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US 10,092,362 B2Granted
Method of designing orthopedic implants using in vivo data
OwnerRay C. Wasielewskiinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to orthopedic implants and methods of rapid manufacturing orthopedic implants using in vivo data specific to an orthopedic implant or orthopedic trial. Specifically, the instant disclosure utilizes permanent orthopedic implants and orthopedic trials (collectively, “implants”) outfitted with kinematic sensors to provide feedback regarding the kinematics of the trial or implant to discern which implant is preferable, and thereafter rapid manufacturing the implant.
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A system for developing an orthopedic implant for implementation in a patient, the system comprising:
- an orthopedic trial having a plurality of elements that move with respect to each other, at least one of the plurality of elements being a reconfigurable element so that the orthopedic trial may be reconfigured into a plurality of different orthopedic trials that are to be implanted successively in a specific patient during a surgical process;
- at least one sensor element used with the orthopedic trial when implanted and configured for generating intraoperative kinematic data for the specific patient receiving the implanted orthopedic trial, the intraoperative kinematic data being generated based upon movement of the elements of the particular implanted orthopedic trial in the patient;
- a computer having at least one database of data and an artificial neural network (ANN), the at least one database including a ANN database of pre-existing kinematic data from multiple patients with and without orthopedic implants;
- the computer coupled with the at least one sensor element providing intraoperative kinematic data and configured for processing the patient intraoperative kinematic data associated with each of the particular implanted orthopedic trials from the plurality of successively implanted orthopedic trials;
- the computer further configured for correlating the patient intraoperative kinematic data for a particular implanted orthopedic trial with the pre-existing kinematic data of the ANN database, for each of the successively implanted orthopedic trials and determining, from the correlation, a preferred orthopedic trial for the specific patient;
- the computer further configured, based on the correlation, for providing an output related to at least one component of the determined preferred orthopedic trial for rapid manufacturing of an orthopedic implant reflective of the preferred orthopedic trial.
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A system for developing an orthopedic implant for implementation in a patient, the system comprising:
- an orthopedic trial for a knee having a plurality of elements that move with respect to each other, at least one of the elements being reconfigurable and including least one of a femoral component, a tibial tray component or a tibial tray insert component that might be changed for reconfiguring the orthopedic knee trial into a plurality of different orthopedic knee trials that are to be implanted successively in a specific patient during a surgical process;
- at least one sensor element used with the orthopedic knee trial when implanted and configured for generating intraoperative kinematic data for the specific patient receiving the implanted orthopedic knee trial, the intraoperative kinematic data being generated based upon movement of the elements of the particular implanted orthopedic knee trial in the patient;
- a computer having at least one database of data and an artificial neural network (ANN), the at least one database including a ANN database of pre-existing kinematic data from multiple patients with and without orthopedic knee implants;
- the computer coupled with the at least one sensor element providing intraoperative kinematic data and configured for processing the patient intraoperative kinematic data associated with each of the particular implanted orthopedic knee trials from the plurality of successively implanted orthopedic knee trials;
- the computer further configured for correlating the patient intraoperative kinematic data for a particular implanted orthopedic knee trial with the pre-existing kinematic data of the ANN database, for each of the successively implanted orthopedic knee trials and determining, from the correlation, a preferred orthopedic knee trial for the specific patient;
- the computer further configured, based on the correlation, for providing an output related to at least one component of the determined preferred orthopedic knee trial for rapid manufacturing of an orthopedic knee implant reflective of the preferred orthopedic knee trial.
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