Abstract: This disclosure details a surgical system and method for changing one or more dimensions of harvested tissue, such an autograft, which is harvested from one location in a patient's body and used for a surgical repair or reconstruction procedure in another location in the patient's body. An example surgical system includes a first press component defining a cavity configured to receive harvested tissue, and a second press component including a projection insertable into the cavity. Further, at least one of the first and second press components are made of a transparent or semi-transparent material such that when harvested tissue is in the cavity and when the projection is inserted into the cavity, the harvested tissue is visible through at least one of the first and second press components.

Abstract: This disclosure details a surgical system and method for changing one or more dimensions of harvested tissue, such an autograft, which is harvested from one location in a patient's body and used for a surgical repair or reconstruction procedure in another location in the patient's body. An example surgical system includes a first press component defining a cavity configured to receive harvested tissue, and a second press component including a projection insertable into the cavity. Further, at least one of the first and second press components are made of a transparent or semi-transparent material such that when harvested tissue is in the cavity and when the projection is inserted into the cavity, the harvested tissue is visible through at least one of the first and second press components.

Abstract: A system for providing a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a suture passer including a shaft. The shaft includes a passageway and a slot leading to the passageway. The slot has a variable width along a length of the passageway. A method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is for image data processing. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a 3D medical image data record, which relates to an elongated anatomical structure, a center line of the elongated anatomical structure being defined in the 3D medical image data record; defining at least one curved slice in the 3D medical image data record, the at least one curved slice winding around the center line; scanning at least one part of the 3D medical image data record into the at least one curved slice; and unrolling the at least one curved slice, into which the at least one part of the 3D medical image data record was scanned, at least one unrolled flat slice being determined. An image data processing unit is also for image data processing and a medical imaging apparatus includes the image data processing unit.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes providing a three-dimensional structure image including surface data relating to external contours and structure data relating to internal structures of a body region; recording the body region via a camera system, to produce a recording while a patient is situated in or on the medical imaging system; registering, at least locally and as a structure image, the three-dimensional surface image in relation to the three-dimensional structure image; producing an overlay image including at least part of the structure image registered including structure data of the three-dimensional structure image in a form of an overlay with at least one of the three-dimensional surface image and a real view of a corresponding part of the body region of the patient; and controlling the medical imaging system to record body regions of the patient based upon an arrangement of the structure data registered in the overlay image.

Abstract: A method for providing a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, wrapping suture around a bone, tensioning the suture to tighten the suture relative to the bone, and securing the suture to the bone.

Abstract: An illustrative example surgical method includes establishing a tunnel in a bone. At least a portion of the suture is passed through the tunnel. The suture has two ends and first and second loops between the two ends. The first loop includes a button on the suture. The second loop is on one side of the tunnel and the button is on the other side of the tunnel after the portion of the suture has been passed through the tunnel. At least some of the second loop of the suture is passed through soft tissue. Manipulating the second loop over the button positions a portion of the soft tissue between the second loop of the suture and the bone. Adjusting a length of the second loop urges the portion of the soft tissue against the bone where the portion of the soft tissue is held by the suture without tying any knots in the suture.

Abstract: A method for providing a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, wrapping suture around a bone, tensioning the suture to tighten the suture relative to the bone, and securing the suture to the bone.

Abstract: A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes wrapping suture around bone a first time using a suture passer, wrapping the suture around bone a second time using a shuttling suture, and securing the suture to the bone.

Abstract: An illustrative example surgical method includes establishing a tunnel in a bone. At least a portion of the suture is passed through the tunnel. The suture has two ends and first and second loops between the two ends. The first loop includes a button on the suture. The second loop is on one side of the tunnel and the button is on the other side of the tunnel after the portion of the suture has been passed through the tunnel. At least some of the second loop of the suture is passed through soft tissue. Manipulating the second loop over the button positions a portion of the soft tissue between the second loop of the suture and the bone. Adjusting a length of the second loop urges the portion of the soft tissue against the bone where the portion of the soft tissue is held by the suture without tying any knots in the suture.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes providing a three-dimensional structure image including surface data relating to external contours and structure data relating to internal structures of a body region; recording the body region via a camera system, to produce a recording while a patient is situated in or on the medical imaging system; registering, at least locally and as a structure image, the three-dimensional surface image in relation to the three-dimensional structure image; producing an overlay image including at least part of the structure image registered including structure data of the three-dimensional structure image in a form of an overlay with at least one of the three-dimensional surface image and a real view of a corresponding part of the body region of the patient; and controlling the medical imaging system to record body regions of the patient based upon an arrangement of the structure data registered in the overlay image.

Abstract: A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, wrapping a folded piece of suture around a bone at least once, and securing the suture to the bone.

Abstract: A method is for image data processing. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a 3D medical image data record, which relates to an elongated anatomical structure, a center line of the elongated anatomical structure being defined in the 3D medical image data record; defining at least one curved slice in the 3D medical image data record, the at least one curved slice winding around the center line; scanning at least one part of the 3D medical image data record into the at least one curved slice; and unrolling the at least one curved slice, into which the at least one part of the 3D medical image data record was scanned, at least one unrolled flat slice being determined. An image data processing unit is also for image data processing and a medical imaging apparatus includes the image data processing unit.

Abstract: A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes wrapping suture around bone a first time using a suture passer, wrapping the suture around bone a second time using a shuttling suture, and securing the suture to the bone.

Abstract: A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, wrapping a folded piece of suture around a bone at least once, and securing the suture to the bone.