Abstract: An example method includes obtaining one or more intraoperative images, wherein: a surgical site includes bones that are not substantially exposed through skin of the patient during the surgery, a connected K-wire is attached to one of the bones, an external portion of the connected K-wire is connected to a fixation device that is attached to the patient; performing a registration process system with corresponding positions in a virtual coordinate system; generating a visualization that includes the models of the bones superimposed on the surgical site; based on the changes to the positions of the external portion of the connected K-wire, updating positions of the models of the bones in the visualization to maintain correspondence between positions of the bones and the positions of the models of the bones.

Abstract: A surgical system, including: surgical robot; a connection member connected to the surgical robot; a drape; a plurality of tracking array assemblies configured to engage the connection member wherein the plurality of tracking array assemblies provide different fields of view for a tracking system and wherein the drape is configured to be placed between the connection member and the plurality of tracking array assemblies.

Abstract: A system, device, and method is provided that improves the point collection process during bone registration for computer-assisted surgical procedures. A user is guided in the point collection process by projecting a set of points directly on the bone with a tracked digitizer probe following a rough registration of the bone. The system, device, and method therefore negates the need for the user to constantly look-up on an instructional display monitor and make the complicated mappings between the displayed instructions on the monitor and the actual bone.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing robotically-assisted surgery in conjunction with intra-operative imaging. A method includes moving a robotic arm with respect to a patient and an imaging device to move an end effector of the robotic arm to a pre-determined position and orientation with respect to the patient based on imaging data of the patient obtained by the imaging device. The robotic arm maintains the end effector in the pre-determined position and orientation with respect to the patient and does not collide with the imaging device or with the patient when the imaging device moves with respect to the patient.

Abstract: A medical system includes a computer having a CPU that is programmed to acquire distal end rotation information regarding a rotation movement of a distal end part of a medical device to be inserted into a living body, and acquire proximal end rotation information regarding a rotation movement of a proximal end part of the medical device to be operated by an operator.

Abstract: Systems and methods for responding to faults in a robotic system are provided herein. In some embodiments, the system includes an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, a backend housing coupled to the proximal end of the elongate body, and a control system. The backend housing includes one or more actuators configured to manipulate the distal end of the elongate body. The control system is configured to control the robotic system by performing operations including: determining an operational state of the medical robotic system, detecting a fault in one or more components of the medical robotic system, classifying the fault according to one or more heuristics, and imposing a fault reaction state on the medical robotic system based on the one or more heuristics to mitigate the fault.

Abstract: A robotic system includes an elongate instrument, a robotic manipulator, and control circuitry configured to determine an estimated position within a preoperative model of a luminal network that corresponds to a current position of the instrument, determine first and second expected subsequent branches associated with an estimated current branch where the instrument is positioned, receive image data representing an interior of the luminal network from the imaging device, identify first and second branch openings in an image associated with the image data, determine a first vector between the first branch opening and the second branch opening, determine a second vector between the first and second expected subsequent branches with respect to an image of the preoperative model, and map the first branch opening and the second branch opening to the first and second expected subsequent branches, respectively, based on the first vector and the second vector.

Abstract: A surgical robot, and a graphical control device and graphic display method therefor. The surgical robot includes: an input portion; a display (22); an operating arm (31) having a feature point sequence consisting of feature points arranged orderly, the feature points representing joints; and a controller. The controller is coupled to the input portion, the display (22) and sensors, and configured to: obtain the feature point sequence of the operating arm (31) and a corresponding kinematic model thereof (S11); obtain joint variables sensed by the sensors (S12), and obtain a virtual camera selected by the input portion (S13); determine a projection point of each feature point in the feature point sequence on a projection plane of the virtual camera according to the kinematic model and the joint variables (S14); orderly fit and connect each projection point to generate a projected image of the operating arm (31)(S15); and display the projected image on the display (22)(S16).

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving medical procedures and medical procedure management, and, more particularly, for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure and assisting medical personnel throughout the procedure or at least at the conclusion of the procedure. In one form, an apparatus for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure is disclosed having a single camera for tracking movement and/or detecting position of a plurality of medical instruments during a medical procedure as at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is moved between multiple zones at least including a first prep zone and a second procedure zone. The apparatus having a controller connected to and collecting images from the camera, and a display in electrical communication with the controller and/or the camera for displaying medical instrument data pertaining to the movement and/or position of the plurality of medical instruments.

Abstract: Robotic surgical systems and methods for resection of an anatomy. The system includes a cutting tool, a manipulator configured to move the cutting tool, and a control system. The control system associates a target plane with the anatomy, the target plane delineating a portion of the anatomy to be resected from a portion of the anatomy to remain unresected. The control system controls the manipulator to align the cutting tool to the target plane. The control system controls the manipulator in an automated mode to perform at least one of the following actions: automatically resect along the target plane with the cutting tool, automatically retract the cutting tool along the target plane, and automatically change a pose of the cutting tool on the target plane. The user or control system can pre-assign whether to perform any of the actions in the manual or automated mode.

Abstract: Robotic systems for orthopedic surgery are provided. The robotic systems may include at least first and second motors coupled to each other. An output shaft of one of the motors may be connectable to a surgical tool guide. An output shaft of another of the motors may be coupled to a portion of a ball and socket joint. A corresponding portion of the ball and socket joint may be coupled to a bone mount which may be attached to a bone to mount the first and second motors to bone for performing orthopedic surgical procedures.

Abstract: A method for performing a surgical procedure includes planning a resection of a bone of a patient. A volume of the bone is removed according to the planned resection using a surgical tool. As the bone is removed, data corresponding to a shape and volume of the removed bone is tracked with a computer system operatively coupled to the surgical tool. A prosthesis is implanted onto the bone of the patient based on the tracked data corresponding to the shape of the removed bone.

Abstract: For control of a surgical instrument in a surgical robotic system, multiple actuators establish a static pretension by actuating in opposition to each other in torque control. The static pretension reduces or removes the compliance and elasticity, reducing the backlash width. To drive the tool, the actuators are then moved in cooperation with each other in position mode control so that the movement maintains the static pretension while providing precise control.

Abstract: A powered surgical system includes an instrument drive unit and an instrument configured to couple to the instrument drive unit. The system also includes a detection circuit configured to supply input signal to the instrument and to output one of a first value indicating a connection of the instrument or a second value indicating a disconnection of the instrument in an asymmetric-in-time hysteresis manner. The connection of the instrument is detected within a first interval and the disconnection of the instrument is detected after expiration of a second interval that is longer than the first interval.

Abstract: A robotic surgical assembly (100) includes a support (104), one macro-positioning arm (30), connected to the support (104) and having a plurality of degrees of freedom. The macro-positioning arm (30) includes a support member (38), at least two micro-positioning devices (41, 141, 241, 341), each having a plurality of motorized degrees of freedom, connected in cascade to the support member (38) of the macro-positioning arm (30), and at least two medical instruments (60, 160, 260, 360). Each instrument is connected in cascade to each of the micro-positioning device and includes a jointed device (70, 170, 270) having a plurality of motorized degrees of freedom including a plurality of rotational joints. Each of the at least two medical instruments (60, 160, 260, 360) has a shaft (65), suitable for distancing the jointed device from the micro-positioning devices by a predetermined distance in a shaft direction (X-X).

Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing removably coupled to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to send a command signal to a motor of the tool driver to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing, monitor torque and rotational motion of the motor with a torque sensor and a rotary encoder, respectively, in communication with the computer system, measure an unexpected change in the torque or the rotational motion of the motor with the torque sensor or the rotary encoder when the surgical tool is manually bailed out by manually rotating the drive shaft and backdriving the motor, report the unexpected change as a bailout signal, and disable the surgical tool once the bailout signal is received.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surgical drape to be used in conjunction with a surgical procedure, and more specifically to a surgical drape that includes one or more of the following: (1) a patient drape for use with a standalone non-draped image acquisition device; (2) a patient drape for use with a standalone non-draped image acquisition device with image guidance navigation technology; (3) the means to provide temporary sterile coverage of an underlying sterile field; (4) the means to provide sterile separation of at least a portion, if not the entire temporary sterile coverage; and (5) the means to provide covering of the undersurface of the operating surface and enclosing any suspended medical devices, wires, cables, tubes, etc.

Abstract: Image guided interventions are performed in a sterile environment. A device is provided for imaging at least a part of a patient, wherein the device includes a detection apparatus having a tunnel through which or into which the patient is configured to be transported for imaging purposes. A sterile cover rolled up or folded is provided at the outside of the tunnel. A covering mechanism is capable of unrolling or unfolding the sterile cover and draping the sterile cover in the tunnel, such that the inner wall of tunnel is at least partially covered by the sterile cover.

Abstract: A surgical drape support for positioning on a patient's chest to support a drape above the patient's nose and mouth includes a main arch defining an inner main surface, an outer main surface, a main crown, a first main base edge, and a second main base edge. A first lower foot extends downward from the first main base edge and away from the outer main surface. A second lower foot extends downward from the second main base edge and away from the outer main surface. A first upper foot and a second upper foot extend upwards and away from the outer main surface to a position above the main crown. When the first lower foot and the second lower foot are positioned on the patient's chest they are configured to support the drape over the patient's nose and mouth.

Abstract: A blood-management-system for collecting blood from a surgical-site of a patient and for measuring the patient's blood loss is disclosed. The blood management system includes a drape configured to be disposed on the patient. The drape further includes an adhesive layer forming a seal between the drape and a region surrounding the surgical site. The blood management-system further includes a drape-collector disposed on the drape, in the proximity of the surgical-site. The drape-collector is configured to collect blood spilled on the surgical-site-layer, to store blood, and to evaluate the quantity of blood collected in the drape-collector. The blood-management-system further includes blood-containers configured to receive fluids from the drape, to store the fluids, and to measure the fluids quantity. The blood-management-system further includes a computing system configured to receive information from the drape-collector and the blood-container and to evaluate the amount of blood lost by the patient.

Abstract: Portable surgical systems for regulating intra-operative environments over surgical sites are disclosed. The surgical systems include a flexible surgical enclosure configured to be attached to the surgical site of a patient. The enclosure enables operators to perform surgery on the surgical site from inside the enclosure. The enclosure may further include a patient-limb-port configured to enable the patient to insert an arm or a leg into the enclosure so that a limb-surgical-site is disposed inside the enclosure. The surgical system may further include an active environment control unit with one or multiple sensors. The surgical system prevents outer environment contaminants from reaching the surgical site while providing a barrier protecting operators from exposure to blood and biological matter generated during the surgery. The portable surgical system is used to perform surgery in environments other than operating rooms, such as outdoors, in tents, in cottages, and non-sterile rooms.

Abstract: An assembly including a receptacle having a cavity and a support member positioned within the cavity. The support member has a plurality of grooves and ridges that extend from a front end to a rear end. The grooves extend below a top end of a front wall of the receptacle. A surgical instrument is positioned on a top surface of the support member. The proximal end of the surgical instrument is positioned in one of the grooves of the support member and a distal end of the surgical instrument is positioned on a top end of a front wall of the receptacle such that a rear handle member and a forward handle member of the instrument extend vertically away from the support member.

Abstract: A packaging for a vascular implant having a first packaging tube and a holder having at least one recess. The implant is positioned within the holder in a first looped condition, wherein the implant is movable from the holder into the first packaging tube and maintained within the first packaging tube in a second more linear condition. A looped portion of the implant includes a plurality of loops receivable in the at least one recess.

Abstract: The invention involves a system and method for quickly retracting a tool from a surgical site. The system is generally constructed and arranged for attachment to a robotic arm for manipulation of the tool to perform an in-vivo surgery. The tool is constructed to retract from the surgical site upon a predetermined condition. The system and the robot can be reset when the condition has cleared so that the surgery can continue.

Abstract: A headrest for an immobilization system for immobilizing at least a part of a patient is provided. The headrest includes a supporting structure and a sheet-like formed elastic panel attached to the supporting structure on at least two opposite sides of the elastic panel. The elastic panel is configured to support at least a part of a head and/or at least a part of a neck of a patient, wherein at least a part of the elastic panel is stretchable and configured to stretch when said at least part of the head and/or neck of the patient is arranged on the elastic panel, such that a shape of said at least part of the elastic panel is formed corresponding to a shape of said at least part of the head and/or neck of the patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical assistant. The systems may obtain position information of a target inside a subject during an operation. The systems may also determine depth information of the target with respect to an operational region of the subject based on the position information. The systems may further direct an optical projection device to project an optical signal representing the depth information on a surface of the subject.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to embodiments of a patient-specific or patient-matched, customized apparatus for assisting in various surgical procedures. In varying embodiments, patient-specific guides may comprise multiple patient-specific surfaces for mating with the underlying patient anatomy and may further comprise one or more protrusions or projections for facilitating placement and attachment, at least temporarily, to the desired location of the patient's anatomy. The apparatus described herein are preferably used with cervical and/or certain thoracic levels of the human spine and may comprise single or multi-level guides for placement of instruments and/or implants during a variety of surgical procedures.

Abstract: The disclosed methods and systems provide for working with the ever-increasing features of electroanatomical maps, displayed for use in various medical procedures. The features are represented, for example, as “map layers” or “layers” (these terms used interchangeably herein), and allow the operator of the electroanatomical mapping system to define and control all of the layers of the electroanatomical map being displayed from a single form.

Abstract: Marking device (100) for implantation into a tissue (260), having a support structure (102) which is formed by at least one elastic metal wire, is compressible and is self-expanding and which, in an expanded state, encompasses an interior space (104), characterized in that the marking device (100) is designed to transform itself on its own from a compressed state into an expanded state, even against a tissue pressure prevailing at a tissue site to be marked, and the marking device (100) in the expanded state has a hollow, approximately spherical shape.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and medical device accessories. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tool or accessory for cleaning a medical device. For example, the tool or accessory may clean a fluid delivery lumen of an endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) knife. The tool or accessory may include a housing with a first portion of an elongate member secured within a first portion of the housing and a second portion of the elongate member extending into a chamber of the housing.

Abstract: A wall portion of a dental handpiece accommodates a cam pin 111 with a cam hole 21 or a cam groove 211 designed so that the size of the cam hole 21 or the cam groove 211 is larger than the size of the cam pin 111 in each of the axial direction and the circumferential direction of a vibration cylinder 20. Therefore, a rotating member 110 is rotationally driven, and a vibrating force acts on the vibration cylinder 20 in the axial direction through the cam pin 111. In this manner, the vibration cylinder 20 vibrates or reciprocates in the axial direction with respect to a second cylindrical member 12, and vibrates or reciprocates in the circumferential direction. In addition, a needle portion 42 protruding from a through-hole 202 of the vibration cylinder 20 vibrates while being bent.

Abstract: Provided are a tooth extraction auxiliary tool and the like which can reduce a burden on a tooth serving as a tooth extraction target, an alveolar bone at this tooth extraction target site, and/or adjacent teeth. A tooth extraction auxiliary tool 1 having a first auxiliary substrate 11 and a second auxiliary substrate 12 is used. The first auxiliary substrate 11 is inserted into a recessed portion X0 formed in a tooth X2, and a hot melt adhesive M is injected. In a state where the tooth extraction auxiliary tool 1 is firmly fixed to the tooth X2 by the solidified hot melt adhesive M, the second auxiliary substrate 12 is gripped by fingertips of an operator, and the tooth X2 is pulled out from a gum X1 while the tooth X2 is twisted.

Abstract: A dental matrix band in sectional or circumferential configurations comprises at least a first elongated tab with a plurality of through holes and perforations on the undersurface to aid in positioning and bonding of the dental matrix band to a tooth or teeth adjacent the tooth being restored to improve the restoration procedure and results.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to capturing a 3-dimensional representation of a patient's face from multiple angles to be integrated with (fused) with at least a 3-dimensional intra-oral mesh of the patient's teeth for purposes of visualizing a dental treatment plan. In one aspect, a method includes capturing media of a patient's face from multiple angles, using at least one device; transforming the media into a 3-dimensional representation of the patient's face; and transmitting, the 3-dimensional representation of the patient's face to one or more processing components to be integrated with a 3-dimensional representation of the patient's intra-oral scan to visualize a dental treatment plan for the patient.

Abstract: Please cancel the previous version of the Abstract and replace with the following amended Orthodontic treatment planning systems and associated methods are provided. In some embodiments, a treatment planning system can generate at least one treatment plan for a patient based on an initial tooth data set. The at least one treatment plan can include a plurality of planned successive tooth arrangements for moving teeth along a treatment path from an initial arrangement toward a selected final arrangement. The at least one treatment plan can further include a series of one or more treatment stages to move teeth along the treatment path. The treatment planning system can further display tooth arrangements for each of the one or more treatment stages and allow a user to compare tooth arrangements for at least two different treatment stages. Furthermore, the treatment planning system can allow the user to select a treatment plan after comparing tooth arrangements.

Abstract: Orthodontic appliances, methods of preparing and seating said orthodontic appliances, and kits including said orthodontic appliances are described.

Abstract: This invention is an orthodontic bracket with adjustable slot prescriptions in all directions of space while continuously attached to tooth surface. The disclosed bracket is composed of a base designed to be attached to tooth surface, a fixed portion linked to bracket base, and a movable portion containing bracket slot. The articulation between fixed and movable portions is ball-to-socket form. Both spherical ball and socket articulating surfaces have indentations that, when closed, engage in a firm and stable manner, and when open, allow free rotational and spherical movement to movable portion of bracket and the slot. The bracket slot can be adjusted to the desired prescriptions in one or all planes of space while it remains affixed to tooth surface, eliminating necessity of brackets change during treatment. It will lead to personalized treatment planning, shorter treatment duration, more precise and physiological forces applied to tooth and periodontal structures.

Abstract: A dental implant in which an external thread structure of the implant and an internal polygonal part structure are improved, thereby being capable of preventing a fatigue fracture caused by stress concentration at a portion adjacent to the polygonal part inside the implant. The dental implant implantable into an alveolar bone tissue and forming an artificial tooth root includes an external bottom thread section machined up to a predetermined section upward from a bottom of an outer peripheral surface of the implant so that threads having large heights are formed by a first bit, and includes an external top thread section machined above the external bottom thread section so that threads having small heights are formed by a second bit having a different machining surface shape and a different width. The threads of each thread section have the same pitches and the same crest widths.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an implant device in a shape of a natural tooth with a removable tooth root. The implant device includes an implant body having a tooth root hole formed to penetrate therethrough, an integral tooth root formed by being integrally coupled to the implant body, a removable tooth root formed to extend from the implant body while being inserted along the root hole, and a tooth root fixing unit formed to fix the removable tooth root to the implant body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant-driver tool and method of using same for proper insertion of implants into a predrilled drillhole in a bone.

Abstract: A dental impression tray having a plurality of adjoining segments forming an entirety thereof. A hinge is optionally provided between each of the adjoining segments allowing movement of the segments relative to each other. Each of the segments has slots therein. Removable stiffening elements are used for selectively locking and unlocking the hinges, during the use thereof for taking a dental impression, and for removing a stone model therefrom respectively. The tray optionally comprises one or more hinges. The stiffening elements and the slots have a moment of inertia to resist bending stress. Because of the hinges and the stiffening elements, there is no possibility of lateral movement of one segment relative to the other. The lateral guiding of the segments prevents, to a great extent, any deformation in the dental stone model when the tray is manipulated with a strong hand grip.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dental method that comprises receiving a selection of a replacement tooth for a subject. The method further comprises receiving one or more three-dimensional digital tooth models descriptive of one or more teeth of the subject. The method further comprises receiving a generated three-dimensional digital model of the replacement tooth in response to inputting the one or more three-dimensional digital tooth models descriptive of one or more teeth of the subject into a tooth model generating neural network. The tooth model generating neural network comprises an encoder portion and a decoder portion. The encoder portion is configured for outputting a collective feature vector descriptive of the one or more digital tooth models. The tooth model generating neural network further comprises at least one fully connected layer configured to output a latent space vector into the decoder portion in response to receiving the collective feature vector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for matching three-dimensional intra-oral scan data, the device comprising a computed tomography (CT) image depth map generation unit, a depth map coordinate difference information determination unit, a depth map correction unit, and an intra-oral scan model recovery unit. The CT image depth map generation unit generates a depth map of a CT frame from a CT image by using information about a single scan frame of the scan data. The depth map coordinate difference information determination unit determines depth map coordinate difference information between the depth map of the CT frame and a depth map of the scan frame. The depth map correction unit corrects the depth map of the scan frame on the basis of the depth map coordinate difference information. The intra-oral scan model recovery unit recovers a three-dimensional intra-oral scan model on the basis of the corrected depth map of the scan frame.

Abstract: A dental hygiene device for cleaning surfaces between adjacent teeth is disclosed. The dental hygiene device includes a housing configured to be held by a hand during flossing; where the housing includes a chamber within the housing; a toothpaste dentifrice solution contained within the chamber; and dental floss disposed within the housing on a spool, the dental floss and the spool configured to thread through the chamber, where the chamber comprises one or more apertures configured to allow the dental floss to receive a thin coat of the toothpaste dentifrice solution while passing through the chamber, where the chamber comprises a floss directing implement to improve adhesion of the toothpaste dentifrice onto the surface of the floss as it passes through the chamber.

Abstract: A tooth whitening apparatus which includes a container having a cavity containing a tooth whitening composition and an applicator assembly which includes a cap, a rod member coupled to the cap and protruding from a bottom end of the cap and having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, and a distal portion, and an applicator tip coupled to the distal portion of the rod member. The applicator assembly is alterable between: (1) an attached state whereby the cavity of the container is sealed; and (2) a detached state whereby the applicator assembly is separated from the container to apply the tooth whitening composition onto a user's teeth. The outer surface of the rod member includes at least one vent groove that is elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis to reduce a pressure in the cavity of the container when altering the applicator assembly into the attached state.

Abstract: An electric toothbrush for pets includes a housing configured to have a button unit, a power-supply unit configured to supply power, a toothbrush head connected to the housing, a vibration unit configured to vibrate the toothbrush head using the supplied power, and a MCU configured to control the vibration unit. The MCU controls the vibration unit to vibrate with a first vibration pattern, based on an input signal generated when a button included in the button unit is selected.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are gender-specific implantable mesh for inguinal hernia repair in a patient, comprising: a fabric layer comprising a side defining a surface area wherein the fabric layer is configured to enable tissue adhesion to said mesh; an anti-adhesive barrier comprising a shape configured to prevent direct contact between the fabric layer and both a spermatic cord and a genital nerve upon implantation, wherein the shape covers a part of the surface area on the side of the fabric layer, the part being less than 25%, and wherein the shape is oblique to a horizontally-oriented centerline and a vertically-oriented centerline; and a keyhole configured to fit the genital nerve and the spermatic cord of the patient therethrough without constriction, wherein the keyhole is oblique and inferior to a horizontally-oriented centerline and medial to a vertically-oriented centerline.

Abstract: Configurations are described for assisting execution of a percutaneous procedure while protecting the vascular pathway to the target treatment area. One example is directed to an embolic protection system for deploying a device to a distal location across a diseased vessel, the embolic protection system which may include an expandable introducer, an embolic protection device, and a loading sleeve.

Abstract: A system and a method for treating an aortic dissection comprising deploying a crescent-shaped stent graft in the false lumen through the re-entry point. The stent graft comprises a graft structure secured to a stent structure. The stent graft is geometrically configured to block or occlude the blood flow through to the false lumen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a covered stent (100), including a hollow tubular main body (10), and a window (20) provided on a side wall of the tubular main body (10). An elastic supporting member (30) is provided at a periphery of the window (20); an imaging member (40) is provided on the elastic supporting member (30); and at least part of the imaging member (40) is movably connected to the elastic supporting member (30). Since the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) are located at the periphery of the window (20), the imaging member (40) and the elastic supporting member (30) enable the periphery of the window (20) to simultaneously have a good imaging performance and a good supporting performance.