Tag: Image Guided Surgery

New Technology for Spinal Surgery Debuts at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center

Posted on by Matt Burg

DAVENPORT (March 15, 2019) Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in Florida to debut a new spinal surgery procedure that does away with the need for numerous x- rays throughout the surgery and reduces the time the patient is under anesthesia.

The new procedure, which uses a camera that is linked to a computer screen that highlights the area, makes it easier for the physician to install any implants or fix an injury.

“It is like GPS for spinal surgery,’’ said orthopedic surgeon Geoffrey Stewart, M.D. “The image guided technology helps map out the area where the surgery will be performed and it eliminates the need for taking x-rays throughout the procedure which reduces the amount of radiation the patient receives.’’

Dr. Stewart said he also likes how the new procedure helps reduce the amount of time the patient is in the operating room. He said the streamlined surgery can get patients in and out quicker.

“It really does help with the flow in the operating room,’’ Dr. Stewart said. “Not having a patient under anesthesia as long and not having the added time of constantly taking numerous traditional x-rays of the patients is more efficient.’’

Dr. Stewart has already performed several of the procedures at Heart of Florida and is happy to report that his patients are pleased with the results.

Ann Barnhart, CEO of Heart of Florida, said she is thrilled to be able to offer this new technology at the hospital.

“Patients no longer have to travel to another state to have this procedure done. They can come here and have it done and not have to worry about the logistics or hassle of going someplace else to have their spinal surgery,’’ Barnhart said. “We are excited to be able to continue bringing cutting edge technology to our patients.’’

For more information on the new surgical procedure, please visit the facility’s web site at HeartOfFlorida.com.

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Republished from Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center.

Navigating Through the Brain

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Image Guided Surgery with microscope image injection aids visualization and orientation during neurosurgery

Image Guided SurgeryOne of the challenges of neurosurgery is orientation at the surgical site. When resecting tumors, removing arteriovenous malformations, or clipping aneurysms, surgeons often have to work near healthy and functional brain tissue. When resecting the tumor, the challenge is always to spare as much healthy tissue as possible. Neuronavigation technology, also referred to as Image Guided Surgery (IGS) enables surgeons to plan the ideal approach before making a cut and helps to execute that plan by providing intraoperative orientation.

At the base of the human skull there is a particularly high concentration of vital structures: blood vessels, nerves, centers for hormonal control of bodily functions, and centers for regulating breathing, blood pressure, and heart activity. Brain tissue cannot regenerate itself, so even the smallest injury can cause irreversible, profound brain damage, leaving patients with a permanent disability. This also makes the treatment of disease very difficult. Malignant gliomas, which account for 45% to 50% of all brain tumors, infiltrate into brain tissue as they grow. Even under a surgical microscope, peripheral tumor regions are hard to differentiate from healthy tissue.

Continuous real-time view of the surgical field

Neuronavigation works like a GPS system, enabling accurate position tracking of instruments within the patient’s anatomy. Surgeons can outline the tumor, identify organs at risk, and define the optimal access pathway to the tumor to prevent injury to healthy structures.

Before surgery, CT or MR images of the patient are taken. In the operating room, the navigation system matches these images up with the live patient images using a wireless laser pointer. The pointer identifies surface points on the patient’s skin which are transmitted to the navigation system via an infrared camera. During the procedure, the camera also transmits the locations of the instruments and equipment – including the microscope – which are outfitted with reflective markers.

The patient images prepared prior to surgery are loaded into the navigation system and reconstructed into images on the monitor or injected into the oculars of the surgical microscope. This gives the surgeon a continuous, real-time map of the position of the instruments in relation to the brain structures and the tumor.

Image injection for a complete picture

To view the neuronavigation data, surgeons normally need to raise their heads from the microscope to look at the navigation screen. Thanks to image injection systems, like the new CaptiView from Leica, and in combination with the new picture-in-picture feature from Brainlab, the surgeon can see navigation data directly in the microscope’s eyepieces. The full-HD display of CaptiView image injection with LED backlighting provides bright, crisp injected images with distinct margins. Neuronavigation data from the Image Guided Surgery system can be viewed either in the right, the left, or both eyes and the CaptiView system is also able to display real-time HD images from an endoscope and FL800 vascular fluorescence. ”By having all information directly in the microscope’s ocular, the surgeon does not have to reorient between the microscope and the navigation screen, but can remain fully concentrated on the patient during the whole procedure”, explains David A Smith, Product Manager at Leica Microsystems. Furthermore, injected images are also displayed in the assistant binoculars and can be recorded in full HD quality, supporting teaching both inside and outside of the OR.

Microscope integration offers new imaging options

Brainlab is one of the market leaders in the field of image-guided technology and was the first to work together with Leica to integrate its neuronavigation software with surgical microscopes. The latest microscope integration software from Brainlab works seamlessly with CaptiView image injection and M530 microscopes from Leica allowing data to be injected into the microscope’s eyepiece and additionally displayed on screen. With improved 3D visualization, the new Brainlab software provides a more realistic representation of planned objects, structure and fiber tracts throughout the entire procedure.

Touch-based rotation of the microscope view on the navigation screen allows for a look behind the actual video plane to reveal underlying structures in 3D for more anatomical insight. The “Probe’s Eye” feature reconstructs the patient dataset to the microscope’s position and orientation for a direct comparison of preoperative data and intraoperative anatomy. With “Navigation update” the surgeon is able to correct initial registration based on the patient’s anatomical landmarks.

Limiting guesswork in tumor resection

Every neurosurgical procedure demands a vast amount of surgeon experience, patience and competence. Although neuronavigation does not replace surgical skill, it effectively supports the surgeon in pre-operative planning and during the procedure by giving more precise information in the most critical moments.Image Guided Surgery 2

“The integration of the microscope with neuronavigation helps the surgeon to accurately identify questionable areas”, explains Valentin Elefteriu, Product Manager Augmented Reality at Brainlab. “For example, if they focus on the edge of a tumor and can’t tell exactly where the tumor tissue ends, a look at the pre-planned anatomic data with microscope image overlay reveals whether the focused area is part of the tumor or not. Precise planning may also minimize head shaving, skin incisions, and bone flap sawing and thus reduce stress for the patient.”

Brainlab is a registered trademark of Brainlab AG registered in Europe, the United States and other countries.

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Republished from Leica Microsystems.

7D Surgical Enters Into Key Distribution Agreements in the United States for Its Breakthrough Image Guidance System for Spine Surgery

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Innovative platform introduces Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS)

TORONTO, April 20, 2017 — 7D Surgical, developer of ground breaking surgical navigation technologies, announced today that it has entered into exclusive sales representative agreements with two premier American medical device distributors covering key strategic geographies in the United States.  Surgical One Inc. will represent 7D Surgical in several states from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast, while DB Surgical will cover the southeast U.S., including the important medical device markets in Florida.

“Proven distribution partners, such as Surgical One and DB Surgical, will complement our direct sales force in the commercialization of the MvIGS technology for the execution of our rapid growth strategy,” said Beau Standish, Chief Executive Officer of 7D Surgical.  “Both companies have the infrastructure, footprint and existing relationships that are required to effectively promote the benefits of 7D Surgical’s fast, cost effective and radiation-free image guided spine surgery system to a large and underserved market.”

The 7D Surgical System is the first and only Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) platform. For the first-time spine surgery patients can be quickly, easily and automatically registered using only visible light and 7D Surgical’s Flash RegistrationTM technology. Unlike time-consuming conventional image guided surgery (IGS) systems that depend on intraoperative radiation, this new MvIGS platform can achieve an incredibly fast surgical workflow for spine procedures. 7D Surgical anticipates adding additional qualified distribution partners in coming months.

“When Surgical One learned about the new MvIGS system, we recognized immediately that the 7D Surgical technology had erased the traditional barriers to spinal image guidance adoption and the low utilization of existing alternatives,” said Al Ludvigsen, President of Surgical One Inc. “We are thrilled to exclusively represent this fast, radiation-free solution for spinal image guidance to the clinicians and patients we support.”

“While spinal image guidance had been shown in studies to reduce surgical complications, we have yet to see widespread adoption of existing technologies among spinal surgeons,” said Debbie Burg, President of DB Surgical.  “We see the introduction of the 7D Surgical System MvIGS technology as a game-changer with the potential to finally expand the use of IGS in spine surgery.”

About 7D Surgical

7D Surgical is a privately owned Toronto-based company that develops advanced optical technologies and machine vision-based registration algorithms to improve surgical workflow and patient care. 7D Surgical’s flagship FDA 510(k)-cleared and Health Canada-approved MvIGS system delivers profound improvement to surgical workflows in spine surgery, providing the promise of similar future advancements in other surgical specialties.  www.7Dsurgical.com

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Beau Standish, CEO
7D Surgical
+1 647 484-0078
www.7Dsurgical.com
[email protected]

About Surgical One, Inc.

SurgicalOne, Inc. is the premier surgical specialty distribution company in the Midwest to Midsouth. Our 30 direct employees cover 10 total states, with sales representatives and service repair technicians in each major market. We represent the top tier, finest microsurgical, neurosurgical and spinal product manufacturers in the world. Since our founding in 2000, we have maintained a relentless, singular focus on patients, surgical clinicians and medical facility administrators. Our ultimate goal is improved patient outcomes, combined with the highest level of clinician satisfaction. www.surgicalone.com

About DB Surgical

DB Surgical is dedicated to bringing transformational surgical technologies to hospitals and surgery centers. The company focuses on introducing tools that enable surgeons to advance patient outcomes beyond those available today. Since 1997, DB Surgical has worked with industry-leading surgeons to understand and meet the evolving needs of healthcare providers. The company is based in Coral Springs, FL and has 18 professionals located throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama focusing on the Neuro, Spine, ENT, Cardiovascular, Ophthalmic, and Plastic Reconstructive surgical disciplines. In addition to providing cutting-edge technologies, DB Surgical also offers a complete line of specialty surgical products designed to create value within the healthcare supply chain. www.DBSurgical.com.

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Phone: 954-340-2727
Fax: 954-340-1221
Email: [email protected]

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Republished from 7D Surgical.