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.
Claims20
An apparatus for facilitating placement and orientation of a medical instrument at a desired location, the apparatus comprising:
- a display:
- an orientation sensor;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory containing computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium containing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- simulating the medical instrument on the display;
- receiving an indication of a desired orientation of the medical instrument based at least in part on the simulation of the medical instrument;
- determining a medical instrument orientation of the medical instrument using the orientation sensor when the medical instrument is aligned with the apparatus in a known relation;
- and
- outputting a notification based at least in part on when the medical instrument is aligned with the desired orientation.
A system for facilitating placement and orientation of a medical instrument at a desired location, the system comprising:
- an attachment mechanism;
- and
- an apparatus comprising:
- a display:
- an orientation sensor;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory containing computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium containing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- simulating the medical instrument on the display;
- receiving an indication of a desired orientation of the medical instrument based at least in part on the simulation of the medical instrument;
- determining a medical instrument orientation of the medical instrument using the orientation sensor when the medical instrument is coupled to the apparatus by the attachment mechanism in a known relation;
- and
- outputting a notification based at least in part on when the medical instrument is aligned with the desired orientation.
A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium containing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- simulating a medical instrument on a display of an apparatus;
- receiving an indication of a desired orientation of the medical instrument based at least in part on the simulation of the medical instrument;
- determining a medical instrument orientation of the medical instrument using an orientation sensor when the medical instrument is coupled to the apparatus in a known relation;
- and
- outputting a notification based at least in part on when the medical instrument is aligned with the desired orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.