Intramedullary alignment guide
    73.
    发明授权
    Intramedullary alignment guide 失效
    髓内对齐指南

    公开(公告)号:US5688281A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-18

    申请号:US727281

    申请日:1996-10-09

    CPC classification number: A61B17/155

    Abstract: An intramedullary alignment guide and method for use thereof are disclosed for accurately preparing and shaping the distal femur end surface to receive a knee prosthesis for securement thereto. The guide references the femur intramedullary canal to ensure that a distal femoral resector is properly positioned at a selected angle with respect to a patient's mechanical axis. In the preferred embodiment, the intramedullary alignment guide includes an opening for inserting an intramedullary rod therethrough and into the intramedullary canal of a patient. The present guide includes an adjustment mechanism which allows a surgeon to quickly and easily deflect an attached distal femoral resector into a desired angular displacement with respect to intramedullary canal. In accordance with the preferred method, the distal femoral resector angled with respect to the intramedullary canal so that a cut can be made in a patient's distal femur end which is perpendicular with the patient's mechanical axis. The present guide can be used on patients having various anatomies, and in operations involving both the right and left legs. A sighting tool is also disclosed which allows a surgeon to externally verify that the distal femoral resector is properly aligned with the patient's mechanical axis.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种髓内对准引导件及其使用方法,用于准确地制备和成形股骨远端端面以接收用于固定的膝关节假体。 引导件参考股骨髓内管,以确保远端股骨重建器相对于患者的机械轴线被适当地定位在选定的角度。 在优选实施例中,髓内对准引导件包括用于将髓内杆穿过其插入患者的髓内管的开口。 本指南包括调整机构,其允许外科医生快速且容易地将附接的远侧股骨止血器偏转到相对于髓内管的期望的角位移。 根据优选的方法,远侧股骨重建器相对于髓内管成角度,使得可以在与患者的机械轴线垂直的患者的远端股骨端部处形成切口。 本指南可以用于具有各种解剖结构的患者,并且在涉及右腿和左腿的操作中使用。 还公开了一种瞄准工具,其允许外科医生外部验证远端股骨止血器与患者的机械轴线正确对准。

    Soft tissue balancing in robotic knee surgery

    公开(公告)号:US12274631B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-15

    申请号:US18528575

    申请日:2023-12-04

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    Inventor: Pierre Couture

    Abstract: A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A knee arthroplasty soft tissue evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like during a range of motion test. A method may include maintaining an equal pressure or gap distance for a medial component and a lateral component of an adjustable spacer during a range of motion test. Information, including, for example a maximum or minimum gap distance or pressure may be determined during the range of motion test. The determined information may be output for display or used to update a surgical plan.

    ADJUSTABLE ANGLE SURGICAL REAMER DRIVER

    公开(公告)号:US20250082343A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18827281

    申请日:2024-09-06

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    Abstract: A device including a housing having a passage extending therethrough defining a drive shaft axis; a drive shaft supported within the passage and rotatable about the drive shaft axis; a drive housing defining a reaming axis and pivotably coupled to the housing to allow the reaming axis to deflect with respect to the drive shaft axis, a drive interface supported within the drive housing and rotatable about the reaming axis, the drive interface contacting the drive shaft such that rotation of the drive shaft about the drive shaft axis causes rotation of the drive interface about the reaming axis; and an angle adjustment control positioned remotely from a distal end of the housing and operably coupled to the drive housing to move the drive housing between a first position and a second position to define respective first and second offset angles between the reaming axis and the drive shaft axis.

    Computer-based platform for implementing an intra-operative surgical plan during a total joint arthroplasty

    公开(公告)号:US12239384B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US18054653

    申请日:2022-11-11

    Applicant: EXACTECH, INC.

    Abstract: A method includes receiving by a controller, a surgeon-specific surgery profile for an implantation of an implant into a joint, implant profiles, a patient-specific post-surgery desired functional profile of the joint after the implantation, and bone registration data for a first bone member and a second bone member of a patient are inputted into a surgical plan model to generate a surgical plan. The surgical plan model is designed to achieve the patient-specific post-surgery desired functional profile based at least in part on a plurality of dependencies between a plurality of surgical parameters, the implant profiles, at least one functional parameter representative of the expected functional performance of the joint, and movement-related data of the joint. The surgical plan is outputted on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a surgery assistant device to facilitate the implantation.

    ACROMION FRACTURE REPAIR SYSTEM
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240415554A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-19

    申请号:US18750848

    申请日:2024-06-21

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    Abstract: A kit including (1) a plate configured to be secured to a scapular spine with a first end of the plate near a trigonum and a second end of the plate near an acromion; (2) a first hook including a mount, a first hook portion extending from the mount in a first direction, a spacer extending from the first hook portion in a transverse direction, and a second hook portion extending from an opposite end of the spacer in the first direction, the first hook adapted to extend around a lateral end of the acromion when fixed to the second end of the plate; and (3) a second hook including a mount, a curved portion curving away from the mount, and a hook portion at an opposite end of the curved portion, the second hook adapted to extend around the trigonum when fixed to the first end of the plate.

    MECHANICAL LIGAMENT BALANCING DEVICES
    78.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240252220A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18629683

    申请日:2024-04-08

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    CPC classification number: A61B17/8869 A61B17/8858 A61B2017/00367

    Abstract: A device including a first plate configured to interface with a first bone structure of a joint; a second plate configured to interface with a second bone structure of the joint opposite the first bone structure; and at least one mechanical actuation mechanism disposed between the first plate and the second plate and configured to apply a distraction force along an axis between the first plate and the second plate so as to urge the first plate and the second plate away from one another, wherein the device is configured so as to have a range of motion ranging from a minimum distance between the first plate and the second plate to a maximum distance between the first plate and the second plate, and wherein the mechanical actuation mechanism is configured such that the distraction force is substantially constant distraction force across the range of motion.

    RANGE OF MOTION EVALUATION IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

    公开(公告)号:US20240041620A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18490422

    申请日:2023-10-19

    Applicant: Exactech, Inc.

    Inventor: Pierre Couture

    Abstract: A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A hip joint evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like, for example during a range of motion test. A method may include using a maximum pressure during the range of motion test to determine a maximum pressure during the range of motion test. The maximum pressure may be output for display on a user interface.

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