Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery Force Application Device

Abstract

The current surgical table for spinal surgery has limited capability. One of the commonly used spinal surgical tables is the Jackson Table, which allows only for limited bending of the table in the sagittal plain. For the treatment of scoliosis, a medical condition in which a person's spine is overly-curved and/or rotated, a new surgical table with an additional degree-of-freedom in positioning the patient and that can externally help re-align the patients' spine is necessary for effective surgical treatment. The goal of this project is to develop a novel surgical table with the desired intra-operative patient orientation control for spinal surgery.