Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparatuses
US7424139B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for the prediction, evaluation, and validation of various cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures. The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses utilize a scanner, measurement software, queries to a postoperative patient scan catalog, conversion of a preoperative image to a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) image, grafting and scaling of chosen postoperative surgery candidates, conversion from the converted VRML image to a scanner readable format, and measuring the forecasted VRML image.
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