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US 11,684,423 · App. 16/817,101 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Algorithm-based optimization for knee arthroplasty procedures

Inventors: Brian W. McKinnon (Arlington, TN); Ruxandra Cristiana Marinescu Tanasoca (Memphis, TN); Randy C. Winebarger (Southaven, MS); William L. Bowers, Jr. (Southaven, MS); James Bennett Wiebe, III (Coldwater, MS); Nathaniel Milton Lenz (Germantown, TN); Zachary Christopher Wilkinson (Germantown, TN); Sean M. Haddock (Germantown, TN); Ryan Lloyd Landon (Olive Branch, MS); Constantinos Nikou (Monroeville, PA); Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh, PA); Paul Alexander Torrie (Marblehead, MA)
Assignees: Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG; Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,684,423
App. No.
16/817,101
Filed
Mar 12, 2020
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2667
USPC
703/11
Abstract

A method for optimizing a knee arthroplasty surgical procedure includes receiving pre-operative data comprising (i) anatomical measurements of the patient, (ii) soft tissue measurements of the patient's anatomy, and (iii) implant parameters identifying an implant to be used in the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure. An equation set is selected from a plurality of pre-generated equation sets based on the pre-operative data. During the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values are generated and displayed using an optimization process. The optimization process includes collecting intraoperative data from one or more surgical tools of a computer-assisted surgical system, and using the intraoperative data and the pre-operative data to solve the equation set, thereby yielding the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values. A visualization is then provided of the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on the displays.

Claims (41)

1. A method for optimizing a knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, the method comprising:

receiving pre-operative data comprising (i) anatomical measurements of the patient, (ii) soft tissue measurements of the patient's anatomy, and (iii) implant parameters identifying an implant to be used in the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure;

selecting an equation set from a plurality of pre-generated equation sets based on the pre-operative data; and

during the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, providing patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on one or more displays using an optimization process comprising:

collecting intraoperative data from one or more surgical tools of a computer-assisted surgical system,

using the intraoperative data and the pre-operative data to solve the equation set, thereby yielding the plurality of patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values, and

providing a visualization of the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on the one or more displays.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values comprise subsets of kinetic and kinematic response values for a plurality of knee flexion values.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the visualization is interactive and allows user-selection of individual subsets of the kinetic and kinematic response values based on a user-selected knee flexion value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein for each patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value, the visualization displays an indication of differences between the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value and a corresponding target value provided by a surgeon.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value and corresponding target value is depicted on a slider scale.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the slider scale further includes one or more indicators of a 510(K) limit associated with the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value depicted on the slider scale.

7. The method of claim 1 , where a distinct weight value is applied to each the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value during the solving of the equation set.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the equation set is solved using a Goal Programming (GP) algorithm.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the distinct weight value applied to the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values are determined though a Group Decision Making (GDM) process.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimization process is executed in response to activation of one or more user interface components on the one or more displays.

11. A method for optimizing a knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, the method comprising:

receiving pre-operative data comprising (i) anatomical measurements of the patient, (ii) soft tissue measurements of the patient's anatomy, and (iii) implant parameters identifying an implant to be used in the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure;

selecting a machine learning model from a plurality of trained machine learning models based on the pre-operative data, wherein the machine learning model is trained to transform the pre-operative data to one or more kinetic response values and one or more kinematic response values; and

during the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, providing patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on one or more displays using an optimization process comprising: collecting intraoperative data from one or more surgical tools of a computer-assisted surgical system,

applying the machine learning model to the pre-operative data and the intraoperative data, thereby determining a plurality of patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values, and

providing a visualization of the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on the one or more displays.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values comprise kinetic and kinematic response values for a plurality of knee flexion values.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the visualization is interactive and allows user-selection of individual subsets of the kinetic and kinematic response values based on a user-selected knee flexion value.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein for each patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value, the visualization displays an indication of differences between the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value and a corresponding target value provided by a surgeon.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value and corresponding target value is depicted on a slider scale.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the slider scale further includes one or more indicators of a 510(K) limit associated with the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response value depicted on the slider scale.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine learning model is a neural network trained using a database of information collected from previous knee arthroplasty surgical procedures.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the machine learning model is a support vector machine trained using a database of information collected from previous knee arthroplasty surgical procedures.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting an update of one or more of the pre-operative data during the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure;

applying the machine learning model to the updated pre-operative data, thereby determining a plurality of updated patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values;

providing a visualization of the updated patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values on the one or more displays.

20. A computer-assisted surgical system comprising:

one or more surgical tools generating intraoperative data during a knee arthroplasty surgical procedure;

a database comprising a plurality of pre-generated equation sets;

a processor configured to:

receive pre-operative data comprising (i) anatomical measurements of the patient, (ii) soft tissue measurements of the patient's anatomy, and (iii) implant parameters identifying an implant to be used in the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure;

select an equation set from the plurality of pre-generated equation sets based on the pre-operative data,

during the knee arthroplasty surgical procedure, perform an optimization process solving the equation set using the pre-operative data and the intraoperative data to determine a plurality of patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values; and

a graphical user interface providing an interactive visualization of the patient-specific kinetic and kinematic response values.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: MCKINNON, BRIAN W.; MARINESCU TANASOCA, RUXANDRA CRISTIANA; WINEBARGER, RANDY C.; BOWERS, WILLIAM L., JR.; LENZ, NATHANIEL MILTON; WILKINSON, ZACHARY CHRISTOPHER; HADDOCK, SEAN M.; LANDON, RYAN LLOYD; NIKOU, CONSTANTINOS; JARAMAZ, BRANISLAV; TORRIE, PAUL ALEXANDER
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 058239/0607 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: WIEBE, JAMES BENNETT, III
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 058239/0722 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG; SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058240/0320 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation In Part PCTUS2020016559 · Feb 4, 2020
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Provisional Application 62801245 · Feb 5, 2019
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