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- the invention relates to customized surgical fixtures.
- stereotactic surgery in which a target point within a body, for example, within a brain, is identified in a three-dimensional scanned image of the body.
- a detailed survey of stereotactic surgery can be found in Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosuraery , P. L. Gildenberg and R. R. Tasker (eds.), McGraw-Hill, June 1997 (ISBN: 0070236046).
- a frame is attached to the body prior to scanning. After scanning, the target point in the body is identified in the scanned image with reference to the frame. Then, during surgery, an adjustable instrument guide is attached to the frame.
- the guide is adjusted to align with the target point.
- a related approach to stereotactic surgery is described in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/063,658 filed 21 Apr. 1998, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- an adjustable instrument guide is attached directly to the skull. Once attached, it is adjusted to align with the target point.
- Adjusting an instrument guide to align with a target point within the body can be complex and time consuming. In some procedures multiple points must be targeted. For example, in spinal sterotactic surgery, multiple targets on different spinal segments are used.
- a customized fixture is fabricated for a particular patient, such that targeting is unnecessary or greatly simplified.
- a fixed instrument guide attached to the customized fixture can be used to guide a surgical instrument to the desired point without adjustment.
- the invention features a method for forming a surgical fixture for attaching to a body and providing a reference structure for precisely locating a target within the body, such as a particular point or an anatomical structure within the body.
- the method includes processing a three-dimensional scanned image of the body, for example a CT or MRI scan.
- the scanned image includes the target within the body, for example a point or region of the body, and a mounting location of the body.
- the method also includes determining a structure of the surgical fixture such that when attached at the mounting location of the body the fixture provides a reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to the target within the body.
- the method can include one or more of the following features.
- mounting points can be identified in the scanned image.
- the geometric relationship between corresponding mounting points on the fixture and the reference structure can then be determined.
- the method can further include attaching mounting anchors to the body prior to scanning the body. Scanning markers are attached to the anchors.
- the identified mounting points are then the locations of the scanning markers in the three-dimensional image.
- the mounting location for the fixture can be an anatomical structure on the body.
- a contour of a surface of the fixture is determined to mate with the anatomical structure.
- the method can include identifying the target in the scanned image. Also, a trajectory for reaching the target can be identified. The location and orientation of the reference structure is then determined with respect to the identified trajectory.
- the structure of the fixture can be determined in terms of a solid model of the fixture which defines the volume enclosed by the surface of the fixture.
- the method can then also include fabricating the fixture according to the solid model.
- the method can include attaching the surgical fixture to the body and guiding an instrument to the target with reference to the attached surgical fixture.
- the method can include attaching the surgical fixture to the body and attaching multiple tracking markers to the surgical fixture.
- the multiple tracking markers such a light-emitting diodes
- the method then includes tracking locations of the tracking markers relative to a remote sensing device, such as a camera array or a laser tracker.
- the method can further include tracking a location of a surgical instrument relative to the remote sensing device, for example by tracking locations of tracking markers attached to the instrument, and computing a relative position of the surgical instrument to the surgical fixture using the tracked location of the tracking markers and the surgical instrument relative to the remote sensing device.
- the method can also include attaching a second surgical fixture at a second mounting location of the body, and attaching multiple tracking markers to the second surgical fixture.
- the two surgical fixtures are attached at two mounting points on an articulated portion of the body, for example, on two bones coupled at a skeletal joint.
- the method then includes tracking locations of the tracking markers attached to the second surgical fixture relative to the remote sensing device and computing a relative position of the two mounting locations of the body from the tracked locations of the tracking markers attached to both surgical fixtures. For example, a configuration of a skeletal joint can be determined from the computed relative position of the mounting locations.
- the body can include a spine and the mounting location can include a spinal segment.
- the method can also include forming a model of the spine.
- the method can further include forming a corrected model of the spine in a corrected configuration.
- the determined structure of the surgical fixture is such that when attached, the fixture provides a second reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to the target in the corrected configuration of the spine.
- the method can include selecting a model of a standard fixture and deforming the model of the standard fixture in order to match the standard model to the target and the mounting location.
- the invention features a surgical fixture formed from a computer model using a rapid prototyping and tooling technique.
- the fixture includes multiple mounting sections for attaching the fixture to a body at a predetermined mounting location on a body and a reference structure coupled to the mounting sections for guiding a surgical instrument into the body.
- the reference structure is at a predetermined location and orientation to a target within the body.
- the fixture can include an instrument guide mounted on the reference structure for driving the instrument into the body.
- the invention features software stored on a computer readable medium for causing a computer to perform the functions of processing a three-dimensional scanned image of a body, the scanned image including the target within the body and a mounting location of the body and determining a structure of a surgical fixture such that when attached at the mounting location of the body the fixture provides a reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to a target within the body.
- Advantages of the invention include avoiding the need for targeting of an adjustable guidance fixture based on the location of target points within the body. This reduces the time required for surgery, and can increase the accuracy and precision of targeting.
- the customized fixture can provide a mounting base in a precise location relative to the body. This avoids a manual registration procedure of stereotactic surgery in which a correspondence between the scanned image and the physical body is established. The manual registration procedure can be time consuming and inaccurate.
- tracking markers such as light sources or reflectors
- This provides flexibility in the choice of where to mount the fixture and reduces the time required before surgery can begin and provides improved accuracy compared to that typically achieved using manual registration and avoids errors inherent in a manual registration step.
- the customized fixture is easily attached to the body, for instance by mating the fixture to a set of anchors attached to the body prior to scanning, or in another instance, mating the fixture to the particular anatomy of the patient.
- Another advantage is that the customized fixture can be repeatedly reattached to permanently implanted anchors in the body allowing follow-up or repeated procedures.
- the detailed fixture design can be based on a desired configuration of a configurable portion of the body, such as the spine, rather than solely on the configuration during scanning. This allows the fixture to be used not only to guide instruments into the body, but when attached to the body, to constrain the configuration of the body, such as correcting a spinal or orthopedic bone deformity or complex fracture.
- FIGS. 1 a - b show scanning markers and bone anchors used to attached the scanning markers to a skull;
- FIG. 2 illustrates a scanning phase
- FIG. 3 illustrates a scanned image and located image points
- FIG. 4 illustrates a customized fixture
- FIGS. 5 a - c illustrate another customized fixture, attached to a head, and viewed along a target trajectory and from the side;
- FIG. 6 is a side view of a fixture supporting an instrument guide
- FIG. 7 is a side view of a fixture supporting an adjustable instrument guide
- FIG. 8 illustrates a head-mounted fixture which mates with the contours of the skull
- FIGS. 9 a - b illustrate a customized fixture for spinal surgery
- FIGS. 10 a - b illustrate a spinal fixture used to modify the curvature of the spine
- FIG. 11 illustrates a computer implementation of the fixture design procedure
- FIG. 12 illustrates attachment of tracking markers to a customized fixture
- FIG. 13 illustrates sensor-tracked image guidance of a surgical instrument relative to tracking markers attached to a skull with a customized fixture
- FIG. 14 illustrates multiple customized fixtures supporting tracking markers used to track the position of a femur relative to a pelvis.
- An approach to stereotactic surgery according to the invention involves four phases.
- Fixture Design Based on the scanned image and the identified target point, a computer “solid model” of a customized fixture is computed. The solid model is computed so that the resulting fixture can be precisely attached to the body.
- the fixture is further designed to include an integral instrument guide, or a mounting base for a removable guide, for accurately positioning a surgical instrument at the target point when the fixture is attached to the body.
- a first embodiment of the invention is directed to brain surgery.
- Several alternative embodiments, described below, are also directed to brain surgery. Additional related embodiments are also applicable to other types of surgery, including spinal surgery.
- the first embodiment, which is directed to brain surgery, is described below following the four phases summarized above.
- a set of bone anchors 120 is attached to the skull 100 prior to scanning the patient.
- three bone anchors 120 are attached to the skull. A greater or smaller number of anchors can also be used.
- bone anchors 120 will be the attachment points for the fabricated fixture.
- each of the bone anchors 120 has a threaded opening for accepting threaded bolts or other threaded attachments.
- each threaded opening is used to accept a scanning marker 122 .
- Each scanning marker 122 includes a threaded section 124 attached to a marker portion 126 .
- Marker portion 126 includes a material that will result in a visible image in the scanned image.
- Various types of scanning techniques can be used, including CT, PET, MRI, SPECT, and laser. The material in the marker portions 126 is chosen depending on the scanning technique that will be used.
- the patient is scanned in a scanner 210 (illustrated schematically) producing a three-dimensional image 230 .
- This image is transferred to a computer 220 where it is stored.
- scanning markers 122 are removed from the patient, but bone anchors 120 are left firmly in place.
- the surgical phase of the process will not begin for several hours, or even several days, the patient is allowed to walk around or even allowed to return home at this point.
- a surgeon plans the upcoming surgery using a computer display of image 230 using well-known techniques in stereotactic surgery.
- the surgeon identifies a target image point 310 in image 230 corresponding to a target point in the body.
- the three dimensional coordinates of the target image point in the coordinate system of image 230 are stored on the computer.
- the surgeon also identifies an entry image point 320 defining a straight-line trajectory by which a surgical instrument can reach the target point while avoiding critical structures in the brain.
- the coordinates of the entry image point are also stored.
- marker image points 330 in image 230 correspond to the marker portions 126 of scanning markers 122 ( FIG. 1 b ).
- the surgeon can locate these points using the computer display in a similar manner to locating the target and entry points.
- an automated algorithm is implemented on computer 220 to locate marker image points 330 based on the image characteristics, such as brightness or shape, of the points. In either case, the coordinates in the image of marker image points 330 are stored.
- the locations of the actual target and entry points on the body with respect to the locations of the scanning markers are computed and stored on the computer. This computation is based on the stored coordinates of the corresponding marker, target, and entry image points.
- a representation of the surface of the skull can be computed directly from the scanned image using well-known image processing techniques. This surface representation can be used to ensure that a designed fixture will properly fit over the skull, or to determine other characteristics of the skull that may be used to design the fixture.
- the next phase of the process involves design and fabrication of the fixture itself.
- the design requirements of the fixture can be understood by referring to FIG. 4 which shows how a fabricated fixture 400 will be attached to bone anchors 120 in the surgical phase.
- fixture 400 is attached to bone anchors 120 using bolts 432 which pass through openings 430 in fixture 400 .
- mounting points of fixture 400 are located at the prior locations of the marker portions 126 of scanning markers 122 .
- a planned actual trajectory 460 passes through an actual entry point 420 to an actual target point 410 corresponding to the planned entry image point 320 and target image point 310 ( FIG. 3 ). Trajectory 460 passes through fixture 400 when attached to the skull.
- Fixture 400 includes a way of mounting an instrument guide onto it to guide a surgical instrument along trajectory 460 .
- fixture 400 includes a mounting base 450 for attaching an instrument guide.
- Mounting base 450 has a flat surface with a central opening.
- trajectory 460 passes through the central opening of the mounting base and the flat surface of mounting base 450 is perpendicular to trajectory 460 .
- the distance between target point 410 and the mounting base is also determined before the surgical phase, for example by designing the fixture so that this distance is a standard distance related to the type of instrument that will be used.
- fixture 400 for a particular patient and surgical procedure must satisfy several constraints including one or more of the following:
- an second exemplary fixture 500 is shown attached to the patient's head ( FIG. 5 a ) and shown in a view along the planned trajectory ( FIG. 5 b ) and in cross section ( FIG. 5 c ).
- Fixture 500 is designed to attach to four bone anchors.
- Fixture 500 has a central mounting base 550 in a center section 520 .
- Four “legs” 510 extend from the center section to four mounting pads 530 with mounting holes 540 through which fixture 500 is attached to the bone anchors.
- mounting base 550 is centered on planed trajectory 460 .
- the distance between target point 410 and the center point 562 of the mounting base is set to a predetermined fixed distance.
- mounting pads 530 are designed as planar sections to lie over the mounting points and to be perpendicular to the axes of the bone anchors.
- Legs 510 are then designed as planar sections that join mounting pads 530 and center section 520 .
- FIG. 5 c the surface of the skull 534 is illustrated along with entry point 420 .
- the mounting pads, legs, and center section are design to lie above and provide sufficient clearance above the skull.
- this approach to designing fixture 500 relies on knowledge of the orientations as well as the locations of the bone anchors.
- a single marking portion 126 is attached in scanning marker 122 to each bone anchor 120 . Therefore only the location of each bone anchor is determined by locating the marker images of the scanning markers.
- alternative scanning markers 122 can be used.
- the alternative scanning markers have two marking portions 126 separated along the axis of the scanning marker. Locating the images of both the marking portions determines the orientation of the bone anchor.
- a second alternative is to use a normal direction to a surface models of the skull. The surface model of the skull can be computed directly from the scanned image using well known image processing techniques.
- a third alternative is to approximate the orientation of the bone anchors by fitting a surface through the locations of the scanning markers, and optionally through the entry point.
- a fourth alternative is to not rely on the mounting pads being normal to the axes of the bone anchors, relying instead on a mounting approach that is less sensitive to the orientation or the anchors. For instance, a ball can be mounted on each bone anchor and the fixture can have corresponding sockets which mate with the balls.
- Fixture 500 shown in FIGS. 5 a - c is made up of essentially planar sections.
- Alternative algorithmic design approaches can be used to design curved structures.
- the shape of the fixture can be determined using a surface spline with the mounting points and the mounting base being points at which constraints on the coefficients of the splines are determined.
- a solid model is a computer representation of a volume enclosed by a surface surrounding the entire volume.
- Various types of computer representations of the volume can be used.
- a common format is an “.stl” file that is used by many computer aided design (CAD) systems.
- the .stl file includes a set of representations of surface patches that together define a complete surface that encloses the volume.
- the .stl file for the designed fixture is then used as the specification for fabrication of the fixture.
- the solid model file is transferred to a rapid prototyping and tooling (RPT) machine.
- the file can be transferred on a physical medium, such as a magnetic disk, sent over a data network, or used directly on the computer on which is was computed.
- FDM Fused Deposition Modeling
- FMD2000 manufactured by Stratasys, Inc. of Eden Prairie Minn.
- the FDM machine essentially robotically lays down a long ribbon of extruded material thereby slowly building up the modeled fixture. As material is laid down, it fuses with the previously laid down material making a homogeneous solid. The process results in a highly accurate fixture, within 5 mil of the specification in the .stl file.
- Various materials can be used for the fixture. In the embodiment, medical grade ABS is used.
- the ABS material can be drilled and tapped to provide mounting points at which an instrument guide is attached.
- the completed fixture is returned to the surgeon.
- the patient returns, with the bone anchors still intact, for the surgical phase.
- the fixture is sterilized and then the surgeon attaches the sterilized fixture to the bone anchors in the patient's skull and begins the surgical phase.
- the surgical phase for brain surgery involves several steps, including opening a burr hole, and the inserting of an instrument in the burr hole.
- the burr hole can be drilled prior to attaching the fixture, or can be drilled using the fixture. In the latter case, a drill guide is attached to the mounting base and a drill is inserted through the drill guide to drill the burr hole at the planned entry point.
- fixture 400 is used to support an instrument guide 600 .
- instrument guide 600 supports an insertion tube 620 through which an instrument 610 , such as a recording electrode, is passed.
- the instrument is attached to a drive 630 on instrument guide 600 for manually or automatically driving the instrument to target point 410 . Since the separation of target point 410 and mounting base 450 is specified when the fixture is designed, if the length of the surgical instrument is predetermined, then the instrument guide can be calibrated to precisely insert the instrument to the target point. For instance, if the instrument is known to have a standard length, the separation of the target point and the mounting base on the fixture can be designed such that when the instrument drive is in its fully inserted position, the instrument has reached the planned target point.
- an adjustable instrument guide 700 is attached to mounting base 450 .
- the instrument guide is adjustable allowing the actual trajectory of instrument 610 to fall within a cone with an apex at entry point 420 .
- an adjustable guidance fixture such as one described in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/063,658 filed 21 Apr. 1998 or Provisional Application 60/096,384 filed 12 Aug. 1998 can be used. Both of these copending applications are incorporated herein by reference.
- adjustable instrument guide 700 is attached in a precise relationship to target point 410 and entry point 420 , a “registration” step of the type typically carried out in stereotactic surgery, used to conformally map a physical coordinate system to an image coordinate system, is not needed.
- instrument guide 700 can include encoders that generate signals which encode the adjustment of the actual trajectory relative to the planned trajectory, allowing precise visual feedback to be computed and displayed to a surgeon.
- Instrument guide can also be actuated allowing remote or robotic control of the instrument and the guide.
- the fabricated fixture is attached to bone anchors.
- Alternative embodiments attach the fixture to the body in different ways.
- other types of inserts or bone anchors can be attached to the skull.
- the fixture can be designed to precisely clamp onto the patient's head.
- two mating halves 810 , 820 of a fixture 800 match the contours of cheek bones and forehead, and the contours of the back of the head, respectively.
- the contours of the patients head are derived from the a model of the skull that is computed automatically from the scanned image.
- the design (i.e., the solid model) of the fixture is determined algorithmically from the locations and orientations of points, including the mounting points, the target point and the entry point.
- An alternative approach to design of the fixture involves interaction with the surgeon. Rather than having to specify a detailed design for the fixture, the surgeon has control over a limited number of deformations of a standard fixture.
- a set of “standard” fixtures are used as the basis of the procedure.
- Each of the standard fixtures is described using a “logical model” in which geometric relationships of various elements of the fixture are explicitly identified. Examples of constraints described in the logical model include the shape of the mounting base (which is not deformed), and the connections of sections such as the mounting legs and central section.
- the surgeon selects one of the standard fixtures.
- a computer aided graphic design (CAGD) tool the surgeon views both a representation of the body and a representation of the fixture.
- the standard fixture does not satisfy any of the design constraints.
- the surgeon adjusts the fixture design so that the fixture will mate with the bone anchor, and so that the mounting base will have the correct location and orientation with respect to the entry and target points.
- the surgeon can adjust other aspects of the design, for example, deforming the fixture to allow sufficient clearance for an ear.
- Another embodiment of the invention is directed to spinal surgery.
- a three-dimensional scanned image is taken of the patient, in this case of his or her spine.
- no anchor points or scanning markers are necessarily applied to the spine, however.
- the surgeon identifies target points 934 in the image of a spine 920 , for example, points at which screws are to be inserted into the spine.
- the surgeon also plans trajectories 932 to reach the target points, for example determining the angles at which the screw holes will be drilled.
- a computer model of the segments of the spine 920 is formed from the scanned image.
- the surgeon identifies two segments 922 to which a customized fixture 900 is to be attached.
- the models of segments 922 are used to form clamp sections which mate with the contours of the segments.
- a portion 910 of the clamp section is formed in one piece with the main section of the fixture.
- a second portion 912 of each clamp section is formed as a separate component.
- the two portions of the clamp section are drawn together to attach the fixture to the spinal segments.
- Fixture 900 is formed to match the curvature of spine 920 as it is scanned. For instance, the separation of segments 922 matches the separation in the scanned image.
- each instrument guide 930 is formed in fixture 900 .
- each instrument guide can be a elongated hole into which a drill is inserted.
- the instrument guides can be designed so that not only the orientation but also the depth of the holes drilled into the spinal segments are precisely determined by the instrument guides.
- the surgeon After attaching the fixture, the surgeon proceeds with the operations on each of the spinal segments that are involved in the overall surgery without repositioning fixture 900 .
- Another embodiment directed to spinal surgery not only addresses operations to be performed on the spine in the configuration that it was scanned, but also address manipulating the spine to a desired curvature different from that in the scanned image.
- a modified spinal model is also derived.
- the modified model represents the desired curvature of the spine.
- a second fixture is designed according to the modified model. After the first fixture is removed, the second fixture is attached to achieve the desired curvature of the spine.
- FIG. 10 a - b A related embodiment is illustrated schematically in FIG. 10 a - b .
- This embodiment also uses the modified spinal model.
- additional guides 1010 are formed in the first fixture for the purpose of manipulating the spine into the desired configuration.
- additional guides 1010 are formed in the fixture corresponding to the orientations 1012 of the drilled holes after modification of the curvature, and screws inserted into the holes can be forced to lie in the desired orientations. Similar embodiments can be applied to correction and repair of orthopedic bone or joint deformity or fracture.
- Similar customized fixtures are also applicable to other types of surgical procedures in which a device must be precisely attached to a body.
- a precise instrument guide can be mounted with reference to facial features for eye surgery.
- one or more customized fixtures are used to support tracking markers that are used in sensor-tracked image-guided stereotactic surgery.
- bone anchors 120 are attached to a body.
- scanning markers are attached to the bone anchors, and the precise location of the bone anchors relative to the body are determined from a scanned image.
- a customized fixture 1200 is fabricated so that it has a known geometry relative to the mounting points which mate with bone anchors 120 .
- a tracking fixture 1210 is attached to customized fixture 1200 .
- Tracking fixture 1210 has a number of tracking markers 1215 attached to it. These markers are tracked during surgery.
- Tracking markers 1215 light-emitting diodes, or other emitters or reflectors of energy, whose three-dimensional location can be tracked using a remote sensing device, such as a camera array or a laser tracker.
- tracking fixture 1210 is shown rigidly mounted to the body through bone anchors 120 .
- the locations of bone anchors relative to the body is determined from the scanned image.
- the geometry of customized fixture 1200 is determined in the fixture design phase.
- the location of tracking markers 1215 on tracking fixture 1210 are known from the predetermined geometry of the tracking fixture.
- the locations of tracking markers 1215 relative to bone anchors 120 are then computed from the geometry of the customized fixture and the geometry of the tracking fixture attached to it, in what is essentially a “computed registration” step.
- a surgical instrument 1310 for example a manually positioned probe, also includes multiple tracking markers 1315 .
- a tracking system which includes a remote sensing device 1300 , in this case a camera array, is used to track the three-dimensional locations of tracking markers 1215 and 1315 .
- the tracking system is used to compute the relative position of the surgical instrument to the body.
- the tracking system displays a representation of surgical instrument 1310 on display system 1320 in a proper position and orientation relative to an image of the body.
- a manual registration phase of the type generally performed prior to conventional image-guided stereotactic surgery is not needed to determine the relative position of the instrument to the body.
- the computed registration step described above can be validated or double-checked using a manual procedure, for example, by touching the end of the surgical instrument to predetermined locations, such as the locations of the bone anchors, and verifying that the tracking system correctly calculates the locations.
- remote sensing device 1300 does not have to remain in a fixed location relative to the body, and in fact, both the body and sensing device 1300 can be freely moved around while continually tracking the location of the surgical instrument relative to the body.
- Tracking fixtures 1210 are rigidly attached to segments of an articulated portion of the body to track the relative positions of those segments.
- one tracking fixture 1210 is attached to a pelvis 1410 using a first customized fixture 1420
- a second tracking fixture 1210 is attached to a femur 1430 using a second customized fixture 1440 .
- Customized fixtures 1420 and 1440 are designed and fabricated in the manner described above to mate with mounting anchors or screws on the pelvis and femur. For instance, anchoring screws 1442 are inserted into femur 1430 .
- Customized fixture 1440 is designed to have a known geometry and to mate with anchoring screws 1442 .
- Customized fixture 1420 is similarly designed to mate with bone anchors that have been inserted into the pelvis.
- remote sensing device 1300 is used to determined the relative position and orientation of the two tracking fixtures 1210 . Based on the computed registration of each tracking fixture to the rigid part of the body to which it is attached, the tracking system computes the relative position and orientation of femur 1430 and pelvis 1410 and displays representations of the femur and the pelvis on a display system 1450 in their proper geometric relationship.
- Similar customized fixtures are used to attach tracking fixtures to other parts of the body, for example to mulitple segments of the spine.
- Multiple tracking fixtures can also be used to track the configuration of skeletal joints during surgery or during other medical procedures.
- tracking fixtures which have integrated tracking markers, are attached to customized fixtures.
- a customized fixture can be designed and fabricated to directly hold the tracking markers, thereby being a customized tracking fixture (or “tracking frame”), which has a predetermined geometric relationship between the mounting points of the fixture and the locations of the tracking markers.
- Scanner 210 produces scanned image 230 which is passed to computer 220 .
- Computer 220 is used by the surgeon to identify target and entry points, and possibly other points such as marker image points.
- a display and input device 1110 provides an interface for the surgeon. For instance, multiple planar views of the scanned image are presented to the surgeon, and the surgeon selects points using a mouse.
- Program storage 1125 is coupled to computer 220 for holding software used to implement procedures executed by computer 220 .
- a library of standard fixtures 1120 can optionally be attached to computer 220 . These standard fixtures are deformed using interactive procedures implemented on computer 220 .
- the product of the procedures executed on computer 220 is solid model 1130 which completely specifies the shape of the fixture.
- This model is passed to a fabrication computer 1140 which derives tooling instructions 1150 which are passed to the RPT machine 1160 .
- the RPT machine fabricates the fixture according to the tooling instructions.
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Abstract
A customized surgical fixture (400) is formed by scanning a body to form a three-dimensional image of the body, and then identifying in the image a target (310) in the body, and mounting points or structures (330) on the body. A model, such as a computer solid model, of the fixture (400) is specified in accordance with the locations of the target (310) and mounting structures (330) or points. The fixture (400) is formed in accordance with the model of the fixture (400), for example using a rapid prototyping and tooling machine. When attached to the body, the fixture (400) can be used to guide a surgical instrument (610) into the body, for example, by using a mechanical guide (600) attached to the fixture (400) or using a remote sensing device (1300) that tracks the relative position of the customized fixture (400) and the surgical instrument.
Description
- The invention relates to customized surgical fixtures.
- Many types of surgical procedures rely on precisely guiding an instrument into the body. This is the case in stereotactic surgery in which a target point within a body, for example, within a brain, is identified in a three-dimensional scanned image of the body. A detailed survey of stereotactic surgery can be found in Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosuraery, P. L. Gildenberg and R. R. Tasker (eds.), McGraw-Hill, June 1997 (ISBN: 0070236046). In a typical approach to stereotactic surgery, a frame is attached to the body prior to scanning. After scanning, the target point in the body is identified in the scanned image with reference to the frame. Then, during surgery, an adjustable instrument guide is attached to the frame. The guide is adjusted to align with the target point. A related approach to stereotactic surgery is described in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/063,658 filed 21 Apr. 1998, which is incorporated herein by reference. In that approach applied to brain surgery, an adjustable instrument guide is attached directly to the skull. Once attached, it is adjusted to align with the target point.
- These previous approaches to stereotactic surgery require adjustment of an instrument guide in order that the instrument can be driven accurately to the target point within the body.
- Adjusting an instrument guide to align with a target point within the body can be complex and time consuming. In some procedures multiple points must be targeted. For example, in spinal sterotactic surgery, multiple targets on different spinal segments are used. In a general aspect of the invention, rather than targeting an adjustable instrument guide, a customized fixture is fabricated for a particular patient, such that targeting is unnecessary or greatly simplified. A fixed instrument guide attached to the customized fixture can be used to guide a surgical instrument to the desired point without adjustment.
- In one aspect, the invention features a method for forming a surgical fixture for attaching to a body and providing a reference structure for precisely locating a target within the body, such as a particular point or an anatomical structure within the body. The method includes processing a three-dimensional scanned image of the body, for example a CT or MRI scan. The scanned image includes the target within the body, for example a point or region of the body, and a mounting location of the body. The method also includes determining a structure of the surgical fixture such that when attached at the mounting location of the body the fixture provides a reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to the target within the body.
- The method can include one or more of the following features.
- Multiple mounting points can be identified in the scanned image. The geometric relationship between corresponding mounting points on the fixture and the reference structure can then be determined. The method can further include attaching mounting anchors to the body prior to scanning the body. Scanning markers are attached to the anchors. The identified mounting points are then the locations of the scanning markers in the three-dimensional image.
- The mounting location for the fixture can be an anatomical structure on the body. A contour of a surface of the fixture is determined to mate with the anatomical structure.
- The method can include identifying the target in the scanned image. Also, a trajectory for reaching the target can be identified. The location and orientation of the reference structure is then determined with respect to the identified trajectory.
- The structure of the fixture can be determined in terms of a solid model of the fixture which defines the volume enclosed by the surface of the fixture. The method can then also include fabricating the fixture according to the solid model.
- The method can include attaching the surgical fixture to the body and guiding an instrument to the target with reference to the attached surgical fixture.
- The method can include attaching the surgical fixture to the body and attaching multiple tracking markers to the surgical fixture. For example, the multiple tracking markers, such a light-emitting diodes, can be attached to a tracking fixture that is then attached to the surgical fixture. The method then includes tracking locations of the tracking markers relative to a remote sensing device, such as a camera array or a laser tracker. The method can further include tracking a location of a surgical instrument relative to the remote sensing device, for example by tracking locations of tracking markers attached to the instrument, and computing a relative position of the surgical instrument to the surgical fixture using the tracked location of the tracking markers and the surgical instrument relative to the remote sensing device.
- The method can also include attaching a second surgical fixture at a second mounting location of the body, and attaching multiple tracking markers to the second surgical fixture. For example, the two surgical fixtures are attached at two mounting points on an articulated portion of the body, for example, on two bones coupled at a skeletal joint. The method then includes tracking locations of the tracking markers attached to the second surgical fixture relative to the remote sensing device and computing a relative position of the two mounting locations of the body from the tracked locations of the tracking markers attached to both surgical fixtures. For example, a configuration of a skeletal joint can be determined from the computed relative position of the mounting locations.
- The body can include a spine and the mounting location can include a spinal segment. The method can also include forming a model of the spine. The method can further include forming a corrected model of the spine in a corrected configuration. The determined structure of the surgical fixture is such that when attached, the fixture provides a second reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to the target in the corrected configuration of the spine.
- The method can include selecting a model of a standard fixture and deforming the model of the standard fixture in order to match the standard model to the target and the mounting location.
- In another aspect, the invention features a surgical fixture formed from a computer model using a rapid prototyping and tooling technique. The fixture includes multiple mounting sections for attaching the fixture to a body at a predetermined mounting location on a body and a reference structure coupled to the mounting sections for guiding a surgical instrument into the body. When the fixture is attached to the body at the mounting location the reference structure is at a predetermined location and orientation to a target within the body. The fixture can include an instrument guide mounted on the reference structure for driving the instrument into the body.
- In another aspect, the invention features software stored on a computer readable medium for causing a computer to perform the functions of processing a three-dimensional scanned image of a body, the scanned image including the target within the body and a mounting location of the body and determining a structure of a surgical fixture such that when attached at the mounting location of the body the fixture provides a reference structure in a determined location and orientation with respect to a target within the body.
- Advantages of the invention include avoiding the need for targeting of an adjustable guidance fixture based on the location of target points within the body. This reduces the time required for surgery, and can increase the accuracy and precision of targeting.
- Another advantage is that the customized fixture can provide a mounting base in a precise location relative to the body. This avoids a manual registration procedure of stereotactic surgery in which a correspondence between the scanned image and the physical body is established. The manual registration procedure can be time consuming and inaccurate.
- Another advantage is that tracking markers, such as light sources or reflectors, can be attached at predetermined locations relative to the body, without requiring that mounting points, such as bone anchors, are in a particular configuration, and without requiring a manual registration step after the tracking markers are attached to the body. This provides flexibility in the choice of where to mount the fixture and reduces the time required before surgery can begin and provides improved accuracy compared to that typically achieved using manual registration and avoids errors inherent in a manual registration step.
- Another advantage is that the customized fixture is easily attached to the body, for instance by mating the fixture to a set of anchors attached to the body prior to scanning, or in another instance, mating the fixture to the particular anatomy of the patient.
- Another advantage is that the customized fixture can be repeatedly reattached to permanently implanted anchors in the body allowing follow-up or repeated procedures.
- Another advantage of the invention is that the detailed fixture design can be based on a desired configuration of a configurable portion of the body, such as the spine, rather than solely on the configuration during scanning. This allows the fixture to be used not only to guide instruments into the body, but when attached to the body, to constrain the configuration of the body, such as correcting a spinal or orthopedic bone deformity or complex fracture.
- Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, and from the claims.
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FIGS. 1 a-b show scanning markers and bone anchors used to attached the scanning markers to a skull; -
FIG. 2 illustrates a scanning phase; -
FIG. 3 illustrates a scanned image and located image points; -
FIG. 4 illustrates a customized fixture; -
FIGS. 5 a-c illustrate another customized fixture, attached to a head, and viewed along a target trajectory and from the side; -
FIG. 6 is a side view of a fixture supporting an instrument guide; -
FIG. 7 is a side view of a fixture supporting an adjustable instrument guide; -
FIG. 8 illustrates a head-mounted fixture which mates with the contours of the skull; -
FIGS. 9 a-b illustrate a customized fixture for spinal surgery; -
FIGS. 10 a-b illustrate a spinal fixture used to modify the curvature of the spine; -
FIG. 11 illustrates a computer implementation of the fixture design procedure; -
FIG. 12 illustrates attachment of tracking markers to a customized fixture; -
FIG. 13 illustrates sensor-tracked image guidance of a surgical instrument relative to tracking markers attached to a skull with a customized fixture; and -
FIG. 14 illustrates multiple customized fixtures supporting tracking markers used to track the position of a femur relative to a pelvis. - An approach to stereotactic surgery according to the invention involves four phases.
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- Scanning and Surgical Planning. A three-dimensional scanned image of a patient is taken. A surgeon identifies a target point or volume within the body and determines coordinates of the target in the image.
- Fixture Design. Based on the scanned image and the identified target point, a computer “solid model” of a customized fixture is computed. The solid model is computed so that the resulting fixture can be precisely attached to the body. The fixture is further designed to include an integral instrument guide, or a mounting base for a removable guide, for accurately positioning a surgical instrument at the target point when the fixture is attached to the body.
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- Fixture Fabrication. Based on the computed solid model, the customized fixture is fabricated using a computer controlled rapid prototyping and tooling (RPT) technique.
- Surgery. The fabricated customized fixture is attached to the patient, and a surgical instrument is guided to the target point using the fixture.
Brain Surgery
- A first embodiment of the invention is directed to brain surgery. Several alternative embodiments, described below, are also directed to brain surgery. Additional related embodiments are also applicable to other types of surgery, including spinal surgery. The first embodiment, which is directed to brain surgery, is described below following the four phases summarized above.
- Scanning and Surgical Planning Phase
- Referring to
FIG. 1 a, in the first phase, the scanning and surgical planning phase, a set of bone anchors 120 is attached to theskull 100 prior to scanning the patient. In the illustrative example shown inFIG. 1 , three bone anchors 120 are attached to the skull. A greater or smaller number of anchors can also be used. During the later surgical phase, bone anchors 120 will be the attachment points for the fabricated fixture. - Referring to
FIG. 1 b, each of the bone anchors 120 has a threaded opening for accepting threaded bolts or other threaded attachments. In particular, prior to scanning, each threaded opening is used to accept ascanning marker 122. Eachscanning marker 122 includes a threadedsection 124 attached to amarker portion 126.Marker portion 126 includes a material that will result in a visible image in the scanned image. Various types of scanning techniques can be used, including CT, PET, MRI, SPECT, and laser. The material in themarker portions 126 is chosen depending on the scanning technique that will be used. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , after scanningmarkers 122 are attached to bone anchors 120, the patient is scanned in a scanner 210 (illustrated schematically) producing a three-dimensional image 230. This image is transferred to acomputer 220 where it is stored. - After the scanning process is complete, scanning
markers 122 are removed from the patient, but bone anchors 120 are left firmly in place. In a typical situation, because the surgical phase of the process will not begin for several hours, or even several days, the patient is allowed to walk around or even allowed to return home at this point. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , a surgeon plans the upcoming surgery using a computer display ofimage 230 using well-known techniques in stereotactic surgery. The surgeon identifies atarget image point 310 inimage 230 corresponding to a target point in the body. The three dimensional coordinates of the target image point in the coordinate system ofimage 230 are stored on the computer. The surgeon also identifies anentry image point 320 defining a straight-line trajectory by which a surgical instrument can reach the target point while avoiding critical structures in the brain. The coordinates of the entry image point are also stored. - Referring still to
FIG. 3 , marker image points 330 inimage 230 correspond to themarker portions 126 of scanning markers 122 (FIG. 1 b). The surgeon can locate these points using the computer display in a similar manner to locating the target and entry points. Alternatively, an automated algorithm is implemented oncomputer 220 to locate marker image points 330 based on the image characteristics, such as brightness or shape, of the points. In either case, the coordinates in the image of marker image points 330 are stored. - At this point, based on a known correspondence of the scanned image to the physical body, the locations of the actual target and entry points on the body with respect to the locations of the scanning markers are computed and stored on the computer. This computation is based on the stored coordinates of the corresponding marker, target, and entry image points.
- A representation of the surface of the skull can be computed directly from the scanned image using well-known image processing techniques. This surface representation can be used to ensure that a designed fixture will properly fit over the skull, or to determine other characteristics of the skull that may be used to design the fixture.
- This completes the scanning and surgical planning stage.
- Fixture Design Phase
- The next phase of the process involves design and fabrication of the fixture itself. The design requirements of the fixture can be understood by referring to
FIG. 4 which shows how a fabricatedfixture 400 will be attached to bone anchors 120 in the surgical phase. In this embodiment,fixture 400 is attached to bone anchors 120 usingbolts 432 which pass throughopenings 430 infixture 400. When attached to the bone anchors, mounting points offixture 400 are located at the prior locations of themarker portions 126 of scanningmarkers 122. - A planned
actual trajectory 460 passes through anactual entry point 420 to anactual target point 410 corresponding to the plannedentry image point 320 and target image point 310 (FIG. 3 ).Trajectory 460 passes throughfixture 400 when attached to the skull. -
Fixture 400 includes a way of mounting an instrument guide onto it to guide a surgical instrument alongtrajectory 460. In this embodiment,fixture 400 includes a mountingbase 450 for attaching an instrument guide. Mountingbase 450 has a flat surface with a central opening. Whenfixture 400 is attached to the skull,trajectory 460 passes through the central opening of the mounting base and the flat surface of mountingbase 450 is perpendicular totrajectory 460. The distance betweentarget point 410 and the mounting base is also determined before the surgical phase, for example by designing the fixture so that this distance is a standard distance related to the type of instrument that will be used. - The design of
fixture 400 for a particular patient and surgical procedure must satisfy several constraints including one or more of the following: -
- mounting
base 450 is centered on the planned trajectory and oriented perpendicular to the trajectory, - the mounting points of
fixture 400 mate with bone anchors 120, - the distance between
target point 410 and the mounting base must be an exact distance or within a particular range related to the surgical instrument and guide that will be used, - the orientation of the fixture at each of the mounting points must be appropriate for the orientation of the corresponding bone anchors, and
- the fixture must provide sufficient clearance above the skull when mounted.
- mounting
- Referring to
FIGS. 5 a-c, an secondexemplary fixture 500 is shown attached to the patient's head (FIG. 5 a) and shown in a view along the planned trajectory (FIG. 5 b) and in cross section (FIG. 5 c).Fixture 500 is designed to attach to four bone anchors.Fixture 500 has acentral mounting base 550 in acenter section 520. Four “legs” 510 extend from the center section to four mountingpads 530 with mountingholes 540 through whichfixture 500 is attached to the bone anchors. - The procedure for satisfying the constraints identified above uses an algorithmic approach. The approach can be understood with reference to
FIGS. 5 b-c. Referring toFIG. 5 c, mountingbase 550 is centered on planedtrajectory 460. In this example, the distance betweentarget point 410 and thecenter point 562 of the mounting base is set to a predetermined fixed distance. - Referring still to
FIG. 5 c, two of the mountingpoints 532 are illustrated along with the axes of the bone anchors. Mountingpads 530 are designed as planar sections to lie over the mounting points and to be perpendicular to the axes of the bone anchors.Legs 510 are then designed as planar sections that join mountingpads 530 andcenter section 520. - In
FIG. 5 c, the surface of theskull 534 is illustrated along withentry point 420. The mounting pads, legs, and center section are design to lie above and provide sufficient clearance above the skull. - In order to orient mounting
pads 530 perpendicularly to the axes of the bone anchors, this approach to designingfixture 500 relies on knowledge of the orientations as well as the locations of the bone anchors. In the approach described above, as shown inFIG. 1 b, asingle marking portion 126 is attached inscanning marker 122 to eachbone anchor 120. Therefore only the location of each bone anchor is determined by locating the marker images of the scanning markers. - One of several alternative approaches to determining the orientation of the bone anchors can be used. First,
alternative scanning markers 122 can be used. The alternative scanning markers have two markingportions 126 separated along the axis of the scanning marker. Locating the images of both the marking portions determines the orientation of the bone anchor. A second alternative is to use a normal direction to a surface models of the skull. The surface model of the skull can be computed directly from the scanned image using well known image processing techniques. A third alternative is to approximate the orientation of the bone anchors by fitting a surface through the locations of the scanning markers, and optionally through the entry point. A fourth alternative is to not rely on the mounting pads being normal to the axes of the bone anchors, relying instead on a mounting approach that is less sensitive to the orientation or the anchors. For instance, a ball can be mounted on each bone anchor and the fixture can have corresponding sockets which mate with the balls. -
Fixture 500 shown inFIGS. 5 a-c is made up of essentially planar sections. Alternative algorithmic design approaches can be used to design curved structures. For instance, the shape of the fixture can be determined using a surface spline with the mounting points and the mounting base being points at which constraints on the coefficients of the splines are determined. - The design of the customized fixture is converted into a computerized specification of a solid model. A solid model is a computer representation of a volume enclosed by a surface surrounding the entire volume. Various types of computer representations of the volume can be used. A common format is an “.stl” file that is used by many computer aided design (CAD) systems. The .stl file includes a set of representations of surface patches that together define a complete surface that encloses the volume. The .stl file for the designed fixture is then used as the specification for fabrication of the fixture.
- Fixture Fabrication
- The solid model file is transferred to a rapid prototyping and tooling (RPT) machine. The file can be transferred on a physical medium, such as a magnetic disk, sent over a data network, or used directly on the computer on which is was computed.
- A variety of RTP techniques can be used to fabricate the fixture. In this embodiment, a Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) machine, such model FMD2000 manufactured by Stratasys, Inc. of Eden Prairie Minn., is used to make the three dimensional fixture from the .stl file. The FDM machine essentially robotically lays down a long ribbon of extruded material thereby slowly building up the modeled fixture. As material is laid down, it fuses with the previously laid down material making a homogeneous solid. The process results in a highly accurate fixture, within 5 mil of the specification in the .stl file. Various materials can be used for the fixture. In the embodiment, medical grade ABS is used.
- After fabrication in the FDM machine, some further machining may be needed for some fixture designs. For instance, the ABS material can be drilled and tapped to provide mounting points at which an instrument guide is attached.
- Surgery
- The completed fixture is returned to the surgeon. The patient returns, with the bone anchors still intact, for the surgical phase. The fixture is sterilized and then the surgeon attaches the sterilized fixture to the bone anchors in the patient's skull and begins the surgical phase.
- The surgical phase for brain surgery involves several steps, including opening a burr hole, and the inserting of an instrument in the burr hole. The burr hole can be drilled prior to attaching the fixture, or can be drilled using the fixture. In the latter case, a drill guide is attached to the mounting base and a drill is inserted through the drill guide to drill the burr hole at the planned entry point.
- Referring to
FIG. 6 , to insert a surgical instrument into the brain to reach the planned target point,fixture 400 is used to support aninstrument guide 600. In the illustrative example shown inFIG. 6 ,instrument guide 600 supports aninsertion tube 620 through which aninstrument 610, such as a recording electrode, is passed. The instrument is attached to adrive 630 oninstrument guide 600 for manually or automatically driving the instrument to targetpoint 410. Since the separation oftarget point 410 and mountingbase 450 is specified when the fixture is designed, if the length of the surgical instrument is predetermined, then the instrument guide can be calibrated to precisely insert the instrument to the target point. For instance, if the instrument is known to have a standard length, the separation of the target point and the mounting base on the fixture can be designed such that when the instrument drive is in its fully inserted position, the instrument has reached the planned target point. - Alternative instrument guides can be used in conjunction with a custom fabricated fixture. Referring to
FIG. 7 , anadjustable instrument guide 700 is attached to mountingbase 450. The instrument guide is adjustable allowing the actual trajectory ofinstrument 610 to fall within a cone with an apex atentry point 420. For instance, an adjustable guidance fixture such as one described in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/063,658 filed 21 Apr. 1998 or Provisional Application 60/096,384 filed 12 Aug. 1998 can be used. Both of these copending applications are incorporated herein by reference. - Note that since
adjustable instrument guide 700 is attached in a precise relationship to targetpoint 410 andentry point 420, a “registration” step of the type typically carried out in stereotactic surgery, used to conformally map a physical coordinate system to an image coordinate system, is not needed. Furthermore,instrument guide 700 can include encoders that generate signals which encode the adjustment of the actual trajectory relative to the planned trajectory, allowing precise visual feedback to be computed and displayed to a surgeon. Instrument guide can also be actuated allowing remote or robotic control of the instrument and the guide. - Alternative Approaches
- In the embodiment described above, the fabricated fixture is attached to bone anchors. Alternative embodiments attach the fixture to the body in different ways. For instance, other types of inserts or bone anchors can be attached to the skull. Also, rather than attaching the fixture to a bone anchor, the fixture can be designed to precisely clamp onto the patient's head. For example, referring to
FIG. 8 , twomating halves fixture 800 match the contours of cheek bones and forehead, and the contours of the back of the head, respectively. The contours of the patients head are derived from the a model of the skull that is computed automatically from the scanned image. - In the embodiments described above, the design (i.e., the solid model) of the fixture is determined algorithmically from the locations and orientations of points, including the mounting points, the target point and the entry point. An alternative approach to design of the fixture involves interaction with the surgeon. Rather than having to specify a detailed design for the fixture, the surgeon has control over a limited number of deformations of a standard fixture.
- A particular implementation of this deformation procedure uses a relational geometry approach. U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,969 issued 17 Mar. 1995 to John S. Letcher, Jr., describes such a relational geometry approach and software architecture to implement the approach.
- A set of “standard” fixtures are used as the basis of the procedure. Each of the standard fixtures is described using a “logical model” in which geometric relationships of various elements of the fixture are explicitly identified. Examples of constraints described in the logical model include the shape of the mounting base (which is not deformed), and the connections of sections such as the mounting legs and central section.
- In the fixture design phase, the surgeon selects one of the standard fixtures. Using a computer aided graphic design (CAGD) tool, the surgeon views both a representation of the body and a representation of the fixture. Initially, the standard fixture does not satisfy any of the design constraints. Using the CAGD tool, the surgeon adjusts the fixture design so that the fixture will mate with the bone anchor, and so that the mounting base will have the correct location and orientation with respect to the entry and target points. Furthermore, the surgeon can adjust other aspects of the design, for example, deforming the fixture to allow sufficient clearance for an ear.
- Spinal Surgery
- Another embodiment of the invention is directed to spinal surgery. As in the brain surgery approach, a three-dimensional scanned image is taken of the patient, in this case of his or her spine. In this embodiment, no anchor points or scanning markers are necessarily applied to the spine, however.
- Referring to
FIG. 9 a, using techniques well known in stereotactic spinal surgery, the surgeon identifies target points 934 in the image of aspine 920, for example, points at which screws are to be inserted into the spine. The surgeon also planstrajectories 932 to reach the target points, for example determining the angles at which the screw holes will be drilled. - Using well-known image analysis and modeling techniques, a computer model of the segments of the
spine 920 is formed from the scanned image. - The surgeon identifies two
segments 922 to which a customizedfixture 900 is to be attached. Referring toFIG. 9 b, the models ofsegments 922 are used to form clamp sections which mate with the contours of the segments. Aportion 910 of the clamp section is formed in one piece with the main section of the fixture. Asecond portion 912 of each clamp section is formed as a separate component. The two portions of the clamp section are drawn together to attach the fixture to the spinal segments.Fixture 900 is formed to match the curvature ofspine 920 as it is scanned. For instance, the separation ofsegments 922 matches the separation in the scanned image. - For each of the target points, a
separate instrument guide 930 is formed infixture 900. For example, each instrument guide can be a elongated hole into which a drill is inserted. The instrument guides can be designed so that not only the orientation but also the depth of the holes drilled into the spinal segments are precisely determined by the instrument guides. - After attaching the fixture, the surgeon proceeds with the operations on each of the spinal segments that are involved in the overall surgery without repositioning
fixture 900. - In an alternative embodiment directed to spinal surgery, previously applied anchors and scanning markers in spinal segments or bony structures are used to define the geometry of a customized fixture so that it mates with these anchors.
- Another embodiment directed to spinal surgery not only addresses operations to be performed on the spine in the configuration that it was scanned, but also address manipulating the spine to a desired curvature different from that in the scanned image. In addition to forming a computer model of the spine as it is scanned, a modified spinal model is also derived. The modified model represents the desired curvature of the spine. A second fixture is designed according to the modified model. After the first fixture is removed, the second fixture is attached to achieve the desired curvature of the spine.
- A related embodiment is illustrated schematically in
FIG. 10 a-b. This embodiment also uses the modified spinal model. However, rather than forming a second fixture,additional guides 1010 are formed in the first fixture for the purpose of manipulating the spine into the desired configuration. For example, in addition toguides 1020 which are formed along theorientations 1022 to drill the segments,additional guides 1010 are formed in the fixture corresponding to theorientations 1012 of the drilled holes after modification of the curvature, and screws inserted into the holes can be forced to lie in the desired orientations. Similar embodiments can be applied to correction and repair of orthopedic bone or joint deformity or fracture. - Other Surgical Procedures
- The embodiments presented above are described in the context of stereotactic brain or spine surgery. Similar approaches are applicable to other types of stereotactic surgery.
- Similar customized fixtures are also applicable to other types of surgical procedures in which a device must be precisely attached to a body. For instance, a precise instrument guide can be mounted with reference to facial features for eye surgery.
- Sensor-Tracked Image Guidance
- In other alternative embodiments, one or more customized fixtures are used to support tracking markers that are used in sensor-tracked image-guided stereotactic surgery. Referring to
FIG. 12 , in an exemplary embodiment in which tracking markers are used, bone anchors 120 are attached to a body. In a procedure of the type described above, scanning markers are attached to the bone anchors, and the precise location of the bone anchors relative to the body are determined from a scanned image. - Referring still to
FIG. 12 , a customizedfixture 1200 is fabricated so that it has a known geometry relative to the mounting points which mate with bone anchors 120. In this embodiment, atracking fixture 1210 is attached to customizedfixture 1200.Tracking fixture 1210 has a number oftracking markers 1215 attached to it. These markers are tracked during surgery.Tracking markers 1215 light-emitting diodes, or other emitters or reflectors of energy, whose three-dimensional location can be tracked using a remote sensing device, such as a camera array or a laser tracker. - Referring to
FIG. 13 ,tracking fixture 1210 is shown rigidly mounted to the body through bone anchors 120. The locations of bone anchors relative to the body is determined from the scanned image. The geometry of customizedfixture 1200 is determined in the fixture design phase. The location of trackingmarkers 1215 on trackingfixture 1210 are known from the predetermined geometry of the tracking fixture. The locations of trackingmarkers 1215 relative to bone anchors 120 are then computed from the geometry of the customized fixture and the geometry of the tracking fixture attached to it, in what is essentially a “computed registration” step. - Referring still to
FIG. 13 , asurgical instrument 1310, for example a manually positioned probe, also includesmultiple tracking markers 1315. A tracking system, which includes aremote sensing device 1300, in this case a camera array, is used to track the three-dimensional locations of trackingmarkers surgical instrument 1310, including the locations of trackingmarkers 1315 on the instrument, and the determined locations of trackingmarkers 1215 relative to the bone anchors. The tracking system is used to compute the relative position of the surgical instrument to the body. The tracking system displays a representation ofsurgical instrument 1310 ondisplay system 1320 in a proper position and orientation relative to an image of the body. - Note that a manual registration phase of the type generally performed prior to conventional image-guided stereotactic surgery is not needed to determine the relative position of the instrument to the body. However, the computed registration step described above can be validated or double-checked using a manual procedure, for example, by touching the end of the surgical instrument to predetermined locations, such as the locations of the bone anchors, and verifying that the tracking system correctly calculates the locations. Furthermore,
remote sensing device 1300 does not have to remain in a fixed location relative to the body, and in fact, both the body andsensing device 1300 can be freely moved around while continually tracking the location of the surgical instrument relative to the body. - Referring to
FIG. 14 , in another alternative embodiment,multiple tracking fixtures 1210 are used.Tracking fixtures 1210 are rigidly attached to segments of an articulated portion of the body to track the relative positions of those segments. In one exemplary use of multiple tracking fixtures, as shown inFIG. 14 , onetracking fixture 1210 is attached to apelvis 1410 using a first customizedfixture 1420, while asecond tracking fixture 1210 is attached to afemur 1430 using a second customizedfixture 1440.Customized fixtures screws 1442 are inserted intofemur 1430. Scanning markers are attached to anchoringscrews 1442 prior to scanning.Customized fixture 1440 is designed to have a known geometry and to mate with anchoringscrews 1442.Customized fixture 1420 is similarly designed to mate with bone anchors that have been inserted into the pelvis. - During surgery,
remote sensing device 1300 is used to determined the relative position and orientation of the twotracking fixtures 1210. Based on the computed registration of each tracking fixture to the rigid part of the body to which it is attached, the tracking system computes the relative position and orientation offemur 1430 andpelvis 1410 and displays representations of the femur and the pelvis on adisplay system 1450 in their proper geometric relationship. - Similar customized fixtures are used to attach tracking fixtures to other parts of the body, for example to mulitple segments of the spine. Multiple tracking fixtures can also be used to track the configuration of skeletal joints during surgery or during other medical procedures.
- In embodiments described above, tracking fixtures, which have integrated tracking markers, are attached to customized fixtures. Alternatively, a customized fixture can be designed and fabricated to directly hold the tracking markers, thereby being a customized tracking fixture (or “tracking frame”), which has a predetermined geometric relationship between the mounting points of the fixture and the locations of the tracking markers.
- Implementation
- Referring to
FIG. 11 , the design and fabrication of the fixture involves several steps and pieces of equipment.Scanner 210 produces scannedimage 230 which is passed tocomputer 220.Computer 220 is used by the surgeon to identify target and entry points, and possibly other points such as marker image points. A display andinput device 1110 provides an interface for the surgeon. For instance, multiple planar views of the scanned image are presented to the surgeon, and the surgeon selects points using a mouse.Program storage 1125 is coupled tocomputer 220 for holding software used to implement procedures executed bycomputer 220. As described above, a library ofstandard fixtures 1120 can optionally be attached tocomputer 220. These standard fixtures are deformed using interactive procedures implemented oncomputer 220. - The product of the procedures executed on
computer 220 issolid model 1130 which completely specifies the shape of the fixture. This model is passed to afabrication computer 1140 which derivestooling instructions 1150 which are passed to theRPT machine 1160. The RPT machine fabricates the fixture according to the tooling instructions. - It is to be understood that the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
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1-19. (canceled)
20. A method for designing a customized medical fixture comprising:
(a) locating a first plurality of devices attached to a body from a scanned image of the body;
(b) determining desired locations for a second plurality of devices relative to the locations of the first plurality of devices;
(c) computing a digital model of the shape of medical fixture wherein
the shape of the fixture is adapted for placement on the body in a predetermined location relative to the first plurality of devices,
the shape of the fixture includes structures for attaching the second plurality of devices, and
the shape of the fixture being such that when the second plurality of devices are attached to the medical fixture at said structures and the fixture is placed at said predetermined location, the second plurality of devices are at the desired locations of the second plurality of devices relative to the locations of the first plurality of device.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the second plurality of devices includes a plurality of bone anchors attached to bone structures of the body.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein the first plurality of devices includes a plurality of tracking markers.
23. The method claim 21 wherein the shape of the fixture is adapted for attachment to the bone anchors.
24. A method for stereotactic surgery comprising:
locating a first plurality of devices attached to a body from a scanned image of the body;
fabricating a medical fixture customized for the body,
the fixture including a plurality of structures for attaching a second plurality of devices,
the fixture being adapted for placement on the body in a predetermined location relative to the first plurality of devices such that when the fixture is placed in said predetermined location the structures of attaching the second plurality of devices are in a known geometry relative to the first plurality of devices;
attaching the second plurality of devices at the plurality of structures on the fixture;
positioning the customized medical fixture on the body at the predetermined location;
tracking locations of the second plurality of devices; and
computing a location of the body based on the tracked locations of the second plurality of devices, the known geometry, and locations of the first plurality of devices attached to the body.
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