SPINAL SURGERY METHODS USING A ROBOTIC INSTRUMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for performing a medical procedure on a patient'"'"'s spine, comprising:
- inserting a robotically controlled, flexible catheter instrument through the sacral hiatus and into the epidural space of the spine;
robotically maneuvering a distal end portion of the catheter instrument toward the lumbar spine; and
performing a therapeutic procedure on the spine using said catheter instrument.
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Abstract
Methods of performing various minimally invasive spinal surgical applications with a flexible, robotically controlled catheter instrument are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical method comprises inserting a robotically controlled, flexible catheter instrument through the sacral hiatus and into the epidural space of the spine, and advancing the catheter instrument toward the lumbar spine, to an area of the spine to be treated. The catheter instrument is then used to perform a therapeutic procedure on the spine, such as (without limitation), the delivery of a spinal stabilization device, or performing a lumbar discectomy, laminectomy, forminotomy, kyphoplasty, or spineoplasty.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for performing a medical procedure on a patient'"'"'s spine, comprising:
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inserting a robotically controlled, flexible catheter instrument through the sacral hiatus and into the epidural space of the spine; robotically maneuvering a distal end portion of the catheter instrument toward the lumbar spine; and performing a therapeutic procedure on the spine using said catheter instrument. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for performing a medical procedure on a patient'"'"'s spine, comprising:
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inserting two or more robotically controlled, flexible catheter instruments through the sacral hiatus and into the epidural space of the spine; robotically maneuvering the two or more catheter instruments toward the lumbar spine; and performing a therapeutic procedure on the spine using the two or more catheter instruments. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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