Abstract: A contour mapping system useful as a spine analyzer includes a probe for application to a user's hand with the outer tip of at least one finger of the hand movable along the outer surface of the object (e.g., a person's spine) whose contour is to be mapped. A position sensor is carried by the probe and is movable therewith, and with the user's hand, as the user's finger moves along the outer surface of the object. The system further includes a position tracking system for tracking the movement of the position sensor as the probe is moved with the user's hand along the outer surface of the object.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2001
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2002
Assignee:
Orthoscan Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Josef Leitner, Florin Coter, Gideon E. Sturlesi, Adi Schechtman
Abstract: A contour mapping system useful as a spine analyzer includes a probe for application to a user's hand with the outer tip of at least one finger of the hand movable along the outer surface of the object (e.g., a person's spine) whose contour is to be mapped. A position sensor is carried by the probe and is movable therewith, and with the user's hand, as the user's finger moves along the outer surface of the object. The system further includes a position tracking system for tracking the movement of the position sensor as the probe is moved with the user's hand along the outer surface of the object.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 19, 2001
Publication date:
September 19, 2002
Applicant:
Orthoscan Technologies Inc.
Inventors:
Josef Leitner, Florin Coter, Gideon E. Sturlesi, Adi Shechtman
Abstract: A contour mapping system useful as a spine analyzer includes a probe for application to a user's hand with the outer tip of at least one finger of the hand movable along the outer surface of the person's spine or other object whose contour is to be mapped. A position sensor carried by the probe is movable with the user's finger as the finger moves along the outer surface of the object. The system tracks and displays the movements of the position sensor as the probe is moved with the user's hand along the outer surface of the object. An ultrasonic transducer may be combined with the position sensor on the same probe and used to examine particular vertebrae, such as apex vertebrae, for rotation and/or deformation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 4, 2002
Publication date:
September 19, 2002
Applicant:
Orthoscan Technologies Inc.
Inventors:
Adi Shechtman, Gideon E. Sturlesi, Florin Coter