Method for creating a computer model of a joint for treatment planning

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10198968
APP PUB NO 20170162078A1
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15372179

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The present invention provides a method for creating a computer model of a patient specific joint for treatment planning. The method includes identifying a ligament of a joint of a patient under a load at a predefined position of the joint. The method further includes constructing, with the use of a computer, a computer model of the joint of the patient having: a first bone model, a second bone model, and a ligament model connecting the first and second bone models corresponding to the identified ligament, wherein the ligament model is constructed as at least one fiber based on a predefined slack length.

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  • HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Imhauser, Carl South Orange, US 9 20
Schafer, Kevin St. Louis, US 2 9

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