IP Library Granted Patent US 12,045,943
Granted Patent B2
US 12,045,943 · App. 17/635,177 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Pre-operative planning of surgical revision procedures for orthopedic joints

Inventors: Jean Chaoui (Locmaria Plouzané, FR); Maximilien Mayya (Antibes, FR)
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
G06T19/20A61B6/032A61B34/10A61B2034/102A61B2034/105G06T2210/41G06T2219/2004G06T2219/2016
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Patent No.
US 12,045,943
App. No.
17/635,177
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is configured to obtain image data of a joint of a patient; determine that the joint includes an existing implant; and one or both of generate an identification of a type for the existing implant and generate a pre-implant, morbid approximation of the joint.

Claims (64)

1. A method comprising:

determining a shape model for a morbid anatomical object;

obtaining, by a computing system, image data of a joint of a patient that includes an implant, wherein the image data comprises a 3D model of the joint with the implant;

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identifying voxels that correspond to a bone;

based on the voxels identified as corresponding to the bone, determining an initial shape estimate for the bone;

aligning the initial shape estimate to the shape model to form an aligned initial shape estimate;

deforming the shape model based on the aligned initial shape estimate to generate a deformed version of the shape model; and

determining a pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone based on the deformed version of the shape model.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising outputting the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone to a display device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identifying voxels that correspond to the implant; and

removing the voxels that correspond to the implant from the 3D model of the joint with the implant to generate a 3D model of the joint without the implant.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising outputting the 3D model of the joint without the implant to a display device.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising segmenting the 3D model of the joint without the implant based on the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein segmenting the 3D model of the joint without the implant based on the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone comprises inputting the pre-implant, morbid approximation into a machine learning system.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising outputting the segmented 3D model of the joint without the implant.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein outputting the segmented 3D model of the joint without the implant comprises outputting a plurality of possible segmentations for the 3D model of the joint without the implant.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising outputting a confidence value for the plurality of possible segmentations for the 3D model of the joint without the implant.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identifying voxels that correspond to non-implant features; and

removing the voxels that correspond to the non-implant features from the 3D model of the joint with the implant to generate a 3D model of the implant.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising outputting the 3D model of the implant to a display device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identifying voxels that correspond to the implant to determine a 3D model of the implant;

based on the 3D model of the implant, determining one or more features for the implant; and

aligning the initial shape estimate to the shape model to form the aligned initial shape estimate based on the determined one or more features for the implant.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein aligning the initial shape estimate to the shape model further comprises performing an initial alignment of the initial shape estimate to the shape model and rotating the initial alignment relative to the shape model.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the shape model for the pre-implant, morbid bone comprises receiving a classification of the pre-implant, morbid bone from a user.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the voxels that correspond to bone comprises classifying voxels in the 3D model of the joint with the implant as corresponding to one of bone, implant, soft tissue, or noise.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein deforming the shape model based on the initially aligned shape estimate comprises performing one or both of iterative closest point registration or elastic registration.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image data comprises computed tomography (CT) images.

18. A device comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to:

determine a shape model for a morbid anatomical object;

obtain image data of a joint of a patient that includes an implant, wherein the image data comprises a 3D model of the joint with the implant;

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identify voxels that correspond to a bone;

based on the voxels identified as corresponding to the bone, determine an initial shape estimate for the bone;

align the initial shape estimate to the shape model to form an aligned initial shape estimate;

deform the shape model based on the aligned initial shape estimate to generate a deformed version of the shape model; and

determine a pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone based on the deformed version of the shape model.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone to a display device.

20. The device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identify voxels that correspond to the implant; and

remove the voxels that correspond to the implant from the 3D model of the joint with the implant to generate a 3D model of the joint without the implant.

21. The device of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the 3D model of the joint without the implant to a display device.

22. The device of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to segment the 3D model of the joint without the implant based on the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone.

23. The device of claim 22 , wherein to segment the 3D model of the joint without the implant based on the pre-implant, morbid approximation of the bone, the one or more processors are further configured to input the pre-implant, morbid approximation into a machine learning system.

24. The device of claim 22 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the segmented 3D model of the joint without the implant.

25. The device of claim 24 , wherein to output the segmented 3D model of the joint without the implant, the one or more processors are further configured to output a plurality of possible segmentations for the 3D model of the joint without the implant.

26. The device of claim 25 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output a confidence value for the plurality of possible segmentations for the 3D model of the joint without the implant.

27. The device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identify voxels that correspond to non-implant features; and

remove the voxels that correspond to the non-implant features from the 3D model of the joint with the implant to generate a 3D model of the implant.

28. The device of claim 27 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the 3D model of the implant to a display device.

29. The device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in the 3D model of the joint with the implant, identify voxels that correspond to the implant to determine a 3D model of the implant;

based on the 3D model of the implant, determine one or more features for the implant; and

align the initial shape estimate to the shape model to form the aligned initial shape estimate based on the determined one or more features for the implant.

30. The device of claim 29 , wherein to align the initial shape estimate to the shape model, the one or more processors are further configured to perform an initial alignment of the initial shape estimate to the shape model and rotate the initial alignment relative to the shape model.

31. The device of claim 18 , wherein to determine the shape model for the pre-implant, morbid bone, the one or more processors are further configured to receive a classification of the pre-implant, morbid bone from a user.

32. The device of claim 18 , wherein to identify the voxels that correspond to the bone, the one or more processors are further configured to classify voxels in the 3D model of the joint with the implant as corresponding to one of the bone, implant, soft tissue, or noise.

33. The device of claim 18 , wherein to deform the shape model based on the initially aligned shape estimate, the one or more processors are further configured to perform one or both of iterative closest point registration or elastic registration.

34. The device of claim 18 , wherein the image data comprises computed tomography (CT) images.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: IMASCAP SAS
To: TORNIER INC.
Reel/Frame 059404/0548 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: CHAOUI, JEAN; MAYYA, MAXIMILLIEN
To: IMASCAP SAS
Reel/Frame 059510/0225 →
CONFIRMATORY PATENT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: TORNIER, INC.
To: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 059510/0267 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62887838 · Aug 16, 2019
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