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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Hayden Cameron, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Stephen Cicchini, North Wales, PA (US);
Danielle Reinhard, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Spiros Mantzavinos, Lynn, MA (US);
James Cascarano, Cambridge, MA (US);
Neil Crawford, Chandler, AZ (US);
Raul Wirz, Medford, MA (US);
Francisco Ponce, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Patrick Senatus, Unionville, CT (US);
Arnold Vardiman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Norbert Johnson, North Andover, MA (US);
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Abstract
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.