SIMULATED BONE OR TISSUE MANIPULATION
First Claim
1. A method of performing bone or tissue manipulation comprising the steps of:
- implanting at least one marker on opposite sides of one or more bone, tissue or bone fragments, wherein the position of the markers is capable of being determined;
capturing an image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments with the markers attached;
manipulating the image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments in a virtual or simulated environment to a desired restored orientation;
determining the orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation; and
manipulating the bone, tissue or bone fragments until an indicator signal is generated indicating that the desired restored orientation has been substantially achieved.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for performing tissue, preferably bone tissue manipulation. The system and method may include implanting markers on opposite sides of a bone, fractured bone or tissue to facilitate bone or tissue manipulation, preferably in-situ closed fracture reduction. The markers are preferably configured to be detected by one or more devices, such as, for example, a detection device so that the detection device can determine the relative relationship of the markers. The markers may also be capable of transmitting and receiving signals. An image may be captured of the bone or tissue and the attached markers. From the captured image, the orientation of each marker relative to the bone fragment may be determined. Next, the captured image may be manipulated in a virtual or simulated environment until a desired restored orientation has been achieved. The orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation may then be determined. The desired relationship between markers may then be programmed into, for example, the detection device. Next, actual physical reduction and/or manipulation of the bone may begin. During the manipulation procedure, the orientation of the markers may be continuously monitored and when the markers substantially align with the virtual or simulated orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation, an indicator signal is transmitted.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of performing bone or tissue manipulation comprising the steps of:
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implanting at least one marker on opposite sides of one or more bone, tissue or bone fragments, wherein the position of the markers is capable of being determined;
capturing an image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments with the markers attached;
manipulating the image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments in a virtual or simulated environment to a desired restored orientation;
determining the orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation; and
manipulating the bone, tissue or bone fragments until an indicator signal is generated indicating that the desired restored orientation has been substantially achieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of performing bone or tissue manipulation comprising the steps of:
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implanting at least one marker on opposite sides of one or more bone, tissue or bone fragments, wherein the position of the markers is capable of being determined;
capturing an image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments with the markers attached;
manipulating the image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments in a virtual or simulated environment to a desired restored orientation;
determining the orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation; and
providing an indicator signal when the bone, tissue or bone fragments have been manipulated such that the position of the markers on the bone, tissue or bone fragments substantially corresponds to the position of the markers in the desired restored orientation.
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20. A method of performing bone or tissue manipulation comprising the steps of:
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implanting and associating at least one marker on opposite sides of a bone, tissue or bone fragments, wherein the markers are capable of communicating a signal with an external device, the signal containing information as to the markers orientation;
acquiring an image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments;
manipulating the image of the bone, tissue or bone fragments in a virtual or simulated environment until the bone, tissue or bone fragments have achieved a desired restored orientation;
determining the orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation;
programming the external device with the orientation of the markers in the desired restored orientation and instructing the external device to generate an indicator signal when the external device determines that the orientation of the implanted markers substantially corresponds with the position of the imaged markers in the desired restored orientation; and
manipulating the bone, tissue or bone fragments until the indicator signal is generated.
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