Method and apparatus for computer assistance with intramedullary nail procedure

• US 20060241416A1
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Marquart, Joel, Hand, Randall, Quaid, Arthur E. III, Arata, Louis K., Schoenefeld, Ryan, Abovitz, Rony A., Dybala, David, Brumback, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US11/391,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20060241416A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/432
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00207 with hand gesture control or hand gesture recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/376 using X-rays, e.g. fluoroscopy
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/10 for stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A specially-programmed, computer-assisted surgery system is used to reduce the number of fluoroscopic images required to be taken during the course of a intramedullary nail procedure, eliminates the need for a Steinman pin, and assists the surgeon in properly aligning and securing the nail during insertion.

Claims

1. Apparatus for assisting with surgical procedure, comprising:

a localizer;

a computer in communication with the localizer, the computer storing and executing instructions for displaying a plurality of screens, a first one of the plurality of screens corresponding to a planning step for a procedure for inserting an intramedullary nail and a second one of the plurality of screens corresponding to a navigation step of the procedure, the first one of the plurality of screens assisting with selection of the nail based on a patients anatomy and the second one of the plurality of screens indicating the position of the nail as it is being inserted into the patient'"'"'s femur.