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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Abraham Lavi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Dror Paley, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Abraham Lavi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Dror Paley, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Orthex, LLC, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention is a point and click method for positioning an external fixator on a patient, in which a surgeon—using a computer mouse or similar device—inscribes lines or points on a computer screen displaying an x-ray or other photographic image of the bones of a patient together with two rings in position adjacent the bones. By inscribing lines on the computer screen, the underlying drawings program detects the x-y coordinates of any point on the screen when the user (the surgeon or other practitioner) clicks on it, and outputs the x-y coordinates of every point identified by the user including the two points defining any desired line. The practitioner thus can, using 'point and click' operation, govern the repositioning of two fixator rings on the bones of a patient.