Granted Patent B2

US 12,744,121 · App. 18/606,557 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Inventors: Pierre Couture (Montreal, CA); William Hartman (Warsaw, IN)

Assignee: MedTech S.A.

G16H40/63A61B5/117A61B5/7267A61B5/746A61B34/10A61B34/32A61F2/461G06F16/2455G06N20/00A61B2034/104A61B2034/105A61F2002/4632

Abstract

Claims (77)

1 . A system comprising:

a robotic surgical device to automatically perform a portion of a surgical procedure on a patient and capture robotic surgical operation data associated with the portion of the surgical procedure;

a prediction engine and a feature determination engine, the feature determination engine to generate a set of robotic surgical procedure weights based on a correlation of each of a plurality of pre-operative deformities with each of a plurality of successful intra-operative interventions taken by the robotic surgical device, the plurality of successful intra-operative interventions determined by identifying, from among a plurality of intra-operative interventions, a subset of interventions that are associated with favorable post-operative surgical outcome data, the favorable post-operative surgical outcome data identified based on a longitudinal recovery trajectory generated from recovery data generated over a plurality of post-operative time points by a patient-associated sensor, the longitudinal recovery trajectory including objective recovery measurements that change over time; and

a processor and memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

record an action taken by the robotic surgical device during the portion of the surgical procedure;

intra-operatively input the action taken by the robotic surgical device to the prediction engine;

generate, in response to the action taken being input at the prediction engine, a robotic surgical procedure prediction output at the prediction engine based on an application of the set of robotic surgical procedure weights to the action taken by the robotic surgical device, the robotic surgical procedure prediction output including at least one result or next action taken after the action;

determine a robotic surgical procedure recommendation intra-operatively, based on the robotic surgical procedure prediction output, to the portion of the surgical procedure performed by the robotic surgical device; and

output the robotic surgical procedure recommendation by intra-operatively providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to a surgeon operating the robotic surgical device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further including a surgical user interface device to receive a confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation;

the instructions further causing the processor to instruct the robotic surgical device to perform a modified surgical procedure based on the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the surgical user interface device includes a touchscreen display device to:

display a user interface for providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to the surgeon; and

receive the confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the robotic surgical procedure recommendation is specific to the surgeon operating the robotic surgical device; and

the robotic surgical procedure recommendation is based on at least one of a set of surgical preferences associated with the surgeon or a set of previous surgical actions taken by the surgeon.

5 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions further causing the processor to:

preoperatively submit a surgical plan to the prediction engine;

preoperatively receive a surgical procedure success prediction from the prediction engine; and

preoperatively generate a predicted surgical procedure outcome based on the surgical procedure success prediction.

6 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions further causing the processor to:

simulate the portion of the surgical procedure to determine a plurality of recommended changes; and

select the robotic surgical procedure recommendation from the plurality of recommended changes based on predicted outcomes.

7 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions further causing the processor to:

store anonymized data related to the action taken by the robotic surgical device on a first server;

receive a code entered by the patient;

pull the anonymized data onto a second server; and

tie patient identifying information to the anonymized data on the second server.

8 . The system of claim 1 , the instructions further causing the processor to:

store anonymized data related to the action taken by the robotic surgical device;

receive a patient identifying code entered by the patient; and

associate patient identifying information with the anonymized data based on the patient identifying code.

9 . A method comprising:

recording an action taken by a robotic surgical device during a portion of a surgical procedure, the robotic surgical device to automatically perform the portion of the surgical procedure on a patient and capture robotic surgical operation data associated with the portion of the surgical procedure;

intra-operatively inputting the action taken by the robotic surgical device to a prediction engine, the prediction engine configured to generate a robotic surgical procedure prediction output based on a set of robotic surgical procedure weights, the set of robotic surgical procedure weights generated at a feature determination engine based on a correlation of each of a plurality of pre-operative deformities with each of a plurality of successful intra-operative interventions taken by the robotic surgical device, the plurality of successful intra-operative interventions determined by identifying, from among a plurality of intra-operative interventions, a subset of interventions that are associated with favorable post-operative surgical outcome data, the favorable post-operative surgical outcome data identified based on a longitudinal recovery trajectory generated from recovery data generated over a plurality of post-operative time points by a patient-associated sensor, the longitudinal recovery trajectory including objective recovery measurements that change over time;

generating, in response to the action taken being input at the prediction engine, a robotic surgical procedure prediction output at the prediction engine based on an application of the set of robotic surgical procedure weights to the action taken by the robotic surgical device, the robotic surgical procedure prediction output including at least one result or next action taken after the action;

determining a robotic surgical procedure recommendation intra-operatively, based on the robotic surgical procedure prediction output, to the portion of the surgical procedure performed by the robotic surgical device; and

outputting the robotic surgical procedure recommendation by intra-operatively providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to a surgeon operating the robotic surgical device.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

receiving, at a surgical user interface device, a confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation; and

instructing the robotic surgical device to perform a modified surgical procedure based on the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further including:

displaying a user interface on the surgical user interface device for providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to the surgeon, the surgical user interface device including a touchscreen display; and

receiving the confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the robotic surgical procedure recommendation is specific to the surgeon operating the robotic surgical device; and

the robotic surgical procedure recommendation is based on at least one of a set of surgical preferences associated with the surgeon or a set of previous surgical actions taken by the surgeon.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

preoperatively submitting a surgical plan to the prediction engine;

preoperatively receiving a surgical procedure success prediction from the prediction engine; and

preoperatively generating a predicted surgical procedure outcome based on the surgical procedure success prediction.

14 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

simulating the portion of the surgical procedure to determine a plurality of recommended changes; and

selecting the robotic surgical procedure recommendation from the plurality of recommended changes based on predicted outcomes.

15 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

storing anonymized data related to the action taken by the robotic surgical device on a first server;

receiving a code entered by the patient;

pulling the anonymized data onto a second server; and

tying patient identifying information to the anonymized data on the second server.

16 . The method of claim 9 , further including:

storing anonymized data related to the action taken by the robotic surgical device;

receiving a patient identifying code entered by the patient; and

associating patient identifying information with the anonymized data based on the patient identifying code.

17 . The method of claim 9 , further including generating a post-operative recommendation for the patient based on the robotic surgical procedure prediction output.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to:

record an action taken by a robotic surgical device during a portion of a surgical procedure, the robotic surgical device to automatically perform the portion of the surgical procedure on a patient and capture robotic surgical operation data associated with the portion of the surgical procedure;

intra-operatively input the action taken by the robotic surgical device to a prediction engine, the prediction engine configured to generate a robotic surgical procedure prediction output based on a set of robotic surgical procedure weights, the set of robotic surgical procedure weights generated at a feature determination engine based on a correlation of each of a plurality of pre-operative deformities with each of a plurality of successful intra-operative interventions taken by the robotic surgical device, the plurality of successful intra-operative interventions determined by identifying, from among a plurality of intra-operative interventions, a subset of interventions that are associated with favorable post-operative surgical outcome data, the favorable post-operative surgical outcome data identified based on a longitudinal recovery trajectory generated from recovery data generated over a plurality of post-operative time points by a patient-associated sensor, the longitudinal recovery trajectory including objective recovery measurements that change over time;

generate, in response to the action taken being input at the prediction engine, a robotic surgical procedure prediction output at the prediction engine based on an application of the set of robotic surgical procedure weights to the action taken by the robotic surgical device, the robotic surgical procedure prediction output including at least one result or next action taken after the action;

determine a robotic surgical procedure recommendation intra-operatively, based on the robotic surgical procedure prediction output, to the portion of the surgical procedure performed by the robotic surgical device; and

output the robotic surgical procedure recommendation by intra-operatively providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to a surgeon operating the robotic surgical device.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , the instructions further causing the device to:

receive, at a surgical user interface device, a confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation; and

instruct the robotic surgical device to perform a modified surgical procedure based on the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , the instructions further causing the device to:

display a user interface on the surgical user interface device for providing the robotic surgical procedure recommendation to the surgeon, the surgical user interface device including a touchscreen display; and

receive the confirmation to execute the robotic surgical procedure recommendation.

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