Systems and methods for facilitating surgical procedures involving custom medical implants
First Claim
1. ) A method of planning and executing a medical implant surgical procedure comprising:
- a) receiving information about a surgical site of a patient;
b) using the information about the surgical site to determine a surgical procedure step for creating an anatomic structure attribute that allows attachment of a medical implant;
c) using information about the anatomic structure attribute to determine a custom attribute of the medical implant for attaching the medical implant to the anatomic structure attribute;
d) creating the medical implant comprising the custom attribute; and
e) implanting the medical implant at the surgical site by (i) following the surgical procedure step and (ii) attaching the medical implant custom attribute to the anatomic structure attribute.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for planning surgical procedures involving custom medical implants that can involve the selection, design and/or creation of custom medical implants and/or the selection, modification, and/or design of custom surgical procedures related to those implants. Certain embodiments allow implants to be selected, designed, created, or otherwise customized and then placed in patients using non-standard surgical techniques. The invention provides greater flexibility in implant use by allowing a surgeon to revise, create, or otherwise select surgical techniques for custom implants and, ultimately, provide better treatment in a greater variety of medical circumstances. Certain embodiments of the invention involve computer assisted surgery to provide for implant-related surgery involving non-standard surgical steps and/or implants.
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13 Claims
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1. ) A method of planning and executing a medical implant surgical procedure comprising:
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a) receiving information about a surgical site of a patient;
b) using the information about the surgical site to determine a surgical procedure step for creating an anatomic structure attribute that allows attachment of a medical implant;
c) using information about the anatomic structure attribute to determine a custom attribute of the medical implant for attaching the medical implant to the anatomic structure attribute;
d) creating the medical implant comprising the custom attribute; and
e) implanting the medical implant at the surgical site by (i) following the surgical procedure step and (ii) attaching the medical implant custom attribute to the anatomic structure attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. ) A system for planning a medical implant surgical procedure comprising:
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a) a user interface that allows a user to enter information about a surgical site; and
b) a display component that provides (i) an image representative of a custom attribute of a medical implant for allowing attachment at the surgical site and (ii) an image representative of an altered anatomic structure attribute for attachment of the custom attribute of the medical implant;
wherein the system allows the user to make adjustments that result in changes to the image representative of the custom attribute of the medical device and the image representative of the attribute of the altered anatomic structure. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. ) A method of planning and executing a medical implant surgical procedure comprising:
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a) receiving input relating to an attribute of an anatomic structure for attachment of an implant;
b) using the input to determine a custom attribute of the implant for attachment to the anatomic structure attribute;
c) providing to a CAS system (i) information about the custom implant attribute and (ii) information about the anatomic structure attribute; and
d) providing during surgery from the CAS system (i) an image representative of the custom implant attribute and (ii) an image representative of the anatomic structure attribute. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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