Adaptive positioning technology
AssigneeStryker European Operations Holdings LLC
InventorsArno Blau, Bernd Simon, Lars Metz
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Abstract
A method of treating a bone fracture includes taking a first 2D image of an implant and a reference body with an imaging device; creating a 3D orientation of the reference body and the implant based on the 2D image; determining an actual axis of delivery of a bone screw through an opening extending through the implant; determining an optimal axis of delivery of the bone screw through the opening such that the optimal axis of delivery guides the bone screw toward a medically optimal location; and moving the implant such that the optimal axis of delivery and the actual axis of delivery coincide.
Claims16
A method of treating a bone fracture comprising:
- taking a 2D image of an implant, a reference body, and an anatomical structure with an imaging device;
- detecting the reference body in the 2D image, wherein the reference body is in a fixed position relative to the anatomical structure;
- detecting a first set of reference points in the 2D image;
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- determining based only on the 2D image whether the first set of reference points create a medically optimal 3D orientation of the reference body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.