Globus Medical, Inc.

Dignity Health

Other

Catholic Healthcare West

Colorpockit, LLC

Neil Robert Crawford

Norbert J Johnson

Nicholas A Theodore

Mitchell A Foster

Sanjay M Joshi

Jeffrey Forsyth

Chris Major

Hayden Cameron

Stephen Cicchini

Thomas Calloway

Michael James Bartelme

Spiros Mantzavinos

Andrew Berkowitz

James Cascarano

Weston Healy

Timothy Moulton

Paden Michael Troxell

Jeff Forsyth

Alexander Krull

Seungwon Baek

Kevin Zhang

Alan M Pitt

Robert J LeBoeuf, Ii

Justin Larson

Mir Hussain

Rand Kmiec

David W Smith

Regina DeSanctis-Smith

Anna G U S Newcomb

Matthew Bechtel

James Yau

Michael Robinson

Zachary Olenio

Gary Pinard

Steven Chang

Francisco Ponce

Philip M Reyes

Isaac Dulin

Ross Morris

Caelan Allen

Dale Earle

Keiichi Matsuda

Dana Wisniewski

Michael Brauckmann

Ryan Decker

Nobert Johnson

Phillip Matthew Reyes

Anna Gus Newcomb

Adam Friedrich

Jared Alden Judson

Andrew Charles Davison

Stephanie Wolfe

Yuan Cheng

David Cleary

Peter Govey

Wes Weber

Christine M Russ

Rasool Khadem

Bessam Al Jewad

Kyle Van Leer

Eric Studley

Nicholas Marcouiller

Caroline Conrad

Mert Erad

Nicholas Maritato

Dalaine Lin Bartelme

Arjang Noushin

Jawad Mokhtar

Ken Jones

Vivek R Deshmukh

David Demski

Jason Zappacosta

Szymon Kostrzewski

Christopher M Angelucci

Jeff Nichols

David Leff

Olivier Chappuis

Darren Clutter

David Stumpo

Arnold B Vardiman

Timothy Blackwell

Peter Eckert

Drew Mike

Tom Calloway

Robert LeBoeuf

Patrick Senatus

Raul Wirz

Danielle Reinhard

Brandon Marzolf

Jovany Ocasio

Benoit Brot

Christopher Major

Raphael Prevost

Richard Pidgeon

Matthias Wieczorek

Paden Troxell

Robert Leboeuf, Ii

Ilja Manakov

Anna G U Sawa

Sam Safavi-Abbasi

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

A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element and is further configured to (i) calculate a position of the at least one transmitter by analysis of the signals received by the plurality of receivers; (ii) display the position of the at least one transmitter with respect to the body of the patient; and (iii) selectively control actuation of the motor assembly in response to the signals received by the plurality of receivers.

Surgical robot platform

Devices, systems, and methods for providing a surveillance marker configured to detecting movement of a dynamic reference base attached to a patient a robot-assisted surgical procedure are provided. The surveillance marker and the dynamic reference base are connected to a bony structure independent of each other.

System for a surveillance marker in robotic-assisted surgery

System and method of registering a medical image of a patient in an imaging space to the patient in a physical space preferably without the use of any embedded radiopaque fiducials in medical images is provided. In one way, intra-op 2D medical images are used to register a pre-op unregistered 3D medical image. The 2D medical images are registered based on simultaneous tracking of the tracking markers on the imaging device and on the patient by a tracking device at the time of image capture. The 2D images are matched to corresponding simulated 2D images generated from the pre-op 3D image volume. Thus, registration of a pre-op 3D image to the patient is accomplished without performing another 3D scan of the patient.

Registration of 3D and 2D images for surgical navigation and robotic guidance without using radiopaque fiducials in the images

The present disclosure is directed to augmented reality navigation systems and methods of their use that, inter alia, address the need for systems and methods of robotic surgical system navigation with reduced distraction to surgeons. Augmented reality navigation systems disclosed herein enable a surgeon to maintain focus on a surgical site and/or surgical tool being used in a surgical procedure while obtaining a wide range of navigational information relevant to the procedure. Navigational information can appear in the augmented reality navigation system as being presented on virtual displays that sit in a natural field of view of a surgeon during a procedure. Navigational information can also appear to be overlaid over a patient's anatomy. Augmented reality navigation systems comprise a head mounted display comprising an at least partially transparent display screen, at least one detector connected to the head mounted display for identifying real-world features, and a computer subsystem.

Augmented reality navigation systems for use with robotic surgical systems and methods of their use

A drill guide fixture may be configured to prepare a skull for attachment of a cranial insertion fixture. The drill guide fixture may include a central drill guide and a bone anchor guide at a base of the drill guide fixture. The central drill guide may define a central drill guide hole therethrough, wherein the central drill guide hole has a first opening at a base of the drill guide fixture and a second opening spaced apart from the base of the drill guide fixture. The bone anchor drill guide may define a bone anchor drill guide hole therethrough, and the bone anchor drill guide hole may be offset from the central drill guide hole in a direction that is perpendicular with respect to a direction of the central drill guide hole. Related cranial insertion fixtures, robotic systems, and methods are also discussed.

Drill guide fixtures, cranial insertion fixtures, and related methods and robotic systems

Devices, Systems, and Methods for detecting a 3-dimensional position of an object, and surgical automation involving the same. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector, surgical instruments, the patient, and/or other objects to be tracked include active and/or passive tracking markers. Cameras, such as stereophotogrammetric infrared cameras, are able to detect the tracking markers, and the robot determines a 3-dimensional position of the object from the tracking markers.

Surgical robotic automation with tracking markers

A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of medical images to a three-dimensional tracking space includes a base frame adapted to be mounted over a flat panel detector of an x-ray medical imaging device, and a side frame having optical tracking markers mounted to the base frame. The base frame includes a first set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a first predetermined pattern and arranged on a plane, and a second set of radiopaque markers embedded therein in a second predetermined pattern also arranged on another plane, which is spaced from the first set of radiopaque markers. The side frame has a plurality of optical tracking markers and is configured to detachably mount to the base frame without piercing a sterilizing drape to be interposed between the base frame and the side frame.

Flat panel registration fixture and method of using same

A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element.

A fixture for a fluoroscopic x-ray imaging system is discussed, wherein the fluoroscopic imaging system includes a C-arm, an x-ray source at a first end of the C-arm, and an x-ray detector at a second end of the C-arm. The fixture includes a processor and memory coupled with the processor. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor so that the processor is configured to detect an x-ray emission from the x-ray source toward the x-ray detector, determine an offset of the x-ray source relative to the x-ray detector responsive to detecting the x-ray emission, and provide an indication of the offset of the x-ray source to a medical navigation system. Related methods and robotic systems are also discussed.

Fixtures for fluoroscopic imaging systems and related navigation systems and methods

A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.

Screw tower and rod reduction tool

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Neil Robert Crawford