US 12,089,900 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 Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,229.
Application 18/207,229 is a continuation of application No. 17/529,993, filed on Nov. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,707,327.
Application 17/529,993 is a continuation of application No. 16/630,752, granted, now 11,207,135, issued on Dec. 28, 2021, 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 2023/0310082 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for creating a visual simulation of a subject's condition, the method comprising:
deriving, from a plurality of images of a subject, a curve representation of an arrangement of identified anatomical structures visible in the images, the curve representation comprising a set of three dimensional spatial coordinates corresponding to a center point of each of the identified anatomical structures; and
arranging a virtual model of each of the identified anatomical structures according to the curve representation such that a center point of each virtual model corresponding to an identified anatomical structure is included in the set of three dimensional spatial coordinates, wherein arranging the virtual models further comprises one of pivoting an identified center point of each virtual model by an amount of identified angular displacement of the corresponding anatomical structure relative to a reference point in one of the images and rotating each virtual model by an amount of identified angular rotation of the corresponding anatomical structure relative to the reference point in one of the images.