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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Yong-san Yoon, Daejeon, KR;
Chung-hee Won, Seoul, KR;
Byung-hoon Ko, Daejeon, KR;
Youngbae Park, Cheongju-si, KR;
Yong-San Yoon, Daejeon, KR;
Chung-Hee Won, Seoul, KR;
Byung-Hoon Ko, Daejeon, KR;
Youngbae Park, Cheongju-si, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A T-shaped gauge and acetabular cup navigation system and acetabular cup aligning method using the T-shaped gauge, which can measure anantomical landmarks of the pelvis at the same time, calculate an anterior pelvic plane from the measured value, calculate a transformed anterior pelvic plane by converting the anterior pelvic plane in comparison with a pelvic reference frame, and set a direction vector of an acetabular cup on the transformed anterior pelvic plane, thereby exactly inserting the acetabular cup into the acetabulum without regard to movement of the pelvis.
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