Term #1,362
balance status
Claim Term
balance status
Origin matter
ARTHROPLASTY BALANCE AND GAP GAUGE
Reference Case 1
OPT-9
Date Added
5/25/21
Created
12/29/20, 6:33 PM
Modified
5/25/21, 9:49 AM
Full Desc
As used herein, a "balance status" refers to a condition, state, attribute, value, and/or characteristic, of one or more members, components, structures, and/or openings relative to a state of desired, correct, and/or equal proportions, configuration, alignment, and/or orientation between a reference set of one or more members, components, structures, and/or openings and the one or more members, components, structures, and/or openings being evaluated, measured, or examined. In certain embodiments, the balance status can be a binary condition, state, attribute, value, and/or characteristic. For example, a relationship between the one or more structures or openings and a reference set of one or more structures or openings may be either balanced or unbalanced (also referred to as imbalanced).
Alternatively, or in addition, a balance status can be a condition, state, attribute, value, and/or characteristic within a range of possible conditions, states, attributes, values, and/or characteristics. For example, in one embodiment, a balance status may be measured with respect to a scale or range of degrees between a positive maximum value and a negative minimum value where a balance status of zero on the range represents a balanced state and a non-zero value along the range represents an unbalanced state. In one embodiment, a range used to measure the balance status may extend from -5 degrees to +5 degrees.
In certain embodiments, a balance status can represent whether or not a superior resection of one bone of a joint is parallel to an inferior resection of another bone of the joint. In another embodiment, a balance status can represent a degree to which a superior resection of one bone of a joint is, or is not, parallel to an inferior resection of another bone of the joint. In another embodiment, a balance status can represent how two bones of a joint and space / opening between them relate to a medial collateral ligament and a lateral collateral ligament interact to each other to achieve a desired relationship with the joint.