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As used herein, a “sleeve” refers to structure that is narrow and longer longitudinally than the structure is wide. In certain embodiments, a sleeve serves to surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain something else. In certain embodiments, a sleeve may surround, enclose, wrap, and/or contain a passage or void. (Search "sleeve" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2021. Web. Accessed 15 Nov. 2021. Modified.) In certain embodiments, the term sleeve may be preceded by an adjective that identifies the structure, implement, component or instrument that may be used with, inserted into or associated with the sleeve. For example, a “pin sleeve” may be configured to accept a pin or wire such as a K-wire, a “drive sleeve” may be configured to accept a drill or drill bit, a “fixation member sleeve” may be configured to accept a fastener or fixation member. |
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As used herein, "image registration" refers to a method, process, module, component, apparatus, and/or system that seeks to achieve precision in the alignment of two images. As used here, "image" may refer to either or both an image of a structure or object and another image or a model (e.g., a computer based model or a physical model, in either two dimensions or three dimensions). In the simplest case of image registration, two images are aligned. One image may serve as the target image and the other as a source image; the source image is transformed, positioned, realigned, and/or modified to match the target image. An optimization procedure may be applied that updates the transformation of the source image based on a similarity value that evaluates the current quality of the alignment. An iterative procedure of optimization may be repeated until a (local) optimum is found. An example is the registration of CT and PET images to combine structural and metabolic information. Image registration can be used in a variety of medical applications: Studying temporal changes; Longitudinal studies may acquire images over several months or years to study long-term processes, such as disease progression. Time series correspond to images acquired within the same session (seconds or minutes). Time series images can be used to study cognitive processes, heart deformations and respiration; Combining complementary information from different imaging modalities. One example may be the fusion of anatomical and functional information. |
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Since the size and shape of structures vary across modalities, evaluating the alignment quality can be more challenging. Thus, similarity measures such as mutual information may be used; Characterizing a population of subjects. In contrast to intra-subject registration, a one-to-one mapping may not exist between subjects, depending on the structural variability of the organ of interest. Inter-subject registration may be used for atlas construction in computational anatomy. Here, the objective may be to statistically model the anatomy of organs across subjects; Computer-assisted surgery: in computer-assisted surgery pre-operative images such as CT or MRI may be registered to intra-operative images or tracking systems to facilitate image guidance or navigation. There may be several considerations made when performing image registration: The transformation model. Common choices are rigid, affine, and deformable transformation models. B-spline and thin plate spline models are commonly used for parameterized transformation fields. Non-parametric or dense deformation fields carry a displacement vector at every grid location; this may use additional regularization constraints. A specific class of deformation fields are diffeomorphisms, which are invertible transformations with a smooth inverse; The similarity metric. A distance or similarity function is used to quantify the registration quality. This similarity can be calculated either on the original images or on features extracted from the images. Common similarity measures are sum of squared distances (SSD), correlation coefficient, and mutual information. The choice of similarity measure depends on whether the images are from the same modality; the acquisition noise can also play a role in this decision. For example, SSD may be the optimal similarity measure for images of the same modality with Gaussian noise. However, the image statistics in ultrasound may be significantly different from Gaussian noise, leading to the introduction of ultrasound specific similarity measures. |
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Multi-modal registration may use a more sophisticated similarity measure; alternatively, a different image representation can be used, such as structural representations or registering adjacent anatomy; The optimization procedure. Either continuous or discrete optimization is performed. For continuous optimization, gradient-based optimization techniques are applied to improve the convergence speed.(Search "medical image computing" on Wikipedia.com June 24, 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed June 25, 2021.) |
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"Register" or "Registration" refers to an act of aligning, mating, contacting, engaging, or coupling one or more parts and/or surfaces of one object in relation to one or more parts and/or surfaces of another object. Often, the one or more parts and/or surfaces of one object include protrusions and/or depressions that are the inverse or mirror configuration of protrusions and/or depressions of one or more parts and/or surfaces of the other object. |
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"Registration key" refers to a structure, surface, feature, module, component, apparatus, and/or system that facilitates, enables, guides, promotes, precision in the alignment of two objects by way of registration. In one aspect a registration key can include a surface and one or more recesses and/or features of that surface that are configured to fit within corresponding recesses, projections, and/or other features of another structure such as another surface. In one aspect a registration key can include a surface and one or more projections and/or features of, extending from, or connected to that surface that are configured to fit within corresponding recesses, projections, and/or other features of another structure such as another surface. In certain aspects, the features of the registration key may be configured to fit within, or in contact, or in close contact with those of the another structure. In one embodiment, when the two structures align the registration key has served its purpose. |
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As used herein, a "resection" refers to a method, procedure, or step that removes tissue from another anatomical structure or body. A resection can include an osteotomy that cuts through a bone or other tissue because the osteotomy still removes at least a minimal amount of tissue. A resection is typically performed by a surgeon on a part of a body of a patient. A resection is a type of osteotomy. (Search "surgery" on Wikipedia.com May 26, 2021. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Modified. Accessed May 26, 2021.) Resection may be used as a noun or a verb. In the verb form, the term is "resect" and refers to an act of performing, or doing, a resection. Past tense of the verb resect is resected. |
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“Anatomical structure” refers to any part or portion of a part of a body of a person, animal, or other patient. Examples of anatomical structures, include but are not limited to, a bone, bones, soft tissue, a joint, joints, a tissue surface, a protrusion, a recess, an opening, skin, hard tissue, teeth, mouth, eyes, hair, nails, fingers, toes, legs, arms, torso, vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, organs, or the like. |
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"Anatomical reference” refers to any reference(s) that is, or is on, or is in, or is otherwise associated, with an anatomical structure. Examples of anatomical structures, include but are not limited to, a bone, bones, soft tissue, a joint, joints, skin, hard tissue, teeth, mouth, eyes, hair, nails, fingers, toes, legs, arms, torso, vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, organs, a hole, a post, a plurality of holes, a plurality of posts, a fastener, a suture, a clamp, an instrument, an implant, or the like. |
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"Bone condition" refers to any of a variety of conditions of bones of a patient. Generally, a bone condition refers to an orientation, position, and/or alignment of one or more bones of the patient relative to other anatomical structures of the body of the patient. Bone conditions may be caused by or result from deformities, misalignment, malrotation, fractures, joint failure, and/or the like. A bone condition includes, but is not limited to, any angular deformities of one or more bone segments in either the lower or upper extremities (for example, tibial deformities, calcaneal deformities, femoral deformities, and radial deformities). Alternatively, or in addition, “bone condition” can refer to the structural makeup and configuration of one or more bones of a patient. Thus bone condition may refer to a state or condition of regions, a thickness of a cortex, bone density, a thickness and/or porosity of internal regions (e.g. whether it is calcaneus or solid) of the bone or parts of the bone such as a head, a base, a shaft, a protuberance, a process, a lamina, a foramen, and the like of a bone, along the metaphyseal region, epiphysis region, and/or a diaphyseal region. "Malrotation" refers to a condition in which a part, typically a part of a patient's body has rotated from a normal position to an unnormal or uncommon position. |
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As used herein, a "guide" refers to a part, component, member, or structure designed, adapted, configured, or engineered to guide or direct one or more other parts, components, or structures. A guide may be part of, integrated with, connected to, attachable to, or coupled to, another structure, device, or instrument. In one embodiment, a guide may include a modifier that identifies a particular function, location, orientation, operation, type, and/or a particular structure of the guide. Examples of such modifiers applied to a guide, include, but are not limited to, "pin guide" that guides or directs one or more pins, a "cutting guide" that guides or directs the making or one or more cuts, a placement, deployment, or insertion guide that guides or directs the placement, positioning, orientation, deployment, installation, or insertion of a fastener and/or implant, a "cross fixation guide" that guides deployment of a fastener or fixation member, an "alignment guide" that guides the alignment of two or more objects or structures, a "navigation guide" that guides a user in navigating a course or process or procedure such as a surgical procedure, a "resection guide" that serves to guide resection of soft or hard tissue, such as in an osteotomy, a "reduction guide" can serve to guide reduction of one or more bone segments or fragments, an "placement guide" that serves to identify how an object can be placed in relation to another object or structure, and the like. Furthermore, guides may include modifiers applied due to the procedure or location within a patient for which the guide is to be used. For example, where a guide is used at a joint, the guide may be referred to herein as an “arthrodesis guide.” |
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Those of skill in the art will appreciate that a resection feature may take a variety of forms and may include a single feature or one or more features that together form the resection feature. In certain embodiments, the resection feature may take the form of one or more slots or cut channels. Alternatively, or in addition, a resection feature may be referenced using other names including, but not limited to, channel, cut channels, and the like. |
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"Cut channel" refers to a channel, slot, hole, or opening, configured to facilitate making a cut. In certain embodiments, a cut channel is one example of a resection feature, resection member, and/or resection guide. "Rotation slot" refers to a channel, slot, hole, or opening, configured to facilitate rotating one structure in relation to another structure. |
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As used herein, “slot” refers to a narrow opening or groove. (search "slot" on Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2021. Web. 04 Aug. 2021. Modified.) |
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“Hole” refers to a gap, an opening, an aperture, a port, a portal, a space or recess in a structure, a void in a structure, or the like. In certain embodiments, a hole can refer to a structure configured specifically for receiving something and/or for allowing access. In certain embodiments, a hole can pass through a structure. In other embodiments, an opening can exist within a structure but not pass through the structure. A hole can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional and can have a variety of geometric shapes and/or cross-sectional shapes, including, but not limited to a rectangle, a square, or other polygon, as well as a circle, an ellipse, an ovoid, or other circular or semi-circular shape. As used herein, the term “hole” can include one or more modifiers that define specific types of “holes” based on the purpose, function, operation, position, or location of the “hole.” As one example, a “fastener hole” refers to an “hole” adapted, configured, designed, or engineered to accept or accommodate a “fastener.” |
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As used herein, an “opening” refers to a gap, a hole, an aperture, a port, a portal, a slit, a space or recess in a structure, a void in a structure, or the like. In certain embodiments, an opening can refer to a structure configured specifically for receiving something and/or for allowing access. In certain embodiments, an opening can pass through a structure. In such embodiments, the opening can be referred to as a window. In other embodiments, an opening can exist within a structure but not pass through the structure. In other embodiments, an opening can initiate on a surface or at an edge or at a side of a structure and extend into the structure for a distance, but not pass through or extend to another side or edge of the structure. In other embodiments, an opening can initiate on a surface or at an edge or at a side of a structure and extend into the structure until the opening extends through or extends to another side or edge of the structure. An opening can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional and can have a variety of geometric shapes and/or cross-sectional shapes, including, but not limited to a rectangle, a square, or other polygon, as well as a circle, an ellipse, an ovoid, or other circular or semi-circular shape. As used herein, the term “opening” can include one or more modifiers that define specific types of “openings” based on the purpose, function, operation, position, or location of the “opening.” As one example, a “fastener opening” refers to an “opening” adapted, configured, designed, or engineered to accept or accommodate a “fastener.” |
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As used herein, an "interface," or "engagement interface" refers to an area, a boundary, or a place at which two separate and/or independent structures, members, apparatus, assemblies, components, and/or systems join, connect, are coupled, or meet and act on, or communicate, mechanically and/or electronically, with each other. In certain embodiments, "interface" may refer to a surface forming a common boundary of two bodies, spaces, structures, members, apparatus, assemblies, components, or phases. (search "interface" on Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2021. Web. 15 Nov. 2021. Modified.) In certain embodiments, the term interface may be used with an adjective that identifies a type or function for the interface. For example, an engagement or coupling interface may refer to one or more structures that interact, connect, or couple to mechanically join or connect two separate structures, each connected to a side of the interface. |
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"User" refers to any person that operates a computing device and/or a user interface.” |
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"User interface" refers to component, module, device, system, software, hardware, or apparatus that enables one or more people to provide user input, communicate, and/or interact with an electronic or computing device using mechanical, electronical, manual, audio, visual, or tactile input. In one example, a user interface may refer to one or more mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical structures that interact with, or enable, a user to provide user input, instructions, input signals, data, or data values and receive output, output data, or feedback. |
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"User input" refers to a form of input data that is provided directly or indirectly by a user, operator, or beneficiary of an apparatus, module, system, method, or process. User input can be provided by a variety of input devices and can include any indicator or indication of input data from the user. A variety of signals, indicators, indications, gestures, movements, touches, keystrokes, or the like can serve as user input. "Input data" refers to data identified, used, collected, gathered, and/or generated to serve as input to another component, circuit, driver, device, manager, control circuit, storage media, storage device, or controller. The input data can be in analog or digital format and can represent a data signal and/or one or more data values. As used herein, an "indicator" refers to an apparatus, device, component, system, assembly, mechanism, hardware, software, firmware, circuit, module, set of data, or logic structured, organized, configured, programmed, designed, arranged, or engineered to convey information or indicate a state, condition, context, location, or position to a user of a module, device or apparatus that includes, or is associated with the indicator. The indicator can include one or more of an audible signal, a tactile signal, a visual signal or indication, a visual marker, a visual icon, and the like. |
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