Method for creating a computer model of a joint for treatment planning
US10198968B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B23/30
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for creating a computer model of a patient specific joint for treatment planning. The method includes identifying a ligament of a joint of a patient under a load at a predefined position of the joint. The method further includes constructing, with the use of a computer, a computer model of the joint of the patient having: a first bone model, a second bone model, and a ligament model connecting the first and second bone models corresponding to the identified ligament, wherein the ligament model is constructed as at least one fiber based on a predefined slack length.
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