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SHAPER FOR VERTEBRAL FIXATION RODS

  • US 20170360493A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2015
  • Published: 12/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for shaping an intervertebral connection rod for use in a computer assisted spinal stabilization procedure, comprising:

  • providing a surgical plan based on preoperative images of a patient'"'"'s spine, said plan defining the position and orientation of pedicle screws whose insertion into the patient'"'"'s vertebrae is to performed with the assistance of either a robotic system or a navigation system;

    generating from said robotic or navigation system, positional data incorporating the co-ordinates of the points at which said rod sits correctly in each desired pedicle screw head;

    inputting said positional data to the control system of a rod shaping system, said system adapted to use said positional data to bend a rod inserted therein, such that it adopts a shape that will sit correctly in said desired pedicle screw heads; and

    actuating said system to generate a correctly shaped rod for use in said spinal stabilization procedure.

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