Patent Document ID: 9610134
Application ID: 14692863
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented system to digitally quantify alignment and placement parameters in a musculoskeletal application comprising: a computer system comprising a microprocessor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to said microprocessor, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is encoded with computer-readable instructions; wherein when said computer-readable instructions are executed, said microprocessor performs the respective functions, wherein said computer system comprises: i. an image capturing module configured to capture a radiographic operative image of a portion of a patient's body; and obtain a radiographic reference image of a contra lateral side of said portion of said patient's body; ii. a calibration and anatomical matching module coupled to said image capturing module and configured to 1. calibrate said reference image and said operative image to same magnification; 2. identify at least one first anatomic marker in said reference image and at least one second corresponding anatomic marker in said operative image; and 3. produce an overlaid image by overlapping said reference image and said operative image together and anatomically aligning said at least one second anatomic marker against said at least one first anatomic marker on said overlaid image; and iii. a differential mapping module coupled to said calibration and anatomical matching module and configured to digitally quantify alignment and placement parameters in musculoskeletal applications based on said reference image and said operative image taken by said image capture module; wherein said computer-readable instructions implement functionalities of said image capturing module, said calibration and anatomical matching module and said differential matching module; and providing a database that a set of parameters for a plurality of musculoskeletal surgical procedures are stored; generating a software generated virtual grid for the set of parameters for a plurality of musculoskeletal surgical procedures; the software generated virtual grid configured to align with at least one second corresponding anatomic marker in said operative image; wherein the software generated virtual grid having a unique grid pattern for the set of parameters for a plurality of musculoskeletal surgical procedures that is superimposed or overlaid onto the overlaid image.