MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517064250 A) filed by Quantum Surgical, Montpellier, France, on July 4, for 'device for assisting in the planning of a minimally invasive procedure on a bone.'
Inventor(s) include Oubel, Estanislao; Le Meur, Yann; Blondel, Lucien; Nahum, Bertin; and Badano, Fernand.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a data processing device implementing a method for helping in the selection of at least one optimal trajectory for a minimally invasive medical procedure on a bone. The device is in particular configured to identify (102), in a three-dimensional anatomical model, a target point to be reached in a bone of a patient, and to perform at least one iteration comprising the steps of: - determining (103) a sampling region and a sampling resolution of candidate entry points, - eliminating (104) candidate trajectories according to at least one predetermined validity criterion, - for each remaining candidate trajectory, calculating (105) at least one cost function from a plurality of quantified characteristics, - displaying (106) candidate trajectories on the anatomical model with a means for rapidly visualising the cost function, - selecting (107) an optimal trajectory from the displayed candidate trajectories."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 14, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/085738.
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