Patents by Inventor Karine Duval
Karine Duval has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Publication number: 20240108359Abstract: A reference jig comprises a base adapted to be secured to a distal end of a bone. An adjustment mechanism has a bracket, one or more rotational joints operatively mounting the bracket to the base, whereby the bracket is rotatable in two or more rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base, and one or more translational joints. A landmark alignment unit is operatively connectable to the bracket by the at least one translational joint, the landmark alignment unit having a bone alignment component configured to be aligned with at least one bone landmark.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Catherine LEVEILLE, Benoit PELLETIER, Bruno FALARDEAU, Karine DUVAL
-
Patent number: 11903599Abstract: A humerus cutting assembly includes a guide frame having an attachment member adapted to be secured to a humerus adjacent to a humeral head. A cutting guide is releasably connected to the guide frame, the cutting guide configured to guide a tool in altering the humeral head. One or more inertial sensor units is on the cutting guide, the inertial sensor unit tracking an orientation of the cutting guide relative to the humerus based on the releasable connection between the cutting guide and the guide frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Joseph Madier-Vigneux, Karine Duval, Andreanne Goyette, Pablo Devanne Langlais, Kevin Miller, Michael Mueller
-
Patent number: 11871937Abstract: A reference jig comprises a base adapted to be secured to a distal end of a bone. An adjustment mechanism has a bracket, one or more rotational joints operatively mounting the bracket to the base, whereby the bracket is rotatable in two or more rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base, and one or more translational joints. A landmark alignment unit is operatively connectable to the bracket by the at least one translational joint, the landmark alignment unit having a bone alignment component configured to be aligned with at least one bone landmark.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Catherine Leveille, Benoit Pelletier, Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval
-
Patent number: 11819219Abstract: A tibia cutting assembly includes a tibia cut guide with at least one cut slot. A guide rod has a guide holder mountable to the cut guide at a first end of the guide rod, and a second end of the guide rod is mountable non-invasively about a skin of a patient. The guide rod is extendable in length to displace the tibia cut guide and adjust a position thereof with respect to a tibia of the patient. The guide holder cooperates with the tibia cut guide to adjust an orientation of the tibia cut guide. A first inertial sensor is mountable to the guide holder and is displaceable therewith, and a second inertial sensor is mountable to the guide rod at the second end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Catherine Leveille, Benoit Pelletier, Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval
-
Patent number: 11812974Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Alain Richard, Yannick Boutin, Joel Zuhars, Yonik Breton, Karine Duval, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Catherine Proulx, Myriam Valin
-
Publication number: 20230172667Abstract: A system for creating at least one model of a bone and implanted implant comprises a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining at least one image of at least part of a bone and of an implanted implant on the bone, the at least one image being patient specific, obtaining a virtual model of the implanted implant using an identity of the implanted implant, overlaying the virtual model of the implanted implant on the at least one image to determine a relative orientation of the implanted implant relative to the bone in the at least one image, and generating and outputting a current bone and implant model using the at least one image, the virtual model of the implanted implant and the overlaying.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Ramnada CHAV, Jean-Sebastien MERETTE, Tin NGUYEN, Karine DUVAL, Pierre COUTURE
-
Publication number: 20230134629Abstract: An on-bone robotic system may have a bone anchor device configured to be received in a bone, the bone anchor device including at least one sensor for tracking an orientation of the bone. A robotic tool unit may be releasably connected to the bone anchor device, the robotic tool unit including one or more actuators for displacing a surgical implement of the robotic tool unit relative to the bone when the robotic tool unit is connected to the bone anchor device. The on-bone robotic system includes one or more joints enabling a degree(s) of freedom of movement of the surgical implement relative to the bone anchor device. The on-bone robotic system includes a processor for operating the at least one actuator as a function of the tracking of the bone by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Pierre COUTURE, Karine DUVAL, Alain RICHARD
-
Patent number: 11576725Abstract: A system for creating at least one model of a bone and implanted implant comprises a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining at least one image of at least part of a bone and of an implanted implant on the bone, the at least one image being patient specific, obtaining a virtual model of the implanted implant using an identity of the implanted implant, overlaying the virtual model of the implanted implant on the at least one image to determine a relative orientation of the implanted implant relative to the bone in the at least one image, and generating and outputting a current bone and implant model using the at least one image, the virtual model of the implanted implant and the overlaying.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Ramnada Chav, Jean-Sebastien Merette, Tin Nguyen, Karine Duval, Pierre Couture
-
Publication number: 20220398744Abstract: A system for tracking at least one object in computer-assisted surgery may include a processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: obtaining orientation data from at least one inertial sensor unit on at least one object; concurrently obtaining position and orientation data for a robot arm relative to a frame of reference; registering the at least one object with the robot arm to determine a position of the at least one object in the frame of reference; and continuously tracking and outputting the position and orientation of the at least one object in the frame of reference, using the orientation data from the at least one inertial sensor unit on the at least one object and the position and orientation data for the robot arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Pierre COUTURE, Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Karine DUVAL, Bruno ANDRE, Delphine CIRETTE, Yann ZIMMERMANN, Ronan LACOUR
-
Patent number: 11517382Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval, Yvan Leone, Francois Paradis, Di Li, Myriam Valin, Benoit Pelletier, Laurence Moreau-Belanger
-
Patent number: 11413164Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system has inertial sensor unit connected to an instrument and producing readings representative of its orientation. A computer-assisted surgery processor unit has a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the inertial sensor unit when the instrument is in a given orientation relative to the pelvis, a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the instrument relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof and a geometrical relation data module for recording preoperatively a landmark orientation relative to the pelvic coordinate system and a distance when the at least one instrument has a first end abutted to a pelvic landmark and a second end abutted to a leg landmark, for recording after implant rejointing the medio-lateral orientation and the distance, and for calculating a leg length discrepancy and/or an offset, based on the distances and the medio-lateral orientations.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Karine Duval, Di Li, Laurence Moreau-Belanger, Benoit Pelletier, Yvan Leone, Myriam Valin, François Paradis
-
Publication number: 20220133333Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Yannick BOUTIN, Joel ZUHARS, Yonik BRETON, Karine DUVAL, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Catherine PROULX, Myriam VALIN
-
Patent number: 11224443Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Alain Richard, Yannick Boutin, Joel Zuhars, Yonik Breton, Karine Duval, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Catherine Proulx, Myriam Valin
-
Patent number: 11090170Abstract: A method for assisting in positioning the acetabular cup comprises orienting a cup positioning instrument with a cup thereon in an initial reference orientation relative to an acetabulum of a pelvis with the cup forming a joint with the acetabulum, the cup positioning instrument comprising an inertial sensor unit with pre-planned orientation data for a desired cup orientation based on at least one landmark of the pelvis, The cup positioning instrument is rotated to a desired abduction angle as guided by an interface of the cup positioning instrument, based on movements relative to at least one landmark. The cup positioning instrument is rotated to a desired anteversion angle as guided by the interface of the cup positioning instrument, based on movements relative to the at least one landmark. Upon reaching the desired cup orientation as indicated by the interface, the cup is impacted into the acetabulum.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Di Li, Louis-Philippe Amiot, Herbert Andre Jansen, Francois Paradis, Isabelle Robitaille, Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval, Myriam Valin, Yvan Leone, Yonik Breton, Benoit Pelletier, Mathieu Chevrier, Jerome Casaubon
-
Publication number: 20210177441Abstract: A humerus cutting assembly includes a guide frame having an attachment member adapted to be secured to a humerus adjacent to a humeral head. A cutting guide is releasably connected to the guide frame, the cutting guide configured to guide a tool in altering the humeral head. One or more inertial sensor units is on the cutting guide, the inertial sensor unit tracking an orientation of the cutting guide relative to the humerus based on the releasable connection between the cutting guide and the guide frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Joseph MADIER-VIGNEUX, Karine DUVAL, Andreanne GOYETTE, Pablo DEVANNE LANGLAIS, Kevin MILLER, Michael MUELLER
-
Publication number: 20210177526Abstract: A method for spine tracking in computer-assisted surgery, the method includes: obtaining, at a computer-assisted surgical system, at least one image of at least part of the spine and at least one surgical device; determining, at the computer-assisted surgical system, a three-dimensional position and orientation of the at least one surgical device relative to the spine from the at least one image to create a referential system; tracking, at the computer-assisted surgical system, the at least one surgical device altering a first vertebra of the spine for attachment of a spinal screw to the first vertebra, in the referential system; and tracking, at the computer-assisted surgical system, the spine in the referential system with a trackable reference attached to the spinal screw of the first vertebra.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Andreanne GOYETTE, Ramnada CHAV, Karine DUVAL
-
Publication number: 20210100632Abstract: A method for performing a surgical procedure related to a pelvis of a patient comprises adjusting a length between ends of a digitizer device to a distance between opposite landmarks of the pelvis of the patient. The ends of the digitizer device are applied against the opposite landmarks of the pelvis. An inertial sensor unit of the digitizer device is initialized to set an orientation of the digitizer device relative to a medio-lateral axis of the patient, the medio-lateral axis of the patient being part of a pelvic coordinate system. A tool is navigated within the pelvic coordinate system during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Francois PARADIS, Joel ZUHARS, Karine DUVAL, Mathieu CHEVRIER, Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Herbert JANSEN, Myriam VALIN, Don DYE, Isabelle ROBITAILLE, Simon FERRON-FORGET, Francois Baudoin
-
Publication number: 20210093401Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Bruno FALARDEAU, Karine DUVAL, Yvan LEONE, Francois PARADIS, Di LI, Myriam VALIN, Benoit PELLETIER, Laurence MOREAU-BELANGER
-
Publication number: 20210077121Abstract: A reference jig comprises a base adapted to be secured to a distal end of a bone. An adjustment mechanism has a bracket, one or more rotational joints operatively mounting the bracket to the base, whereby the bracket is rotatable in two or more rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base, and one or more translational joints. A landmark alignment unit is operatively connectable to the bracket by the at least one translational joint, the landmark alignment unit having a bone alignment component configured to be aligned with at least one bone landmark.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Catherine LEVEILLE, Benoit PELLETIER, Bruno FALARDEAU, Karine DUVAL
-
Patent number: 10881470Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval, Yvan Leone, Francois Paradis, Di Li, Myriam Valin, Benoit Pelletier, Laurence Moreau-Belanger