Mapping fascial therapeutic locations onto a patient body image
AssigneePhysioHand, Inc.
InventorsIsmail Bustany, Tala Khalaf
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Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) digital image of an individual patient marked with target therapeutic locations on a skin surface of the patient is used for locating those treatment locations on a patient's skin for fascial manipulation and other treatments. The 3D image may be obtained by merging an unmarked 3D digital patient model image converted from a 2D optical image with a “generic” musculoskeletal digital model having optimized target therapeutic locations distributed over a skin surface thereof. The generic musculoskeletal digital model may be obtained from a library of such images.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- selecting a template 3D musculoskeletal model from a library of template 3D musculoskeletal models based on one or more characteristics of a patient,
- wherein the template 3D musculoskeletal model comprises a plurality of target therapeutic locations distributed over an outer surface of the template 3D musculoskeletal model, and
- wherein the plurality of target therapeutic locations comprises at least one of a fascia center of coordination (CC) point, a fascia center of fusion (CF) point, an acupuncture point, or a trigger point;
- generating an individual 3D musculoskeletal model of the patient using one or more two-dimensional (2D) images of the patient;
- generating a custom 3D musculoskeletal model of the patient by merging the template 3D musculoskeletal model with the individual 3D musculoskeletal model, wherein the plurality of target therapeutic locations are superimposed on an outer surface of the custom 3D musculoskeletal model, wherein the outer surface corresponds to a skin surface of the patient;
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- displaying the custom 3D musculoskeletal model of the patient in real time such that the plurality of target therapeutic locations are visible on the outer surface of the custom 3D musculoskeletal model.
A method of treating a fascia of a patient, comprising:
- (a) obtaining at least one two-dimensional (2D) image of the patient;
- (b) generating an individual three-dimensional (3D) musculoskeletal model of the patient based on the at least one 2D image of the patient;
- (c) selecting a template 3D musculoskeletal model based on one or more characteristics of the patient, wherein the template 3D musculoskeletal model comprises a plurality of target therapeutic locations corresponding to at least one of a fascia center of coordination (CC) point, a fascia center of fusion (CF) point, an acupuncture point, or a trigger point;
- (d) generating a custom 3D musculoskeletal model based on the individual 3D musculoskeletal model and the template 3D musculoskeletal model such that the plurality of target therapeutic locations are mapped to the individual 3D musculoskeletal model;
- (e) displaying the custom 3D musculoskeletal model in real time;
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- (f) manipulating the fascia of the patient at one or more treatment locations that correspond to one or more target therapeutic locations of the plurality of target therapeutic locations on the displayed custom 3D musculoskeletal model.
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