Image matching for fracture reduction
US12283047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2004
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one example a method of fracture reduction includes imaging, intraoperatively, a fractured bone of a patient to obtain a first representation of the fractured bone in a computing system. The fractured bone defines at least a first bone fragment, and a second bone fragment that is separated from the first bone fragment by a fracture. The method includes imaging, intraoperatively, a contralateral bone of the patient to obtain a second representation of the contralateral bone in the computing system. The method includes generating, intraoperatively in the computing system, a mirrored representation of the first representation or the second representation. The first representation is compared to a representation of a desired orientation of the fractured bone, where the representation of the desired orientation is the mirrored representation of the second representation. Alternatively, the mirrored representation is compared to the representation of the desired orientation of the fractured bone, where the representation of the desired orientation is the second representation.
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