Single-port spinal surgery instrument set with integrated endoscope
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques require multiple ports for endoscope and surgical instrument insertion, increasing the risk of unnecessary damage and prolonging surgery time.
Innovation Solution
A surgical instrument set for single port spinal surgery that integrates an endoscope and surgical instruments, such as forceps, ultrasonic instruments, and laser instruments, allowing them to be inserted through a single path, minimizing invasion and enabling efficient instrument replacement based on surgical needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple ports are used for endoscope and surgical instrument insertion, then the surgical field is accessible and observation is possible, but the invaded area increases and unnecessary damage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the endoscope and surgical instrument into a single integrated assembly that enters through one port. The endoscope provides visual observation while the surgical instrument performs decompression, merging two separate functions into one unified system that reduces the number of ports needed from two to one.
Solution Approach 2:
The surgical instrument is designed with multi-functionality, capable of performing both surgical decompression and providing a pathway for endoscope insertion. This universal design allows a single instrument to fulfill multiple roles, eliminating the need for separate ports for observation and surgery.
2Productivity
If multiple ports are used for endoscope and surgical instrument insertion, then both observation and surgery can be performed, but surgery time increases due to instrument coordination
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the endoscope and surgical instrument into a single integrated assembly, the patent eliminates the time required to coordinate and manage separate instruments through different ports. The unified structure allows simultaneous observation and surgery without the delays associated with multi-port instrumentation.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a single port is used for both endoscope and surgical instrument, then invasion is minimized, but instrument replacement and flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic design where the surgical instrument can be replaced or adjusted within the single-port assembly. The instrument features modular components that allow for intraoperative changes, providing flexibility and adaptability while maintaining the benefit of single-port access.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a surgery instrument set for single port spinal surgery, in which since a surgical instrument is inserted into an endoscope so as to secure a surgery space through a single port to perform surgery, an invasion may be minimized and a surgical instrument may be replaced with instruments having a variety of functions and shapes according to the purpose of surgery so as to reduce time consumed for the surgery. To this end, the present invention relates to a punch configured to form a treatment hole, an intubator inserted into the formed treatment hole and configured to secure a path, an endoscope inserted into the intubator and configured to secure a view of a surgery region, and a surgical instrument set including surgical instruments which are each replaceable with an adequate instrument according to the purpose and target of surgery and inserted into the endoscope to perform surgery and a method of using the same.