Globus Medical, Inc.

Dignity Health

Other

Catholic Healthcare West

Colorpockit, LLC

Global Medical Inc.

Globdus Medical Inc.

Neil Robert Crawford

Norbert J Johnson

Nicholas A Theodore

Mitchell A Foster

Sanjay M Joshi

Jeffrey Forsyth

Chris Major

Hayden Cameron

Stephen Cicchini

Spiros Mantzavinos

Thomas Calloway

Andrew Berkowitz

Michael James Bartelme

James Cascarano

Timothy Moulton

Weston Healy

Alexander Krull

Paden Michael Troxell

Michael Robinson

Mir Hussain

Jeff Forsyth

Seungwon Baek

Kevin Zhang

Alan M Pitt

Robert J LeBoeuf, Ii

Justin Larson

Rand Kmiec

Steven Chang

David W Smith

Regina DeSanctis-Smith

Anna G U S Newcomb

Matthew Bechtel

Isaac Dulin

Ross Morris

James Yau

Dale Earle

Keiichi Matsuda

Zachary Olenio

Michael Brauckmann

Gary Pinard

Ryan Decker

Francisco Ponce

Philip M Reyes

Andrew Charles Davison

Stephanie Wolfe

Yuan Cheng

Peter Govey

Wes Weber

Caelan Allen

Dana Wisniewski

David Demski

Jawad Mokhtar

Nobert Johnson

Phillip Matthew Reyes

Adam Friedrich

Jared Alden Judson

David Cleary

Christine M Russ

Rasool Khadem

Bessam Al Jewad

Kyle Van Leer

Eric Studley

Jovany Ocasio

Nicholas Marcouiller

Caroline Conrad

Mert Erad

Nicholas Maritato

Dalaine Lin Bartelme

Arjang Noushin

Ken Jones

Vivek R Deshmukh

Jason Zappacosta

Szymon Kostrzewski

Christopher M Angelucci

Jeff Nichols

David Leff

Michael Bartelme

Olivier Chappuis

Darren Clutter

David Stumpo

Timothy Blackwell

Arnold B Vardiman

Peter Eckert

Drew Mike

Tom Calloway

Robert LeBoeuf

Patrick Senatus

Raul Wirz

Danielle Reinhard

Brandon Marzolf

Benoit Brot

Christopher Major

Raphael Prevost

Richard Pidgeon

Matthias Wieczorek

Paden Troxell

Ilja Manakov

Robert Leboeuf, Ii

Anna G U Sawa

Active end-effectors for guiding an instrument during a robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and the active end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The active end-effector may have a slide mechanism, which may provide for a greater range of motion of a surgical instrument along a vertical axis.

Active end effectors for surgical robots

A method for registration of digital medical images is provided. The method includes the step of storing a 3D digital medical image having a 3D anatomical feature and a first coordinate system and storing a 2D digital medical image having a 2D anatomical feature and a second coordinate system. The method further includes the steps of storing a placement of a digital medical object on the 3D digital medical image and the 2D digital medical image and generating a simulated 2D digital medical image from the 3D digital medical image, wherein the simulated 2D digital medical image comprises a simulated 2D anatomical feature corresponding to the 3D anatomical feature. The 2D anatomical feature is compared with the simulated 2D anatomical feature until a match is reached and a registration of the first coordinate system with the second coordinate system based on the match is determined.

Method and system for improving 2D-3D registration convergence

Surgical robot systems, anatomical structure tracker apparatuses, and US transducer apparatuses are disclosed. A surgical robot system includes a robot, a US transducer, and at least one processor. The robot includes a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector is configured to guide movement of a surgical instrument. The US transducer is coupled to the end-effector and operative to output US imaging data of anatomical structure proximately located to the end-effector. The least one processor is operative to obtain an image volume for the patient and to track pose of the end-effector relative to anatomical structure captured in the image volume based on the US imaging data.

Ultrasonic robotic surgical navigation

Methods may be provided to identify a medical implant from a plurality of medical implants to be fixed to an anatomical surface. Dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants may be provided, and dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface may be provided. The dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants may be compared with the dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface, and one of the medical implants may be selected from the plurality of medical implants based on comparing the dimensional parameters for each of the plurality of medical implants with the dimensional parameters corresponding to the anatomical surface. An identification of the medical implant selected from the plurality of medical implants may be provided through a user interface. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed.

Methods of selecting surgical implants and related devices

A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of a medical image or images to a three-dimensional tracking space that includes a first ring having at least one tracking marker, a second ring coupled to the first ring having at least one tracking marker and wherein the first ring and the second ring are spaced apart from one another and further include optical markers.

Robotic fluoroscopic navigation

Devices, systems, and methods for performing a transcorporeal microdecompression are described. The transcorporeal microdecompression may include a bone void plug allograft and specialized instruments for performing the procedure. This procedure may be performed under navigation and/or with robotic assistance.

Systems and methods for transcorporeal microdecompression

Methods may be provided to operate an image-guided surgical system using imaging information for a 3-dimensional anatomical volume. A pose of a probe that defines a longitudinal axis may be detected based on information received from a tracking system. A placement of a virtual implant for the 3-dimensional anatomical volume may be determined based on the pose of the probe and based on an offset from an end of the probe along the longitudinal axis, such that a trajectory of the virtual implant is in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the probe in the pose. After determining the placement of the virtual implant, the virtual implant may be adjusted in response to movement of the probe while maintaining the trajectory of the virtual implant.

Methods of adjusting a virtual implant and related surgical navigation systems

An automated medical system and method for using the automated medical system. The automated medical system may comprise a robot support system. The robot support system may comprise a robot body. The robot support system may further comprise a selective compliance articulated robot arm coupled to the robot body and operable to position a tool at a selected position in a surgical procedure. The robot support system may further comprise an activation assembly operable to transmit a move signal to the selective compliance articulated robot arm allowing an operator to move the selective compliance articulated robot arm. The automated medical system may further comprise a camera tracking system and an automated imaging system.

Surgical robotic systems and methods thereof

A method may be provided to operate a surgical robotic system including a robotic arm configured to position a surgical end-effector with respect to an anatomical location of a patient. Position information may be received where the position information is generated using a sensor system remote from the robotic arm and remote from the patient. The position information may include position information relating to a tracking device affixed to the patient and position information relating to the surgical end-effector. The robotic arm may be controlled to move the surgical end-effector to a target trajectory relative to the anatomical location of the patient based on the position information generated using the sensor system.

Surgical robotic systems with target trajectory deviation monitoring and related methods

Embodiments consistent with the present disclosure allow the ring, arc, and linear offset values for a stereotactic frame to be determined for a cranial procedure without requiring a CT scan to be acquired with the fiducial frame attached. Having the ring, arc, and offset values available for a cranial procedure allows the surgeon to revert to traditional stereotactic ring-arc frame guidance as a fallback strategy in case a robot cannot be used. This disclosure also provides an alternate method for registering a ring-arc system to the medical image volume for facilities having no CT scanner or scanner with limited field of view such that the intended fiducial localizer cannot be used.

System for neuronavigation registration and robotic trajectory guidance, and related methods and devices

Devices, systems, and methods for aiding insertion of a surgical implant by providing a threaded guide tube configured to engage a threaded surgical instrument such that an end-effector of a robot may provide force to drive the surgical implant into a patient. In addition, devices, systems, and methods relating to a dilator system for use with a robotic system that allows independent and separate control of tools within the dilator system.

Surgical robotic automation with tracking markers and controlled tool advancement

A method may be provided to operate a medical system. First data may be provided for a first 3-dimensional (3D) image scan of an anatomical volume, with the first data identifying a blood vessel node in a first coordinate system for the first 3D image scan. Second data may be provided for a second 3D image scan of the anatomical volume, with the second data identifying the blood vessel node in a second coordinate system for the second 3D image scan. The first and second coordinate systems for the first and second 3D image scans of the anatomical volume may be co-registered using the blood vessel node identified in the first data and in the second data as a fiducial.

Robotic systems providing co-registration using natural fiducials and related methods

Devices, systems, and methods for detecting unexpected movement of a surgical instrument during a robot-assisted surgical procedure are provided. The surgical robot system may be configured to measure forces and torques experienced by the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure and determine if the forces and torques are within an acceptable range. The robot system is further configured to notify the user of the presence of the unexpected movement.

System and method for surgical tool insertion using multiaxis force and moment feedback

A system can be configured to generate a medical image. The system can include processing circuitry and memory coupled to the processing circuitry. The memory can include instructions stored therein that are executable by the processing circuitry to cause the system to perform operations. The operations can include obtaining a first image of an anatomical object. The operations can further include extracting first information associated with the anatomical object from the first image. The operations can further include obtaining a second image of the anatomical object. The operations can further include extracting second information associated with the anatomical object from the second image. The operations can further include generating the medical image based on the first information, the second information, and predetermined information. The predetermined information can be associated with images of anatomical objects of a type that is a type of the anatomical object.

Interpolation of medical images

A computer platform is provided for computer assisted navigation during surgery. The computer platform includes at least one processor that is operative to transform pre-operative images of a patient obtained from a first imaging modality to an estimate of the pre-operative images of the patient in a second imaging modality that is different than the first imaging modality. The at least one processor is further operative to register the estimate of the pre-operative images of the patient in the second imaging modality to intra-operative navigable images or data of the patient.

Registering intra-operative images transformed from pre-operative images of different imaging-modality for computer assisted navigation during surgery

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Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Neil Robert Crawford