Image guided spinal surgery guide system and method for use thereof
    21.
    发明授权
    Image guided spinal surgery guide system and method for use thereof 有权
    图像引导脊柱手术指南系统及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US08105339B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-31

    申请号:US12840923

    申请日:2010-07-21

    IPC分类号: A61B19/00

    摘要: A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide includes a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于执行脊柱手术以在脊椎盘和相邻椎骨上准备植入空间的引导件。 该指南与使用能量检测阵列的计算机控制手术导航系统相关联,以相对于已知的参考点跟踪三维空间中的引导的位置。 该引导件包括一个主体,用于提供受保护的通路,准备穿过脊椎盘并进入相邻的椎骨植入空间。 身体具有适于接收用于通过身体形成植入空间的骨去除装置的通道。 至少一个电激励能量发射器阵列附接到主体以用于识别引导件相对于相邻椎骨的位置。 还公开了在脊柱手术中使用该引导件的系统和方法。

    Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation system
    23.
    发明授权
    Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation system 有权
    轨迹储存装置及手术导航系统方法

    公开(公告)号:US06535756B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-03-18

    申请号:US09545092

    申请日:2000-04-07

    IPC分类号: A61B505

    摘要: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for use within an image-guided surgical navigation system for the storage and measurement of trajectories for surgical instruments. An icon representing the real-time trajectory of a tracked instrument is overlaid on one or more pre-acquired images of the patient. At the surgeon's command, the navigation system can store multiple trajectories of the instrument and create a static icon representing each saved trajectory for display. The surgeon may also measure a planar angle between any two trajectories. The angle is computed in the plane of the image, and therefore will be computed separately for each image displayed. Furthermore, the surgeon has the option of computing and displaying the three-dimensional distance between two points defined by any two trajectories.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于在图像引导的外科导航系统中用于存储和测量外科器械的轨迹的装置和方法。 表示跟踪仪器的实时轨迹的图标被覆盖在患者的一个或多个预获取图像上。 根据外科医生的指示,导航系统可以存储仪器的多个轨迹,并创建一个表示每个保存的轨迹以进行显示的静态图标。 外科医生也可以测量任何两个轨迹之间的平面角度。 该角度在图像的平面中计算,因此将针对显示的每个图像单独计算角度。 此外,外科医生可以选择计算和显示任何两个轨迹所定义的两点之间的三维距离。

    Flexible guide wire
    26.
    发明授权
    Flexible guide wire 有权
    柔性导丝

    公开(公告)号:US09283019B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-15

    申请号:US13155817

    申请日:2011-06-08

    申请人: Kevin T. Foley

    发明人: Kevin T. Foley

    CPC分类号: A61B17/8897 A61B2090/037

    摘要: The present invention relates generally to flexible guide wires, and, more particularly, to a flexible guide wire that can be attached to a surgical site and pulled taut to provide a guide for the introduction of instruments and implants to the surgical site, but cannot be pushed towards the surgical site without the wire bending so that there is no advancement of the tip of the flexible guide wire further into the surgical site or bony structure.

    摘要翻译: 本发明总体上涉及柔性导丝,更具体地说,涉及一种柔性导丝,其可以附接到外科手术部位并拉紧拉伸以提供用于将手术部位和植入物引入手术部位的引导件,但是不能 被推向外科手术部位而没有线弯曲,使得柔性导丝的尖端不进一步进入手术部位或骨结构。

    Replacement facet joint and method
    27.
    发明授权
    Replacement facet joint and method 有权
    替代小关节和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08608779B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US12137927

    申请日:2008-06-12

    IPC分类号: A61B17/70

    摘要: Prostheses and methods for repair of a cervical fact joint. The articulating surfaces of the natural facets of the facet joint are removed only a sufficient amount to allow the insertion of flat or slightly curvilinear portions of protheses therebetween in an overlapping relationship. The portions are so inserted and the prostheses mounted by attachment to adjacent vertebrae. Also, a single natural facet may be similarly repaired with a single prosthesis.

    摘要翻译: 子宫颈事实关节修复的假肢和方法。 小面关节的自然面的铰接表面仅被移除足够的量以允许以重叠的关系插入其间的平面或略曲线的部分的褶皱。 这些部分是如此插入的,并且假体通过附接到相邻的椎骨而安装。 此外,单个自然面可以用单个假体进行类似的修复。