Patent ID: 9655682
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. In a computerized device, a method comprising: displaying, on a graphical user interface, an image of knee joint including a graphical view of a femur and a tibia; identifying, via an input device on the graphical user interface, a set of landmark locations identifying respective anatomical positions within the displayed image of the anatomical structure, the identifying by: displaying a graphical overlay over the view of the at least one femur and the tibia within the image, placement of the graphical overlay based on the set of landmark locations, the displaying the graphical overlay comprising rendering the graphical overlay between the selected first known bone location and the selected second known bone location, the graphical overlay including a series of guidance indicators operable to indicate positions associated to the anatomical structure for performing the surgical operation associated with the anatomical structure, and the graphical overlay enabling ease of determination of at least one reference location to be marked by at least one localization marker for performing a surgical operation related to repair of a ligament of the human knee joint; and displaying at least one localization marker within the graphical overlay, the at least one localization marker identifying a location for performing a surgical operation associated with the anatomical structure; wherein displaying an image showing a view of a femur and tibia within a human knee joint comprises: displaying a lateral view of the femur within a human knee joint; wherein receiving a selection of first and second known bone locations comprises: receiving, as the first known bone location, a selection of an anterior edge of the view of the femur displayed within the image; receiving, as the second known bone location, a selection of a posterior edge of the view of the femur displayed laterally within the image, a line defined between the first know bone location and the second know bone location defining a plane that substantially aligns with a patellar surface of the femur; and wherein the method comprises: receiving a selection of a third known bone location corresponding to the laterally displayed distal condyle surface of the femur within the image; and wherein displaying a graphical overlay over the image of the anatomical structure comprises: displaying an overlay grid over the view of the distal end of the femur within the graphical user interface, the overlay grid having a width rendered between the selected first and second known bone locations, and having a height that extends to the selected third known bone location.