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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ryan Murphy, Columbia, MD (US);
Ehsan Basafa, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mehran Armand, Fulton, MD (US);
Chad Gordon, Lutherville, MD (US);
Gerald Grant, Goshen, KY (US);
Peter Liacouras, North Potomac, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
The United States of AMerica, as represented by the Secretary of the Defense, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of simulating mastication. The method includes obtaining computer-readable three-dimensional representations of a first skeletal fragment including a portion of at least one of a mandible and a maxilla and of a recipient skeletal fragment including a portion of at least one of a mandible and a maxilla. The method also includes obtaining placement data and obtaining muscle insertion data. The method also includes simulating a contraction of a muscle positioned according to the muscle insertion data in a representation of a surgical hybrid comprising at least a portion of the first skeletal fragment positioned according to the placement data relative to at least a portion of the recipient skeletal fragment. The method also includes outputting a representation of mastication represented by the simulating.