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The design module 450 designs a patient-specific instrument (or patient-specific instrument model) based on the preliminary instrument model. The design operation of the design module 450 may be completely automated, partially automated, or completely manual. A user may control how automated or manual the designing of the patient-specific instrument (or patient-specific instrument model) is. |
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The manufacturing module 460 may manufacture a patient-specific instrument 406 using the preliminary instrument model. The manufacturing module 460 may use a patient-specific instrument model generated from the preliminary instrument model. The manufacturing module 460 may provide the patient-specific instrument model to one or more manufacturing tools and/or fabrication tool (e.g., additive and/or subtractive). The patient-specific instrument model may be sent to the tools in any format such as an STL file or any other CAD modeling or CAM file or method for data exchange. In one embodiment, a user can adjust default parameters for the patient-specific instrument such as types and/or thicknesses of materials, dimensions, and the like before the manufacturing module 460 provides the patient-specific instrument model to a manufacturing tool. |
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Effective connection of the guide to one or more bones can ensure that surgical steps are performed in desired locations and/or with desired orientations and mitigate undesired surgical outcomes. |
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FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary system 500 configured to generate one or more patient-specific instruments configured to correct a bone condition, according to one embodiment. The system 500 may include similar components or modules to those described in relation to FIG. 4. In addition, the system 500 may include a fixator selector 502 and/or an export module 504. |
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The fixator selector 502 enables a user to determine which fixator(s) to use for a MIS bunion correction procedure planned for a patient. In one embodiment, the fixator selector 502 may recommend one or more fixators based on the bone model 404, the location, the trajectory, or input from a user or a history of prior MIS bunion correction procedures performed. The fixator selector 502 may select a fixator model from a set of predefined fixator models or select a physical fixator from a set of fixators. The fixators may include a plate and associated accessories such as screws, anchors, and the like. |
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In one embodiment, the fixator selector 502 includes an artificial intelligence or machine learning module. The artificial intelligence or machine learning module is configured to implement one or more of a variety of artificial intelligence modules that may be trained for selecting fixator(s) based on anatomic data 412 and/or other input parameters. In one embodiment, the artificial intelligence or machine learning module may be trained using a large data set of anatomic data 412 for suitable fixator(s) identified and labeled in the dataset by professionals for use to treat a particular condition. The artificial intelligence or machine learning module may implement, or use, a neural network configured according to the training such that the artificial intelligence or machine learning module is able to select or recommend suitable fixator(s). |
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The export module 504 is configured to enable exporting of a patient-specific instrument model 462 for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, fabrication/manufacture of a patient-specific instrument 406 and/or fixator(s), generation of a preoperative plan, generation of a physical bone model matching the bone model 404, and the like. In one embodiment, the export module 504 is configured to export the bone model 404, anatomic data 412, a patient-specific instrument model 462, a preoperative plan 506, a fixator model 508, or the like. In this manner the custom instrumentation and/or procedural steps for a procedure (e.g., a graft harvesting procedure, minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedure, or the like) can be used in other tools. The preoperative plan 506 may include a set of step-by-step instructions or recommendations for a surgeon or other staff in performing a procedure (e.g., a graft harvesting procedure, minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedure, or the like). The preoperative plan 506 may include images and text instructions and may include identification of instrumentation to be used for different steps of the procedure (e.g., a graft harvesting procedure, minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedure, or the like). The instrumentation may include the patient-specific instrument 406 and/or one or more fixators/fasteners. In one embodiment, the export module 504 may provide a fixator model which can be used to fabricate a fixator for the procedure. |
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The exports (404, 412, 462, 506, and 508) may be inputs for a variety of 3rd party tools 510 including a manufacturing tool, a simulation tool, a virtual reality tool, an augmented reality tool, an operative procedure simulation tool, a robotic assistance tool, and the like. A surgeon can then use these tools when performing a procedure or for rehearsals and preparation for the procedure. For example, a physical model of the bones, patient-specific instrument 406, and/or fixators can be fabricated, and these can be used for a rehearsal operative procedure. Alternatively, a surgeon can use the bone model 404, preliminary instrument model 438, and/or a fixator model to perform a simulated procedure using an operative procedure simulation tool. |
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Referring now to FIGS. 3-5, certain methods, systems, and/or apparatuses are disclosed herein for preparing for, planning, outlining, and/or instrumenting, one or more surgical procedures. Alternatively, or in addition, the methods, systems, and/or apparatuses a disclosed herein can be used for preoperative development and design of systems, instrumentation, and/or implants and/or for preoperative rehearsal and/or instruction of a surgeon before the surgical procedure. For example, a surgeon can use the method 300, bone model(s) 404, patient instrument(s) 406, system 400, and/or apparatus 402 to perform a mock surgical procedure virtually before an actual surgical procedure. |
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These techniques and/or technologies can greatly advance the medical field and provide valuable instruction and experience to a surgeon prior to an actual surgical procedure. Furthermore, these techniques and/or technologies are made effective owing to the accuracy and precision of the models because of the fidelity of the medical imaging of the patient anatomy. This virtual modeling of patient anatomy has become accurate and helpful, particularly for hard tissue such as bones and the surfaces of these bones. |
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The fidelity and accuracy of soft tissue models is not as advanced as hard tissue models. Models soft tissue of a patient such as sinews, skin, tendons, ligaments, muscles, fat, and the like may be of limited help preoperatively. Thus, rehearsal of a surgical procedure, particularly one that includes translating and/or reorienting one or more bone fragments may have limited benefits. In such cases, because the surgeon cannot predict or know beforehand how much movement and reorientation the soft tissue of a patient will permit, the surgeon may need to revise or adapt a surgical procedure intraoperatively to achieve optimal outcomes. The system, apparatus, and methods of the present disclosure enable a surgeon to make intraoperative adjustments to surgical plan based on what the surgeon learns during the surgery. |
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However, the present disclosure can provide a very accurate representation because bone models of the bone model 404 can originate from medical imaging taken with soft tissue in place, the bone model 404 initially reflects bone orientation and/or relationships based on the current soft tissue arrangement. A surgeon, recognizing the role soft tissue may play during the surgical procedure, the surgeon may arrange for two or more preoperative plans and/or one or more patient-specific instruments to accommodate what is found during the surgical procedure. |
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The present disclosure leverages the use of models, such as computer models, and particularly models of a specific patient to provide and/or generate instrumentation, implants, and/or surgical plans that advanced patient care. Advantageously, these models are unique and customized for a particular patient. Thus, the models reflect the actual anatomical features and aspects of the patient. |
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However, the utility and helpfulness of the models, methods, systems, and/or apparatuses of FIGS 3-5, may be dependent on how effectively a surgeon can navigate within, on, or in relation to one or more anatomical references or anatomical features of a patient such that the steps of the surgical procedure can be performed on a patient in the same manner as those modeled using models of the anatomy of the patient. This process of navigation is referred to as a mapping or translation between the virtual or model environment to a physical or real-world environment that includes the patient anatomy and the operating field. |
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"Bone fragment" refers to a part of a bone that is normally part of another bone of a patient. A bone fragment may be separate from another bone of a patient due to a deformity or trauma. In one aspect, the bone the bone fragment is normally connected or joined with is referred to as a parent bone. |
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"Joint" or "Articulation" refers to the connection made between bones in a human body which link the skeletal system to form a functional whole. Joints may be biomechanically classified as a simple joint, a compound joint, or a complex joint. Joints may be classified anatomically into groups such as joints of hand, elbow joints, wrist joints, axillary joints, sternoclavicular joints, vertebral articulations, temporomandibular joints, sacroiliac joints, hip joints, knee joints, ankle joints, articulations of foot, and the like. (Search "joint" on Wikipedia.com Dec. 19, 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed Jan 20, 2022.) |
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"Articular surface" refers to a surface of a structure that is coupled to, and may cooperate with, other structures of a joint of a human to enable movement of structures of the joint. |
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"Tarso-metatarsal joint" or "TMT joint" refers to a joint of a patient between a metatarsal bone and one or more cuneiform/tarsal/cuboid bones. The TMT joint may also be referred to as a "Lis Franc" or "Lisfranc" joint after a French surgeon Lisfranc. |
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"Cut surface" refers to a surface of an object that is created or formed by the removal of one or more parts of the object that includes the original surface. Cut surfaces can be created using a variety of methods, tools, or apparatuses and may be formed using a variety of removal actions, including, but not limited to, fenestrating, drilling, abrading, cutting, sawing, chiseling, digging, scrapping, and the like. Tools and/or methods used for forming a cut surface can include manual, mechanical, motorized, hydraulic, automated, robotic, and the like. In certain embodiments, the cut surface(s) are planar. |
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"Orientation" refers to a direction, angle, position, condition, state, or configuration of a first object, component, part, apparatus, system, or assembly relative to another object, component, part, apparatus, system, assembly, reference point, reference axis, or reference plane. |
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