US 2024/0382275 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SURGERY WITH A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM USING A PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUE

Abstract

Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during surgery, particularly spinal surgery, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Several minimally invasive approaches to spinal surgeries were conceived, percutaneous technique being one of them. This procedures looks to establish a skin opening as small as possible by accessing inner organs via needle-puncture of the skin. The percutaneous technique is used in conjunction with a robotic surgical system to further enhance advantages of manual percutaneous techniques by improving precision, usability and/or shortening surgery time by removal of redundant steps.

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Dependent claims

A robotic surgical system for performing minimally invasive surgery comprising:

a robotic arm with an end effector;
a first dilator to access a vertebrae of a patient through a patient's muscles and skin, wherein the first dilator defines a working channel for accessing the vertebrae;
one or more subsequent dilators sized and shaped to slide over the first dilator and/or one or more of the one or more subsequent dilators, wherein the one or more subsequent dilators comprises a last added dilator configured to be attached to the end effector of the robotic arm using a dilator fixator, and each of the one or more subsequent dilators are configured to be positioned over the preceding dilators and increase the size of the working channel.

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Facts

Application

18/788,713Filed 30 Jul 2024

Priority

18 Feb 2015

Published

21 Nov 2024

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

A61B 34/30
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots
A61B 17/1671
For particular parts of the body: for the spine
A61B 17/17
Instruments for performing osteoclasis; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans: guides or aligning means for drills , mills, pins or wires
A61B 17/1703
Guides or aligning means for drills , mills, pins or wires: using imaging means, e.g. by X-rays

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Application62/117,919Us provisional application · filed 18 Feb 2015

Application15/047,277Continuation · filed 18 Feb 2016

Application16/720,187Continuation · filed 19 Dec 2019

Application17/588,992Continuation · filed 31 Jan 2022

Application18/788,713Continuation

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Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive spinal surgery with a robotic surgical system using a percutaneous technique

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Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive spinal surgery with a robotic surgical system using a percutaneous technique

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Abstract

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