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Patent No.:

US 12697091 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2015

Medical system and method for locating an entry point of a surgical instrument in an anatomical structure and for identifying a trajectory of the surgical instrument in the anatomical structure, and assembly comprising such a medical system and a surgical instrument

Applicant:

Spineguard, Saint Mande, FR;

Inventors:

Maurice Bourlion, Rive de Gier, FR;

Randal R. Betz, Ocean City, NJ (US);

Ciaran Bolger, Dublin, IE;

Andrè Kaelin, Collonge-Bellerive, CH;

Larry T. Khoo, Los Angeles, CA (US);

John I. Williams, Fort Wayne, IN (US);

Hee-Kit Wong, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

SpineGuard, Vincennes, FR;

Attorneys:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Christopher C. Bolten

Albert K. Heng

Primary Examiner:

Keith M Raymond

Assistant Examiner:

Johnathan undefined Maynard

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02);
Abstract

The invention relates to a medical system comprising a tool including: a body; a location measurement device adapted to emit an ultrasound location signal and receive a reflected location signal; a location processing device adapted to compare each of the echoes of the reflected location signal to a pre-determined location threshold, emit an information signal if no target location echo corresponding to the interface between first and second anatomical structures has been identified within an analysis time window, the target location echo having an amplitude that exceeds the location threshold.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bourlion, Maurice. (2026). Medical system and method for locating an entry point of a surgical instrument in an anatomical structure and for identifying a trajectory of the surgical instrument in the anatomical structure, and assembly comprising such a medical system and a surgical instrument (U.S. Patent No. 12697091). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12697091

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