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

US10646283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Norbert Johnson · North Andover, US
• Jeffrey Forsyth · Olneyville, US
• Neil R. Crawford · Chandler, US
• Sanjay Joshi · Andover, US
• Bessam Al Jewad · Madbury, US
• Weston Healy · Cambridge, US
• Christine Russ · Stoneham, US
• Ken Jones · Hyde Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2018
• Grant date: May 12, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/502
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

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.