Evan M. Drozd,Jithin Jagannath,Nicholas Joseph Polosky,Andrew Louis Drozd,Michael E. Garlington
申请号:
US16296729
公开号:
US20190274735A1
申请日:
2019.03.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要:
A vertebral assist device for monitoring, supporting, stabilizing, and adjusting vertebrae. An embodiment of the vertebral assist device includes: a plurality of vertebral support sections, each of the plurality of vertebral support sections configured to support a respective vertebra of a patient; an actuating system for interconnecting each adjacent pair of the plurality of vertebral support sections, the actuating system dynamically controlling an alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections; and a control system for actively monitoring the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections and for directing the actuating system to dynamically adjust the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections until an alignment goal is achieved.