System and method for medical device placement
AssigneeCircinus Medical Technology LLC
InventorJohn Dorman
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are device and methods for determining an orientation of an instrument for inserting a medical device. One such method includes simulating an insertion point and an orientation of a simulated surgical hardware installation on a diagnostic representation of the bone, and then using an electronic device to align an instrument for inserting a surgical hardware installation at a desired orientation through an insertion point by indicating when an orientation of the electronic device is within a threshold of the simulated orientation.
Claims21
A method for assisting with orienting a medical device at a desired location, the method comprising:
- displaying, on an electronic device, by one or more processors, an image of a representation of a location at or adjacent the desired location;
- simulating, by one or more processors, a position of the medical device relative to the image to determine a first desired orientation of the medical device relative to a plane of the image;
- positioning the medical device at or adjacent the desired location;
- positioning the electronic device at a reference position relative to the medical device;
- determining, by one or more processors, an orientation of the electronic device using an orientation sensor;
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- determining, by one or more processors, when the orientation of the electronic device is positioned at or about the first desired orientation of the medical device relative to the plane of the image.
A method for assisting with orienting a medical device at a desired location, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, a first input from a user specifying a first positioning angle of the medical device in a first image of a representation of a location at or adjacent the desired location;
- receiving, by one or more processors, a second input from the user specifying a second positioning angle of the medical device in a second image of the representation of the location at or adjacent the desired location, the second image orthogonal to the first image;
- determining, by one or more processors, a three-dimensional orientation of an electronic device for positioning the medical device based on the first positioning angle and the second positioning angle;
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- displaying, by one or more processors, a visual indicia on a display device that represents the three-dimensional orientation of the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.