Patent Application: Free Hand Navigation Instruments for Total Hip Arthroplasty

ChangeBridge: Patent Apps - Prosthetics (A61F)

Published September 26th, 2024

Detected March 27th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application (US20260083574A1) for free hand navigation instruments designed for total hip arthroplasty procedures. The application details methods for computer-navigation assisted surgery, including navigated instruments and tracking systems.

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This document is a publication of a patent application filed with the USPTO, specifically application number 18897137, titled 'FREE HAND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS FOR TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY'. The application describes computer-navigation assisted total hip arthroplasty procedures, utilizing navigated instruments, camera tracking systems, and computer platforms to provide navigational guidance during surgery.

As this is a patent application, it does not impose immediate regulatory obligations or compliance deadlines on entities. However, it signifies potential future technological advancements in the medical device and healthcare sectors. Companies involved in prosthetics, surgical navigation, or medical device manufacturing should be aware of this filing as it may relate to their intellectual property landscape or product development.

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FREE HAND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS FOR TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

Application US20260083574A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Israel Oluwasakin, Hayden Cameron

Abstract

Methods provide computer-navigation assisted total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures. Such procedures include the use of a navigated instrument, e.g., a navigated reamer construct or a navigated inserter construct to prepare the acetabulum and insert an acetabular shell, a camera tracking system adapted to track a pose of the navigated inserter or reamer construct relative to the patient in use, and a computer platform adapted to receive pose tracking information and generate and display navigational guidance for the user.