Spinal surgery system and methods of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701176-B2
Application number	US-202016867800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2020
Priority date	May 6, 2020
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

A method for surgically treating a spine comprising the steps of: pre-operatively imaging vertebral tissue; displaying a first image of a surgical treatment configuration for the vertebral tissue from a mixed reality display and/or a second image of a surgical strategy for implementing the surgical treatment configuration with the vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display; determining a surgical plan for implementing the surgical strategy; and intra-operatively displaying a third image of the surgical plan with the vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and surgical instruments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for surgically treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
pre-operatively imaging vertebral tissue;
displaying a first image of a surgical treatment configuration for the vertebral tissue from a mixed reality display and/or a second image of a surgical strategy for implementing the surgical treatment configuration with the vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display;
determining a surgical plan including robotic guidance for implementing the surgical strategy;
intra-operatively displaying a third image of the surgical plan with the vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display;
implementing the surgical plan with the robotic guidance;
imaging surgically treated vertebral tissue; and
displaying a fourth image comparing the third image and the imaging of the surgically treated vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display.

2. A method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of transmitting data points of the pre-operative imaging to a computer database; and determining the surgical treatment configuration for the vertebral tissue and the surgical strategy for implementing the surgical treatment configuration.

3. A method as recited in claim 2 , further comprising the steps of generating data points representative of the first image and/or the second image.

4. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of imaging surgically treated vertebral tissue includes an intra-operative CT scan.

5. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the step of displaying the fourth image includes a holographic reconciliation overlay of the surgical strategy to the surgically treated vertebral tissue.

6. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the pre-operative imaging includes a CT scan.

7. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the mixed reality display includes a headset.

8. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the mixed reality display includes a handheld device.

9. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second image includes a holographic overlay.

10. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surgical treatment configuration includes a segmentation of the vertebral tissue and/or a surgical reconstruction of the vertebral tissue.

11. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second image includes a holographic overlay of one or more spinal implants on a surgical reconstruction of the vertebral tissue.

12. A method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the third image includes a holographic overlay having indicia on the vertebral tissue, the indicia representing one or more anatomical zones.

13. A method for surgically treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
pre-operatively imaging vertebral tissue;
displaying a first image of a segmentation and a surgical reconstruction of the vertebral tissue from a holographic display and/or a second image of a surgical strategy that includes one or more spinal implants with the vertebral tissue from the holographic display;
determining a surgical plan including robotic guidance for implementing the surgical strategy;
intra-operatively displaying a third image of the surgical plan with the vertebral tissue from the holographic display;
implementing the surgical plan with the robotic guidance;
imaging surgically treated vertebral tissue; and
displaying a fourth image comparing the third image and the imaging of the surgically treated vertebral tissue from the holographic display.

14. A method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the step of displaying the fourth image includes a holographic reconciliation overlay of the surgical strategy to the surgically treated vertebral tissue.

15. A method as recited in claim 13 , wherein the third image includes a holographic overlay having indicia on the vertebral tissue, the indicia representing one or more anatomical zones.

16. A method for surgically treating a spine, the method comprising the steps of:
pre-operatively imaging vertebral tissue;
transmitting data points of the imaging to a computer database and determining a surgical treatment configuration for the vertebral tissue;
determining a surgical strategy for implementing the surgical treatment configuration;
generating data points representative of a first image of the surgical treatment configuration and a second image of the surgical strategy;
displaying the first image and/or the second image from a mixed reality display;
determining a surgical plan including robotic guidance for implementing the surgical strategy with the vertebral tissue and generating data points representative of a third image of the surgical plan;
displaying the third image with the vertebral tissue from the mixed reality display;
implementing the surgical plan with the robotic guidance;
imaging surgically treated vertebral tissue;
generating data points representative of a fourth image comparing the third image and the imaging of the surgically treated vertebral tissue; and
displaying the fourth image from the mixed reality display, the fourth image including a holographic reconciliation overlay of the surgical strategy to the surgically treated vertebral tissue.

17. A method as recited in claim 16 , wherein the third image includes a holographic overlay having indicia on the vertebral tissue, the indicia representing one or more anatomical zones.

Assignees

• Warsaw Orthopedic Inc

Inventors

• Redmond Jerald
• Wickham Jeffrey
• Hebbale Pooja
• ARMSTRONG Kelli

Classifications

• A61B34/10 Primary

  Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations · CPC title

• A61B34/20

  Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis · CPC title

• A61B34/30

  Surgical robots · CPC title

• A61B2017/564

  Methods for bone or joint treatment · CPC title

• A61B2034/2051

  Electromagnetic tracking systems · CPC title