Percutaneous registration apparatus and method for use in computer-assisted surgical navigation
An apparatus and procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments such as, for example, screws, rods, wires and plates into various body parts using image guided surgery. The invention includes an apparatus for use with a surgical navigation system, an attaching device rigidly connected to a body part, such as the spinous process of a vertebrae, with an identification superstructure rigidly but removably connected to the attaching device. This identification superstructure, for example, is a reference arc and fiducial array which accomplishes the function of identifying the location of the superstructure, and, therefore, the body part to which it is fixed, during imaging by CAT scan or MRI, and later during medical procedures.
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This application is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,226,548 issued on May 1, 2001 and also claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/423,332 filed on Apr. 24, 2003, now RE 39,133; which is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,226,548 issued on May 1, 2001; which claims rights under 35 U.S.C. §119 on provisional application No. 60/059,915, filed on Sep. 24, 1997. Notice is also given that concurrently filed is U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/148,498 filed on Sep. 4, 1998; which is also is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,226,548 issued on May 1, 2001 and also claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/423,332 filed on Apr. 24, 2003; which is a reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 6,226,548 issued on May 1, 2001; which claims rights under 35 U.S.C. §119 on provisional application No. 60/059,915, filed on Sep. 24, 1997. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention claims rights under 35 U.S.C. §119 on provisional application No. 60/059,915, filed on Sep. 24, 1997, and entitled “Percutaneous Registration Apparatus and Method for Use in Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates generally to guiding, directing, or navigating instruments or implants in a body percutaneously, in conjunction with systems that use and generate images during medical and surgical procedures, which images assist in executing the procedures and indicate the relative position of various body parts, surgical implants, and instruments. In particular the invention relates to apparatus and minimally invasive procedures for navigating instruments and providing surgical implants percutaneously in the spine, for example, to stabilize the spine, correct deformity, or enhance fusion in conjunction with a surgical navigation system for generating images during medical and surgical procedures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONTypically, spinal surgical procedures used, for example, to provide stabilization, fusion, or to correct deformities, require large incisions and substantial exposure of the spinal areas to permit the placement of surgical implants such as, for example, various forms of screws or hooks linked by rods, wires, or plates into portions of the spine. This standard procedure is invasive and can result in trauma, blood loss, and post operative pain. Alternatively, fluoroscopes have been used to assist in placing screws beneath the skin. In this alternative procedure at least four incisions must be made in the patient's back for inserting rods or wires through previously inserted screws. However, this technique can be difficult in that fluoroscopes only provide two-dimensional images and require the surgeon to rotate the fluoroscope frequently in order to get a mental image of the anatomy in three dimensions. Fluoroscopes also generate radiation to which the patient and surgical staff may become over exposed over time. Additionally, the subcutaneous implants required for this procedure may irritate the patient. A lever arm effect can also occur with the screws that are not connected by the rods or wires at the spine. Fluoroscopic screw placement techniques have traditionally used rods or plates that are subcutaneous to connect screws from vertebra to vertebra. This is due in part to the fact that there is no fluoroscopic technique that has been designed which can always adequately place rods or plates at the submuscular region (or adjacent to the vertebrae). These subcutaneous rods or plates may not be well tolerated by the patient. They also may not provide the optimal mechanical support to the spine because the moment arm of the construct can be increased, thereby translating higher loads and stresses through the construct.
A number of different types of surgical navigation systems have been described that include indications of the positions of medical instruments and patient anatomy used in medical or surgical procedures. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,383,454 to Bucholz; PCT Application No. PCT/US94/04530 (Publication No. WO 94/24933) to Bucholz; and PCT Application No. PCT/US95/12894 (Publication No. WO 96/11624) to Bucholz et al., the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference, disclose systems for use during a medical or surgical procedure using scans generated by a scanner prior to the procedure. Surgical navigation systems typically include tracking means such as, for example, an LED array on the body part, LED emitters on the medical instruments, a digitizer to track the positions of the body part and the instruments, and a display for the position of an instrument used in a medical procedure relative to an image of a body part.
Bucholz et al. WO 96/11624 is of particular interest, in that it identifies special issues associated with surgical navigation in the spine, where there are multiple vertebral bodies that can move with respect to each other. Bucholz et al. describes a procedure for operating on the spine during an open process where, after imaging, the spinous process reference points may move with respect to each other. It also discloses a procedure for modifying and repositioning the image data set to match the actual position of the anatomical elements. When there is an opportunity for anatomical movement, such movement degrades the fidelity of the pre-procedural images in depicting the intra-procedural anatomy. Therefore, additional innovations are desirable to bring image guidance to the parts of the body experiencing anatomical movement.
Furthermore, spinal surgical procedures are typically highly invasive. There is, thus, a need for more minimally invasive techniques for performing these spinal procedures, such as biopsy, spinal fixation, endoscopy, spinal implant insertion, fusion, and insertion of drug delivery systems, by reducing incision size and amount. One such way is to use surgical navigation equipment to perform procedures percutaneously, that is beneath the skin. To do so by means of surgical navigation also requires apparatus that can indicate the position of the spinal elements, such as, for example the vertebrae, involved in the procedure relative to the instruments and implants being inserted beneath the patient's skin and into the patient's spine. Additionally, because the spinal elements naturally move relative to each other, the user requires the ability to reorient these spinal elements to align with earlier scanned images stored in the surgical navigation system computer, to assure the correct location of those elements relative to the instruments and implants being applied or inserted percutaneously.
In light of the foregoing, there is a need in the art for apparatus and minimally invasive procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments in the spine, reducing the size and amount of incisions and utilizing surgical navigation techniques.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONAccordingly, the present invention is directed to apparatus and procedures for percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments such as, for example, screws, rods, wires and plates into various body parts using image guided surgery. More specifically, one object of the present invention is directed to apparatus and procedures for the percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments into various elements of the spine using image guided surgery.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention includes an apparatus for use with a surgical navigation system and comprises an attaching device rigidly connected to a body part, such as the spinous process of a vertebrae, with an identification superstructure rigidly but removably connected to the attaching device. This identification superstructure is a reference arc and fiducial array, which accomplishes the function of identifying the location of the superstructure, and, therefore, the body part to which it is fixed, during imaging by CAT scan or MRI, and later during medical procedures.
In one aspect, the attaching device is a clamp with jaws and sharp teeth for biting into the spinous process.
In another aspect, the fixture is a screw, having a head, wherein the screw is implanted into the spinous process and a relatively rigid wire is attached to the head of the screw and also implanted into the spinous process at an angle to the axis of the screw to prevent the screw from rotating in either direction.
In another aspect, the superstructure includes a central post, and a fiducial array and a reference arc rigidly but removably attached to the central post. The fiducial array is composed of image-compatible materials, and includes fiducials for providing a reference point, indicating the position of the array, which are rigidly attached to the fiducial array, composed of, for example titanium or aluminum spheres. The reference arc includes emitters, such as, for example Light Emitting Diodes (“LEDs”), passive reflective spheres, or other tracking means such as acoustic, magnetic, electromagnetic, radiologic, or micropulsed radar, for indicating the location of the reference arc and, thus, the body part it is attached to, during medical procedures.
In addition, the invention further comprises a method for monitoring the location of an instrument, surgical implants and the various portions of the body, for example, vertebrae, to be operated on in a surgical navigation system comprising the steps of: attaching a fixture to the spinous process; attaching a superstructure including a fiducial array with fiducials and a reference arc to the fixture; scanning the patient using CT, MRI or some other three-dimensional method, with fiducial array rigidly fixed to patient to identify it on the scanned image; and thereafter, in an operating room, using image-guided technology, touching an image-guided surgical pointer or other instrument to one or more of the fiducials on the fiducial array to register the location of the spinal clement fixed to the array and emitting an audio, visual, radiologic, magnetic or other detectable signal from the reference arc to an instrument such as, for example, a digitizer or other position-sensing unit, to indicate changes in position of the spinal element during a surgical procedure, and performing a surgical or medical procedure percutaneously on the patient using instruments and implants localable relative to spinal elements in a known position in the surgical navigation system.
In another aspect, the method includes inserting screws or rigid wires in spinal elements in the area involved in the anticipated surgical procedure before scanning the patient, and after scanning the patient and bringing the patient to the operating area, touching an image-guided or tracked surgical pointer to these screws and wires attached to the vertebrae to positively register their location in the surgical navigation computer, and manipulating either the patient's spine or the image to align the actual position of the spinal elements with the scanned image.
In another aspect, the method includes percutaneously implanting screws into spinal elements, which screws are located using image guided surgical navigation techniques, and further manipulating the orientation of the screw heads percutaneously using a head-positioning probe containing an emitter, that can communicate to the surgical navigation computer the orientation of the screw heads and position them, by use of a specially designed head-positioning tool with an end portion that mates with the heads of the screws and can rotate those screw heads to receive a rod, wire, plate, or other connecting implant. If a rod is being inserted into the screw heads for example, the method further includes tracking the location and position of the rod, percutaneously using a rod inserter having one or more emitters communicating the location and orientation of the rod to the surgical navigation computer.
The objects of the invention are to provide a user, such as a surgeon, with the system and method to track an instrument and surgical implants used in conjunction with a surgical navigation system in such a manner to operate percutaneously on a patient's body parts, such as spinal vertebrae which can move relative to each other.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a system and method to simply and yet positively indicate to the user a change in position of body parts, such as spinal vertebrae segments, from that identified in a stored image scan, such as from an MRI or CAT scan, and provide a method to realign those body parts to correspond with a previously stored image or the image to correspond with the actual current position of the body parts.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a system or method for allowing a fiducial array or reference arc that is removable from a location rigidly fixed to a body part and replaceable back in that precise location.
It is another object of this invention to provide a system and method for positively generating a display of instruments and surgical implants, such as, for example screws and rods, placed percutaneously in a patient using image-guided surgical methods and techniques.
It is another object of this invention for a percutaneous reference array and fiducial array, as described in this appplication, to be used to register and track the position of the vertebrae for the purposes of targeting a radiation dose to a diseased portion of said vertebrae using a traditional radiosurgical technique.
Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in this description.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate one embodiment of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. The following example is intended to be purely exemplary of the invention.
As generally described in PCT/US95/12894, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, a typical surgical navigation system is shown in
The system includes an apparatus such as a digitizer or other Position Sensing Unit (PSU), such as for example sensor array 110 on support 112 for identifying, during the procedure, the relative position of each of the reference points to be displayed by tracking the position of emitters 122 on arc 120. The system also includes a processor 114 such as a PC or other suitable workstation processor associated with controller 108 for modifying the image data set according to the identified relative position of each of the reference points during the procedure, as identified by digitizer 110. The processor 114 can then, for example, generate an image data set representing the position of the body elements during the procedure for display on monitor 106. A surgical instrument 130, such as a probe or drill or other tool, may be included in the system, which is positioned relative to a body part and similarly tracked by sensor array 110.
In summary, the general operation of a surgical navigating system is well known in the art and need not further be described here.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, with further reference to
With reference now to
Also rigidly attached to the central post 150, as part of the superstructure 20 preferably at a location closer to the skin, or possibly collocated with or also performing the function of the reference arc 120, is a fiducial array 170, which can be of various different shapes, such as, for example the H-shaped frame 170 depicted in
Additionally, the fiducial array 170, can be located at various heights on the post 150 to accomodate variations in patient tissue depth and size, preferably as close to the patient's body as possible, and then fixed at that specific height by the use of pins or indents matched to boles 19 (shown in
Alternatively, rather than using clamp 30, a screw 42 and rigid wire 45 attachment, as depicted in
Another embodiment for preventing the superstructure 20 from rotating as depicted in
Having described the preferred embodiment of this apparatus of the present system, the method of using this apparatus to practice the invention of registering a single vertebrae will now be discussed. The operation of a surgical navigating system is generally well known and is described in PCT/US95/12894. In the preferred method of operation, clamp 30 of
After scanning the patient, the array 120 and post 150 can be removed from the patient, while leaving in place the rigidly connected clamp 30 or screw 42. For example, as depicted in
Once in the operating room, the patient may be positioned in an apparatus, such as, for example, a spinal surgery frame 125 to help keep the spinal elements in a particular position and relatively motionless. The superstructure 20 is then replaced on the clamp 30 or screw 42 in a precise manner to the same relative position to the spinal elements as it was in the earlier CAT scan or MRI imaging. The reference arc 120 is fixed to the starburst or other interface connector 60 on the central post 150 which is fixed to the clamp 30 or screw 42. The operator, for example a surgeon, then touches an instrument with a tracking emitter such as a surgical pointer 130 with emitters 195 to the divots 29 on the fiducial array 170 to register the location of the array 170 and, thus, because the spinal process is fixed to the fiducial array 170, the location of the spinal element is also registered in the surgical navigation system.
Once the superstructure 20 is placed back on the patient, any instrument 130 fitted with tracking emitters thereon such as, for example, a drill or screw driver, can be tracked in space relative to the spine in the surgical navigation system without further surgical exposure of the spine. The position of the instrument 130 is determined by the user stepping on a foot pedal 116 to begin tracking the emitter array 190. The emitters 195 generate infrared signals to be picked up by camera digitizer array 110 and triangulated to determine the position of the instrument 130. Additionally, other methods may be employed to track reference arcs, pointer probes, and other tracked instruments, such as with reflective spheres, or sound or magnetic emitters, instead of LED's. For example, reflective spheres can reflect infrared light that is emitted from the camera array 110 back to the camera array 110. The relative position of the body part, such as the spinal process is determined in a similar manner, through the use of similar emitters 122 mounted on the reference frame 120 in mechanical communication with the spinal segment. As is well known in this art and described generally in PCT/US95/12894, based upon the relative position of the spinal segment and the instrument 130 (such as by touching a known reference point) the computer would illustrate a preoperative scan—such as the proper CAT scan slice—on the screen of monitor 106 which would indicate the position of the tool 130 and the spinal segment for the area of the spine involved in the medical procedure.
For better access by the operator of various areas near the central post 150, the fiducial array 170 can be removed from the central post 150, by, for example, loosening screw 42 and sliding the array 170 off post 150, leaving the reference arc 120 in place or replacing it after removal of array 170. By leaving the reference arc 120 in place, the registration of the location of the spinal process is maintained. Additionally, the central post 150, reference arc 120, and fiducial array 170 can be removed after the spinal element has been registered leaving only the clamp 30 or screw 42 in place. The entire surgical field can then be sterilized and a sterile post 150 and reference arc 170 fixed to the clamp 30 or screw 42 with the registration maintained.
This surgical navigation system, with spinal element registration maintained, can then be used, for example, to place necessary and desired screws, rods, hooks, plates, wires, and other surgical instruments and implants percutaneously, using image-guided technology. Once the location of the spinal element 100 involved in the procedure is registered, by the process described above, in relation to the image data set and image 105 projected on monitor 106, other instruments 130 and surgical implants can be placed under the patient's skin at locations indicated by the instrument 130 relative to the spinal element 100.
Additionally, the location of other spinal elements, relative to the spinal element 100 containing the fiducial array 170, can be registered in the surgical navigation system by, for example, inserting additional screws 250, rigid wires 260, or other rigid implants or imageable devices into the spinal segment.
For example, as depicted in
For additional positioning information, the operator can place additional rigid wires 260 or screws 250 into the vertebrae, for example, located at the superior (toward the patient's head) and inferior (towards the patient's feet) ends of the spinal process to more accurately position those vertebrae relative to the other vertebrae and the image data. Additionally, the wires 260 and screws 250 implanted to provide positioning information can also be equipped with emitters, such as, for example, LEDs, to provide additional information to the surgical navigation system on the location of the wire 260 or screw 250, and thus the vertebra to which they are affixed.
Alternatively, the patient can be placed in a position stabilizing device, such as a spinal surgery frame 125 or board, before a scan is taken, and then moved to the operating facility for the procedure, maintaining the spine segments in the same position from the time of scanning until the time of surgery. Alternatively, a fluoroscope can be used to reposition the spinal segments relative to the earlier image from the scan. An ultrasound probe can be used to take real-time images of the spinal segment which can be portrayed by monitor 106 overlayed or superimposed on image 105. Then the operator can manually manipulate the spinal elements and take additional images of these elements with the fluoroscope to, in an iterative fashion, align the spinal elements with the previously scanned image 105.
Alternatively, a clamp 30 or screw 42 and superstructure 20 can be rigidly fixed to each vertebra involved in the surgical or medical procedure to register the position of each vertebra as explained previously for a single vertebra:
After the spinal elements are registered in the spine, various medical and surgical procedures can be performed on that patient. For example, spinal implants, endoscopes, or biopsy probes can be passed into the spine and procedures such as, for example, spinal fusion, manipulation, or disc removal can be performed percutaneously and facilitated by the surgical navigation image-guiding system. Additionally, a radiation dose can be targeted to a specific region of the vertebrae.
One such procedure facilitated by the apparatus and methods described above is the percutaneous insertion of screws and rods, fixed to different vertebra in a spine to stabilize them. Once screws, for example multiaxial screws 250, (as depicted in
In an alternative procedure, one or more plates and/or one or more wires may be inserted instead of one or more rods 360.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention and in construction of this surgical navigation system without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only.
Claims
1. An apparatus for facilitating percutaneous placement of surgical instruments into the spine, adapted for use with a surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array in communication with a surgical navigation computer to track positions of instruments in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point, said apparatus comprising:
- a connector adapted to be rigidly attached to a portion of the spine;
- at least one central post connected to said connector;
- a position identification structure rigidly and removably connected to said central post at a predetermined position on said central post and adapted to be reconnected at the same said predetermined position, said identification structure being further adapted to allow a patient to be scanned with the structure connected to the central post, said structure including an assembly for communicating positioning information with respect to said assembly to the energy detecting array and surgical navigation computer; and
- a connector assembly for said reconnecting of said structure substantially to said predetermined position on said central post.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector is a clamp having teeth adapted for biting into a spinous process.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector includes an elongated fixture with a central axis and a threaded end adapted to be inserted into the spinous process and a substantially rigid wire connected to the fixture with the central axis of the wire adapted to be implanted into the spinous process at an angle to elongated fixture to prevent the fixture from rotating.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said assembly for communication positioning information is a substantially H-shaped frame.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said assembly for communicating positioning information is a substantially W-shaped frame.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said assembly for communicating positioning information is a substantially U-shaped frame.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said assembly for communicating positioning information is a substantially X-shaped frame.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said assembly for communicating positioning information comprises:
- a fiducial array for registering the location of a spinal clement with rigidly connected fiducials; and
- a reference arc for signaling the position of a spinal element, said arc further comprising rigidly connected emitters.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said reference point is on the spine.
10. A method for monitoring the location of an instrument, surgical implant and various portions of the body, to be operated on, using a surgical navigation system with a surgical navigation computer and a digitizer array for monitoring the location of instruments in three-dimensional space relative to a known reference point, said method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a fixture having a central post to a portion of the spine;
- removably attaching an identification structure including a fiducial array and a reference arc to said central post;
- providing a scanned three-dimensional image of a patient including said fiducial array rigidly attached to said central post of said fixture, said fixture being rigidly attached to the patient to identify the position of said fixture and said fiducial array on the scanned image;
- using an image-guided system, by touching an image guided surgical pointer to one or more fiducials on the fiducial array to register the location of a spinal element fixed to said array; and
- emitting a signal from said reference arc to indicate changes in position of the spinal clement during a surgical procedure.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
- performing a surgical procedure percutaneously on a patient using an instrument and implant locatable relative to the spinal element and said structure in known positions identified in the surgical navigation system.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
- inserting a threaded fixture having a substantially rigid wire into a spinal element; and
- touching an image guided pointer to said threaded fixture and wire to positively register the location of said fixture and wire in a surgical navigation computer.
13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
- implanting imageable devices into spinal elements to identify the location of the spinal elements in the surgical navigation computer.
14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
- implanting imageable devices into a plurality of spinal elements; and
- manipulating the patient's spine by viewing the location of the implanted devices, as communicated to the surgical navigation computer by touching an instrument with a tracking emitter to said implanted imageable devices to align the actual position of the spinal elements with the previously scanned image.
15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:
- percutaneously implanting screws into spinal elements; and
- locating the position of said screws using image guided surgical navigation techniques.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:
- manipulating the orientation of the screw heads percutaneously using a head-positioning probe for communicating location containing an emitter, said probe communicating to the surgical navigation computer the orientation of the screw heads; and
- using a head positioning tool for manipulating implants having an end portion that mates with the heads of the screws and rotating the screws to receive a connecting implant.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
- tracking the location and position of the connecting implant by means of an instrument affixed to the implant having emitters capable of communicating orientation and location to the surgical navigation computer.
18. A system for use in performing the percutaneous placement of surgical implants and instruments into the spine using image guided surgery and a surgical navigation computer and energy detecting array, said system comprising:
- means for attaching a fixture to a portion of the spine;
- means for communicating position information to the surgical navigation computer and energy detecting array said means rigidly and removably connected to said means for attaching a fixture;
- means for providing location information of said spinal portion to the surgical navigation system adapted to be connected to spinal elements;
- means for indicating screw-head position said means electrically connected to the surgical navigation system and adapted to mate with the head of a screw implanted in one or more of said spinal elements.
19. The system of claim 18 further comprising:
- an elongated implant adapted to be inserted into said implanted screws;
- means for indicating the position of said elongated implant electrically connected to the surgical navigation system and adapted to mate with the elongated implant.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein said implanted screws have heads and the elongated implant is a rod adapted to be guided through holes in said implanted screw heads.
21. An implant system for facilitating percutaneous placement of an implant in an anatomy and adapted for use with a surgical navigation system to track positions of the implant system in space, said implant system comprising:
- an implant inserter adapted to releasably attach to the implant; and
- a position identification structure rigidly and removably attached to said implant inserter;
- wherein said position identification structure includes an assembly for providing position information to the surgical navigation system.
22. The implant system of claim 21 wherein said position identification structure includes at least one optical emitter.
23. The implant system of claim 21 wherein said position identification structure includes at least one light emitting diode.
24. The implant system of claim 21, wherein said position identification structure includes a selected geometrical shape.
25. The implant system of claim 21, wherein said position identification structure includes at least one of reflective spheres, acoustic emitters, magnets, eletromagnets, light emitting diodes, or combinations thereof.
26. The implant system of claim 25, wherein said reflectors can reflect at least one of visible light, infrared light, or combinations thereof.
27. The implant system of claim 25, wherein said magnets or electromagnets are operable to produce a magnetic field.
28. The implant system of claim 21, further comprising:
- a rod;
- wherein said rod can form a portion of the surgical implant.
29. The implant system of claim 28, wherein said rod extends between a first end and a second end;
- wherein said implant inserter is releasably attached to at least one of said first end, said second end, or combinations thereof.
30. The implant system of claim 28, wherein said rod holder is operable to assist in moving a rod along a selected path.
31. The implant system of claim 28, wherein said rod holder is operably interconnected with the implant to determine a position of at least a portion of the implant.
32. The implant system of claim 31, wherein the implant includes
- a screw head and a rod;
- wherein said position identification structure attached to said rod holder is operable to determine a position of the rod relative to the screw head.
33. The implant system of claim 21, wherein said implant inserter includes a rod holder.
34. The implant system of claim 21, further comprising:
- a bone screw;
- wherein said bone screw can form a portion of the implant.
35. The implant system of claim 34, wherein said bone screw includes a slot operable to be aligned.
36. The implant system of claim 35, further comprising:
- a second screw having a slot operable to be aligned percutaneously with said bone screw.
37. The implant system of claim 21, further comprising:
- an imaging system operable to produce image data of the anatomy.
38. The implant system of claim 37, further comprising:
- a display;
- wherein the position of the implant inserter, the position of the implant, or combinations thereof can be displayed on the display with the image data.
39. The implant system of claim 38, further comprising:
- a bone screw operable to be positioned in the anatomy;
- wherein the geometry of the bone screw can be displayed on said display relative to the image data.
40. The implant system of claim 39, wherein the position of the implant, the geometry of the screw, and combinations thereof can be used intra-operably to determine bending of a rod.
41. The implant system of claim 38, wherein the display allows for substantially percutaneous placements of the implant relative to the anatomy.
42. The implant system of claim 21, further comprising:
- an optical tracking system; an acoustic tracking system; an electromagnetic tracking system; a micropulsed radar tracking system; acoustic tracking system; or combinations thereof.
43. An implant system for facilitating percutaneous placement of an implant in an anatomy and adapted use with a surgical navigation system to track positions in space, said implant system comprising:
- an implant inserter operably interconnected to the implant;
- a position identification structure operably interconnected with said implant inserter;
- wherein said position identification structure is trackable by the surgical navigation system having a position sensing unit to determine a position of at least one of said implant inserter, said implant, said reference structure, or combinations thereof.
44. The implant system of claim 43, further comprising:
- a rod;
- wherein said rod can form a portion of the implant;
- wherein said rod extends between a first end and a second end.
45. The implant system of claim 44, wherein said implant inserter is operable to be interconnected with at least one of said first end, said second end, or combinations thereof.
46. The implant system of claim 44, wherein said implant inserter is operable to assist in moving said rod along a selected path.
47. The implant system of claim 46, further comprising:
- a bone screw;
- wherein said bone screw can form a portion of the implant.
48. The implant system of claim 47, wherein the surgical navigation system assists in displaying a position of said rod relative to said bone screw to intra-operatively determine a configuration of said rod.
49. The implant system of claim 67, wherein said position data displayed on the display is determined with a processor.
50. The implant system of claim 65, further comprising:
- a rod implant;
- a rod implant inserter;
- a rod inserter reference structure operably interconnected with said rod inserter, wherein said rod inserter reference structure is operable with the surgical navigation system to determine a position of at least a portion of said rod implant;
- wherein said implant inserter is operable to position said head relative to the anatomy percutaneously;
- wherein said rod inserter is operable to position said rod implant relative to said head that has been positioned with said implant inserter.
51. The implant system of claim 43, wherein said position identification structure includes a selected geometrical shape.
52. The implant system of claim 43, wherein said position identification structure includes at least one of reflective spheres, acoustic emitters, magnets, electromagnets, emitting members, or combinations thereof.
53. The implant system of claim 52, wherein said emitting members include light emitting diodes.
54. The implant system of claim 52, wherein said reflectors can reflect at least one of visible light, infrared light, or combinations thereof.
55. The implant system of claim 43, further comprising:
- an imaging system operable to produce image data of the anatomy.
56. The implant system of claim 55, further comprising:
- a display;
- wherein the position of the implant inserter, the position of the surgical implant, or combinations thereof can be displayed on the display with the image data.
57. The implant system of claim 56, further comprising:
- a bone screw operable to be positioned in the anatomy;
- wherein the geometry of the bone screw can be displayed on said display relative to the image data.
58. The implant system of claim 57, wherein the position of the implant, the geometry of the screw, and combinations thereof can be used intra-operatively to determine bending of a rod.
59. The implant system of claim 56, wherein the display allows for substantially percutaneous placements of the implant relative to the anatomy.
60. The implant system of claim 59, wherein said implant is a screw.
61. The implant system of claim 43, wherein said reference structure is removably connected to said implant inserter.
62. The implant system of claim 43, further comprising:
- an optical tracking system; an acoustic tracking system; an electromagnetic tracking system; a micropulsed radar tracking system; acoustic tracking system; or combinations thereof.
63. An implant system for facilitating percutaneous placement of an implant in an anatomy that can be used with a surgical navigation system to track positions in space, the implant system comprising:
- an implant having a head and a body operable to be positioned relative to a selected portion of the anatomy;
- an implant inserter operable to be interconnected to said head of said implant; and
- a reference structure operable to be interconnected with said implant inserter;
- wherein said reference structure is operable with the surgical navigation system having a position sensing unit to identify relative positions of reference points to be displayed at the reference structure to determine a position and produce position data of at least one of said implant inserter, said implant, said reference structure, or combinations thereof;
- wherein said implant inserter is operable to move said implant relative to the anatomy.
64. The implant system of claim 63, wherein said implant includes a screw and said body includes a thread operable to engage the anatomy;
- wherein said implant inserter is operable to interconnect with at least the head of said screw.
65. The implant system of claim 63, further comprising:
- an imaging device that produces image data of the anatomy.
66. The implant system of claim 65, further comprising:
- a display;
- wherein said display is operable to display the image data of the anatomy.
67. The implant system of claim 66, wherein the position data of said implant is determined by determining a position of the reference structure relative to the anatomy;
- wherein said implant position data is displayed on the display relative to the image data of the anatomy.
68. The implant system of claim 67, wherein said implant position data includes a position of said head.
69. The implant system of claim 47, wherein said head includes a slot.
70. The implant system of claim 69, wherein said implant position data includes a position of said slot.
71. The implant system of claim 63, wherein said implant is operable to be positioned percutaneously relative to the anatomy via said implant inserter;
- wherein said implant is operable to be manipulated percutaneously via said implant inserter and said referenced structure.
72. The implant system of claim 71, wherein the position image data of the implant is displayed on a display relative to image data of the anatomy to facilitate percutaneous placement of the implant relative to the anatomy.
73. The implant system of claim 72, wherein positioning of the implants includes positioning a head of a bone screw in a selected orientation relative to the anatomy.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 12, 2006
Date of Patent: Mar 1, 2011
Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Inventors: Kevin T. Foley (Germantown, TN), John B. Clayton (Superior, CO), Anthony Melkent (Memphis, TN), Michael Sherman (Memphis, TN)
Primary Examiner: George Manuel
Attorney: Harness, Dickey
Application Number: 11/451,594
International Classification: A61B 5/05 (20060101);