Computer-assisted face-jaw-teeth transplantation

US11232858B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE · US

Inventors

• Chad Gordon · Timonium, US
• Mehran Armand · Scaggsville, US
• Ryan J. Murphy · Midland, US
• Gerald Grant · Goshen, US
• Peter Liacouras · North Potomac, US
• Kevin Wolfe · Timonium, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-assisted surgical system can include a donor sub-system and a recipient sub-system. The donor sub-system includes a first reference unit having a first trackable element, a fragment reference unit having a second trackable element, and a first detector configured to provide at least one of a first signal corresponding to a detected location of one or more of the first trackable element and the second trackable element. The recipient sub-system includes a second reference unit having a third trackable element, and a second detector configured to provide at least one of a second signal corresponding to a detected location of at least the third trackable element.