IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,979,859
Granted Patent B2
US 8,979,859 · App. 13/174,755 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Depth of Impaction

Inventors: Richard Leparmentier (Fort Lauderdale, FL); Brian Schmitz (Fort Lauderdale, FL); Renen Bassik (Miami, FL); Chunyan Wu (Parkland, FL); Jason Wojcik (Weston, FL)
Assignee: Mako Surgical Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,979,859
App. No.
13/174,755
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining a depth of impaction of a prosthetic cup into an acetabulum using an end effector and a movable impactor shaft is provided, wherein the prosthetic cup may be positioned at a distal end of the impactor shaft. The method may position the distal end of the impactor shaft at a known pose relative to the end effector, track a spatial pose of the end effector relative to a spatial pose of the acetabulum, determine a spatial pose of the prosthetic cup based on the spatial pose of the end effector and the known pose between the distal end of the impactor shaft and the end effector, and determine the depth of impaction based on the spatial pose of the prosthetic cup and the spatial pose of the acetabulum.

Claims (14)

1. A method for determining a depth of impaction of a prosthetic cup into an acetabulum, the method comprising the steps of:

positioning the prosthetic cup at a distal end of an impactor shaft that is slidably movable relative to an end effector;

tracking a spatial pose of the end effector relative to a spatial pose of the acetabulum;

positioning the impactor shaft to a known ose relative to the end effector;

determining a spatial pose of the prosthetic cup based on the spatial pose of the end effector and the known pose between the distal end of the impactor shaft and the end effector; and

determining the depth of impaction based on the spatial pose of the prosthetic cup and the spatial pose of the acetabulum.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spatial pose of the end effector and the spatial pose of the acetabulum are registered to at least one medical image of the acetabulum.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the depth of impaction is measured as a distance along an axis of the impactor shaft and between a current depth of the distal end and a projected depth of the distal end.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein inclination and version of the prosthetic cup are determined based on the spatial pose of the acetabulum and a planned pose of the prosthetic cup.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of displaying color codes indicative of the depth of impaction.

6. The method of claim 1 further including the step of determining a trajectory of a reamer used to ream the acetabulum.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the step of determining the depth of impaction is further based on the trajectory of the reamer used to ream the acetabulum.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of determining the depth of impaction is further based on a difference between the geometry of the reamer and the geometry of the prosthetic cup.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of determining the depth of impaction is further based on a difference between the trajectory of the reamer and the trajectory of the prosthetic cup.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2011
From: LEPARMENTIER, RICHARD; SCHMITZ, BRIAN; BASSIK, RENEN; WU, CHUNYAN; WOJCIK, JASON
To: MAKO SURGICAL CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61422556 · Feb 14, 2011
Related Publication 20120209277A1 · Aug 16, 2012