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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Systems, methods, and devices for localized tracking of a vertebral body or other anatomic structure
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CN;
Robert Brik, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brice Dudley, Jr., Round Rock, TX (US);
William Miller, Middleboro, MA (US);
Marc Puls, Thörigen, CH;
William Frasier, New Bedford, MA (US);
Cheng-Ju Wu, Raynham, MA (US);
Medos International Sarl, Le Locle, CH;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and instruments for tracking localized movement of an anatomic structure at a surgical site are provided that can, for example, detect and identify movement of the anatomic structure not otherwise tracked by a global navigation system. One embodiment can include a cannula with a localized navigation sensor coupled to a distal end thereof. The cannula can be coupled to a robot arm and the localized navigation sensor can detect movement of an anatomic structure relative to the cannula. The localized navigation sensor can include one or more tines that selectively extend from the cannula to contact the anatomic structure. A controller can receive data from the localized navigation sensor and a global navigation system, and determine if movement detected by the localized navigation sensor is tracked by the global navigation system. Systems, methods, and instruments of the present disclosure can be used independently of a global navigation system.