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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
John D. Ross, Ovilla, TX (US);
Mikhail L. Samchukov, Coppell, TX (US);
Alexander M Cherkashin, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A radiography aid and method of using the same comprising: attaching a radiographic reference device to the external fixation device, the radiographic reference device comprises at least two surfaces; positioning the first surface of the radiographic reference device on an imager surface to capture a first radiographic image of the external fixation device and the one or more objects; repositioning the external fixation device to position the second surface of the radiographic reference device on the imager surface to capture a second radiographic image of the external fixation device and the one or more objects that differs in position from the first radiographic image by the first angle; and calculating the position of the one or more objects in three dimensions.