3D-Modeled Resection Tool for Precise Lesion Excision
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for removing benign and malignant lesions are time-consuming, prone to human error, and lack precision in achieving a reproducible margin of tissue around the lesion.
Innovation Solution
The use of image analysis and three-dimensional modeling to determine the size and shape of the tissue mass to be resected, including the tumor and a predetermined margin, and to generate a custom three-dimensional model of a resection tool for precise excision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual resection using scalpel or electrosurgical device is used, then surgical flexibility is maintained, but precision and reproducibility of margin are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by creating a three-dimensional model of the lesion and pre-determining the exact resection margins before surgery. The system calculates the precise tissue mass to be resected based on imaging data, allowing the surgeon to follow a pre-planned resection path that ensures accurate margins while maintaining surgical flexibility.
2Productivity
If manual resection process is used, then adaptability to different lesion types is maintained, but surgical time and human error increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by providing real-time guidance to the surgeon during resection. The system continuously monitors the resection process against the pre-determined three-dimensional model, allowing the surgeon to adjust and maintain precise margins while reducing variability and human error.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary calculations to determine the exact tissue mass to be resected based on imaging data and margin requirements. This pre-planning step enables faster, more accurate resection by eliminating intraoperative decision-making about margin distances.
3Measurement precision
If custom three-dimensional modeling is implemented, then resection precision is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies copying by creating a three-dimensional digital model that replicates the lesion's geometry and spatial relationships. This virtual copy allows for precise measurement and planning without requiring complex physical modeling tools during surgery, simplifying the actual surgical process while maintaining high measurement precision.
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AI summary
Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for the removal of benign and malignant lesions, and more particularly, to the use of image analysis and three-dimensional modeling for the excision of skin-based, subcutaneous, or deep lesions with a precise and reproducible margin of tissue around the lesion. Methods include: obtaining images of a tumor within a patient; determining a size and shape of a tissue mass to be resected including the tumor based on the images; generating a three-dimensional model of a resection tool for resecting the tissue mass to be resected based on the size and shape of the tissue mass as well as nearby vital structures and anatomic landmarks; and providing for three-dimensional manufacture of the resection tool.