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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Rene Vargas-voracek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rene Vargas-Voracek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ImaTx, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2006.01); G01B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 5/4514 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring cartilage defects within a subject includes surgically exposing a joint or cartilage surface. The exposed joint or cartilage surface having at least one defect, and the method may generating a cast of the at least one defect. The method may also include measuring a parameter of the cast, thereby estimating a characteristic of the defect.