Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery system has inertial sensor unit connected to an instrument and producing readings representative of its orientation. A computer-assisted surgery processor unit has a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the inertial sensor unit when the instrument is in a given orientation relative to the pelvis, a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the instrument relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof and a geometrical relation data module for recording preoperatively a landmark orientation relative to the pelvic coordinate system and a distance when the at least one instrument has a first end abutted to a pelvic landmark and a second end abutted to a leg landmark, for recording after implant rejointing the medio-lateral orientation and the distance, and for calculating a leg length discrepancy and/or an offset, based on the distances and the medio-lateral orientations.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end. A CAS processing unit includes at least one inertial sensor unit connected to the cup implanting device, the inertial sensor unit outputting three-axes readings and having a virtual preset orientation related to a reference axis of a pelvis of the patient, the virtual preset orientation being based on pre-operative imaging specific to the pelvis of the patient, the reference axis of the pelvis passing through a center of rotation of said acetabulum of the pelvis and through a reference landmark of the pelvis, wherein an instant three-axis orientation of the longitudinal axis of the cup implanting device is trigonometrically known relatively to the reference axis when the cup is in the acetabulum of the patient and the device plane passes through the reference landmark via the visual guide, the instant three-axis orientation used for calibrating the inertial sensor unit on the cup implanting device relative to the pelvis.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system outputs a leg length discrepancy and/or an offset between conditions. An inertial sensor unit is connected to an instrument(s) to produce readings representative of its orientation. A CAS processor unit has a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the inertial sensor unit, a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the instrument(s) relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof, and a geometrical relation data module for recording preoperatively a medio-lateral orientation of the instrument(s) representative of a medio-lateral axis of the legs and a distance between the legs, for recording after implant rejointing the medio-lateral orientation and the distance, and for calculating a leg length discrepancy and/or an offset, based on the distances and the medio-lateral orientations. An interface outputs the leg length discrepancy and/or the offset between leg conditions.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery system for outputting at least one of a leg length discrepancy and an offset between a preoperative leg condition and a post-implant rejointing leg condition comprises instruments. An inertial sensor unit is connected to one of the instrument, the inertial sensor unit producing readings representative of its orientation. A computer-assisted surgery processor unit operating a surgical assistance procedure and comprises a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the at least one inertial sensor unit when the at least one instrument is in a given orientation relative to the pelvis, a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the at least one instrument relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof using the readings from the inertial sensor unit on the instrument, and a geometrical relation data module for recording preoperatively a medio-lateral orientation of the at least one instrument representative of a medio-lateral axis of the legs relative to the pelvic coordinate system and a distance between the legs along the medio-lateral axis, for recording after implant rejointing the medio-lateral orientation and said distance, and for calculating at least one of a leg length discrepancy and an offset, based on said distances and said medio-lateral orientations. An interface outputs at least the leg length discrepancy or the offset between the preoperative leg condition and the post-implant rejointing leg condition.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end. A CAS processing unit includes at least one inertial sensor unit connected to the cup implanting device, the inertial sensor unit outputting three-axes readings and having a virtual preset orientation related to a reference axis of a pelvis of the patient, the virtual preset orientation being based on pre-operative imaging specific to the pelvis of the patient, the reference axis of the pelvis passing through a center of rotation of said acetabulum of the pelvis and through a reference landmark of the pelvis, wherein an instant three-axis orientation of the longitudinal axis of the cup implanting device is trigonometrically known relatively to the reference axis when the cup is in the acetabulum of the patient and the device plane passes through the reference landmark via the visual guide, the instant three-axis orientation used for calibrating the inertial sensor unit on the cup implanting device relative to the pelvis.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system for tracking an orientation of a pelvis comprises at least one instrument, the instrument having an acetabulum abutment end adapted to be received in an acetabulum, a rim abutment adapted to be abutted against a rim of the acetabulum, and an indicator representative of a physical orientation of the instrument. An inertial sensor unit is connected to the at least one instrument, the inertial sensor unit producing readings representative of its orientation. A computer-assisted surgery processor unit comprises a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the at least one inertial sensor unit when the at least one instrument has the acetabulum abutment end received in the acetabulum, the coordinate system module setting the pelvic coordinate system by obtaining a plurality of orientation values from the at least one inertial sensor unit when the rim abutment is abutted against locations of the rim, one of said orientation values having the indicator aligned with a reference landmark, the coordinate system module defining an acetabular plane representative of the pelvic coordinate system from the plurality of orientation values; and a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the at least one inertial sensor unit relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof using the readings from the inertial sensor unit. An interface outputs orientation data as a function of the pelvic coordinate system.
Abstract:
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system for tracking an orientation of a pelvis comprises at least one instrument, the instrument having an acetabulum abutment end adapted to be received in an acetabulum, a rim abutment adapted to be abutted against a rim of the acetabulum, and an indicator representative of a physical orientation of the instrument. An inertial sensor unit is connected to the at least one instrument, the inertial sensor unit producing readings representative of its orientation. A computer-assisted surgery processor unit comprises a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the at least one inertial sensor unit when the at least one instrument has the acetabulum abutment end received in the acetabulum, the coordinate system module setting the pelvic coordinate system by obtaining a plurality of orientation values from the at least one inertial sensor unit when the rim abutment is abutted against locations of the rim, one of said orientation values having the indicator aligned with a reference landmark, the coordinate system module defining an acetabular plane representative of the pelvic coordinate system from the plurality of orientation values; and a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the at least one inertial sensor unit relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof using the readings from the inertial sensor unit. An interface outputs orientation data as a function of the pelvic coordinate system.