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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Brian W. McKinnon, Bartlett, TN (US);
Scott Laster, Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A computing system having at least one sensor, at least one processor, and at least one memory including a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the computing system to receive one or more surgical parameters associated with a ligament balancing of a patient's joint, receive real-time sensor data generated by the at least one sensor and indicative of at least one characteristic of the patient's joint, and apply machine learning to determine a next ligament balancing step of the ligament balancing of the patient's joint based on the one or more surgical parameters and the real-time sensor data, wherein the next ligament balancing step is a step of one or more steps intended to result in a target state of the patient's joint identified by the machine learning.