CA2416711C - Surgical tool and method for passing pilot-line sutures through spinal vertebrae - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method for installing spine-stabilization components comprises directing a long flexible tool (100) through a sublaminar space of a human spine vertebr ae inside the spinal canal. Such tool enters the sublaminar space of a particul ar one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap wit h an adjacent verterbrae. It exits the sublaminar space of the particular one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap with anoth er opposite-side adjacent vertebrae. A suture (200) is threaded through an eye (102) of the tool. The suture is pulled back through the sublaminar space by withdrawing the tool. A pulled-through part of the suture is attached to a spinal-fixation wire or cable. The suture is then usable as a pilot-line to draw the spinal-fixation wire or cable through the sublaminar space. The spinal-fixation wire or cable is used to anchor a spinal-fixation system.</S DOAB>
Description
SURGICAL TOOL AND METHOD FOR PASSING
PILOT-LINE SUTURES THROUGH SPINAL VERTEBRAE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to surgical methods and devices to stabilize vertebra, and more particularly to surgical tools for physicians that are used to install spinal rods or longitudinal members and immobilizing cables between vertebrae.
Description of Related Art Degenerative disc disease accounts for more than 100,000 low back spinal fusion procedures in the United States annually, according to Columbia, Colorado hospitals.
The intervertebral disc is a pad of cartilage-type material situated between spinal bones. Each disc serves as a connector, spacer, and shock absorber for the spine. A
soft, jelly-like center is contained by outer layers of fibrous tissue. Healthy discs help allow normal turning and bending. Trauma or injury to the spine can cause discs to tear, bulge, herniate, and even rupture. This can be quite painful, as the soft center of the disc leaks, putting pressure on the adjacent nerve roots and spinal cord.
A damaged disc can cause nerve dysfunction and debilitating pain in the back, legs and arms. Typical treatments that provide relief and allow patients to function again include back braces, medical treatment, physical therapy and surgery to remove the disc. A
conventional surgical solution removes the bad disc and promotes new bone growth in the space to fuse the adjacent vertebrae together.
A few surgical procedures require the passing of loops of heavy 18-gauge wire or cable leader under the spinal lamina without disturbing the nerves or spinal cord. Each thoracic vertebrae in the back, for example, has a Central hole (vertebral Canal) through which the spinal cord naturally passes. There is a small space in the posterior corner, adjacent to the lamina, where a cable can be safely passed through. But just forward of this is the spinal cord which is very delicate and absolutely cannot tolerate being significantly disturbed. Neuralogic injury has been associated with the passage of wires and cables in these locations.
~nlh.at is needed is a safe way to pass through cables without running any risk of nicking or damaging the spinal Cord or other nerves.
Once a cable has been passed, a device Can be used to secure the Cables, for example, like that described by Robert J. Songer, et al., in United States Patent 5,116,340, issued May 26, 1992. Surgical cables looped through spinal vertebrae can be permanently secured by the Crimping pliers of Songer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a surgical tool for the installation of vertebrae-immobili~ing Cables.
PILOT-LINE SUTURES THROUGH SPINAL VERTEBRAE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to surgical methods and devices to stabilize vertebra, and more particularly to surgical tools for physicians that are used to install spinal rods or longitudinal members and immobilizing cables between vertebrae.
Description of Related Art Degenerative disc disease accounts for more than 100,000 low back spinal fusion procedures in the United States annually, according to Columbia, Colorado hospitals.
The intervertebral disc is a pad of cartilage-type material situated between spinal bones. Each disc serves as a connector, spacer, and shock absorber for the spine. A
soft, jelly-like center is contained by outer layers of fibrous tissue. Healthy discs help allow normal turning and bending. Trauma or injury to the spine can cause discs to tear, bulge, herniate, and even rupture. This can be quite painful, as the soft center of the disc leaks, putting pressure on the adjacent nerve roots and spinal cord.
A damaged disc can cause nerve dysfunction and debilitating pain in the back, legs and arms. Typical treatments that provide relief and allow patients to function again include back braces, medical treatment, physical therapy and surgery to remove the disc. A
conventional surgical solution removes the bad disc and promotes new bone growth in the space to fuse the adjacent vertebrae together.
A few surgical procedures require the passing of loops of heavy 18-gauge wire or cable leader under the spinal lamina without disturbing the nerves or spinal cord. Each thoracic vertebrae in the back, for example, has a Central hole (vertebral Canal) through which the spinal cord naturally passes. There is a small space in the posterior corner, adjacent to the lamina, where a cable can be safely passed through. But just forward of this is the spinal cord which is very delicate and absolutely cannot tolerate being significantly disturbed. Neuralogic injury has been associated with the passage of wires and cables in these locations.
~nlh.at is needed is a safe way to pass through cables without running any risk of nicking or damaging the spinal Cord or other nerves.
Once a cable has been passed, a device Can be used to secure the Cables, for example, like that described by Robert J. Songer, et al., in United States Patent 5,116,340, issued May 26, 1992. Surgical cables looped through spinal vertebrae can be permanently secured by the Crimping pliers of Songer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a surgical tool for the installation of vertebrae-immobili~ing Cables.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for the installation of vertebrae-immobilizing cables.
Briefly, a surgical tool embodiment of the present invention comprises a moderately flexible curved plastic rod with a loop snare at a distal end. The tool is used to pass a size-1 or size-0 suture through the triangular cross-sectional area behind the spinal cord and inside between the ligamentum flavum on both posterior sides. The suture is then, in turn, used as a pilot-line to pull through a much heavier spinal cable or wire. Such tool is supplied sterile and is disposable, and one-millimeter polyethylene material is preferred. Such cable is connected with other cables and rods to immobilize portions of the spine.
A method embodiment of the present invention for installing spine-stabilization components comprises directing a long plastic flexible tool through a sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal.
Such tool enters the sublaminar space of a particular one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap with an adjacent vertebrae. It exits the sublaminar space of the particular one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap with another opposite-side adjacent vertebrae. A suture is threaded through an eye of the tool. The suture is pulled back through the sublaminar space by withdrawing the long plastic flexible tool. The suture is detached from the long plastic flexible tool. A pulled-through part of the suture is attached to a spinal-fixation wire or cable. The suture is then usable as a pilot-line to draw the spinal-fixation wire or cable safely through the sublaminar space.
The spinal-fixation wire or cable is used to anchor a spinal-fixation system.
Briefly, a surgical tool embodiment of the present invention comprises a moderately flexible curved plastic rod with a loop snare at a distal end. The tool is used to pass a size-1 or size-0 suture through the triangular cross-sectional area behind the spinal cord and inside between the ligamentum flavum on both posterior sides. The suture is then, in turn, used as a pilot-line to pull through a much heavier spinal cable or wire. Such tool is supplied sterile and is disposable, and one-millimeter polyethylene material is preferred. Such cable is connected with other cables and rods to immobilize portions of the spine.
A method embodiment of the present invention for installing spine-stabilization components comprises directing a long plastic flexible tool through a sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal.
Such tool enters the sublaminar space of a particular one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap with an adjacent vertebrae. It exits the sublaminar space of the particular one of the human spine vertebrae posteriorly from the intervertebral gap with another opposite-side adjacent vertebrae. A suture is threaded through an eye of the tool. The suture is pulled back through the sublaminar space by withdrawing the long plastic flexible tool. The suture is detached from the long plastic flexible tool. A pulled-through part of the suture is attached to a spinal-fixation wire or cable. The suture is then usable as a pilot-line to draw the spinal-fixation wire or cable safely through the sublaminar space.
The spinal-fixation wire or cable is used to anchor a spinal-fixation system.
An advantage of the present invention is that a surgical tool is provided that simplifies the installation of surgical cables in the spine.
Another advantage of the present invention is that a method is provided that makes it safer to install cables and rods to immobilize damaged portions of the spine.
The above and still further objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a diagram representing the spine of a patient having a spinal implant embodiment of the present invention placed by a surgeon;
Fig. 2 is an end view over a side view of a stabilization implant embodiment of the present invention similar to that shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a drawing of a tool embodiment of the present invention for placing spinal implant devices in patients during operations.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Fig. 1 illustrates a surgical tool embodiment of the present invention, and is referred to herein by the general reference numeral 100. The surgical tool 100 is molded from plastic, and includes a snare 102 at the distal end of a flexible rod 104. A handle 106 allows a surgeon to navigate the snare 102 and rod 104 through the spinal canal of a particular spinal vertebrae in a patient during surgery.
A series of vertebrae 108-110 representing a portion 5 of a patient's spine is also illustrated in Fig. 1. The view is from the right side and shows the surgical tool 100 after having been passed through the most posterior corner of the spinal canal of vertebrae 109. The distal end re-emerges so a pilot-line can be attached and pulled back through the spinal canal.
A slight curve in the rod 104 assists the surgeon in entering the inferior vertebral notch between left and right ligamentum flavum posterior to the spinal cord. A
moderate stiffness in the rod 104 allows the snare 102 to be directed under the lamina and out the superior vertebral notch.
How much stiffness is appropriate is a matter of expert judgment. In one embodiment of the present invention, the whole of surgical taol 100 was injection-molded of polyethylene, the rod 104 was one-millimeter in diameter, and the snare was about 1.5 millimeters. Such also allowed the surgical tool 100 to be supplied sterile and inexpensive enough to~be readily disposable. Other resilient materials with such properties can also be used.
Once the snare 102 appears at the superior vertebral notch, a size-0 or size-1 suture can be threaded in the eye. Fig. 2 illustrates a suture 200 after being passed through the eye of the tool.
Referring again to Fig. 1, a surgical tool 1.00 is then pulled back down with the suture 200 in-tow until it emerges from the inferior vertebral notch. The suture 200 is disconnected from the surgical tool 100 and tied to a heavy surgical cable or wire, e.g., 18-gauge implant-grade stainless steel. The suture is then pulled up like a pilot line to draw the surgical cable through the spinal canal in a precisely controllable maneuver. These cables and wires are then used to secure various spinal fixation rods and plates, e.g., Songer cable systems and ISOLA spinal systems as commercially marketed by ACroMed Corporation (subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson).
Fig. 3 shows a spinal thoracic or lumbar vertebrae 300 in a top view. A surgical tool 302, similar to tool 100, is passed through a posterior corner 304 inside the spinal canal and dorsal to the spinal cord. This small triangular-shaped area is flanked by the ligamentum flavum and is a relatively safe for passing through spinal-fixation wires and cables. Such is true for the cervical spine in appropriate circumstances, in addition to the L1-L5 lumbar vertebrae and T1-T12 thoracic vertebrae.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated, such is not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and changes will no doubt become apparent to those skilled in the art, and it is intended that the invention only be limited by the scope of the appended claims.
Another advantage of the present invention is that a method is provided that makes it safer to install cables and rods to immobilize damaged portions of the spine.
The above and still further objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a diagram representing the spine of a patient having a spinal implant embodiment of the present invention placed by a surgeon;
Fig. 2 is an end view over a side view of a stabilization implant embodiment of the present invention similar to that shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a drawing of a tool embodiment of the present invention for placing spinal implant devices in patients during operations.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Fig. 1 illustrates a surgical tool embodiment of the present invention, and is referred to herein by the general reference numeral 100. The surgical tool 100 is molded from plastic, and includes a snare 102 at the distal end of a flexible rod 104. A handle 106 allows a surgeon to navigate the snare 102 and rod 104 through the spinal canal of a particular spinal vertebrae in a patient during surgery.
A series of vertebrae 108-110 representing a portion 5 of a patient's spine is also illustrated in Fig. 1. The view is from the right side and shows the surgical tool 100 after having been passed through the most posterior corner of the spinal canal of vertebrae 109. The distal end re-emerges so a pilot-line can be attached and pulled back through the spinal canal.
A slight curve in the rod 104 assists the surgeon in entering the inferior vertebral notch between left and right ligamentum flavum posterior to the spinal cord. A
moderate stiffness in the rod 104 allows the snare 102 to be directed under the lamina and out the superior vertebral notch.
How much stiffness is appropriate is a matter of expert judgment. In one embodiment of the present invention, the whole of surgical taol 100 was injection-molded of polyethylene, the rod 104 was one-millimeter in diameter, and the snare was about 1.5 millimeters. Such also allowed the surgical tool 100 to be supplied sterile and inexpensive enough to~be readily disposable. Other resilient materials with such properties can also be used.
Once the snare 102 appears at the superior vertebral notch, a size-0 or size-1 suture can be threaded in the eye. Fig. 2 illustrates a suture 200 after being passed through the eye of the tool.
Referring again to Fig. 1, a surgical tool 1.00 is then pulled back down with the suture 200 in-tow until it emerges from the inferior vertebral notch. The suture 200 is disconnected from the surgical tool 100 and tied to a heavy surgical cable or wire, e.g., 18-gauge implant-grade stainless steel. The suture is then pulled up like a pilot line to draw the surgical cable through the spinal canal in a precisely controllable maneuver. These cables and wires are then used to secure various spinal fixation rods and plates, e.g., Songer cable systems and ISOLA spinal systems as commercially marketed by ACroMed Corporation (subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson).
Fig. 3 shows a spinal thoracic or lumbar vertebrae 300 in a top view. A surgical tool 302, similar to tool 100, is passed through a posterior corner 304 inside the spinal canal and dorsal to the spinal cord. This small triangular-shaped area is flanked by the ligamentum flavum and is a relatively safe for passing through spinal-fixation wires and cables. Such is true for the cervical spine in appropriate circumstances, in addition to the L1-L5 lumbar vertebrae and T1-T12 thoracic vertebrae.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated, such is not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and changes will no doubt become apparent to those skilled in the art, and it is intended that the invention only be limited by the scope of the appended claims.
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1. A spine-stabilization surgical tool, comprising:
a curved rod with a small enough diameter and long enough length to be passed through a sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal;
a loop disposed at a distal end of the rod and able to pass through said sublaminar space without damage to the spinal cord, and for providing a way to draw back a suture through said sublaminar space; and a handle disposed at a near end of the rod and providing for the steerage and penetration pressure necessary for a surgeon to direct the loop through said sublaminar space of a single one of said human spine vertebrae;
wherein, the rod has a stiffness suitable for the handle to push the loop through said sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal, and said suture is used as a pilot-line to draw through a cable or wire in a spinal fixation system.
a curved rod with a small enough diameter and long enough length to be passed through a sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal;
a loop disposed at a distal end of the rod and able to pass through said sublaminar space without damage to the spinal cord, and for providing a way to draw back a suture through said sublaminar space; and a handle disposed at a near end of the rod and providing for the steerage and penetration pressure necessary for a surgeon to direct the loop through said sublaminar space of a single one of said human spine vertebrae;
wherein, the rod has a stiffness suitable for the handle to push the loop through said sublaminar space of a human spine vertebrae inside the spinal canal, and said suture is used as a pilot-line to draw through a cable or wire in a spinal fixation system.
2. The spine-stabilization surgical tool of claim 1, wherein:
the rod comprises polyethylene and is about one millimeter in diameter.
the rod comprises polyethylene and is about one millimeter in diameter.
3. The spine-stabilization surgical tool of claim 1, wherein:
the loop comprises polyethylene and is about one-and-half millimeters in diameter.
the loop comprises polyethylene and is about one-and-half millimeters in diameter.
4. The spine-stabilization surgical tool of claim 1, wherein:
the rod, loop, and handle are all molded from a single piece of polyethylene.
the rod, loop, and handle are all molded from a single piece of polyethylene.
5. Use of the spine-stabilization surgical tool of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 to immobilize portions of a spine.
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