Patent classifications
A61B17/151
Joint spacer systems and methods
In some examples, a method for preparing one or more bones involves inserting a spacer into a space defined between a first bone and a second bone, such as a joint space between a first metatarsal and medial cuneiform. A bone preparation guide can be aligned with opposed ends of the first bone and the second bone using the spacer as an alignment reference. For example, the bone preparation guide may include an opening such that the guide can be installed across the joint space with the spacer received in the opening. A clinician may use the bone preparation guide to guide a tissue removing instrument to cut or otherwise prepare the ends of the first bone portion and second bone portion.
COMPRESSOR-DISTRACTOR FOR ANGULARLY REALIGNING BONE PORTIONS
A compressor-distractor device may be used during a surgical procedure, such as a surgical procedure to correct a bunion deformity. In some examples, the compressor-distractor includes first and second engagement arms having first and second pin-receiving holes, respectively. The first and second pin-receiving holes may be angled relative to each other. The compressor-distractor may also include an actuator operatively coupled to the first and second engagement arms. In some example uses, a clinician may pin a first surgical device to a patient's bones use a pair of parallel pins. After removing the surgical device over the parallel pins, the clinician may thread the parallel pins through the angled first and second pin-receiving holes of the compressor-distractor, causing the bones to move relative to each other. Thereafter, the clinician may actuate the actuator on the compressor-distractor to move the bones towards and/or away from each other.
Robotic system for ankle arthroplasty
Robotic system and methods for robotic arthroplasty are provided. The robotic system includes a machining system and a guidance system. The guidance station tracks movement of one or more of various objects in the operating room, such as a surgical tool, a tibia of a patient, a talus of the patient, or a component of an implant. The guidance system tracks these objects for purposes of displaying their relative positions and orientations to the surgeon and, in some cases, for purposes of controlling movement of the surgical tool of the machining system relative to virtual cutting boundaries or other virtual objects associated with the tibia and talus to facilitate preparation of bone to receive an ankle implant system.
Limb sparing in mammals using patient-specific endoprostheses and cutting guides.
A cutting guide for guiding a cut in a radius, the radius being adjacent to an ulna, the cutting guide comprising: a cut guiding portion, an opposed ulnar mounting portion and a linking portion extending therebetween; the cutting guide being delimited by a cutting guide peripheral surface defining a bone facing portion, the bone facing portion being contoured to match the shape of the radius and ulna.
BONE ALIGN AND JOINT PREPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD
A bone displacement system includes an anchoring portion, a flexing mechanism, and a distal body. The anchoring portion has an aperture for receiving a wire to connect the anchoring portion to a proximal bone. The flexing mechanism is connected to the anchoring portion, and has a rail and a holding portion movable on the rail. The rail is curved about a center of rotation located toward a bottom of the flexing mechanism and toward the proximal bone. The distal body is connected to the holding portion. The distal body has an aperture for receiving a wire to connect the distal body to a distal bone. The flexing mechanism is configured to move the distal body relative to the anchoring portion by a movement of the holding portion on the rail and about the center of rotation to flex the first bone relative to the second bone.
Freeform tri-planar osteotomy guide and method
Systems and methods for performing an osteotomy are presented. Examples include forming a fusion osteotomy at a metatarsocuneiform joint of the first ray of a human foot.
Tibial tubercule osteotomy
Patient-specific guides for a tibial tubercle osteotomy are provided. The guides include a guide body defining a portion with a bone-engaging surface that conforms as a negative surface to a corresponding surface of a specific patient's tibia, and a guide portion that guides a surgical instrument to a specific location on the specific patient's tibia, wherein the bone-engaging surface and guide portion are configured during a pre-operative planning stage. Methods for performing a tibial tubercle osteotomy with the patient-specific guides are also provided.
GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR HALLUX VALGUS CORRECTION
A guidance system comprises a first guide configured to be detachably mounted to a first portion of a bone. The first guide has a first axis for alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the bone. A second guide is mountable on the first guide. The second guide is slidably translatable in a transverse direction relative to the first axis. A third guide is mountable on the second guide. The third guide is selectively positionable along a curved path extending at least part way around the longitudinal axis.
Navigated surgical system
A surgical system including a surgical tool and a navigation system for tracking the position of the surgical tool. The surgical tool comprising a housing including a variable speed motor and control module disposed within the housing. The navigation system comprising a navigation console in communication with the control module of the surgical tool, the navigation console may be configured to communicate instructions to the control module of the surgical tool based on the position of the surgical tool relative to a defined zone. The navigation console may be configured to deactivate the surgical tool based on the position of the surgical tool relative to the defined zone. The navigation console may also be configured to provide a user-selectable override option to allow continued operation of the surgical tool within the defined zone.
SURGICAL KIT FOR REPAIR OF ARTICULAR SURFACES IN THE TALOCRURAL JOINT INCLUDING SURGICAL SAW GUIDE
A surgical kit suitable for repair of articular surfaces in the talocrural joint, includes: a surgical implant having a cap with an outer surface conforming to a talus dome surface and an inner surface having a central implant anchoring peg extending perpendicularly from said inner surface, a hollow tubular shell suitable for correct pre-drilling for implantation of the surgical joint implant in the dome of the talus, and a saw guide conforming and fixable to the lower portion of the tibia and providing saw guide surfaces in at least one plane, suitable for osteotomy of a lower portion of a tibia to expose the dome of the talus.