Method and System for Analysis of Spine Anatomy and Spine Disease" and "Screw and Implant Placement Prediction Engine

US 11,488,717, assigned to Theseus Ai Inc, covers analyzing spinal anatomy, diagnosing spinal stenosis, and recommending treatments for back pain, and is available for sale through IPApproach.

US Patents

1 granted

Foreign Counterparts

1

Assignee

Theseus Ai Inc

Availability

For Sale

Patents Included

• US 11,488,717↗

• WO 2020236847 A1

Technology Highlights

• The invention analyzes digital pictures of a patient's spine to generate an additional report about back pain and degenerative disease.
• The invention uses image analysis techniques to calculate different spinal anatomical measures.
• The invention offers automated segmentation of anatomical regions of interest, including spinal canals, discs, neural foramina, and vertebrae.
• The invention makes it possible to measure and quantify points of interest such the spinal canals and neural foramina's cross sectional dimensions.
• The invention uses statistical modeling to explain the differences in the spinal canal and lumbar neural foramina areas in a sizable asymptomatic sample.
• The invention trains the segmentation model using one of many other image segmentation neural networks (e.g. DeepLab, Regular FCN, Mask R-CNN).
• The invention generates a report that includes measurements, measures-related calculations, and findings or insights from comparisons with a patient database that holds information on symptoms, demographics, therapies, and results.
• The invention software supports inputs from a user such as adding another screw, modifying the screw location, or modifying the display of screws, visual overlays, or available imaging views.
• The invention software supports viewing the user image in one or more views such as axial or sagittal to allow the user to see hardware placements as needed and navigate through the images as desired.
• The invention involves screw placement calculation or prediction using angle, trajectory, or distance requirements or by applying a modified version of the segmentation model.

Overview

The technology disclosed provides the following advantages:

Listing updated August 21, 2026

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