Patents by Inventor Myriam Valin
Myriam Valin 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).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Patent number: 11284944Abstract: A system for tracking a femoral frame of reference in computer-assisted surgery comprises a sensor unit. The sensor unit is adapted to be secured to the femur. The sensor unit comprises accelerometer and gyroscope sensors that produce orientation data. A processing unit receives gyroscope and accelerometer data. The processing unit comprises a gyroscope-data calculator to provide calculated acceleration data resulting from movements of the femur, an accelerometer-data calculator to calculate measured acceleration data resulting from movements of the femur, and an acceleration comparator to relate an orientation of the sensor unit to the femur to define a femoral frame of reference. The femoral frame of reference is defined from the comparison between the calculated and the measured acceleration data. A sensor orientation interface provides orientation data for the femur from a tracking of the femoral frame of reference. A method for tracking a femoral frame of reference is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Myriam Valin, Catherine Proulx, Louis-Philippe Amiot, Bruno Falardeau, Julie Deslongchamps
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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
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Publication number: 20210259854Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system comprises a calibrating instrument adapted to be applied to a pelvis in a known manner, and a surgical instrument. A computer-assisted processor unit operating a surgical assistance procedure and comprises at least one portable inertial sensor unit configured to be connected to the at least one calibrating instrument and the at least one surgical instrument, the portable inertial sensor unit outputting readings representative of its orientation. A geometrical relation data module provides a geometrical relation data between the orientation of the portable inertial sensor unit, of the calibrating instrument and of the surgical instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Bruno FALARDEAU, Myriam VALIN, Benoit PELLETIER, François PARADIS
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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
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Patent number: 10980645Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system comprises a calibrating instrument adapted to be applied to a pelvis in a known manner, and a surgical instrument. A computer-assisted processor unit operating a surgical assistance procedure and comprises at least one portable inertial sensor unit configured to be connected to the at least one calibrating instrument and the at least one surgical instrument, the portable inertial sensor unit outputting readings representative of its orientation. A geometrical relation data module provides a geometrical relation data between the orientation of the portable inertial sensor unit, of the calibrating instrument and of the surgical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Myriam Valin, Benoit Pelletier, Francois Paradis
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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
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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
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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
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Patent number: 10624764Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system for navigating a surface of an anatomical feature in a coordinate system comprises an apparatus for obtaining points of a surface of an anatomical feature including a base adapted to be secured to the anatomical feature, a spherical joint supported by the base, the spherical joint having a ball member rotatable in at least two rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base and having a center of rotation fixed relative to the base, a distance-measurement device connected to the ball member such that a distance-measurement axis of the distance-measurement device passes through said center of rotation of the ball member. An inertial sensor unit produces signals representative of the orientation of the distance-measurement device.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Yvan Leone, Mathieu Chevrier, Myriam Valin, Bruno Falardeau, Benoit Pelletier, Karine Duval
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Publication number: 20200069372Abstract: a system for outputting a three-dimensional (3D) bone model of a patient during computer-assisted surgery comprises a processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Marc-Antoine DUFOUR, Myriam VALIN, Jean-Sebastien MERETTE, Pierre COUTURE, Martin BRUMMUND
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Publication number: 20190358059Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery system for outputting at least one of a leg length discrepancy and an offset between a preoperative leg condition and a post-implant rejointing leg condition comprises instruments. An inertial sensor unit is connected to one of the instrument, the inertial sensor unit producing readings representative of its orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Karine DUVAL, Di LI, Laurence MOREAU-BELANGER, Benoit PELLETIER, Yvan LEONE, Myriam VALIN, François PARADIS
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Patent number: 10413428Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system outputs a leg length discrepancy and/or an offset between conditions. An inertial sensor unit is connected to an instrument(s) to produce readings representative of its orientation. A CAS processor unit has a coordinate system module for setting a pelvic coordinate system from readings of the inertial sensor unit, a tracking module for tracking an orientation of the instrument(s) relative to the pelvic coordinate system during movements thereof, and a geometrical relation data module for recording preoperatively a medio-lateral orientation of the instrument(s) representative of a medio-lateral axis of the legs and a distance between the legs, 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. An interface outputs the leg length discrepancy and/or the offset between leg conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ORTHOSOFT INC.Inventors: Karine Duval, Di Li, Laurence Moreau-Belanger, Benoit Pelletier, Yvan Leone, Myriam Valin, Francois Paradis
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Patent number: 10405928Abstract: A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system for tracking an orientation of a pelvis comprises at least one instrument, the instrument having an acetabulum abutment end adapted to be received in an acetabulum, a rim abutment adapted to be abutted against a rim of the acetabulum, and an indicator representative of a physical orientation of the instrument. An inertial sensor unit is connected to the at least one instrument, the inertial sensor unit producing readings representative of its orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULCInventors: Bruno Falardeau, Karine Duval, Laurence Moreau-Belanger, Francois Paradis, Di Li, Myriam Valin, Benoit Pelletier
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Publication number: 20190254682Abstract: 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: March 5, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Alain RICHARD, Yannick BOUTIN, Joel ZUHARS, Yonik BRETON, Karine DUVAL, Herbert Andre JANSEN, Benoit PELLETIER, Catherine PROULX, Myriam VALIN
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Patent number: 10251653Abstract: 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: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: ORTHOSOFT INC.Inventors: Louis-Philippe Amiot, Alain Richard, Yannick Boutin, Joel Zuhars, Yonik Breton, Karine Duval, Herbert Andre Jansen, Benoit Pelletier, Catherine Proulx, Myriam Valin
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Publication number: 20190069907Abstract: A method tracks a tool with respect to a bone in computer-assisted surgery. A reference tracker with a MEMS unit is secured to the bone. The tracker outputs data relating to its orientation. A tool provided with a MEMS unit and secured to the bone is preset with an initial orientation. The tool outputs tracking data related to orientation of the tool once initialized. A trackable frame of reference relating the bone to the orientation of the tracker is created. The MEMS unit of the tool is initialized. A relation between the initial orientation of the tool and the orientation of the tracker at initialization of the MEMS unit of the tool is recorded. Orientational data of the tool relative to the frame of reference of the bone calculated using the relation is displayed. A computer-assisted surgery system for tracking a tool with respect to a bone after an initialization of a MEMS unit is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Louis-Philippe AMIOT, Pierre COUTURE, Catherine PROULX, Trong Tin NGUYEN, Myriam VALIN