Patent Document ID: 10028722
Application ID: 12679808
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-assisted orthopedic surgery system for performing joint preservation and assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures comprising: a cartilage data acquisition tool for acquiring cartilage data; a computer system configured to implement a three-dimensional osteo-cartilaginous computer model, the computer system having: a memory storing a computer program that, when executed, causes the computer system to extract at least two parameters from the acquired cartilage data that is indicative of a quality of the cartilage, incorporate the at least two parameters into the three-dimensional osteo-cartilaginous computer model, compute a synthetic cartilage quality score, wherein the synthetic cartilage quality score is a function of the at least two parameters, and a surgical treatment tool operably coupled to the computer system, the surgical treatment tool being configured for performing the joint preservation and assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, the surgical treatment tool further configured to be navigated based on the three-dimensional osteo-cartilaginous computer model, wherein the computer system is configured to continuously update the three-dimensional osteo-cartilaginous computer model in real-time during the joint preservation and assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures based on the computed synthetic cartilage quality score, and further configured to display the synthetic cartilage quality score.