Granted Patent B2

US 12,426,952 · App. 18/302,444 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventor: Dominika Ignasiak (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: Nuvasive Inc.

A61B34/10A61B34/25G06T7/0012A61B2034/105A61B2034/107A61B2034/303G06T2207/10124G06T2207/30012

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A system for surgical planning of spinal pathology or spinal deformity correction in a subject, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

create a musculoskeletal model having one or more vertebral bodies based on a radiograph of the subject;

receive one or more spinal correction inputs including an insertion of a simulated spinal implant between a plurality of vertebral bodies;

simulate the musculoskeletal model in a standing or sitting posture with the received inputs;

correct the musculoskeletal model based on the simulated musculoskeletal model

until a muscle effort criterion is satisfied, update the musculoskeletal model based on an output of an inverse dynamics simulation on the musculoskeletal model; and

after the muscle effort criterion has been satisfied, provide for display one or more characteristics of the updated musculoskeletal model,

wherein correct the musculoskeletal model includes simultaneously optimizing angles of thoracic and lumbar compensation at areas not fused by the spinal correction inputs.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more spinal correction inputs comprises one or more changes in intervertebral height and angle between the one or more vertebral bodies.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that a posture optimality criterion has been satisfied by the updated musculoskeletal model.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein to update the musculoskeletal model based on the output of the inverse dynamics simulation on the musculoskeletal model includes:

an update of one or more variables of the musculoskeletal model, wherein the one or more variables include a variable selected from the group consisting of: a spino-pelvic parameter, a lumbar compensation variable, a thoracic compensation variable, a cervical compensation variable, a pelvic tilt variable, a hip flexion variable, a knee flexion variable, an ankle flexion variable, and a variable expressing a position of a body center of mass.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the musculoskeletal model includes one or more ligament parameters, and joint kinematics.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate a sagittal curvature of the musculoskeletal model based on positions of one or more vertebral bodies of the radiograph.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein to create the musculoskeletal model includes a modification of an existing musculoskeletal model to correspond to the subject's anatomy by one or more of: scale one or more vertebral bodies, adjust positioning of one or more vertebral bodies, and morph a simulated subject anatomy.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

simulate the updated musculoskeletal model based on a predetermined posture that includes a standing body posture.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the standing body posture is determined according to a position of a center of mass within the updated musculoskeletal model.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined posture includes a sitting posture.

11. A method for surgical planning and assessment of spinal deformity correction in a subject, the method comprising:

creating a musculoskeletal model based on a radiograph of the subject;

applying one or more spinal correction inputs to the musculoskeletal model including an insertion of a simulated spinal implant between a plurality of vertebral bodies;

simulating the musculoskeletal model in a standing or sitting posture with the received inputs, wherein the simulating includes performing inverse-inverse dynamics modelling

until a predicted muscle effort criterion has been satisfied, updating the musculoskeletal model based on an output of an inverse dynamics simulation on the musculoskeletal model; and

after the muscle effort criterion has been satisfied, providing for display one or more characteristics of the simulated and updated musculoskeletal model,

wherein updating the musculoskeletal model includes simultaneously optimizing angles of thoracic and lumbar compensation at areas not fused by the spinal correction inputs.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more spinal correction inputs comprises one or more changes in intervertebral height and angle between one or more vertebral bodies.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the musculoskeletal model includes spino-pelvic parameters, ligament parameters, and joint kinematics parameters.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

generating a sagittal curvature profile based on one or more vertebral bodies of the radiograph;

aligning the one or more vertebral bodies of the musculoskeletal model including modifying the musculoskeletal model to match the sagittal curvature profile; and

modifying the musculoskeletal model including one or more of scaling the one or more vertebral bodies, adjusting positioning of the one or more vertebral bodies, and morphing a simulated subject anatomy.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein updating the musculoskeletal model based on the output of the inverse dynamics simulation on the model further includes:

updating one or more variables of the model, wherein the one or more variables include a variable selected from the group consisting of: a spino-pelvic parameter, a lumbar compensation variable, a thoracic compensation variable, a cervical compensation variable, a pelvic tilt variable, a hip flexion variable, a knee flexion variable, an ankle flexion variable, and a variable expressing a position of a body center of mass.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein updating the musculoskeletal model based on the output of the inverse dynamics simulation on the musculoskeletal model further includes:

applying one or more logic parameters including any one of (i) maintaining a center of mass over the ankles, (ii) maintaining a constant horizontal gaze, (iii) standing in a posture where postural muscle energy is minimized, (iv) arm positioning matching the patient during imaging, (v) removing coronal plane deformity, or (vi) any combination of (i)-(v).

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions which, when executed, are configured to:

create a musculoskeletal model having one or more vertebral bodies based on a radiograph of the subject;

receive one or more spinal correction inputs including an insertion of a simulated spinal implant between a plurality of vertebral bodies;

simulate the musculoskeletal model in a standing or sitting posture with the received inputs;

correct the musculoskeletal model based on the one or more spinal correction inputs;

until a muscle effort criterion is satisfied, update the musculoskeletal model based on an output of an inverse dynamics simulation on the musculoskeletal model; and

after the muscle effort criterion has been satisfied, provide for display one or more characteristics of the updated musculoskeletal model,

wherein correct the musculoskeletal model includes simultaneously optimizing angles of thoracic and lumbar compensation at areas not fused by the spinal correction inputs.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , where the instructions which, when executed, are further configured to:

generate a sagittal curvature profile based on one or more vertebral bodies of the radiograph;

align the one or more vertebral bodies of the musculoskeletal model including modifying the musculoskeletal model to match the sagittal curvature profile; and

modify the musculoskeletal model that includes one or more of a scale of the one or more vertebral bodies, adjust positioning of the one or more vertebral bodies, and morph a simulated subject anatomy.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , where the instructions which, when executed, are further configured to:

determine that a posture optimality criterion has been satisfied by the updated musculoskeletal model.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , where the instructions which, when executed, are further configured to:

simulate the updated musculoskeletal model based on a predetermined posture.

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