Noninvasive diagnostic system
AssigneeJointVue, LLC
InventorsMohamed R. Mahfouz, Ray C. Wasielewski, Richard D. Komistek
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Abstract
A method for diagnosing a joint condition includes in one embodiment: creating a 3d model of the patient specific bone; registering the patient's bone with the bone model; tracking the motion of the patient specific bone through a range of motion; selecting a database including empirical mathematical descriptions of the motion of a plurality actual bones through ranges of motion; and comparing the motion of the patient specific bone to the database.
Claims19
A method of analyzing motion of a patient's bone, the method comprising:
- creating a 3D model of the patient's bone;
- registering the patient's bone with the bone model;
- tracking the motion of the patient's bone through a range of motion;
- selecting a database comprising empirical mathematical descriptions of the motion of a plurality of actual bones through a range of motion;
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- comparing the motion of the patient's bone to the database.
A method of monitoring a joint, the method comprising:
- placing an inertial sensor approximate the joint;
- gathering vibration data using the inertial sensor while moving the joint through a range of motion;
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- simultaneously with gathering the vibration data, gathering kinematics data pertaining to the joint.
A method of diagnosing a joint condition, the method comprising:
- creating a model of a joint;
- obtaining vibration data and kinematics data while moving the joint through a range of motion;
- correlating the kinematics data with the model of the joint to generate a model of the joint's motion;
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- analyzing the vibration data and the model of the joint's motion to diagnose at least one of the presence and severity of a joint condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.