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AssigneeSpinevision
InventorsCiaran CB Bolger, John JB Bolger
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The present invention concerns a method and equipment for drilling bone, in particular for setting a pedicle screw using a manual or motorized drilling tool, said equipment comprising a drilling instrument, a source of electric impulses and means for connecting the electric impulse source to the drilling instrument. The equipment comprises at least one sensor for detecting a muscle signal intended to be implanted in a muscle or placed on the skin in the vicinity of a muscle before starting drilling and during drilling, and means for producing an alert in the event of detection by at least one sensor of a muscle signal correlated with the source of electric impulses connected to the drilling instrument.
Equipment for drilling bone for setting a screw using a drilling tool, said equipment comprising a drilling instrument including said drilling tool, a source of electric impulses, means for connecting the electric impulses source to the drilling instrument, at least one sensor for detecting a muscle signal, and means for producing an alert in the event of detection by said at least one sensor of a muscle signal correlated with the source of electric impulses connected to the drilling instrument.
Bone drilling equipment for drilling vertebral pedicles to prepare a setting for a pedicle screw comprising a bone drilling instrument having a drilling tool, a source of electric impulses, means for connecting the electric impulses source to the drilling instrument, at least one muscle signal detection sensor, and means for producing an alert in the event of detection by said at least one muscle signal detection sensor of a muscle signal correlated with the source of electric impulses connected to the drilling instrument.
Control device for bone drilling equipment using a drilling instrument having a drilling tool, said bone drilling equipment comprising at least one sensor for detecting a muscle signal, said control device comprising a source of electric impulses, means for connecting the electric impulses source to the drilling instrument, and means for producing an alert in the event of detection by said at least one sensor of a muscle signal correlated with the electric impulses source connected to the drilling instrument.
An assembly made up of two electric sensors for bone drilling equipment for drilling vertebral pedicles for setting in place pedicle screws, said drilling equipment comprising a drilling instrument, a source of electric impulses, means for connecting the electric impulses source to the drilling instrument, at least one sensor for detecting a muscle signal and means for producing an alert in the event of detection by said at least one sensor of a muscle signal correlated with the electric impulses source connected to the drilling instrument, and said two electric sensors being positioned at an invariable distance from one another.
Method for drilling bone using drilling equipment comprising:
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