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Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

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Eric Finley

Scot Martinelli

Patrick Miles

James E Gharib

Allen B Farquhar

Norbert F Kaula

Jeffrey J Blewett

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David A Nichols

Thomas Scholl

Jared Arambula

Albert Kim

Hansen A Yuan

Luiz Pimenta

Albert Pothier

Jamil Elbanna

Justin Smith

Josef E Gorek

Robert German

Robert E Isaacs

Jeffrey Barnes

Mark D Peterson

Dmitry Novikov

Jeff Barnes

Kara Robinson

Bryce Nesbitt

Rick Eis

Adam Azzara

Shannon White

Antonio Ubach

Sean O'Connor

Chris Ryan

Dj Geiger

Richard W Schermerhorn

James Grotting

Kevin Thomas Foley

James F Marino

James Coleman Lee

Troy B Woolley

John Christian Love

David G Matsuura

Justin Doose

Brian Snider

Richard A O'Brien

William Taylor

Robert Snow

Martin A Herman

Christopher Nelsen

Guy Nimrodi

Amanda Bloom

Danielle Richterkessing

D J Geiger

Samuel Kadoury

Adrien Ponticorvo

Mike Serra

Shannon Murray

Mahsa Shakeri

Jamil Ebanna

Scott Martinelli

Alan Curtis Stone

Mark Covell

Yehiel Shilo

Arie Rond Shaul

Nissim Avitan

Albert C Kim

Thomas U Scholl

Arik Rond

Douglas Geiger

Jeffrey Di Blewett

A method for robotic assisted surgery. The method includes capturing a plurality of poses of a surgical tool coupled to a robotic device at a surgical site. The plurality of poses correspond to instances of a final placement of surgical implants at the surgical site. The method also includes determining a plurality of positions of the surgical implants located at the surgical site based on the captured plurality of poses. The method also includes generating a bend curve having a plurality of bend points based on the determined plurality of positions of the surgical implants. The method also includes generating bending instructions for bends to be performed on a linking device configured for attachment to the surgical implants.

Robot assisted rod bending

Methods are provided for planning, performing, and assessing of surgical correction to the spine during a spinal surgical procedure. These methods are implemented by a control unit through a GUI to digitize screw locations, digitize anatomical reference points, accept one or more correction inputs, and generate one or more rod solution outputs shaped to engage the screws at locations distinct from the originally digitized locations.

Systems and methods for planning, performing, and assessing spinal correction during surgery

A method comprising segmenting at least one vertebral body from at least one image of a first three-dimensional image data set. The method comprises receiving at least one image of a second three-dimensional image data set. The method comprises registering the segmented at least one vertebral body from the at least one image of the first three-dimensional image data set with the at least one image of the second three-dimensional image data set. The method comprises determining a position of the at least one surgical implant based on the at least one image of the second three-dimensional image data set and a three-dimensional geometric model of the at least one surgical implant. The method comprises overlaying a virtual representation of the at least one surgical implant on the registered and segmented at least one vertebral body from the at least one image of the first three-dimensional image data set.

Three-dimensional visualization during surgery

A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assemblyand a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodesfor use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridorto a surgical target site. The tissue retraction assemblyhas a plurality of bladeswhich may be introduced while in a closed configuration, after which point they may be opened to create an operation corridorto the surgical target site, including pivoting at least one bladeto expand the operative corridoradjacent to the operative site.

Surgical access system and related methods

A method includes receiving a three-dimensional image dataset of a surgical site of a patient. The method also includes segmenting one or more anatomical features of the surgical site based on the three-dimensional image dataset. The method also includes receiving a two-dimensional image of the surgical site of the patient and registering the two-dimensional image to an image from the three-dimensional image dataset. The method also includes displaying a two-dimensional representation of the segmented one or more anatomical features based on the registered two-dimensional image and the image from the three-dimensional image dataset.

Systems and methods for anatomical segmentation

A method comprising capturing a pose of a surgical tool at a surgical site of a patient. The method includes determining a range of movement of the surgical tool at the surgical site, in response to the captured pose. The method includes displaying a representation of the determined range of movement onto an image associated with the surgical site. The method includes providing one or more instructions to limit a movement of a robotic device according to the determined range of movement.

Systems and methods for spinal surgical procedures

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for vertebral bone segmentation and vertebral bone enhancement in medical images.

Automatically segmenting vertebral bones in 3D medical images

Example systems and methods correctly align or register a first image with a second image using user input to identify location(s) of interest in the overlay image. The system can ask a user to select a vertebral level of interest on a screen displaying the baseline and/or the overlay image. Then, the user input can be advantageously to guide subsequent image registration steps. The systems and methods herein may also be used to augment an existing image-recognition algorithm.

Systems and methods for medical image registration

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for registering a first three-dimensional medical image dataset taken with a first image capturing device with a second 3D dataset taken with a second image capturing device.

Systems and methods for three-dimensional navigation of objects

A method comprising acquiring an image of a surgical site of a patient. The method includes capturing motion data of an instrument based on a user defined path to the surgical site. The method includes determining a motion path based on the captured motion data. The motion path corresponds to an actuation of one or more components of a robotic device. The method includes displaying a portion of the motion path onto the image. The method includes determining one or more instructions for actuating the one or more components along the determined motion path. The method includes providing the one or more instructions to the robotic device.

Motion programming of a robotic device

A laser or ultrasonic instrument is used to remove tissue during a surgery, such as to form one or more pilot holes in a vertebra or a window in bone. Where a laser is used, interrogative laser pulses can be used to obtain information, such as detecting depth or tissue type.

Robotic surgery

The present invention relates to a system and related methods for performing neurophysiologic assessments during surgical procedures. A method includes the steps of delivering a first transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal to a spinal nerve root superior to a surgical target site; and determining a first neuromuscular response data set, based on transmission of said first transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal, of a muscle located inferior to said surgical target site.

Systems and methods for performing neurophysiologic monitoring during spine surgery

A method is disclosed for spinal anatomy segmentation. In one example, the method includes combining a fully convolutional network with a residual neural network. The method also includes training the combined fully convolutional network with the residual neural network from end to end. The method also includes receiving at least one medical image of a spinal anatomy. The method also includes applying the fully convolutional network with the residual neural network to at least one medical image and segmenting at least one vertebral body from the at least one medical image of the spinal anatomy.

Intervertebral disc modeling

A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assemblyand a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more. electrodesfor use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridorto a surgical target site. The tissue retraction assemblyhas a plurality of bladeswhich may be introduced while in a closed configuration, after which point they may be opened to create an operation corridorto the surgical target site, including pivoting at least one bladeto expand the operative corridoradjacent to the operative site.

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