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3D C-Arm Image-Assisted Navigation System for Spinal Surgery

Tseng Ching-shiow, National Central University
Year 2017Year Period:2017-12-01 to 2019-08-31

Overview

  • Positioning precision is essential to spine surgery. The need for taking multiple C-arm radiographs renders both surgeon and patient highly vulnerable to radiation exposure.
  • The team draws on its core competence in medical imaging processing and analysis for integration with 3D C-arm and robotic image-assisted navigation systems. This in turn makes possible charting a more precise surgical path and offers more reliable drill guidance.
  • Mitigate intraoperative radiation exposure, shorten surgery and anesthesia durations, enhance surgical precision and success, and make minimally invasive spinal surge an easier-to-operate procedure.

Development Process

Over the course of this project under the Applied Research Incubation Program, the team completed a prototype of the robotic surgical navigation system for validation tests. Its positioning precision met clinical requirements. On March 28, 2019, i-Navi Biomedical Inc. was established.

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