Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual ligament balancing
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Application No.: US17953737Application Date: 2022-09-27
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Publication No.: US12080014B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Gokce Yildirim , Sally Liarno , Mark Gruczynski
- Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Agency: Lerner David LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16211706 2018.12.06
- Main IPC: G06T7/60
- IPC: G06T7/60 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
A method of generating a correction plan for a knee of a patient includes obtaining a ratio of reference bone density to reference ligament tension in a reference population. A bone of the knee of the patient may be imaged. From the image of the bone, a first dataset may be determined including at least one site of ligament attachment and existing dwell points of a medial femoral condyle and lateral femoral condyle of the patient on a tibia of the patient. Desired positions of contact in three dimensions of the femoral condyles of the patient with the tibia of the patient may be obtained by determining a relationship in which a ratio of bone density to ligament tension of the patient is substantially equal to the ratio of reference bone density to reference ligament tension.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230025727A1 Virtual Ligament Balancing Public/Granted day:2023-01-26
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