US 12,433,612 B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for bone alignment for syndesmosis fixation
Jennifer A. Nichols, Gainesville, FL (US); and Christopher Reb, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,254, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249105 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1703 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/8061 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to at least:
obtain at least one two-dimensional image of a first bone and a second bone, wherein the second bone overlaps the first bone in the at least one two-dimensional image;
apply a binary threshold to the at least one two-dimensional image to identify edges of the first bone;
identify edges of the second bone from the at least one two-dimensional image;
identify centerlines of each of the first bone and the second bone from the at least one two-dimensional image; and
determine at least one of limb position or drill targets based on an overlap of the identified centerlines.