System and method for ligament insertion in knee joint surgeries using adaptive migration of ligament insertion geometry

A method for providing feedback during ligament insertion in knee joint orthopedic surgeries comprising:

• imaging a knee joint using an imaging device to generate knee joint articular surface geometry data;
• measuring the position of the ligaments in the knee joint using a position measuring device to generate distal ligament insertion sites data;
• measuring the strain of the ligaments in the knee joint using a strain measuring device to generate ligament reference strain data;
• moving the knee joint using a drive system to generate data of a prescribed kinematic path for the knee joint;
• receiving said knee joint articular surface geometry data, said distal ligament insertion sites data, said ligament reference strain data, and said data of a prescribed kinematic path for the knee joint by an adaptive migration application and generating outputs comprising sets of isotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic points representing proximal insertion sites of a ligament fiber associated with prescribed distal ligament insertion sites, such that the ligament fiber stretched between two isotonic points has minimal change in tension throughout a flexion arc.