Deformity Determination Logic Circuitry for Bone Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital tools for assessing orthopedic deformities are laborious and require specialized knowledge to properly identify and align bone segments, making them difficult for minimally skilled professionals to use effectively.
Innovation Solution
The development of deformity determination logic circuitry that facilitates the graphical alignment of bone segments by identifying reduction points and adjusting images to calculate deformity parameters, allowing for easier alignment and analysis through user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If current digital tools are used to assess orthopedic deformities, then measurement precision can be achieved, but device complexity and difficulty of operation increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary computational system that automatically performs complex alignment calculations and deformity parameter measurements. This intermediary layer between the user and the measurement process handles the mathematical complexity of aligning bone segments across multiple views, translating simple user inputs into precise deformity assessments without requiring the user to understand the underlying complex geometry and mathematics.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing minimally skilled users to obtain accurate deformity measurements through simplified interactions. The automated computational tools perform the complex alignment and measurement tasks automatically based on basic user inputs, making precision measurement tools accessible to users without specialized knowledge in orthopedic deformity analysis.
2Measurement precision
If specialized knowledge is required to properly identify and align bone segments, then measurement accuracy improves, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex deformity assessment process into distinct functional components: image input, automatic alignment computation, and result generation. By breaking down the specialized knowledge requirements into modular computational steps, the system allows each component to be handled independently by automated algorithms, reducing the need for users to possess comprehensive specialized knowledge while maintaining measurement accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical alignment methods with automated computational systems. Instead of requiring users to manually align bone segments based on specialized knowledge, the system uses computational algorithms to perform the alignment automatically, substituting human expertise with automated intelligence that can process multiple views and calculate deformity parameters objectively.
3Ease of operation
If manual alignment methods are used, then understanding of bone segment alignment improves, but analysis speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary computational actions by pre-calculating alignment transformations and preparing reference frameworks before the actual measurement task. The system pre-processes imaging data, establishes coordinate systems, and prepares alignment algorithms in advance, so that when users need to assess deformities, the computationally intensive work has already been prepared, enabling rapid analysis while maintaining accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
Logic may determine how to reduce bone segments. Logic may communicate one or more images to display with at least two bone segments. Logic may identify a first reduction point and a third point on a first bone segment and identify a second reduction point and a fourth point on the second bone segment. Logic may identify a fifth point on the first bone segment and a sixth point on the second bone segment. Logic may also divide the one or more images along a line or plane between the bone segments, bring the second reduction point and the associated image segment to the first reduction point, align the line or plane of the second bone segment with a line or plane of the first bone segment. Furthermore, logic may adjust alignment and record the movement of the image segments or compare original and final positions, to determine deformity parameters.