- Patent Title: System and method to locate soft tissue for preoperative planning
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Application No.: US15214071Application Date: 2016-07-19
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Publication No.: US10172677B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Fred A. Wentorf , Nolan C. Jones , Shanon N. Roberts
- Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; A61B34/10 ; A61F2/38 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B17/17 ; G06T7/00 ; A61B34/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems for determining a patient specific soft tissue location within a joint are discussed. For example, a method can include imaging a target location for an orthopedic implant to collect image data regarding a morphology of the patient, the morphology including at least one of bone size and bone feature. The method can additionally include accessing stored soft tissue data and bone data corresponding to the target location of the orthopedic implant, locating a soft tissue of the patient based at least in part upon the soft tissue data and bone data and the image data, and displaying data including the location of the soft tissue of the patient. This data can be used to created patient specific surgical jigs according to one example of the present application.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170020609A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO LOCATE SOFT TISSUE FOR PREOPERATIVE PLANNING Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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