ACETABULAR CUP PROSTHESIS ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for aligning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient'"'"'s surgically-prepared acetabulum, the method comprising:
- securing a reference sensor module to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy;
securing an inserter sensor module to an acetabular prosthetic component inserter;
generating, with the reference sensor module, first sensor data indicative of the orientation of the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy in three-dimensions;
generating, with the inserter sensor module, second sensor data indicative of the orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component inserter in three-dimensions;
receiving, with a display module, the first sensor data and the second sensor data;
determining, with the display module, an orientation of an acetabular prosthetic component coupled to the acetabular prosthetic component inserter relative to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data;
displaying, on the display module, indicia of the determined orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component on a display of the display module; and
transmitting a control signal from the display module to the inserter sensor module to activate an alignment indicator of the inserter sensor module in response to the determined orientation being within a threshold amount of a reference orientation.
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Abstract
Technologies for aligning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient'"'"'s surgically prepared acetabulum include a reference sensor module securable to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy, an inserter sensor module securable to an acetabular prosthetic component inserter, and a display module. Each sensor module generates sensor data indicative of the orientation of the sensor module and/or structures to which the sensor module is coupled. The display module receives the sensor data from the sensor modules, determines the orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component relative to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy, and displays indicia of the determined orientation on a display.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for aligning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient'"'"'s surgically-prepared acetabulum, the method comprising:
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securing a reference sensor module to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy; securing an inserter sensor module to an acetabular prosthetic component inserter; generating, with the reference sensor module, first sensor data indicative of the orientation of the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy in three-dimensions; generating, with the inserter sensor module, second sensor data indicative of the orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component inserter in three-dimensions; receiving, with a display module, the first sensor data and the second sensor data; determining, with the display module, an orientation of an acetabular prosthetic component coupled to the acetabular prosthetic component inserter relative to the patient'"'"'s bony anatomy based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data; displaying, on the display module, indicia of the determined orientation of the acetabular prosthetic component on a display of the display module; and transmitting a control signal from the display module to the inserter sensor module to activate an alignment indicator of the inserter sensor module in response to the determined orientation being within a threshold amount of a reference orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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