US 12,274,510 B2
Patient-specific implant design and manufacturing system with a surgical implant positioning manager
Niall Patrick Casey, Carlsbad, CA (US); Rodrigo Junqueira Nicolau, Cardiff, CA (US); Syed Shariq Hussain, Vista, CA (US); Jeffery Pennal, San Diego, CA (US); and Matthew Chen, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Carlsmed, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Carlsmed, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/443,676, filed on Feb. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261029 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61F 2/4611 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/104 (2016.02); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61F 2002/4633 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
(a) obtaining at least one image of an implant located in a patient, wherein the at least one image is a fluoroscopic image,
(b) identifying the implant in the at least one image;
(c) synchronizing a virtual anatomical model and the at least one image, wherein the synchronization includes performing an anatomical alignment between the virtual anatomical model and the fluoroscopic image, and
(d) comparing a position of the implant in the patient to a position of a virtual implant of the virtual anatomical model based on the synchronized virtual anatomical model and the at least one image; and
(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) to determine that the implant is positioned at an acceptable location in the patient based on the comparison, wherein the acceptable location is a maximum acceptable distance from a target location for the implant.