26 results about "Implant design" patented technology

Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and / or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving intra-operative data during a surgical procedure to install a patient-specific implant in a patient. The system can compare the intra-operative data to a pre-operative plan to determine whether the implant is positioned and located according to the pre-operative plan.

A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.

The present application relates to the technical field of prosthesis lattice design, in particular to a kind of orthopedic implant lattice design method, system and application, by establishing parameterized lattice model sample set, and the polynomial regression model of elastic modulus and permeability coefficient is combined with the bayesian optimization framework with comprehensive score objective function as optimization goal, so that it can be iteratively optimized in parameter range efficiently, finally output optimal design parameter to make the mechanical property and mass transfer performance reach the best balance, fundamentally solve the problem that existing PEEK lattice implant design lacks double performance collaborative optimization, further improve lattice prosthesis postoperative recovery effect.

Mastopexy implants for breast lifts create new tissue planes in the breast that provide a more durable lift, and are particularly useful in breast lifts with a high content of fatty tissue; the implants can be implanted through small incisions using blunt dissection, reducing operating time, and providing a better aesthetic appearance with minimal scarring; the implants are designed to be temporary, and have sufficient retention strength to allow the new tissue planes to form and support the lifted breast without any significant loss of support during this regenerative period.

A pedicle replacement device is designed to both replace the pedicle through osseointegration and protect the nerves and surrounding tissue from injury by pedicle screws or other surgical devices and instruments. The implant is configured to shield a fixture, reduce nerve root irritation, and diminish loosening of the fixture, when the fixture is implanted into the void of a target site. The implant includes features for stabilizing and securing the implant within the void at the target site. For example, in one embodiment, the implant includes counterclockwise threads that stabilize the implant against rotational and extractive forces that could disturb the implant.

A system and method for planning and simulating a surgical operation to create a patient-specific spinal implant are disclosed. The system comprises a remote server configured to receive patient-specific medical image data and generate a 3D mesh model of the patient's spine using algorithms that separate vertebral bodies, remove artifacts, and smooth surfaces. A doctor's computer receives the 3D mesh model and allows real-time manipulation of intervertebral spaces to achieve a desired spinal curvature. The server generates a spinal implant design with surface-mapped endplates matching the patient's vertebral anatomy, which is transmitted to a 3D printer for manufacturing. The method includes steps of receiving image data, generating and updating the 3D mesh model based on doctor input, generating the final implant design, and transmitting it for production. The invention enables the creation of patient-specific spinal implants with improved conformity and surgical outcomes.

The present invention relates to a method for interactively designing via an implant design platform an artificial joint implant for hip arthroplasty and corresponding broaching and osteotomy guide apparatuses. The proposed implant design platform reconstructs the anatomy of the patient's pelvic and femoral bones in a 3D digital environment, and accordingly develops a patient-specific femoral implant stem as well as patient-specific surgical tools broach / rasp, osteotomy guide) used in total 10 hip arthroplasty. The patient-specific femoral implant stem developed may be optimized to ensure optimum mechanical performance for the patient, employing complex internal lattices that minimize stress shielding and advanced trabecular surfaces to promote osseointegration.

Systems and methods for designing patient-specific orthopedic implants. The systems and methods can include automated collection protocols for available third-party data to use to generate surgical plans or patient-specific orthopedic implant designs. The system can identify triggers for collecting third-party data. The system can determine a confidence score for the collected third-party data based on the type of data, the source of the data, and the similarity of the data to patient data. The system can select parameters in the third-party data to integrate into designing a patient-specific implant or patient treatment.

A system for repairing tears in soft tissue, e.g., meniscal tissue, by employing cinch stitching. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for meniscal repair using a suture implant construct. The suture implant construct includes a first and second implant which are connected to each other via a length of suture. The implants are designed to be loaded on external surfaces of the first and second trocars.

Systems and methods include a component of a bone implant that includes a patient specific bone contacting surface and, optionally, at least one protrusion adjacent to or extending from the patient specific bone contacting surface. The at least one protrusion is configured for engaging a bone preparation in the bone. To prepare the bone for receiving the component, one or more cutting tool templates may be used. The one or more cutting tool templates may be fabricated to have a patient specific bone contacting surface that engages the bone that is to receive the implant component. A cutting tool is engaged in one or more of one or more slots defined by the cutting tool template(s) to remove surface portions of the bone to create the bone preparation for engaging the protrusion. The patient specific bone contacting surface of the component engages the bone.

Disclosed herein are drug delivery implants configured to be implanted into the eye of a subject and serve as intraocular drug depots. The implants reside in an intraocular target site until activation, at which time the implants release the drug (or drugs) housed within the implant in a controlled release fashion. The internal components of the implants can be arranged to control the rate of elution of a drug within an internal reservoir, and can be retained within the implant through the use of various embodiments of retaining elements.

Disclosed herein is a method of planning orthopedic surgery. The method can include taking a scan of a patient bone, estimating a potential registration error to occur during the orthopedic surgery, and designing an implant based upon the scan and the potential registration error. The scan can be a three-dimensional scan. The implant can be a patient specific implant. The method can include modifying fixation elements based upon the scan and registration error to avoid impingement and / or disassociation with the bone.

Systems and processes for designing and generating personalized surgical implants and devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the process includes generating patient-specific implants designed for increased osseointegration and improved surgical outcomes. In various embodiments, the process includes extracting patient-specific data with one or more aspects of an anatomical feature, processing the one or more aspects of the anatomical feature to identify and classify a deformity, create a density map of the one or more aspects of the anatomical feature, and generating a patient-specific implant or device based on the deformity classification, the density map, or a combination thereof.

A system and method for dental image file capture and manipulation for the purpose of dental, orthodontic, and periodontic tracking, diagnostics, and dental prosthetic and implant design. Augmented intelligence in dental file segmentation using descriptor matrixes with a common centroid or reference locus as a reference point describing related dental surface structures reduces the data size of dental image files such that dental images can be manipulated and compared to other dental files and can be used in machine learning and matching systems. This expedites the design and manufacture of dental prosthetics, appliances, and in dental monitoring and treatment.

The application discloses a design method and system of a maxillofacial defect repair implant, comprising: CT or MR scanning of a patient's head to obtain scanning data; threshold segmentation and non-skeletal part removal processing of the scanning data to obtain a binary image; partial registration of the binary image and a skull binary image template, adjustment of the pose according to the registration result, and determination of the defect type according to the registration missing part; local cutting and scaling processing of the binary image of the patient's skull according to the defect type; input of the processed image into a generation network to generate a preliminary implant design result; import of the preliminary implant design result and the original defect skull image into a mixed reality device, projection into a real space coordinate for fine adjustment and modification to obtain a correction result; transmission of the modification result into a 3D printer for production to obtain a final implant entity. The application can accurately design a suitable implant shape according to medical images of a defect site.

The present technology includes patient-specific spinal fusion devices, which may include an interbody implant that is designed to be positioned within a disc space between two vertebral bodies and one or more fixation elements that can anchor the interbody implant to the vertebral bodies. The fusion devices include one or more retention mechanisms for retaining the fixation elements within corresponding lumens or bore holes extending through the interbody implant. Methods for designing and manufacturing patient-specific spinal fusion devices are also described herein.

Systems and methods for storing and accessing healthcare data in digital filing cabinets are disclosed. The system can receive and store patient healthcare data from sources and manage access to the healthcare data based on authentication levels. The system can analyze healthcare data collected from wearable devices, an implant, patient devices, healthcare provider devices, databases, cloud storage accounts, healthcare databases, or digital filing cabinets. The system can manage patient healthcare data by collecting and analyzing patient healthcare data and generating health goals for the patient based on the healthcare data. The system can generate viewable versions of the healthcare data for the patient to view on a user interface.

A system and method for planning and simulating a surgical operation to create a patient-specific spinal implant are disclosed. The system comprises a remote server configured to receive patient-specific medical image data and generate a 3D mesh model of the patient's spine using algorithms that separate vertebral bodies, remove artifacts, and smooth surfaces. A doctor's computer receives the 3D mesh model and allows real-time manipulation of intervertebral spaces to achieve a desired spinal curvature. The server generates a spinal implant design with surface-mapped endplates matching the patient's vertebral anatomy, which is transmitted to a 3D printer for manufacturing. The method includes steps of receiving image data, generating and updating the 3D mesh model based on doctor input, generating the final implant design, and transmitting it for production. The invention enables the creation of patient-specific spinal implants with improved conformity and surgical outcomes.

The present technology includes patient-specific intervertebral fusion devices, which can include an interbody implant designed to be positioned in a disc space between two vertebral bodies and one or more fixation elements capable of securing the interbody implant to the vertebral bodies. The intervertebral fusion device includes one or more retention mechanisms for retaining the fixation elements within corresponding internal cavities or bore holes extending through the interbody implant. Methods for designing and manufacturing patient-specific intervertebral fusion devices are also described herein.

Disclosed herein are drug delivery implants configured to be implanted into the eye of a subject and serve as intraocular drug depots. The implants reside in an intraocular target site until activation, at which time the implants release the drug (or drugs) housed within the implant in a controlled release fashion. The drug delivery implant can include an outer shell, a stabilized travoprost formulation positioned within an inner chamber of the outer shell, and an elution rate-controlling membrane such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer membrane. The stabilized travoprost formulation can include travoprost and an effective amount of at least one antioxidant. The elution rate-controlling membrane can be in operable contact with the stabilized travoprost formulation and can deliver a therapeutically effective amount of the travoprost from the inner chamber to an ocular space including anterior and posterior chambers.

Systems and methods for designing patient-specific orthopedic implants. The systems and methods can include automated collection protocols for available third-party data to use to generate surgical plans or patient-specific orthopedic implant designs. The system can identify triggers for collecting third-party data. The system can determine a confidence score for the collected third-party data based on the type of data, the source of the data, and the similarity of the data to patient data. The system can select parameters in the third-party data to integrate into designing a patient-specific implant or patient treatment.

A method of performing percutaneous interbody spinal fusion on adjacent vertebrae in a patient including the steps of: creating a percutaneous access opening on the patient, using indirect visualization to establish a surgical path through the access opening, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, without retraction, inserting an expandable implant into the cavity, the implant configured to fit through the access opening into the cavity, and expanding the implant within the cavity.

Disclosed herein are drug delivery implants configured to be implanted into the eye of a subject and serve as intraocular drug depots. The implants reside in an intraocular target site until activation, at which time the implants release the drug (or drugs) housed within the implant in a controlled release fashion. The drug delivery implant can include an outer shell, a stabilized travoprost formulation positioned within an inner chamber of the outer shell, and an elution rate-controlling membrane such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer membrane. The stabilized travoprost formulation can include travoprost and an effective amount of at least one antioxidant. The elution rate-controlling membrane can be in operable contact with the stabilized travoprost formulation and can deliver a therapeutically effective amount of the travoprost from the inner chamber to an ocular space including anterior and posterior chambers.

A method for supporting a medical procedure, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional image of a vessel of a patient; deriving measurements of the vessel from the three-dimensional image; constructing a model of fluid flow in the vessel using the measurements; and using a trained machine learning model to make predictions about the medical procedure based on outputs of the model of fluid flow. The medical procedure may comprise implantation of a device and the predictions may comprise at least one of: a recommendation of a size or type of device; a recommendation of a placement of the device; and a predicted lifetime of the device in situ. The medical procedure may comprise an Aortic Valve Replacement, desirably a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or a valve-in-valve procedure.

The invention relates to a semi-implantable brain-computer interface for animals, which comprises a fixed base, a hollow tube and a protective shell, and is characterized in that the fixed base is used for being fixedly mounted on a skull of an animal to be implanted; the hollow tube is used for penetrating through muscles between the scalp and the skull of an animal to be implanted, one end of the hollow tube is connected with the fixed base, the other end of the hollow tube is connected with the protective shell, an electrode channel is formed in the hollow tube, a flexible electrode wire is arranged in the electrode channel, and the flexible electrode wire is used for stretching out of the electrode channel to be implanted into the brain area of the animal to be implanted; the protective shell is used for being exposed out of the scalp of an animal to be implanted, a containing cavity is formed in the protective shell and communicates with the electrode channel, a signal processing module is installed in the containing cavity, and the end, close to the protective shell, of the flexible electrode wire is connected with the signal processing module. Implantation design is optimized, a goblet-like structure is adopted, it is guaranteed that the brain-computer interface is implanted and installed stably, craniotomy wounds are reduced, and serious infection caused by the too large wounds is avoided.