Abstract:
A method for producing at least one patient-specific surgical aid includes providing a physical model of a native patient tissue. The physical model has at least one surface of interest. A constraining wall is placed in contact with at least a portion of the physical model. A moldable substance is placed into contact with at least a portion of the surface of interest. An impression of the surface of interest is maintained upon the moldable substance. The moldable substance is solidified into a patient- specific surgical aid. The patient-specific surgical aid is removed from the physical model. A system for producing at least one patient- specific surgical aid is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A stock instrument (316) includes at least one guide interacting feature. A lower instrument surface of the stock instrument is placed into contact with the patient tissue. A guide (530) has a lower guide surface contoured to substantially mate with at least a portion of an upper instrument surface of the stock instrument. A predetermined instrument orientation upon the patient tissue is defined, which is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue (100,102). The guide and instrument are mated in a predetermined relative guide/instrument orientation wherein at least one guide interacting feature of the instrument is placed into engagement with at least one instrument guiding feature of the guide. The guide is moved into a predetermined guide orientation with respect to the patient tissue and concurrently the instrument is moved into a predetermined instrument orientation with respect to the patient tissue.
Abstract:
A distance indicator (100) for indicating the distance that a device has traveled includes an elongate housing (102) with a guidewire connector (110) configured for operative connection to a guidewire to hold the housing stationary with respect thereto. A plunger (112) is operatively connected to the housing for longitudinal motion with respect to the housing. A first plunger end (114) is configured to operatively contact the device. As the guidewire connector is holding the housing stationary with respect to the guidewire, the first plunger end is placed into operative contact with the device with the plunger and housing in a first relative plunger/housing position. The device moves longitudinally. The plunger moves into a second relative plunger/housing position assisted by the operative connection between the first plunger end and the device. The longitudinal difference between the first and second relative plunger/housing positions indicates a distance that the device has moved longitudinally with respect to the guidewire.
Abstract:
A stock instrument (316) includes at least one guide interacting feature. A lower instrument surface of the stock instrument is placed into contact with the patient tissue. A guide (530) has a lower guide surface contoured to substantially mate with at least a portion of an upper instrument surface of the stock instrument. A predetermined instrument orientation upon the patient tissue is defined, which is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue (100,102). The guide and instrument are mated in a predetermined relative guide/instrument orientation wherein at least one guide interacting feature of the instrument is placed into engagement with at least one instrument guiding feature of the guide. The guide is moved into a predetermined guide orientation with respect to the patient tissue and concurrently the instrument is moved into a predetermined instrument orientation with respect to the patient tissue.
Abstract:
A patient tissue includes a primary patient tissue area and an anatomically differentiated bordering secondary patient tissue area. An apparatus is at least partially customized responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. Means are provided for mating with the primary patient tissue area in a preselected relative orientation. Means are provided for fixing a first landmark to the primary patient tissue area in at least one of a predetermined marking location and a predetermined marking trajectory. Means are provided for fixing a second landmark to the secondary patient tissue area in at least one of a predetermined marking location and a predetermined marking trajectory. A method of associating a plurality of landmarks with a patient tissue is also provided.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a system (10) that can include memory to store computer executable instructions and enterprise data. The enterprise data can include customer data representing information to document services rendered by a given enterprise provider for each customer. A processor can be configured to access the memory and execute the computer executable instructions. The instructions can include an analytics engine (16) to compute descriptive statistics relating to the services rendered by one or more providers based on customer problems documented by providers in the customer data. Output controls (48) can generate an output of the descriptive statistics.
Abstract:
A method of preoperative planning and provision of patient-specific surgical aids includes creating a virtual model of a native patient tissue. A virtual device is placed into a predetermined device orientation relative to the virtual model (422) of the native patient tissue. At least one predetermined landmark orientation is specified for placement of at least one virtual landmark relative to the native patient tissue. A virtual patient-specific template containing the predetermined landmark orientation and having a landmark guiding feature is generated. At least one virtual patient-specific placement guide configured to interact simultaneously with at least one previously placed virtual landmark and the virtual device when the virtual device is in the predetermined device orientation is generated. A physical patient-specific template is created as a tangible representation of the virtual patient-specific template. A physical patient-specific placement guide is created as a tangible representation of the virtual patient-specific placement guide.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a visualizatton tool that can be implemented to facilitate medicai decision making by providing an interactive graphical map of relevant health data. The interactive map can include graphical elements representing health data that can be obtained from an EHR and associations between such data that are represented by graphical connections. The graphical elements and associations can be modified to reflect medical decision making.
Abstract:
A guide for assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue includes a lower guide surface configured to contact an upper implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant when a lower implant surface of the stock prosthetic implant contacts the patient tissue. An upper guide surface is accessible to a user when the lower guide surface is in contact with the upper implant surface. At least one guiding aperture extends through the guide body between the upper and lower guide surfaces at a predetermined aperture location with respect to the guide body and defines a predetermined target trajectory through the guide body. At least one of the target trajectory and the aperture location of each guiding aperture is preselected responsive to preoperative imaging of the patient tissue. A method of assisting with attachment of a stock prosthetic implant to a patient tissue is also provided.
Abstract:
This disclosure relates to a system (10) that can include memory to store computer executable instructions and enterprise data. The enterprise data can include customer data representing information to document services rendered by a given enterprise provider for each customer. A processor can be configured to access the memory and execute the computer executable instructions. The instructions can include an analytics engine (16) to compute descriptive statistics relating to the services rendered by one or more providers based on customer problems documented by providers in the customer data. Output controls (48) can generate an output of the descriptive statistics.