US 11,707,327 B2
Systems and methods for modeling spines and treating spines based on spine models
John Schmidt, Bluemont, VA (US); Margaret Redford, Isle of Palms, SC (US); Jennifer McCool, Boyce, VA (US); Anthony Young, Annandale, VA (US); Noah Q. Johnson, Leesburg, VA (US); and Kylie Pleakis, Bradford, PA (US)
Assigned to K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/529,993.
Application 17/529,993 is a continuation of application No. 16/630,752, granted, now 11,207,135, previously published as PCT/US2018/041831, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Application 16/630,752 is a continuation of application No. 15/648,086, filed on Jul. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,000,334, issued on May 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,305, filed on May 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/565,586, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151699 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC A61B 34/10 (2016.02) [G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30012 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining a first X-ray image of at least a portion of a spine of a target patient in a first plane;
obtaining a second X-ray image of the at least a portion of the spine of the target patient in a second plane;
drawing a line through vertebral bodies of the at least a portion of the spine of the target patient in the first X-ray image and in the second X-ray image;
constructing a three-dimensional model associated with the target patient based on the lines drawn on the first and second X-ray images;
acquiring medical data associated with a reference patient different from the target patient;
predicting, based on the three-dimensional model associated with the target patient in view of the medical data associated with the reference patient, postoperative changes to movement of the spine of the target patient over time; and
determining parameters of a spinal device based on the predicted postoperative changes to movement of the spine of the target patient.