METHODS OF USING A ROBOTIC SPINE SYSTEM

摘要

A method of using a robotic guidance system for performing surgery on a spine is provided. The method includes utilizing a computerized tomographic scan image of a location on a spinal column of a patient, such that the computerized tomographic scan image is connected to a computer and visible on a monitor connected to the computer. The method also includes attaching a coupling component to the spinal column of the patient, coupling a marker to the coupling component, and imaging, with a fluoroscope, the view of the spinal column of the patient, wherein the fluoroscope image is transmitted to the computer and visible on the monitor and the at marker is clearly visible in the fluoroscope image. The method also includes positioning a cannula, with a robotic mechanism, to a first position relative to a vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, drilling a passage through the cannula into bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, inserting a guidewire through the cannula into the passage in the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, and positioning a screw into the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient.

主权项

1. A method of using a robotic guidance system for performing surgery on a spine, the method comprising:
utilizing at least one computerized tomographic scan image of a location on a spinal column of a patient on whom a surgical procedure is to be performed, wherein the at least one computerized tomographic scan image is connected to at least one computer and visible on at least one monitor connected to the at least one computer; attaching at least one coupling component to the spinal column of the patient; coupling at least one marker to the at least one coupling component; imaging, with a fluoroscope, at least one view of the spinal column of the patient on whom the surgical procedure is to be performed, wherein the at least one fluoroscope image is transmitted to the at least one computer and visible on the at least one monitor connected to the at least one computer, and wherein the at least one marker is clearly visible in the at least one fluoroscope image; positioning a cannula, with a robotic mechanism, to a first position relative to a vertebra in the spinal column of the patient; drilling a passage through the cannula into bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient; inserting a guidewire through the cannula into the passage in the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient; and positioning a screw into the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, wherein the screw is configured to secure body tissue.