Patent Document ID: 7783099
Application ID: 12218511
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for performing a virtual surgery to assist an actual surgery, comprising: receiving a preoperative candidate's 3-D image; receiving a selected forecasted 3-D image; allowing at least a portion of the actual surgery to be performed on the preoperative candidate's body, wherein a proposed outcome of the actual surgery is forecasted by the forecasted 3-D image; manipulating the preoperative candidate's 3-D image to reflect the actual changes made to the preoperative candidate's body as a result of the performed portion of the actual surgery; comparing the preoperative candidate's manipulated 3-D image to the received forecasted 3-D image; determining whether at least a portion of the preoperative candidate's manipulated 3-D image matches the received forecasted 3-D image; allowing, if it is determined that the preoperative candidate's manipulated 3-D image does not match the received forecasted 3-D image, a further portion of the actual surgery to be performed on the preoperative candidate's body; and completing, if it is determined that the preoperative candidate's manipulated 3-D image does match the received forecasted 3-D image, the actual surgery.