Modular active spine tool for measuring vertebral load and position of load
First Claim
1. An insertion measurement system for a spinal region comprising:
- a spinal instrument including;
a shaft having an electrical interface on a distal end;
a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft configured to be held in a hand;
a removable sensored head having an electrical interface on a proximal end where the removable sensored head is configured to couple to a distal end of the shaft; and
a removable electronic assembly coupled to the handle and operatively coupled to the removable sensored head.
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Abstract
A spine measurement system includes a plurality of sensored heads, a spinal instrument, and a remote system. The spinal instrument comprises a handle, a shaft, sensored heads, and a module. The sensored heads includes one or more sensors that couple to module and each has a different height. The module includes an electronic assembly for receiving, processing, and sending quantitative data from sensors in sensored heads. The module can be coupled to and removed from handle. Similarly, sensored heads can be coupled to and removed from shaft. A sensored head can be inserted between vertebra and report vertebral conditions such as force, pressure, orientation and edge loading. A GUI of remote system can display a workflow and report load and position of load during the workflow.
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20 Claims
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1. An insertion measurement system for a spinal region comprising:
a spinal instrument including; a shaft having an electrical interface on a distal end; a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft configured to be held in a hand; a removable sensored head having an electrical interface on a proximal end where the removable sensored head is configured to couple to a distal end of the shaft; and a removable electronic assembly coupled to the handle and operatively coupled to the removable sensored head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A measurement system for comprising:
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a spinal instrument having a handle and a shaft; a plurality of removable sensored heads configured to couple to a distal end of the shaft where sensored heads of different height are provided and where each removable sensored head includes a plurality of load sensors; and an electronic assembly configured to provide quantitative data from the plurality of load sensors where the electronic assembly is housed in a module, where the module includes an electrical interface, where the module fits in a cavity of the handle of the spinal instrument, and where the cavity of the handle includes an electrical interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 16)
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- 14. The system 11 where sensored heads of different lengths are provided.
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17. A method of measuring a spinal region comprising the steps of:
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selecting one of a plurality of removable sensored heads; coupling a first removable sensored head to a distal end of a shaft of a spinal instrument where the first removable sensored head is electrically coupled to interconnect in the shaft; and coupling a module having an electronic assembly to a handle of the spinal instrument where the electronic assembly is electrically coupled to the interconnect in the shaft of the spinal instrument. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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