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Simulated bone or tissue manipulation

  • US 9,921,276 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2013
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for performing tissue manipulation, comprising:

  • programmable markers configured to be implanted on opposite sides of one or more portions of tissue within a patient'"'"'s body, the markers configured to communicate with one another to enable a determination of their relative positions; and

    an external device configured to receive and transmit signals to the markers containing information as to the marker'"'"'s positions, the external device further configured to;

    capture an image of the tissue portions with the markers attached thereto;

    manipulate the image of the tissue portions in one of a virtual environment and a simulated environment to a desired restored orientation;

    determine desired positions the markers will have when the tissue portions are in the desired restored orientation;

    program the implanted markers with the desired orientations; and

    generate an indicator signal upon the markers being manipulated into the desired orientations.

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