BACKUP SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20180168690A1
• Filed: 02/02/2018
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Uthgenannt, Brian A., Frield, Christopher W., Durcholz, Bradley T., Catanzarite, Joshua B., Metzger, Robert, Worrell, Kai Robert
• Granted Patent: US 10,743,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/154 for preparing bone for knee prosthesis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/56 Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/564 Methods for bone or joint treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/105 Modelling of the patient, e.g. for ligaments or bones
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/108 Computer aided selection or customisation of medical implants or cutting guides
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/252 indicating steps of a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/258 providing specific settings for specific users
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/105 Cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/185 Drawers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/10 Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/15 Mayo stands; Tables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays

Abstract

A method for preparing surgical kits for use during a surgery includes preparing a pre-operative surgical plan for a patient and selecting a set of surgical instruments based on the pre-operative surgical plan. The set of surgical instruments includes at least a general instrument, a first size-specific instrument, a patient-specific instrument, and a surgeon-specific instrument. The general instrument is selected from a predetermined group of off-the-shelf instruments. The first size-specific instrument has a first size selected from predetermined sizes. The patient-specific instrument includes a three-dimensional contoured engagement surface configured to nest into a portion of a native anatomy in a single location. The surgeon-specific instrument is selected based on a surgeon preference and is a different instrument than the selected general instrument, first size-specific instrument, and patient-specific instrument. The method further includes preparing a surgeon instrument kit containing the set of surgical instruments in sterilized form.

Claims

1. A method for preparing surgical kits for use during a surgery, comprising:

preparing a pre-operative surgical plan for a patient;

selecting a set of surgical instruments based on the pre-operative surgical plan, the set of surgical instruments including at least;

a general instrument selected from a predetermined group of off-the-shelf instruments;

a first size-specific instrument having a first size selected from predetermined sizes;

a patient-specific instrument including a three-dimensional contoured engagement surface configured to nest into a portion of a native anatomy in a single location; and

a surgeon-specific instrument selected based on a surgeon preference, the surgeon-specific instrument being different than the selected general instrument, first size-specific instrument, and patient-specific instrument; and

preparing a surgeon instrument kit containing the set of surgical instruments in sterilized form.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising preparing a backup kit based on the surgeon instrument kit, the backup kit containing only one sterilized replacement instrument for one of the surgical instruments.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

delivering the surgeon instrument kit to a surgeon for use during the surgery;

staging the backup kit relative to an operating room used for the surgery; and

selectively replacing the one of the surgical instruments with the replacement instrument during the surgery.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising stocking the backup kit to a mobile storage cart, wherein staging the backup kit relative to the operating room includes staging the mobile storage cart relative to the operating room.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient-specific instrument is an alignment guide for positioning a cutting instrument with respect to the native anatomy.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first size-specific instrument is a cutting guide for guiding a cutting instrument.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first size-specific instrument is a trial implant component.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the surgeon preference is a preferred procedure from among predetermined procedures for performing a surgical task.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the surgeon preference is a preferred instrument from among predetermined instruments for performing a surgical task.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising preparing a backup kit based on the surgeon instrument kit, the backup kit including a second size-specific instrument selected from the predetermined sizes and having a second size different than the first size.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising preparing a backup kit based on the surgeon instrument kit, wherein the surgeon-specific instrument is an instrument used to perform a preferred procedure selected from among predetermined procedures for performing a surgical task, and wherein the backup kit includes a replacement instrument used to perform an alternate procedure selected from among the predetermined procedures.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the surgeon instrument kit includes a first plurality of instruments and the method further includes preparing a second plurality of backup kits containing sterilized replacement instruments for the first plurality of instruments, each of the backup kits containing only one of the replacement instruments.

13. A method for preparing surgical kits for use during a surgery, comprising:

preparing a surgeon instrument kit containing a plurality of surgical instruments;

delivering the surgeon instrument kit to an operating room for use by a surgeon during the surgery;

preparing a backup kit containing only one replacement instrument for a corresponding one of the surgical instruments;

stocking the backup kit to a mobile storage cart;

staging the mobile storage cart relative to the operating room prior to the surgery; and

selectively replacing the one of the surgical instruments with the replacement instrument during the surgery.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method includes preparing a plurality of backup kits including a plurality of sterilized replacement instruments for the surgical instruments, each of the backup kits containing only one of the replacement instruments.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein, collectively, the backup kits include replacement instruments for each of the surgical instruments of the surgeon instrument kit.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the staging the mobile storage cart relative to the operating room includes moving the mobile storage cart from a predetermined first designated location within a medical facility to a predetermined second designated location within the medical facility different than the first designated location.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the replacement instrument has a first size and the one of the surgical instruments has a second size different than the first size.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the one of the surgical instruments is a first instrument used to perform a preferred procedure selected from among predetermined procedures for performing a surgical task, and wherein the replacement instrument is a second instrument used to perform an alternate procedure selected from among the predetermined procedures.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising delivering the surgeon instrument kit and the backup kit to a medical facility together in a single delivery container.

20. A surgical kit set, comprising:

a first surgical kit for use by a surgeon during a surgery, the first surgical kit containing at least;

a general instrument for performing a surgical task;

a first size-specific instrument having a first size relative to an anatomy of a patient;

a patient-specific instrument including a three-dimensional contoured engagement surface configured to nest into a portion of a native anatomy in a single location; and

a surgeon-specific instrument different than the general instrument, the size-specific instrument, and the patient-specific instrument.