Ultra-Wideband Positioning for Wireless Ultrasound Tracking and Communication
AssigneeTechMah Medical LLC
InventorMohamed R. Mahfouz
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Abstract
A method of designing an orthopedic implant comprising: (a) iteratively evaluating possible shapes of a dynamic orthopedic implant using actual anatomical shape considerations and kinematic shape considerations; and, (b) selecting a dynamic orthopedic implant shape from one of the possible shapes, where the dynamic orthopedic implant shape selected satisfies predetermined kinematic and anatomical constraints.
Claims22
-27. (canceled)
A patient-specific orthopedic implant comprising a bearing surface optimized for an anatomical shape of the patient, the bearing surface having been virtually generated and evaluated kinematically prior to fabrication.
A surgical navigation system comprising:
- a first ultrawide band and inertial measurement unit;
- a second ultrawide band and inertial measurement unit;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the first and second ultrawide band and inertial measurement units;
- and,
- a graphical display communicatively coupled to the processor, the graphical display configured to display augmented reality images that are capable of changing in at least one of position and orientation as the graphical display is repositioned with respect to at least one of the first and second ultrawide band and inertial measurement units.
-49. (canceled)
A method of planning a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
- generating instructions allowing for generation of a dynamic orthopedic implant, where the dynamic orthopedic implant is generated as a result of iteratively evaluating possible surface bearing shapes using actual anatomical shape considerations and kinematic shape considerations;
- generating instructions for generation of at least one of a tangible guide and a virtual guide, where the instructions are patient-specific;
- and,
- generating navigation instructions to be facilitate implantation of the dynamic orthopedic implant, where the navigation instruction include concurrently tracking at least a portion of a patient and a surgical tool using a combination ultrawide band and inertial measurement unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.