Patient-Specific Surgical Procedure Generation Using Reference Data Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional medical technologies in orthopedics lack the capability to utilize large data sets for generating patient-specific surgical interventions and implant designs, often relying on limited and irrelevant patient data, which hampers the determination of optimal treatment protocols.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that compares a patient's data set to a plurality of reference data sets using predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to select a subset based on similarity and favorable outcomes, generating personalized surgical procedures and medical device designs optimized for the patient's specific characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional technologies are used in orthopedics, then treatment protocols are determined using limited patient data, but the capability to utilize large data sets for generating patient-specific surgical interventions is lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapability to utilize large data setsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the large dataset into multiple reference patient datasets, each containing specific patient characteristics and treatment outcomes. This segmentation allows the system to manage and process large amounts of data without overwhelming complexity, enabling patient-specific treatment generation by comparing individual patient data against segmented reference groups.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary computational platform that bridges the gap between limited conventional data processing capabilities and the need to analyze large datasets. This intermediary system uses predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms to process vast amounts of patient data, transforming raw data into actionable treatment recommendations without requiring direct complex data management at the point of care.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If limited patient data is used, then the treatment protocol determination process is simpler, but the relevance and optimality of treatment protocols are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment outcome reliabilityVSAvoidpatient data utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and organizing large datasets of reference patient information before actual treatment planning. Patient-specific treatment protocols are generated by预先 comparing individual patient characteristics against pre-analyzed reference groups, ensuring that relevant information is already structured and ready for optimal treatment determination, thereby reducing information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where treatment outcomes from reference patients are continuously fed back into the dataset. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from actual treatment results, improving the reliability of treatment recommendations over time by incorporating real-world outcome data into the predictive analytics model.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20240079114A1Patient-specific medical procedures and devices, and associated systems and methods
Publication Date: 2024.03.07 CARLSMED INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and/or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a patient data set of a patient. The patient data set is compared to a plurality of reference patient data sets, wherein each of the plurality of reference patient data sets is associated with a corresponding reference patient. A subset of the plurality of reference patient data sets is selected based, at least partly, on similarity to the patient data set and treatment outcome of the corresponding reference patient. Based on the selected subset, at least one surgical procedure or medical device design for treating the patient is generated.