System and method for monitoring the health of joints

    公开(公告)号:US10674955B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US13968018

    申请日:2013-08-15

    摘要: A system and method for detecting lubrication conditions, lubrication regimes, impingement, stick-slip, and/or surface damage allows the health of a joint to be monitored. The system and method provides in situ or in vivo real-time monitoring of dynamic and static conditions of the joint. The monitoring system may use both passive and active sensing approaches that employ strategically placed piezoelectric transducers on/in the articulating components of the joint. In some embodiments, the transducers may be Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) transducers. Active sensing may be used to detect lubrication regimes under static and dynamic conditions. Passive sensing may be used to characterize the joint motion and abnormities, such as impingements and surface damages.

    System and Method for Monitoring the Health of Joints
    2.
    发明申请
    System and Method for Monitoring the Health of Joints 审中-公开
    监测关节健康的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140066812A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:US13968018

    申请日:2013-08-15

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: A system and method for detecting lubrication conditions, lubrication regimes, impingement, stick-slip, and/or surface damage allows the health of a joint to be monitored. The system and method provides in situ or in vivo real-time monitoring of dynamic and static conditions of the joint. The monitoring system may use both passive and active sensing approaches that employ strategically placed piezoelectric transducers on/in the articulating components of the joint. In some embodiments, the transducers may be Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) transducers. Active sensing may be used to detect lubrication regimes under static and dynamic conditions. Passive sensing may be used to characterize the joint motion and abnormities, such as impingements and surface damages.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测润滑条件,润滑方案,冲击,粘滑和/或表面损伤的系统和方法允许监测关节的健康。 该系统和方法提供了原位或体内对关节动态和静态条件的实时监测。 监测系统可以使用被动和主动感测方法,其在接头的铰接部件中/上使用策略性放置的压电换能器。 在一些实施例中,换能器可以是锆酸铅(PZT)换能器。 主动感测可用于在静态和动态条件下检测润滑状态。 无源感测可用于表征关节运动和异常,例如冲击和表面损伤。

    Design and performance of a Fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor for measurement of movement
    3.
    发明授权
    Design and performance of a Fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor for measurement of movement 有权
    用于测量运动的光纤布拉格光栅位移传感器的设计和性能

    公开(公告)号:US07796843B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-14

    申请号:US12052170

    申请日:2008-03-20

    IPC分类号: G02B6/00

    摘要: A displacement sensor based on the underlying principle that when the outer surface of a quartz fiber (fiber optic cable) is etched to form a series of regularly spaced lines (a Fiber Bragg grating), laser light of a wavelength matching the spacing of the lines which enters one end of the fiber will be preferentially reflected. If the fiber is deformed, causing the line spacing to change, the wavelength of the reflected light will also change. This shift can be accurately measured and so can be related to the magnitude of the deformation of the fiber. This fiber is potted with epoxy resin in a narrow tube fabricated from a shape-memory alloy (SMA), and pre-formed into a curved shape. This not only protects the quartz fiber from direct contact with other objects and excessive bending, but also causes it to deform in a predictable fashion, thereby generating a reproducible response to displacement. Due to the high elastic behavior of the SMA tube, a displacement sensor with a gage length of 40 mm can measure displacements in excess of 3 mm.

    摘要翻译: 基于以下原理的位移传感器:当石英纤维(光纤电缆)的外表面被蚀刻以形成一系列规则间隔的线(光纤布拉格光栅)时,波长匹配线的间距的激光 进入光纤一端的光纤将被优先反射。 如果光纤变形,导致线间距发生变化,反射光的波长也会发生变化。 可以精确地测量这种变化,因此可以与纤维变形的大小有关。 该纤维在由形状记忆合金(SMA)制成的窄管中用环氧树脂封装,并预成形为弯曲形状。 这不仅可以保护石英纤维与其它物体的直接接触和过度的弯曲,而且可以使其以可预测的方式变形,从而产生对位移的可重现的响应。 由于SMA管的高弹性性能,具有40mm量规的位移传感器可以测量超过3mm的位移。

    DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A FIBER BRAGG GRATING DISPLACEMENT SENSOR FOR MEASUREMENT OF MOVEMENT
    4.
    发明申请
    DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A FIBER BRAGG GRATING DISPLACEMENT SENSOR FOR MEASUREMENT OF MOVEMENT 有权
    用于测量运动的光纤布拉格位移传感器的设计和性能

    公开(公告)号:US20090022450A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-22

    申请号:US12052170

    申请日:2008-03-20

    IPC分类号: G02B6/00

    摘要: A displacement sensor based on the underlying principle that when the outer surface of a quartz fiber (fiber optic cable) is etched to form a series of regularly spaced lines (a Fiber Bragg grating), laser light of a wavelength matching the spacing of the lines which enters one end of the fiber will be preferentially reflected. If the fiber is deformed, causing the line spacing to change, the wavelength of the reflected light will also change. This shift can be accurately measured and so can be related to the magnitude of the deformation of the fiber. This fiber is potted with epoxy resin in a narrow tube fabricated from a shape-memory alloy (SMA), and pre-formed into a curved shape. This not only protects the quartz fiber from direct contact with other objects and excessive bending, but also causes it to deform in a predictable fashion, thereby generating a reproducible response to displacement. Due to the high elastic behavior of the SMA tube, a displacement sensor with a gage length of 40 mm can measure displacements in excess of 3 mm.

    摘要翻译: 基于以下原理的位移传感器:当石英纤维(光纤电缆)的外表面被蚀刻以形成一系列规则间隔的线(光纤布拉格光栅)时,波长匹配线的间距的激光 进入光纤一端的光纤将被优先反射。 如果光纤变形,导致线间距发生变化,反射光的波长也会发生变化。 可以精确地测量这种变化,因此可以与纤维变形的大小有关。 该纤维在由形状记忆合金(SMA)制成的窄管中用环氧树脂封装,并预成形为弯曲形状。 这不仅可以保护石英纤维与其它物体的直接接触和过度的弯曲,而且可以使其以可预测的方式变形,从而产生对位移的可重现的响应。 由于SMA管的高弹性性能,具有40mm量规的位移传感器可以测量超过3mm的位移。

    Method and apparatus for preventing rotational failure of orthopedic
endoprostheses
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for preventing rotational failure of orthopedic endoprostheses 失效
    用于防止矫形内用假体旋转失败的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4678471A

    公开(公告)日:1987-07-07

    申请号:US768284

    申请日:1985-08-22

    IPC分类号: A61F2/36 A61F2/28

    CPC分类号: A61F2/36 A61F2002/3631

    摘要: An apparatus and method for making one or more grooves in the medullary canal surface of a bone to secure and reduce the risk of rotational failure of implanted orthopedic endoprostheses. The apparatus includes a head and, attached thereto, a body adapted for insertion into the medullary canal of a bone. The apparatus also includes a channel therethrough that is enclosed in the head and open in the body. One or more grooves is made in the medullary canal surface of a bone by placing the body of the apparatus in the medullary canal, inserting a cutting device in the channel, and then using the cutting device to remove an amount of bone tissue sufficient to form a groove or grooves. The risk of rotational failure of implanted orthopedic endoprostheses is reduced by implanting prostheses that engage and are secured in place by the groove or grooves.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在骨的髓管表面中制造一个或多个凹槽的装置和方法,以确保并降低植入的矫形内用假体的旋转失败的风险。 该装置包括头部,并且附接到其上,适于插入到骨的髓质管中的主体。 该装置还包括通过其穿过的通道,其封闭在头部中并在身体中开口。 通过将装置的主体放置在髓管中,将切割装置插入通道中,然后使用切割装置去除足以形成的一定数量的骨组织,在骨的髓管表面中制造一个或多个凹槽 凹槽或沟槽。 通过植入通过槽或凹槽接合并固定在适当位置的假体来减少植入的矫形内裤假体的旋转失败的风险。

    Computer-based training methods for surgical procedures
    6.
    发明授权
    Computer-based training methods for surgical procedures 有权
    基于计算机的外科手术训练方法

    公开(公告)号:US07427200B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-23

    申请号:US10417403

    申请日:2003-04-16

    IPC分类号: G09B23/28 A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: G09B23/28 G06F19/00

    摘要: A method is disclosed for analyzing surgical techniques using a computer system for gathering and analyzing surgical data acquired during a surgical procedure on a body portion and comparing that data to pre-selected target values for the particular surgical procedure. The inventive method allows the surgeon, for example, to measure the technical success of a surgical procedure in terms of quantifiable geometric, spatial, kinematic or kinetic parameters. The method comprises calculation of these parameters from data collected during a surgical procedure and then comparing these results with values of the same parameters derived from target values defined by the surgeon, surgical convention, or computer simulation of the same procedure prior to the operation itself.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于分析外科技术的方法,该方法使用计算机系统来收集和分析在外科手术过程中在身体部位获得的外科手术数据,并将该数据与特定外科手术的预选目标值进行比较。 本发明的方法允许外科医生例如根据可量化的几何,空间,运动学或动力学参数测量外科手术的技术成功。 该方法包括从外科手术过程中收集的数据计算这些参数,然后将这些结果与在手术本身之前由外科医生定义的目标值,手术惯例或计算机模拟相同的程序进行比较。

    Machining assembly and methods for preparing the medullary cavity of a
femur in hip arthroplasty
    7.
    发明授权
    Machining assembly and methods for preparing the medullary cavity of a femur in hip arthroplasty 失效
    髋关节置换股骨髓腔的加工组件及方法

    公开(公告)号:US5810830A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-22

    申请号:US749279

    申请日:1996-11-13

    摘要: A machining assembly, including a of the disclosure novel broach design, are disclosed for preparing a femoral medullary cavity for receipt of a femoral prosthetic stem, wherein the configuration of the implantation site allows for the neutral alignment of the prothesis within the medullary cavity for improved rigid fixation of the prosthetic stem therein. Aspects of the inventive machining assembly include a novel broach comprising a proximal lateral recess that allows for initial avoidance of the greater trochanter during implantation, thereby resulting in the preparation of a neutrally aligned cavity with respect to the broach. The machining assembly also includes a guide and a second cutting instrument for removing the bone of the greater trochanter once neutral alignment between the medullary cavity and broach are achieved for the subsequent implantation of a neutrally aligned femoral prosthesis.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种包括公开的新颖拉刀设计的加工组件,用于制备用于接收股骨假肢柄的股骨髓腔,其中植入部位的构型允许假体在髓腔内的中性对准以改善 其中假肢茎的刚性固定。 本发明的加工组件的方面包括新颖的拉刀,其包括近侧横向凹部,其允许在植入期间初步避免大转子,从而导致相对于拉刀准备中性对准的腔。 加工组件还包括引导件和用于去除大转子骨骼的第二切割器械,一旦实现了髓腔和拉刀之间的中性对准,以便随后植入中性对齐的股骨假体。