Technologies for determining seating of an orthopaedic implant during an orthopaedic surgical procedure
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsShouchen Dun, Dustin R. Whitaker, Michael T. Saloka
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Abstract
Technologies for determining seating of an orthopaedic implant during an orthopaedic surgical procedure includes an impaction sensor and an impaction analyzer. The impaction sensor produces sensor data, in response to an impaction between an orthopaedic mallet and a surgical tool indicative of an initial impact and a secondary impact of the impaction. The impaction analyzer analyzes the sensor data to determine a temporal length between the initial and secondary impacts and determines whether the orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated into the bone based on the temporal length.
Claims20
A method for determining whether an orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated in a bone of a patient during an orthopaedic surgical procedure, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from an impaction sensor, sensor data indicative of an impaction of an orthopaedic mallet and a surgical tool, wherein the impaction comprises an initial impact between the orthopaedic mallet and the surgical tool and a secondary impact between the orthopaedic mallet and the surgical tool that occurs subsequent to the initial impact;
- analyzing, by an impaction analyzer, the sensor data to detect the initial impact and the secondary impact;
- determining, by the impaction analyzer, a temporal length between the initial impact and the secondary impact;
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- determining, by the impaction analyzer, an output device of a plurality of output devices to activate as a function of the temporal length;
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- activating, by the impaction analyzer, the determined output device.
A method for determining whether an orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated in a bone of a patient during an orthopaedic surgical procedure, the method comprising:
- obtaining, from an impaction sensor, sensor data indicative of an impaction of an orthopaedic mallet and a surgical tool, wherein the impaction comprises an initial impact between the orthopaedic mallet and the surgical tool and a secondary impact between the orthopaedic mallet and the surgical tool that occurs subsequent to the initial impact;
- analyzing, by an impaction analyzer, the sensor data to detect the initial impact and the secondary impact;
- determining, by the impaction analyzer, a temporal length between the initial impact and the secondary impact;
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- determining, by the impaction analyzer, whether the orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated into the bone based on the temporal length.
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