Virtual Planning System for Patient-Specific Bone Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for planning distraction surgical processes in skeletal reconstruction are based on trial and error or surgeon experience, leading to variable results and lack of flexibility, cost-effectiveness, reliability, and patient safety.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for virtual planning of medical procedures involving patient-specific bone structure adjustments, which generates production data for medical products to facilitate precise surgical planning and execution, including positioning of prosthesis components and modification of boundary surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If trial and error principle or surgeon experience is used for planning distraction surgical processes, then the method is simple to implement, but the reliability and consistency of surgical outcomes deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing virtual surgical planning and simulation before the actual surgery. The system creates a digital model of the patient's anatomy, plans the distraction osteogenesis procedure in advance, and predicts outcomes computationally, allowing surgeons to optimize the surgical approach beforehand and achieve more reliable and consistent results.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additive manufacturing techniques are used to create personalized prostheses, then the adaptability to patient-specific anatomy is improved, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing additive manufacturing technology to produce patient-specific bone structures with customized geometric parameters, material properties, and structural characteristics. The system can adjust various parameters such as porosity, density, and surface topology to optimize osseointegration and mechanical performance while maintaining adaptability to individual patient anatomy.
3Manufacturing precision
If virtual planning software is implemented for distraction osteogenesis, then the precision of surgical planning is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to increased technical requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing traditional manual surgical planning methods with computer-based virtual reality software. The system uses computational algorithms to simulate distraction osteogenesis, predict bone healing outcomes, and optimize surgical parameters, thereby achieving higher precision while providing an intuitive graphical user interface that maintains ease of operation for surgeons.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method, a system and a computer program is disclosed, which comprise virtual planning of a medical procedure of a patient. The medical procedure comprises providing a patient configured bone structure in a body portion of the patient. Based on an input of a final result of the medical procedure, the bone structure may be modified by various tools and methods, such a bone implants, bone distractive methods, etc. Production data based on the virtual planning is generated that is configured for subsequent use in production of the bone structure or a medical product, which medical product is devised for use in the medical procedure, and devised for arrangement in the patient for facilitating the medical procedure. The virtual planning of a medical procedure comprises providing position data for a position of at least a part of a prosthesis component in relation to the body portion, and virtual planning of a modification of a boundary surface at the body portion as a function of the position data.