定位,并且第二边缘沿着第二部分的边缘定位。 一个或多个细长的杆延伸穿过这些部分。 这些部分中的一个或两个可沿杆移动以调节第一边缘和第二边缘之间的间隔。 当定位在患者体内时,第一边缘沿着第一椎骨构件对准,并且第二边缘沿着第二椎体方式对齐。 包括锁定部分的方式,一旦第一和第二边缘在患者体内对准,就防止这些部分相对于彼此移动。