US 12,408,984 B2
Surgical image system and method
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 Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,151.
Application 17/461,151 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/816,861, filed on Nov. 17, 2017, granted, now 11,135,026.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/142,716, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/423,677, filed on Nov. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031395 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring the location of bones for robotic surgery comprising:
inserting at least one electromagnetic sensor into a bone;
taking a computerized tomographic scan of the bone and surrounding area so that the at least one electromagnetic sensor is visible in the computerized tomographic scan;
storing the computerized tomographic scan on an electronic media that is computer readable;
providing a surgical robot having an arm including at least two axes of movement, the robot electrically connected to a computer for controlling the movement of the robot axes, the computer having an input device for inputting commands for robot movement, the computer including a storage medium for storing and recalling electronic data;
connecting a monitor to the computer to receive electrical signals therefrom for visualizing operations performed by the computer;
connecting an ultrasound probe to the surgical robot;
utilizing the computer input device to cause the surgical robot to move the ultrasound probe to a position to capture an image of the at least one electromagnetic sensor which may include surrounding tissues;
storing the ultrasound image on the computer storage medium;
causing the computer to show the computerized tomographic image on the monitor;
recalling and overlaying the ultrasound image upon the computer tomographic image; and
resizing the images to match each other using the at least one electromagnetic sensor visible in both images.