Methods providing bend plans for surgical rods and related controllers and computer program products

US11382666B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sritam Parashar Rout · Mumbai, IN
• Norbert Johnson · North Andover, US
• Olivier Chappuis · Lausanne, CH
• David Cleary · Shanghai, CN
• Samuel Paster · Wickford, US
• Michael Brauckmann · Witten, DE
• Kyle VanLeer · Jeffersonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3983
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems providing robotic bending used to bend a surgical rod are disclosed. Such systems may include a processor and memory coupled with the processor. The memory includes computer readable program code so that when the computer readable program code is executed by the processor, the processor performs operations including providing a set of transformation points corresponding to respective attachment implants, generating a bend plan for the surgical rod based on the set of transformation points, and generating an image output to render the set of transformation points and the bend plan on a display. Related methods and computer program products are also discussed.