121 results about "Surgical methods" patented technology

A patient specific instrument is disclosed for correcting a condition present in a patient. The patient specific instrument includes a body that includes an inferior side having a bone engagement surface shaped to match a first surface of a first bone and a second surface of a second bone of a joint. The instrument also includes a superior side having a first guide feature and a second guide feature that together, with the bone engagement surface overlying the first surface and the second surface, are positioned to guide resection of the first bone and the second bone during a surgical osteotomy for correcting the condition. The body is configured to seat transverse to the joint with the bone engagement surface engaging the first surface of the first bone and the second surface of the second bone.

The present disclosure relates to a frame and patient support, and surgical methods using the frame and patient support. The frame and patient support can be used to support and manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. The frame and patient support can be configured for rotation about a rotational axis, and the frame and patient support can include a lower-leg-support, an upper-leg-support, a pelvic-support, a torso-support, and a head-and-arm support for supporting corresponding portions of the patient's body.

This disclosure relates to surgical fixation systems and methods. The surgical fixation systems of this disclosure may include various combinations of fixation devices, soft suture constructs, and / or adjustable loops and are configured for use in various knotless surgical methods, including but not limited to, syndesmosis, AC joint, UCL, bunion, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) surgical methods.

An instrument includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a body disposed therebetween. The housing also includes a first opening positioned at the first end, and a second opening positioned at the second end, with the first opening and the second opening positioned about a common longitudinal axis. The instrument also includes a first drive shaft received at least partially within the first opening and extending into the housing and a second drive shaft disposed at least partially within the housing. The instrument also includes an engagement member extending at least partially from the second opening of the housing.

A surgical method includes, for example, tracking, via at least one camera attached to a robotic arm of a surgical robot, a surgical site of a patient, the robotic arm having a plurality of joints and a plurality of body parts, controlling the robotic arm to perform a surgical procedure at the surgical site of the patient based on the camera tracked surgical site of the patient, and wherein the tracking comprises controlling the movement of the plurality of joints and body parts of the robotic arm to maintain a line of sight of the at least one camera directed towards the surgical site of the patient.

An instrument system includes a first cut guide and an actuation instrument. The actuation instrument includes an upper portion having a handle and a first cannulation, and a lower portion releasably couplable with the upper portion. The lower portion includes a shaft, a second cannulation, wherein the second cannulation is coaxial and in fluid communication with the first cannulation, and a paddle configured to abut a resected surface of a first bone. The instrument system also includes a compression mechanism releasably couplable with the lower portion, the compression assembly couplable with the first bone and a second bone The compression assembly includes an actuator configured to bias at least one of the first bone and the second bone toward the other of the first bone and the second bone. A method for using the instrument system is also disclosed herein.

The present invention provides for improved interbody cage devices using surgical methods for delivering such cage into the disc space. The present invention has at least one advantage of providing practical and advantageous methods for accessing the spinal disc space to insert and deploy interbody cage devices in various manners that overcome the disadvantages of posterior, trans-sacro-iliac, anterior, oblique and lateral approaches thereto and minimize surgical trauma to the patient. Thus, the present invention provides for the unmet need for improved interbody cage devices which may be inserted to a disc space for patients exhibiting a wide range of anatomies.

A surgical method surgical method includes collecting a set of patient data, identifying at least one significant point from the set of patient data, creating a surgical guide based on the at least one significant point and the patient data, and coupling the surgical guide with a calcaneum of a patient. The surgical method also includes performing at least one cut into the calcaneum using the surgical guide, wherein the at least one cut forms a recess in the calcaneum and defines a first calcaneal portion positioned substantially anteriorly from the recess and a second calcaneal portion positioned substantially posteriorly from the recess, shifting at least one of the first calcaneal portion and the second portion in a medial direction by placing an implant at least partially within the recess, and coupling the implant with the first calcaneal portion and the second calcaneal portion.

A patient-positioning system, computer-control and data-integration system, and surgical componentry are provided. The patient-positioning system can be used to manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to globally or regionally articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. And the computer-control and data-integration system can be used to facilitate operation of the patient-positioning system and enabling technologies use to perform surgery. Furthermore, the surgical componentry can be used to locally articulate the patient's body and / or the stabilize patient's spine. Surgical methods of using the patient-positioning system, the computer-control and data-integration system, and the surgical componentry for improving patient health outcomes are also provided.

A surgical method for expanding a thoracic cage during a surgical procedure includes cutting through a thoracic cage to create an upper thoracic cage portion and a lower thoracic cage portion, separating the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion to open the thoracic cage, and installing, between the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion, a device that holds the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion apart from each other to expand a thoracic cavity of the thoracic cage. The surgical method includes a post-surgical cavity volume of the thoracic cage that is larger relative to a pre-surgical cavity volume of the thoracic cage.

The present disclosure relates to a frame and patient support, and surgical methods using the frame and patient support. The frame and patient support can be used to support and manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. The frame and patient support can be configured for rotation about a rotational axis, and the frame and patient support can include a lower-leg-support, an upper-leg-support, a pelvic-support, a torso-support, and a head-and-arm support for supporting corresponding portions of the patient's body.

This invention provides a robotic arm and surgical robot system. The robotic arm includes a suspension joint, a first joint arm, a second joint arm, a third joint arm, a motion detection mechanism, and a control unit. The first joint arm is mounted on the suspension joint and can move along a first arc trajectory. The second joint arm is mounted on the first joint arm and can rotate around a second central axis. The third joint arm is mounted on the second joint arm and can rotate around a third central axis and a fourth central axis, respectively. The motion detection mechanism detects the actual motion of each joint arm during the initial positioning. The control unit obtains the actual pose of the third joint arm after the initial positioning based on the actual motion of each joint arm, and controls the movement of the second joint arm based on the actual pose and the target pose for pose fine-tuning. By setting the second joint arm, the system meets the requirements of a large positioning space for the robotic arm and various surgical methods, reduces the size of the first joint arm, and improves the positioning accuracy of the operating instruments.

A patient-positioning system, computer-control and data-integration system, and surgical componentry are provided. The patient-positioning system can be used to manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to globally or regionally articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. And the computer-control and data-integration system can be used to facilitate operation of the patient-positioning system and enabling technologies use to perform surgery. Furthermore, the surgical componentry can be used to locally articulate the patient's body and / or the stabilize patient's spine. Surgical methods of using the patient-positioning system, the computer-control and data-integration system, and the surgical componentry for improving patient health outcomes are also provided.

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a positioning device for assisting reduction and fixing acromioclavicular dislocation, which comprises a base plate, an acromion end positioning plate is arranged at one end of the base plate, and a clavicle end positioning block is arranged at the other end of the base plate. Holes are formed in the acromion end positioning plate, acromion end fixing guide needle sleeves are fixedly connected to the positions corresponding to the holes, a plurality of holes are formed in the base plate, and a first coracoshoulder ligament fixing guide needle sleeve, a second coracoshoulder ligament fixing guide needle sleeve and a clavicle end guide needle fixing sleeve are fixedly connected to the positions corresponding to the holes respectively. The positioning device can achieve accurate positioning, damage to blood vessels, nerve tracts and surrounding tissues below the coracoid process is avoided, and operation bleeding is reduced. Due to the fact that the individualized bone tunnel is established, the position where the belt carrier titanium plate is placed is appropriate, the osteolysis phenomenon is reduced, and meanwhile the risk of coracoid fracture is reduced. According to the operation method adopting the positioning device, the operation difficulty is remarkably reduced, the operation time is shortened, and the learning curve of young physicians is reduced.

A surgical system includes a first guide component that is couplable with a first metatarsal, and a second guide component configured to releasably couple with a medial cuneiform. The surgical system also includes a cut guide and a correction guide. A surgical method is disclosed that includes the steps of coupling a first guide with a first metatarsal of a patient using at least one first stabilization wire; removing the first guide from the first metatarsal; coupling a second guide with the medial cuneiform using at least one second stabilization wire; removing the second guide from the medial cuneiform; engaging a cut guide with the first metatarsal via the at least one first stabilization wire; disengaging the cut guide from the first metatarsal; engaging the cut guide with the medial cuneiform via the at least one second stabilization wire; and disengaging the cut guide from the medial cuneiform.

Adjustable tissue repair systems and methods are provided for reducing and fixating tissue to bone. The proposed systems and methods utilize two or more suture anchors and one or more adjustable suture loops for reducing and fixating the tissue to the bone. The suture anchors may be positioned as part of a multi-row fixation technique for providing a desired area of footprint compression over top of the tissue.

Methods for the treatment of a ligament injury include the insertion of at least one suture anchor into a bone opening and anchoring the at least one suture anchor and thereafter threading two ends of a suture of at least one anchored suture anchor through the ligament and pulling the ligament to the bone with the opening and fixing the ligament to that bone by tying a knot in the suture.

Systems and methods for opposing abnormal motion of an adjacent bone are provided. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical method includes delivering and securing a bone barrier to a bone bed of a glenoid such that at least a portion of the bone barrier extends laterally beyond the bone bed and can oppose, prevent, and / or reduce abnormal motion of an adjacent bone (e.g., a humeral head). The bone barrier can be secured along a periphery of a glenoid of a shoulder. More particularly, the bone barrier can be placed and secured such that at least a portion of the bone barrier extends laterally over the glenoid and can oppose abnormal motion of the humeral head. In some embodiments at least one suture anchor and suture can secure the bone barrier to the bone bed.

An improved surgical system and procedure for correcting a deformity between first and second bones using an alignment guide based on a correction factor. The correction factor can be based on a virtual model of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration and a corrected configuration. In the virtual corrected configuration, first and second virtual axes can be fixed in the respective first and second bones. When reverted to the virtual deformed configuration, the orientation of the first and second axes can be used to determine the correction factor. The alignment guide is used to insert one or more k-wires into each of the first and second bones in a deformed configuration. A correction guide is passed along the k-wires to rotate and / or translate the first bone relative to the second bone into the corrected configuration.

A unique near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging probe, ICG-p28, composed of the clinically nontoxic tumor-targeting peptide p28 and the FDA-approved NIR dye indocyanine green (ICG) have been analyzed for in vivo kinetics and optimized for clinical practice. Intraoperative imaging with ICG-p28 was used to identify small (≤1 mm) lymph nodes (LNs) containing cancer cells. Image-guided surgery with ICG-p28 showed an over 6.6x103-fold reduction in residual normalized tumor DNA at the margin site relative to control approaches, resulting in an improved tumor recurrence rate (92% specificity) in multiple animal models.

Osteotomy cutting systems and surgical methods are provided herein. One surgical method includes coupling, to a cuneiform of a subject, a surgical apparatus for use in facilitating correction of a bunion and coupling the surgical apparatus to another bone of the subject. Another surgical method includes coupling a surgical apparatus to a cuneiform and metatarsal of a subject, coupling a cutting block for alignment at a joint between the cuneiform and the metatarsal, and performing a surgical procedure utilizing the surgical apparatus and the cutting block to correct a bunion. A further surgical method includes providing a surgical apparatus for use in facilitating correction of a bunion in a subject in which the surgical apparatus is configured to couple to a cuneiform and a metatarsal of the subject and performing a surgical procedure utilizing the surgical apparatus while the surgical apparatus is coupled to the cuneiform and the metatarsal.

The invention provides a suture line for manyule fixing and suturing, a fixing and suturing instrument and application, and belongs to the technical field of medical instruments. A circular ring is arranged at one end of the suture line, and more than one line knot is arranged on the suture line. The circular ring at the tail end of the suture is used for fixing the Munyun ring, so that the stimulation of the suture tail and the suture knot to the endometrium when the Munyun ring is connected through knotting and binding in the operation process is reduced, and the postoperative vaginal bleeding and bleeding are reduced. After the fixed stitching instrument is used for stitching a needle in the uterine cavity, the suture line is pulled until the line knot is embedded into the muscular layer or penetrates through the muscular layer to be fixed at a needle outlet point, so that the line knot plays a role in anchoring, and the Mune music is fixed in the uterine cavity. When the Munule is taken out, a hysteroscope operation is not needed again, and the Munule can be taken out only by clamping and pulling the Raman Munule ring according to a conventional method. When the suture is used for suturing and fixing Munule in an operation, the fixing effect is ensured, the operation time is shortened, the operation difficulty is reduced, the operation mode is simple and convenient, and the learning time of an operator is shortened.

The invention discloses a disposable ureter lithotripsy and calculus discharging device, and belongs to the technical field of urinary surgery minimally invasive surgical instruments, and the disposable ureter lithotripsy and calculus discharging device comprises a disposable ureteroscope, comprising a head end seat, a camera module assembled on the head end seat, a temperature and pressure sensor assembled on the head end seat, a snake bone connected with the head end seat, and a hose connected with the snake bone, the head end seat is provided with at least two channels; wherein one channel is configured as a water injection channel, and the other channel is configured as a suction intervention channel; the handle assembly is connected with the insertion assembly; according to the disposable ureteral lithotripsy and lithotripsy device, a traditional lithotripsy and lithotripsy operation mode is changed, and the problems that a traditional ureteral lithotripsy and lithotripsy system is complex in operation and large in material consumption, real-time temperature and pressure monitoring cannot be conducted, and the temperature and pressure in the body cannot be adjusted are solved.

A patient-positioning system, computer-control and data-integration system, and surgical componentry are provided. The patient-positioning system can be used to manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to globally or regionally articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. And the computer-control and data-integration system can be used to facilitate operation of the patient-positioning system and enabling technologies use to perform surgery. Furthermore, the surgical componentry can be used to locally articulate the patient's body and / or the stabilize patient's spine. Surgical methods of using the patient-positioning system, the computer-control and data-integration system, and the surgical componentry for improving patient health outcomes are also provided.

A surgical method for expanding a thoracic cage during a surgical procedure includes cutting through a thoracic cage to create an upper thoracic cage portion and a lower thoracic cage portion, separating the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion to open the thoracic cage, and installing, between the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion, a device that holds the first thoracic cage portion and the second thoracic cage portion apart from each other to expand a thoracic cavity of the thoracic cage. The surgical method includes a post-surgical cavity volume of the thoracic cage that is larger relative to a pre-surgical cavity volume of the thoracic cage.

A dural venous sinus (DVS) implant anchor includes a body comprising a first portion extending in a first longitudinal direction, a second portion extending in a second longitudinal direction opposite the first longitudinal direction, and a connector portion coupled to the first portion and the second portion at an offset depth that corresponds to a depth of a first part of a thickness of a skull of a subject. When the DVS implant anchor is disposed within a DVS burr hole in the skull of the subject, the first portion extends along an outside surface of the skull and the second portion is at least partially disposed within the DVS burr hole.

Compression / reduction drivers are provided for performing surgical methods. Exemplary surgical methods that may be performed using the compression / reduction drivers described herein include, but are not limited to, arthrodesis procedures (i.e., bone fusion procedures), fracture fixation procedures, etc. The compression / reduction drivers are configured to simultaneously and independently apply a force against a bone segment and drive a fixation device into the bone segment.