Intraoperative alignment assessment system and method

US12232823B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Michael Gullotti · Newtown Square, US
• Amir Hossein Soltanianzadeh · Baltimore, US
• Nicholas Theodore · Paradise Valley, US
• Edward F. Ruppel, III · Saratoga, US
• Saki Fujita · Baltimore, US
• Nicholas Griesmer Franconi · Greenbelt, US
• Miguel Antonio Inserni · Alamo, US
• Jennifer Lin · Oceanside, US
• Robert Li · Fremont, US
• Ali Uneri · Baltimore, US
• Sritam Parashar Rout · Mumbai, IN
• Marc Chelala · Baltimore, US
• Kyle Robert Cowdrick · Lilburn, US
• Maria F. Torres · Baltimore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

Some embodiments provide systems, assemblies, and methods of analyzing patient anatomy, including providing an analysis of a patient's spine, and also analyzing the biomechanical effects of implants. In some embodiments, the systems, assemblies, and/or methods can include obtaining initial patient data, acquiring spinal alignment and contour information, acquiring flexibility and/or biomechanical information, registering patient anatomical landmarks of interest relative to fiducial markers, analyzing databases of measurements and patient data to predict postoperative patient outcomes. Further, in some embodiments, the systems, assemblies, and/or methods can assess localized anatomical features of the patient, and obtain anatomical region data. In some embodiments, the systems, assemblies, and/or methods can also analyze the localized anatomy and therapeutic device location and contouring. Further, the systems, assemblies, and/or methods can output localized anatomical analyses and therapeutic device contouring data and/or imagery on a display according to some embodiments.