Adaptive surface surgical guiding apparatuses including stability and/or verification elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016367264-A1
Application number	US-201615236451-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 14, 2016
Priority date	Feb 13, 2014
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application relates to adaptive surface surgical guiding apparatuses, tools, devices, or guides including stability and/or verification elements for use in surgical applications. In one embodiment, a surgical guiding apparatus comprises one or more rigid portions configured to attach to a first region of an underlying anatomical surface; a variable deformable portion coupled to the one or more rigid portions, the variable deformable portion configured to conform to a shape of a second region of the underlying anatomical surface; and a soft-tissue piercing element configured to pierce soft-tissue overlying a third region of the underlying anatomical surface and to attach to the underlying anatomical surface.

First claim

1 . A surgical guide comprising:
a surgical guiding apparatus, comprising one or more rigid portions configured to attach to a first region of an underlying anatomical surface; a soft tissue-piercing element configured to pierce soft tissue overlying a second region of the underlying anatomical surface and to attach to the underlying anatomical surface; and a soft tissue-piercing element attachment.

2 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the surgical guiding apparatus further comprises a variable deformable portion, the variable deformable portion configured to conform to a shape of a third region of the underlying anatomical surface.

3 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment comprises an aperture configured for manually inserting the soft tissue-piercing element.

4 . The surgical guide of claim 3 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element comprises a depth indicator.

5 . The surgical guide of claim 4 , wherein the depth indicator comprises markings on the soft tissue-piercing element.

6 . The surgical guide of claim 3 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment comprises a depth indicator.

7 . The surgical guide of claim 6 , wherein the depth indicator comprises markings on the soft tissue-piercing element attachment.

8 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element comprises a pin.

9 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment is integral to the surgical guiding apparatus.

10 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment is integral to the soft tissue-piercing element.

11 . The surgical guide of claim 10 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element and soft tissue-piercing element attachment are an off-the-shelf device.

12 . The surgical guide of claim 10 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element and soft tissue-piercing element attachment are a patient-specific device.

13 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment is removably affixed to the surgical guiding apparatus.

14 . The surgical guide of claim 13 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment is removably affixed to the surgical guiding apparatus by a slot in the surgical guiding apparatus.

15 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue-piercing element attachment comprises a deformable member.

16 . The surgical guide of claim 15 , wherein the deformable member is a spring.

17 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue comprises at least one of cartilage, muscles, tendons, ligaments and fat tissue.

18 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the soft tissue is not dermis or epidermis.

19 . The surgical guide of claim 1 , wherein the surgical guiding apparatus comprises a material suitable for additive manufacturing, and the soft tissue-piercing element comprises one of stainless steel and titanium.

20 . A method of using a surgical guide in a surgical procedure on an anatomical subject, the method comprising: the method comprising:
attaching a surgical guiding apparatus to a first region of an anatomical surface of the anatomical subject; inserting a soft tissue-piercing element through an aperture of a soft tissue-piercing element attachment; piercing soft tissue overlying a second region of the anatomical surface with the soft tissue-piercing element; attaching the soft tissue-piercing element to the second region of the anatomical surface; verifying the position of the surgical guiding apparatus using a depth indicator associated with the soft tissue-piercing element attachment.

Assignees

• Mat Nv

Inventors

• Geebelen Benjamin

Classifications

• A61B2034/108

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