US 12,220,250 B2
User interface for strut device
Oren Cohen, Misgav (IL); and Shahar Harari, Tel-Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Synthes GmbH, Oberdorf (CH)
Filed by Synthes GmbH, Oberdorf (CH)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/076,871.
Application 17/076,871 is a continuation of application No. 16/311,195, granted, now 11,076,801, previously published as PCT/IL2017/050682, filed on Jun. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/351,983, filed on Jun. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038147 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/62 (2006.01); A61B 17/64 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/4833 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/4824 (2013.01); A61B 5/6812 (2013.01); A61B 5/7246 (2013.01); A61B 17/62 (2013.01); A61B 17/6416 (2013.01); A61B 17/645 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61B 2560/045 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bone fixation device, comprising:
a pair of rings;
a plurality of struts interposed between the pair of rings, each of the plurality of struts having an adjustable length;
a first motor configured to adjust a length of a first strut of the plurality of struts;
a second motor configured to adjust a length of a second strut of the plurality of struts; and
an interface module attached to a first ring of the pair of rings, wherein the interface module is electrically connected to the first motor and the second motor, the interface module comprising a processor configured to:
generate an indication to a user of the bone fixation device before beginning a treatment session;
control the first motor to adjust the length of the first strut; and
control the second motor to adjust the length of the second strut.