System and method for medical device placement in bone
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 in a bone. 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 of the bone by indicating when an orientation of the electronic device is within a threshold of the simulated orientation.
Claims20
An apparatus for assisting with orienting a medical device at a desired location, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic device configured to display an image of a representation of a location at or adjacent the desired location, the electronic device comprising:
- an orientation sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- simulate a positioning of the medical device relative to the image of the representation of the location at or adjacent the desired location to determine a desired orientation of the medical device relative to a plane of the image;
- determine an orientation of the electronic device using the orientation sensor;
- and
- output a notification when the orientation of the electronic device is positioned at or about the desired orientation of the medical device relative to the plane of the image.
An apparatus for assisting with orienting a medical device at a desired location, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic device;
- and
- a display device wherein the electronic device and the display device utilize one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive 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;
- receive 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 view orthogonal to the first view;
- determine, based on the first input and the second input, a three-dimensional orientation of the electronic device for positioning the medical device based on the first positioning angle and the second positioning angle;
- and
- display visual indicia at the display device that includes the three-dimensional orientation of the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.