	US 12,186,030 B2
	Intraoperative fluoroscopic registration of vertebral bodies
Hector Pacheco, Encinitas, CA (US)
Assigned to LEUCADIA 6, LLC., El Paso, TX (US)
Filed by Hector Pacheco, Encinitas, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,824.
Application 18/302,824 is a continuation of application No. 15/795,503, filed on Oct. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,653,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/413,579, filed on Oct. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248448 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0092 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61F 2002/4635 (2013.01)]

12 Claims

1. A method for enhancement of fluoroscopic registration in real time for placement of pedicle screws, vertebral augmentation or interbody spacers/artificial discs during spine surgery, comprising:

creating, by an imaging device in a first position for lateral imaging, a lateral image of a vertebral body in which a superior endplate is at least partially visualized,

rotating the imaging device from the first position to a second position for Anterior-Posterior (AP) imaging to obtain an AP image of a pedicle, wherein the obtained AP image matches a 2D contour mapping generated by manual templating or automated templating, and

positioning a pedicle screw, vertebral augmentation, interbody spacer, or artificial disc in or adjacent to the pedicle following the 2D contour mapping.