Globus Medical had 20 patents in robotics during Q4 2023. Globus Medical Inc filed patents for a surgical implant planning computer connected to a fluoroscopy imager, marker tracking camera, and robot for intra-operative fluoroscopic imaging. Another patent is for a surgical navigation system to correct spinal alignment deformities using image data and correction plans. The third patent is for a robot arm with an end effector for holding surgical tools, motors for movement, and an activation assembly for operator control. GlobalData’s report on Globus Medical gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Globus Medical grant share with robotics as a theme is 85% in Q4 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Robot surgical platform (Patent ID: US20230397956A1)
The patent filed by Globus Medical Inc. describes a surgical implant planning computer that is connected to a fluoroscopy imager, a marker tracking camera, and a robot. The computer performs operations such as determining conditions for tracking markers and obtaining intra-operative fluoroscopic images of a patient along different planes. It also allows for the selection and display of surgical implants on the fluoroscopic images, controlling the orientation and location of the implants, and storing this information in a surgical plan data structure.
The claims associated with the patent detail the specific functions of the surgical implant planning computer, including displaying graphical implants on fluoroscopic images, controlling their orientation and location, selecting implant lengths, and moving the robot arm based on the surgical plan data structure. The method outlined in the claims involves performing a registration setup mode, obtaining intra-operative fluoroscopic images, selecting and displaying surgical implants, controlling their orientation, and storing relevant data in a surgical plan data structure. Additionally, the computer program product described in the patent includes executable program code for performing these operations, determining implant trajectories, and storing implant information in the surgical plan data structure based on user inputs.
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