Inventors:
Alexandre Marie Moreau-Gaudry - Grenoble, FR
Philippe Cinquin - St. Nazaire Les Eymes, FR
Christopher Plaskos - New York NY, US
Carinne Granchi - New York NY, US
Ronald S. Adler - Larchmont NY, US
International Classification:
A61B 6/00, G06G 7/48
Abstract:
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and includes the steps of acquiring 3D osteocartilaginous parameters by using multimodal 3D tracked devices; incorporating these parameters into a volumic anatomic osteocartilaginous model from which a bone tracking virtual real-time environment is built; three-dimensionally computing an osteocartilaginous quality score from this multiparametric 3D osteocartilaginous model; providing real-time navigation in this 3D virtual environment in order to make ongoing therapeutic assessments and adjustments; and updating steps 1 to 3 according to the performed therapy. It will be appreciated that the above steps are compatible with arthroscopic procedures involving cartilage.