Abstract: A modular fluoro-navigation instrument including a base made of a substantially radiotransparent material. The base is intended to be rigidly secured to a patient's bone and a tracker rigidly attachable to the base. The instrument has a registration phantom separate from the tracker which includes a plurality of radiopaque fiducials. The base and the registration phantom includes respective attachment members for reproducibly attaching the registration phantom to the base.

Abstract: A fluoro-navigation system for navigating a tool relative to a medical image. The system includes a motorized X-ray imaging system for acquiring a plurality of images of a region of interest of a patient, the position of each image being known. Also included is a localization system, a registration phantom with a plurality of radiopaque fiducials, a tracker for being tracked by the localization system, a processor for receiving the plurality of images and for reconstructing a 3D medical image from the images using radiopaque fiducials visible in the plurality of images. Also included is base made of a substantially radiotransparent material, to be rigidly secured to a patient's bone and having a reproducible fixation system for attaching the registration phantom and/or tracker.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for minimally invasive attachment of a tracker (20) and/or a registration phantom (30) to a patient's bone, comprising a base (10) made of a substantially radiotransparent material, characterized in that the base (10) comprises: a support surface (11) intended to face the bone, a plurality of non-parallel through holes (14) for passing a respective percutaneous pin (2) through the base (10); at least one slot (15) extending from an edge of the base (10) in a direction transversal to the through holes (14), said slot (15) passing throughout the base (10) until the support surface (11) and being intended to engage a percutaneous pin (2) implanted into the patient's bone so as to allow the base (10) to slide along said pin (2); and a reproducible fixation system for attaching the tracker (20) and/or the registration phantom (30) to the base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical system comprising: (i) a handheld device (100) comprising: a base (1), an end-effector (2) for mounting a surgical tool or tool guide, an actuation unit (4) connected to said base (1) and end-effector (2), a support unit (5) designed to make contact with the treated part to be treated or an adjacent region to provide a partial mechanical link between the base (1) or end-effector (2), and the part to be treated, (ii) a tracking unit (200), (iii) a control unit (300) configured to: (a) compute in real time an optimized path of the end-effector, (b) detect whether said computed path of the tool or end-effector can be achieved without changing the pose of the base, and, if not, determine a possible repositioning of the base with respect to the part to be treated, (c) configure the actuation unit so as to move the end-effector according to said computed path, and (d) iterate steps (a) to (c) until the planned volume has been treated, (iv) a user interface (400).

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical system comprising: (i) a handheld device (100) comprising: a base (1), an end-effector (2) for mounting a surgical tool or tool guide, an actuation unit (4) connected to said base (1) and end-effector (2), a support unit (5) designed to make contact with the treated part to be treated or an adjacent region to provide a partial mechanical link between the base (1) or end-effector (2), and the part to be treated, (ii) a tracking unit (200), (iii) a control unit (300) configured to: (a) compute in real time an optimized path of the end-effector, (b) detect whether said computed path of the tool or end-effector can be achieved without changing the pose of the base, and, if not, determine a possible repositioning of the base with respect to the part to be treated, (c) configure the actuation unit so as to move the end-effector according to said computed path, and (d) iterate steps (a) to (c) until the planned volume has been treated, (iv) a user interface (400).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for minimally invasive attachment of a tracker (20) and/or a registration phantom (30) to a patient's bone, comprising a base (10) made of a substantially radiotransparent material, characterized in that the base (10) comprises: a support surface (11) intended to face the bone, a plurality of non-parallel through holes (14) for passing a respective percutaneous pin (2) through the base (10); at least one slot (15) extending from an edge of the base (10) in a direction transversal to the through holes (14), said slot (15) passing throughout the base (10) until the support surface (11) and being intended to engage a percutaneous pin (2) implanted into the patient's bone so as to allow the base (10) to slide along said pin (2); and a reproducible fixation system for attaching the tracker (20) and/or the registration phantom (30) to the base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluoro-navigation system for navigating a tool relative to a medical image, comprising: a motorized X-ray imaging system adapted to acquire a plurality of images of a region of interest of a patient, the position of each image being known in a referential of the imaging system, a localization system; a registration phantom (30) comprising a plurality of radiopaque fiducials (31); a tracker (20) adapted for being tracked by the localization system; a processor configured for receiving the plurality of images acquired by the motorized X-ray imaging system and for reconstructing a 3D medical image from said images using radiopaque fiducials (31) visible in the plurality of images; a base (10) made of a substantially radiotransparent material, the base (10) being adapted to be rigidly secured to a patient's bone (B) and comprising a reproducible fixation system for attaching said registration phantom (30) and/or said tracker (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular fluoro-navigation instrument (1) comprising: a base (10) made of a substantially radiotransparent material, the base being intended to be rigidly secured to a patient's bone (B); a tracker (20) rigidly attachable to the base (10); characterized in that said instrument further comprises a registration phantom (30) separate from the tracker (20) comprising a plurality of radiopaque fiducials (31) and in that the base (10) and the registration phantom (30) comprise respective fixation means (12, 32) for reproducibly attaching the registration phantom to the base.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising: a distal tool (5) securely fastened at a distal end of a rotation shaft (4) and rotatably mounted on and in the extension of a distal member (30) rotatably mounted at an end of an elongated arm (3), an comprising motorized means (20) for actuating the distal motion of the distal tool (5) and further comprising controlling means (21) for a user to control the motorized means (20); a handle (1) extending from the actuation unit (2) and comprising a lever (11) mechanically coupled to the distal tool (5) for actuation of said distal tool (5); characterized in that the handle (1) has a non-axially-symmetric shape and is mounted on and in the extension of the actuation unit (2) with coupling means (12,22) enabling rotation of the handle (1) relative to the actuation unit (2) around the longitudinal axis, and wherein the controlling means (21) are adapted to be operated by the user whatever the rotational position of the handle (1) relative to the actuat

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising: a distal tool (5) securely fastened at a distal end of a rotation shaft (4) and rotatably mounted on and in the extension of a distal member (30) rotatably mounted at an end of an elongated arm (3), an comprising motorized means (20) for actuating the distal motion of the distal tool (5) and further comprising controlling means (21) for a user to control the motorized means (20); a handle (1) extending from the actuation unit (2) and comprising a lever (11) mechanically coupled to the distal tool (5) for actuation of said distal tool (5); characterized in that the handle (1) has a non-axially-symmetric shape and is mounted on and in the extension of the actuation unit (2) with coupling means (12,22) enabling rotation of the handle (1) relative to the actuation unit (2) around the longitudinal axis, and wherein the controlling means (21) are adapted to be operated by the user whatever the rotational position of the handle (1) relative to the actuat

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising: —a distal tool (5) securely fastened to a distal end of a rotation shaft (4) and rotatably mounted on and in the extension of a distal member (30) rotatably mounted at an end of an elongated arm (3), —an comprising motorized means (20) for actuating the distal motion of the distal tool (5) and further comprising controlling means (21) for a user to control the motorized means (20); —a handle (1) extending from the actuation unit (2) and comprising a lever (11) mechanically coupled to the distal tool (5) for actuation of said distal tool (5); characterized in that the handle (1) has a non-axially-symmetric shape and is mounted on and in the extension of the actuation unit (2) with coupling means (12, 22) enabling rotation of the handle (1) relative to the actuation unit (2) around the longitudinal axis, and wherein the controlling means (21) are adapted to be operated by the user whatever the rotational position of the handle (1) relative to the actuat

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical system comprising: (i) a handheld device (100) comprising: a base (1), an end-effector (2) for mounting a surgical tool or tool guide, an actuation unit (4) connected to said base (1) and end-effector (2), a support unit (5) designed to make contact with the treated part to be treated or an adjacent region to provide a partial mechanical link between the base (1) or end-effector (2), and the part to be treated, (ii) a tracking unit (200), (iii) a control unit (300) configured to: (a) compute in real time an optimized path of the end-effector, (b) detect whether said computed path of the tool or end-effector can be achieved without changing the pose of the base, and, if not, determine a possible repositioning of the base with respect to the part to be treated, (c) configure the actuation unit so as to move the end-effector according to said computed path, and (d) iterate steps (a) to (c) until the planned volume has been treated, (iv) a user interface (400).

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising:—a distal tool (5) securely fastened to a distal end of a rotation shaft (4) and rotatably mounted on and in the extension of a distal member (30) rotatably mounted at an end of an elongated arm (3),—an comprising motorized means (20) for actuating the distal motion of the distal tool (5) and further comprising controlling means (21) for a user to control the motorized means (20);—a handle (1) extending from the actuation unit (2) and comprising a lever (11) mechanically coupled to the distal tool (5) for actuation of said distal tool (5); characterized in that the handle (1) has a non-axially-symmetric shape and is mounted on and in the extension of the actuation unit (2) with coupling means (12, 22) enabling rotation of the handle (1) relative to the actuation unit (2) around the longitudinal axis, and wherein the controlling means (21) are adapted to be operated by the user whatever the rotational position of the handle (1) relative to the actuation

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising: —a distal tool (5) securely fastened at a distal end of a rotation shaft (4) and rotatably mounted on and in the extension of a distal member (30) rotatably mounted at an end of an elongated arm (3), —motorized means (20) for actuating the distal motion of the distal tool (5) and further comprising controlling means (21) for a user to control the motorized means (20); characterized in that the controlling means (21) comprise electronic components (210) for actuation of the motorized means (20), and switch elements (211) for the user to control the electronic components (210), the switch elements (211) comprising at least one magnet (2110) for contactless signal transmission to hall sensors (2100) of the electronic components (210), wherein the switch elements (211) comprise an outer knob (2111) and an inner knob (2112), with the magnet (2110) being fastened to the outer knob (2111) and being mounted in translation within a longitudinal groove (2113) p