CUSTOMIZED PATIENT SURGICAL PLAN

• US 20090089081A1
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Depuy Products Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Haddad, Said
• Granted Patent: US 8,265,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/157 Cutting tibia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00221 with wireless transmission of data, e.g. by infrared radiation or radiowaves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/107 Visualisation of planned trajectories or target regions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/2068 using pointers, e.g. pointers having reference marks for determining coordinates of body points
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/252 indicating steps of a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/256 having a database of accessory information, e.g. including context sensitive help or scientific articles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/3983 Reference marker arrangements for use with image guided surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/20 Surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding surgical instruments, e.g. for frameless stereotaxis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/22 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed which generate surgical plans that have been customized for a particular patient. One such system includes a client, a surgical plan system and a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system. The client generates a surgical plan request that includes data relevant to a patient and an orthopaedic surgical procedure to be performed upon the patient. The surgical plan system receives the surgical plan request and generates a surgical plan that has been customized based upon the data of the surgical plan request. The computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system assists a surgeon performing the orthopaedic surgical procedure per the surgical plan generated by the surgical plan system.

Claims

1. A method of a vendor to create a surgical plan for a patient of a healthcare facility that is external to the vendor, comprising

receiving, from the healthcare facility external to the vendor, a surgical plan request that includes data relevant to the patient and a surgical procedure to be performed upon the patient,

creating, in response to receiving the surgical plan request, a surgical plan that has been customized for the patient per data of the surgical plan request, and

sending the surgical plan to the healthcare facility for execution.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending comprises transmitting the surgical plan to the healthcare facility via a network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending comprises mailing the surgical plan to the healthcare facility.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a plurality of instructions for the surgical plan that configure a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system to assist in the surgical procedure upon the patient.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating the plurality of instructions based upon one or more medical images that depict at least one bone of the patient.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving from the healthcare facility a modified surgical plan request that requests modifications to the surgical plan,

modifying the surgical plan to obtain a modified surgical plan in response to receiving the modified surgical plan request, and

sending the surgical plan to the healthcare facility for execution.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating the surgical plan in accordance with surgical procedures associated with a particular surgeon in response to the surgical plan request requesting that the surgical plan be constructed in accordance with surgical procedures associated with the particular surgeon.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating the surgical plan in accordance with surgical procedures associated with a particular institution in response to the surgical plan request requesting that the surgical plan be constructed in accordance with surgical procedures associated with the particular institution.

9. A machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, that in response to being executed, result in a computing device

creating a surgical plan for an orthopaedic surgical procedure based upon a surgical plan request that includes an image of a bone of a patient, and

transmitting the surgical plan to a healthcare facility via a network.

10. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device generating the surgical plan such that the surgical plan upon being loaded by a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system configures the computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system to assist in the orthopaedic surgical procedure.

11. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device generating the surgical plan such that the surgical plan includes instructions that in response to being executed by a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system results in the computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system assisting in the orthopaedic surgical procedure.

12. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device generating the surgical plan such that in response to being executed by a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system results in the computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system displaying images of individual surgical steps which form the orthopaedic surgical procedure.

13. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device

modifying the surgical plan to obtain a modified surgical plan in response to a request to modify the surgical plan, and

transmitting the modified surgical plan to the healthcare facility via the network.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device creating the surgical plan in accordance with a particular surgeon in response to a request for the surgical plan to be constructed in accordance with the particular surgeon.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the computing device creating the surgical plan in accordance with a particular institution in response to a request for the surgical plan to be constructed in accordance with surgical procedures associated with the particular institution.

16. A system for generating surgical plans, comprising

a client to generate a surgical plan request that includes data relevant to a patient and an orthopaedic surgical procedure to be performed upon the patient,

a surgical plan system to receive the surgical plan request and to generate a surgical plan that has been customized based upon the data of the surgical plan request, and

a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system to assist a surgeon performing the orthopaedic surgical procedure per the surgical plan generated by the surgical plan system.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the surgical plan system is located at a vendor and the computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system is located at a healthcare facility.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the surgical plan system selects an orthopaedic implant for the orthopaedic surgical procedure based upon at least one image of the surgical plan request.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system displays images of individual surgical steps which form the orthopaedic surgical procedure in response to executing the surgical plan generated by the surgical plan system.