The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Bruce F. White, Boston, MA (US);
Darryl D'lima, San Diego, MA (US);
Bruce F. White, Boston, MA (US);
Darryl D'Lima, San Diego, MA (US);
Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing feedback during ligament insertion in knee joint orthopedic surgeries includes an imaging device providing knee joint articular surface geometry data, a position measuring device providing distal ligament insertion sites, a strain measuring device providing ligament reference strain, a drive system providing a prescribed kinematic path for the knee joint and an adaptive migration application. The adaptive migration application receives inputs including the knee joint articular surface geometry data, the distal ligament insertion sites, the ligament reference strain and the prescribed kinematic path for the knee joint and generates outputs including sets of isotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic points representing proximal insertion sites of ligament fiber associated with prescribed distal ligament insertion sites.