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US 12,245,819 · App. 17/278,082 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Method of surgery

Inventors: Samuel John Macdessi (Haberfield, AU); Darren Chen (Woollahra, AU); William Griffiths-Jones (Devon, GB)
Assignee: Mako Surgical Corp.
A61B34/10A61B5/1071A61B17/155A61B17/157A61B17/56A61B90/06A61B2017/565A61B2090/067
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Patent No.
US 12,245,819
App. No.
17/278,082
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are methods of performing knee surgery, which include comparing a lateral distal femoral angle (LDFA) of the knee with a medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) of the knee and determining a pre-disease alignment of the knee therefrom. Additionally, prognostic and diagnostic methods for use in knee surgery as well as methods of determining an angle of resection for a distal femur and/or a proximal tibia during knee surgery are provided herein. Also provided is an apparatus for assisting a surgeon in performing surgery on a knee of a patient, the apparatus comprising a processor configured for performing the aforementioned methods. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the aforementioned methods is also provided.

Claims (47)

1. A computer-implemented method for planning a total knee replacement surgical procedure on a knee of a leg of a patient comprising:

obtaining by a processor anatomical data for the leg of the patient via analysis of one or more digital representations of the leg;

calculating by the processor a lateral distal femoral angle (LDFA) and a medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) from the anatomical data;

determining by the processor an arithmetic hip-knee-ankle angle (aHKA) from the LDFA and the MPTA;

setting a proximal tibial resection plane angle;

determining by the processor a distal femoral resection plane angle from the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the aHKA, wherein the distal femoral resection plane angle is determined such that a resulting hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA) is equal to the aHKA;

generating by the processor a surgical plan including the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle;

outputting via a user interface the surgical plan and the resulting hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), and

resecting a portion of a tibia based at least partly on the proximal tibial resection plane angle,

wherein the surgical plan on the user interface is configured for interactive adjustments and visualization of the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomical data is obtained using at least one x-ray image.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one x-ray image is a long leg x-ray.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the long leg x-ray includes at least a portion of a pelvis and ankles bones and an entire femur and tibia bone of the patient.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one x-ray image is of a frontal plane of the patient.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the LDFA includes determining a femoral mechanical axis and a femoral joint line from the anatomical data.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of determining the LDFA further includes the step of determining a lateral angle between the femoral mechanical axis and the femoral joint line.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the MPTA includes determining a tibial mechanical axis and a tibial joint line from the anatomical data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein step of determining the MPTA further includes the step of determining a medial angle between the tibial mechanical axis and the tibial joint line.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the aHKA includes the step of calculating a difference between the LDFA and the MPTA.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle are defined in a coronal plane.

12. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of comparing the determined distal femoral resection plane angle to a preset range of distal femoral resection plane angles and changing the distal femoral resection plane angle if the distal femoral resection plane angle is outside the preset range.

13. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of classifying an alignment of the patient's knee as:

(a) valgus if the aHKA is positive;

(b) varus if the aHKA is negative; or

(c) neutral if the aHKA is substantially zero.

14. The method of claim 13 , further including the step of computing a joint line obliquity value, wherein the joint line obliquity value is equal to a sum of LDFA and the MPTA.

15. The method of claim 14 , further including the step of classifying the alignment of the patient's knee as:

(a) an apex distal joint line if the joint line obliquity value is less than 180°;

(b) an apex proximal joint line if the joint line obliquity value is greater than 180°; or

(c) a neutral joint line if the joint line obliquity is substantially equal to 180°.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein a distal femoral resection plane corresponding to the distal femoral resection plane angle and a proximal tibial resection plane corresponding to the proximal tibial resection plane angle are parallel.

17. The method of claim 1 , further including a step of selecting anatomical landmarks on the one or more digital representations of the legs, the selected anatomical landmarks being used by the processor to calculate LDFA and the MPTA.

18. A computer-implemented method for planning a total knee replacement surgical procedure on a knee of a leg of a patient comprising:

obtaining by a processor anatomical data for the leg of the patient via analysis of one or more digital representations of the leg;

selecting one or more anatomical landmarks on the one or more digital representations of the leg,

calculating by the processor a lateral distal femoral angle (LDFA) and a medial proximal tibial angle (MPTA) from the anatomical data and the selected anatomical landmarks;

determining by the processor an arithmetic hip-knee-ankle angle (aHKA) from the LDFA and the MPTA;

setting a distal femoral resection plane angle;

determining by the processor a proximal tibial resection plane angle from the distal femoral resection plane angle and the aHKA,

wherein the proximal tibial resection plane angle is determined such that a resulting hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA) is equal to the aHKA,

generating by the processor a surgical plan including the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle;

resecting a portion of a femur based at least partly on the femoral resection plane angle, and

outputting via a user interface the surgical plan and the resulting hip-knee-ankle angle (HKA), wherein the surgical plan on the user interface is configured for interactive adjustment and visualization of the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the anatomical data is obtained from at least one x-ray image of a frontal plane of the patient.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the step of determining the aHKA includes the step of calculating a difference between the LDFA and the MPTA.

21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the proximal tibial resection plane angle and the distal femoral resection plane angle are defined in a coronal plane.

22. The method of claim 18 , wherein a distal femoral resection plane corresponding to the distal femoral resection plane angle and a proximal tibial resection plane corresponding to the proximal tibial resection plane angle are parallel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2021
From: CPAK RESEARCH GROUP PTY LTD
To: MAKO SURGICAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 056313/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2021
From: MACDESSI, SAMUEL JOHN; CHEN, DARREN; GRIFFITHS-JONES, WILLIAM
To: CPAK RESEARCH GROUP PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 056303/0527 →
Priority Claims (1)
AU 2018903520 · Sep 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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