US 11,931,115 B2
Surgical sensor anchor system
Peter L. Bono, Bingham Farms, MI (US); James D. Lark, West Bloomfield, MI (US); John S. Scales, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Thomas J. Lord, South Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed by GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., Audubon, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,694.
Application 17/548,694 is a division of application No. 16/246,291, filed on Jan. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,224,484.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,754, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/681,462, filed on Jun. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/616,673, filed on Jan. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096173 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/8605 (2013.01); A61B 17/864 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3958 (2016.02); A61B 2090/397 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3995 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of performing a robotically assisted surgical procedure comprising:
providing a surgical sensor anchor system for use in surgical procedures utilizing robotic devices comprising:
a surgical sensor anchor, said surgical sensor anchor comprising:
a first end configured to engage with a body part or organ;
an opposing second end positioned away from said body part when inserted therein; and
a cylindrical main body having an outer surface, the cylindrical main body separating said first end and said second end, said main body having an interior region;
an insertion tool engaging member positioned on the outer surface and configured for engaging with an insertion tool, wherein the insertion tool engaging member is an elongated flange arranged parallel relative to a longitudinal axis of the surgical sensor anchor, wherein the insertion tool includes a shaft, an opening at an end of the shaft configured to engage the opposing second end, and a slotted opening extending along the length of the shaft, and wherein the elongated flange is configured to engage the slotted opening when the opening engages the opposing second end;
an electromagnetic sensor, said electromagnetic sensor housed within said interior region of said main body, wherein a portion of the electromagnetic sensor is positioned below an outer surface of a bone when said main body is engaged to the bone,
using the surgical sensor anchor during the robotically-assisted surgical procedure to track movement of at least one portion of a body structure undergoing a surgical procedure or tracking movement of a body structure near a surgical site.