Grant: Alliance Grants
École de technologie supérieure
$49,000.00
Measuring the remnant bone thickness during surgical drilling_x000d_
FY 2020-21
Summary
Spine surgeries may be performed for a number of reasons including scoliosis correction or spine traumas
following an accident. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is more common in girls with a peak prevalence of 1.2%
at age 12. In most spine surgeries, the vertebrae are drilled to insert anchors required to hold prosthesis or
implants in place. During vertebrae drilling, the surgeons must be careful while drilling through the bone as
this may lead to permanent damage to the spinal cord. However, shallow drillings may lead to unstable
anchors. Scoliosis surgery has a high rate of complications and assisting surgeons with innovative medical
devices may help reduce this rate. The concept investigated in this grant application is to adapt a surgical tap to
include ultrasonic transduction at the tip. The aim of the ultrasonic transduction is to locate targets such as the
spinal cord along the tapping axis. Successful development of the proposed concept could then be applied to
other surgical tools to improve patient safety.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
549019-2019
Name nom
Belanger, Pierre
Department département
Génie mécanique
Organization id
53
Institution établissement
École de technologie supérieure
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2019
Award amount
49000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
518
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Medical equipment and apparatus
Area of application fr
Appareils et instruments médicaux
Research subject code
1900
Research subject group en
Biomedical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie biomédical
Research subject en
Biomedical engineering
Research subject fr
Génie biomédical
Installment
inst:1 - 2
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Measuring the remnant bone thickness during surgical drilling_x000d_
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Spine surgeries may be performed for a number of reasons including scoliosis correction or spine traumas
following an accident. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is more common in girls with a peak prevalence of 1.2%
at age 12. In most spine surgeries, the vertebrae are drilled to insert anchors required to hold prosthesis or
implants in place. During vertebrae drilling, the surgeons must be careful while drilling through the bone as
this may lead to permanent damage to the spinal cord. However, shallow drillings may lead to unstable
anchors. Scoliosis surgery has a high rate of complications and assisting surgeons with innovative medical
devices may help reduce this rate. The concept investigated in this grant application is to adapt a surgical tap to
include ultrasonic transduction at the tip. The aim of the ultrasonic transduction is to locate targets such as the
spinal cord along the tapping axis. Successful development of the proposed concept could then be applied to
other surgical tools to improve patient safety.
