Balloon dilator
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11701099B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US16301443

    申请日:2017-05-15

    Abstract: A balloon dilator device, comprising an annularly shaped, cylindrical type structure having walls that are expandable from a radially collapsed state to a radially expanded state by inflation of a balloon inserted within the annular structure. Once the walls have been expanded, they remain in the expanded state even if the balloon is deflated, because the radially expanded state is a state of minimum mechanical potential energy, and in order to return to the collapsed state, the structure would have to pass a state of higher potential energy. The device walls require sufficient stiffness in their longitudinal direction to enable the device to be pushed into a minimally invasive incision made in the subject. This device stiffness can be achieved either by its mechanical material properties, or by its substantially closed wall structure, or by use of a stiff protector sheath used to protect the walls during insertion.

    MULTIPLE END EFFECTOR INTERFACES COUPLED WITH DIFFERENT KINEMATICS

    公开(公告)号:US20230157774A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17534089

    申请日:2021-11-23

    CPC classification number: A61B34/32 B25J15/04

    Abstract: A robotic system according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a robot arm including a proximal end and a distal end, a mount flange rotationally connected to the robot arm at the distal end along a rotation axis, and an end effector interconnected to the mount flange via an attachment interface disposed between the mount flange and the end effector. The attachment interface fixedly arranges the end effector in one of at least two select positions. A first position of the at least two select positions orients a surgical tool axis of the end effector at a first angle relative to the rotation axis, and a second position of the at least two select positions orients the surgical tool axis of the end effector at a second angle relative to the rotation axis. The second angle is different from the first angle.

    SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING A REGION OF INTEREST

    公开(公告)号:US20230012440A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17373541

    申请日:2021-07-12

    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a region of interest are provided. A plurality of skeletal landmarks may be identified from an image received from an imaging device. A pose of a patient may be determined based on the plurality of skeletal landmarks. A region of interest may be identified on the patient based on the determined pose. Instructions may be automatically provided to the controller to adjust a pose of a surgical instrument relative to the region of interest. The plurality of skeletal landmarks may be tracked for movement. The region of interest may be updated when movement of the plurality of skeletal landmarks is detected.

    INTERCHANGEABLE END EFFECTOR AND STERILE BARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20220409304A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17357647

    申请日:2021-06-24

    Abstract: Systems and methods for changing an end effector are provided. A connecting plate may have a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a kinematic interface. The kinematic interface may include at least one projection extending from both the first side and the second side. A robot flange may have a first kinematic receiver including at least one recess for receiving a corresponding projection of the at least one projection of the first side. An end effector may have a second kinematic receiver and a locking assembly. The second kinematic receiver may include at least one recess for receiving a corresponding projection of the at least one projection of the second side. The locking assembly may be configured to releasably secure the end effector to the robot flange.

    GLOBAL BALANCE USING DYNAMIC MOTION ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20220395330A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17888818

    申请日:2022-08-16

    Abstract: An exemplary method of determining a surgical spinal correction for a subject using analysis of motion capture images of the subject, which uses the steps of obtaining pre-operative three-dimensional images of a spinal region, obtaining a pre-operative time sequenced set of images of the subject during a movement progression of said subject, calculating in a plurality of the motion capture images, alignment parameters relating to upper and lower body regions of the subject, and determining if any of the calculated alignment parameters are outside their predetermined acceptable ranges in one or more of the images, iteratively adjusting anatomical elements in three-dimensional images until all of the calculated alignment parameters are within their predetermined acceptable ranges; and adjusting spinal anatomy in the three-dimensional images according to the degree of adjustment of spinal parameters in the motion capture images to determine a surgical spinal correction.

    COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO FLUOROSCOPY REGISTRATION USING SEGMENTED INPUTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220270263A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17590010

    申请日:2022-02-01

    Inventor: Dany Junio

    Abstract: A method according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes receiving a computed tomography (CT) image of a patient; segmenting a first set of anatomical elements from the CT image; receiving a plurality of fluoroscopy images of the patient; segmenting a second set of anatomical elements from the plurality of fluoroscopy images; and creating a registration between the CT image and the plurality of fluoroscopy images based on the segmented first set of anatomical elements and the segmented second set of anatomical elements.

    CROSS-MODALITY PLANNING USING FEATURE DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220265352A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17589951

    申请日:2022-02-01

    Inventor: Ido Zucker

    Abstract: Systems and methods for planning the position of surgical hardware to be robotically implanted in a subject. The system extracts information about the planned position of hardware from an operative plan based on preoperative images, and converts this information into mathematical vectors. Intraoperatively, at least one three-dimensional scan of the operative site is obtained. The intraoperative images are processed by image analysis, to which are applied artificial intelligence algorithms for feature identification. The vectors derived from the preoperative plan are superimposed on identified anatomical features from the processed intraoperative images. The surgical plan can then be updated intraoperatively, taking into account any shift in position of the anatomical features between the preoperative images and the intraoperative images, prior to robotic insertion of the hardware.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL PORT POSITIONING

    公开(公告)号:US20220192701A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17475177

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Inventor: Dany Junio

    Abstract: A method for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery involves calculating, based on a surgical plan, an insertion vector for an MIS port; causing a robotic arm to hold the MIS port in a pose that corresponds to the insertion vector; detecting, with a sensor on the robotic arm, a force applied to the robotic arm via the MIS port; maintaining the MIS port in the pose when the detected force is lower than a predetermined threshold; and generating an alert when the detected force exceeds the predetermined threshold.

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