US 2026/0272569 A1 · Methods And Systems For Setting Trajectories And Target Locations For Image Guided Surgery

Abstract

A system for performing image-guided surgery includes an instrument having a first portion configured to define a trajectory into the body of a patient, a marker device and a user-interface component. A sensing device receives electromagnetic signals that are reflected or emitted from the marker device, and a processing system, coupled to the sensing device, includes at least one processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations that include tracking the position and orientation of the instrument relative to the patient based on the signals received at the sensing device, receiving a signal from the user-interface component of the instrument indicating a user-input event, and saving the trajectory into the body of the patient defined by the first portion of the instrument in response to receiving the signal.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A surgical system comprising:

a robotic arm comprising a plurality of links and joints;
an instrument coupled to a distal end of the robotic arm;
a motion tracking system configured to track a pose of the instrument and to track a pose of a bony portion of a spine;
and
one or more controllers configured to:
register a target trajectory to the bony portion of the spine;
detect that the instrument is within a threshold distance to the target trajectory;
and
implement a haptic feedback to the instrument to indicate that the instrument is within the threshold distance to the target trajectory.

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A surgical guidance system for use with a robotic arm comprising a plurality of links and joints and an instrument coupled to a distal end of the robotic arm, the surgical guidance system comprising:

a motion tracking system configured to track a pose of the instrument and to track a pose of a bony portion of a spine;
and
one or more controllers configured to:
register a target trajectory to the bony portion of the spine;
detect that the instrument is within a threshold distance to the target trajectory;
and
implement a haptic feedback to the instrument to indicate that the instrument is within the threshold distance to the target trajectory.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/680,192Filed 18 May 2026

Priority

21 Oct 2016

Published

17 Sep 2026

Term ends

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Classification26 codes

A61B 34/20
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical navigation systems; Devices for tracking or guiding…
A61B 17/00234
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 34/00
Computer-aided surgery
A61B 34/30
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: surgical robots

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Application62/411,055Us provisional application · filed 21 Oct 2016

Application15/790,856Division · filed 23 Oct 2017

Application17/065,988Continuation · filed 8 Oct 2020

Application18/520,685Division · filed 28 Nov 2023

Application19/680,192Division

Application18/520,685Continuation

Application17/065,988Division

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Methods And Systems For Setting Trajectories And Target Locations For Image Guided Surgery

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