Patent ID: 8548775
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for designing a device and/or material for inserting or implanting in tissues of a human or animal body characterized in that it comprises the following stages: a) acquisition of a digital image of a structure of a tissue destined to receive a device or implant, said digital image identifying areas of tissue with different densities of matter; b) calibration of a colour level of said areas of tissue with different densities of matter, comprising an assignment of a first colour level to the areas of tissue with greatest density of matter (dmax) and a second colour level to the areas of tissue with least or no density of matter (dmin), values of said greatest density of matter (dmax) and said least or no density of matter (dmin) being referred to type and location of said tissue; c) calculation of the colour level of said image comprising the assignment of said first colour level if the image contains at least 60% of said first colour, or the assignment of said second colour level if the image contains no more than 40% of said first colour; or division of said image into four quadrants if the image contains between 60% and 40% of said first colour level; d) the calculation, where said image is divided into four quadrants, of the colour level of each of said four quadrants obtained at the previous stage c), comprising the assignment of said first colour level or of said second colour level, or a further division into four quadrants using a same assignment criterion as in said stage c); e) iteration of said stage d) until quadrants with a dimension of one pixel are obtained with respect to dimensions of said device or implant; f) arbitrary assignment of a colour to all the quadrants that have same dimensions; g) calculation of a total number of quadrants that have been assigned said first colour level, corresponding to the areas of tissue with the greatest density of matter and expression said number of quadrants as a percentage of said image of the structure of said tissue, and the calculation of the number of quadrants for each recursion level and percentage weight of each recursion level with respect to the total number of quadrants; the calculation of the total number of quadrants that have been assigned said second colour level, corresponding to the areas of tissue with the least or no density of matter and expression said number of quadrants as a percentage of said image of the structure of said tissue, and the calculation of the number of quadrants for each recursion level and the percentage weight of each recursion level with respect to the total number of quadrants; i) analysis of the quadrants obtained at said previous stages, comprising determination of clusters of adjacent quadrants having said first colour level corresponding to the areas of tissue with the greatest density of matter, and of the clusters of adjacent quadrants having said second colour level corresponding to the areas of tissue with the least or no density of matter; l) generation of artificial clusters of quadrants having geometrical characteristics that reproduce or approximate characteristics of said clusters of adjacent quadrants described in stage i); m) designing a device and/or material for inserting or implanting in tissues of the human or animal body using characteristics established during said stage l).