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AssigneeAllscripts Software, LLC
InventorAlexander Tulenko
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Abstract
A method for treating pectus excavatum includes making an incision in the chest of a patient, inserting, via the incision, a device comprising a sensor configured to measure force at a face disposed proximate a first end of the device, manipulating the device such that the face of the device engages a sternum of the patient, displaying, on the electronic display of the device, measurement data based on a reading taken by the sensor during the engagement of the face of the device with the sternum of the patient, and determining, based on the displayed measurement data, a number of bars to install in the patient's chest, and inserting, via one or more incisions, the determined number of bars into the patient's chest in such a manner as to push out the patient's sternum and maintain the patient's sternum in a pushed out condition.
Claims18
A method for pushing out a sternum of a patient, comprising:
- inserting a device into a chest incision of the patient, the device comprising a sensor configured to measure force at a face disposed proximate a first end of the device, a handle disposed at a second, opposite end of the device, and an electronic display disposed at the handle, the electronic display being configured to display measurement information based on readings taken by the sensor;
- positioning the inserted device to engage a face of the device to the sternum;
- obtaining a reading by the sensor when the face of the device is engaged to the sternum;
- displaying, on the electronic display, measurement data based on the reading;
- determining, based on the displayed measurement data, a number of bars to install in the patient's chest;
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- inserting, via the incision and/or one or more other incisions, the determined number of bars into the patient's chest in such a manner as to push out the patient's sternum and maintain the patient's sternum in a pushed out condition.
A method for pushing out a sternum of a patient, comprising:
- inserting a device into a chest incision of the patient, the device comprising a sensor, a handle and an electronic display;
- positioning the inserted device to engage a face of the device to the sternum;
- obtaining a reading by the sensor when the face of the device is engaged to the sternum;
- displaying, on the electronic display, measurement data based on the reading;
- determining, based on the displayed measurement data, a number of bars to install in the patient's chest;
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- inserting, via the incision and/or one or more other incisions, the determined number of bars into the patient's chest in such a manner as to push out the patient's sternum and maintain the patient's sternum in a pushed out condition.
A method for pushing out a sternum of a patient, comprising:
- inserting a device into a chest incision of the patient, the device comprising a sensor, a handle and a communications interface configured to communicate sensor data based on sensor readings;
- positioning the inserted device to engage a face of the device to the sternum;
- obtaining a reading by the sensor via the communications interface when the face of the device is engaged to the sternum;
- determining, based on the displayed measurement data, a number of bars to install in the patient's chest;
- and
- inserting, via the incision and/or one or more other incisions, the determined number of bars into the patient's chest in such a manner as to push out the patient's sternum and maintain the patient's sternum in a pushed out condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.