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Assessing the condition of a joint and preventing damage

  • US 8,862,202 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2012
  • Issued: 10/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of generating a biomechanical model using a computer system for providing a therapy of a patient'"'"'s joint, the method comprising:

  • accessing a reference database of biomechanical data associated with one or more joints of one or more subjects;

    selecting biomechanical data from the reference database based on one or more individual characteristics of the patient;

    deriving from electronic image data of the patient'"'"'s joint information comprising at least one of volume, area, thickness, shape, curvature, geometry, biochemical contents, signal intensity and relaxation time of normal and diseased articular cartilage of the patient'"'"'s joint; and

    creating, in a computer system, a biomechanical model of the joint based on the information and the selected biomechanical data.

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