Patent ID: 11935648
Assignee: JOINTVUE, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method of generating a three dimensional (3D), patient-specific joint model, the method comprising:
selecting a first deformable three dimensional (3D) virtual bone model corresponding to a first bone of a patient joint;
displaying the first deformable 3D virtual bone model on a graphical display;
scanning the first bone of the patient joint using an ultrasound transducer;
recording a first plurality of data points during the scanning of the first bone, where the first plurality of data points correspond to a first plurality of bone surface points on the first bone;
applying the first plurality of bone surface points to the first deformable 3D virtual bone model graphically displayed;
conforming the first deformable 3D virtual bone model to the first plurality of bone surface points to generate a 3D virtual patient-specific bone model of the first bone;
selecting a second deformable three dimensional (3D) virtual bone model corresponding to a second bone of the patient joint;
displaying the second deformable 3D virtual bone model on the graphical display;
scanning the second bone of the patient joint using the ultrasound transducer;
recording a second plurality of data points during the scanning of the second bone, where the second plurality of data points correspond to a second plurality of bone surface points on the second bone;
applying the second plurality of bone surface points to the second deformable 3D virtual bone model graphically displayed; and,
conforming the second deformable 3D virtual bone model to the second plurality of bone surface points to generate a 3D virtual patient-specific bone model of the second bone.