Patents by Inventor Irene Min

Irene Min has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240050155
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elena I. Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11847755
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi, Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin
  • Patent number: 11819282
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Elena I. Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20210275227
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi, Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin
  • Publication number: 20210251664
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena I. Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11045227
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi, Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin
  • Patent number: 11033300
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11033334
    Abstract: A method of performing an arthroplasty procedure on a knee region of a femur of a patient where an implant is implanted on the knee region of the femur as part of the arthroplasty procedure is disclosed herein. The method may include generating a planned postoperative positional relationship of the implant relative to the femur. The method may also include, with the computerized representation of the implant in the planned postoperative positional relationship with the computerized representation of the knee region of the femur, generating a planned resection of the femur that will facilitate the implant being implanted on the knee region of the femur in the planned postoperative positional relationship. And the method may also include guiding an actual resection of the femur according to the planned resection of the femur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20200323561
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi, Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin
  • Publication number: 20200261119
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 10687856
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 10575875
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20190388123
    Abstract: A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20190239926
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Pavlovskaia, Oleg Mishin, Boris E. Shpungin, Ilwhan Park, Charlie W. Chi, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20190105107
    Abstract: A method of performing an arthroplasty procedure on a knee region of a femur of a patient where an implant is implanted on the knee region of the femur as part of the arthroplasty procedure is disclosed herein. The method may include generating a planned postoperative positional relationship of the implant relative to the femur. The method may also include, with the computerized representation of the implant in the planned postoperative positional relationship with the computerized representation of the knee region of the femur, generating a planned resection of the femur that will facilitate the implant being implanted on the knee region of the femur in the planned postoperative positional relationship. And the method may also include guiding an actual resection of the femur according to the planned resection of the femur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 10182870
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate two dimensional image data of a patient joint to undergo arthroplasty, identify in the two dimensional image data a first point corresponding to an articular surface of a bone forming the joint, identify a second point corresponding to an articular surface of an implant, identify a location of a resection plane when the first point is correlated with the second point, and create the arthroplasty jig with a resection guide located according to the identified location of the resection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 9814533
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate two dimensional image data of a patient joint to undergo arthroplasty, identify in the two dimensional image data a first point corresponding to an articular surface of a bone forming the joint, identify a second point corresponding to an articular surface of an implant, identify a location of a resection plane when the first point is correlated with the second point, and create the arthroplasty jig with a resection guide located according to the identified location of the resection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 9782227
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate two dimensional image data of a patient joint to undergo arthroplasty, identify in the two dimensional image data a first point corresponding to an articular surface of a bone forming the joint, identify a second point corresponding to an articular surface of an implant, identify a location of a resection plane when the first point is correlated with the second point, and create the arthroplasty jig with a resection guide located according to the identified location of the resection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Patent number: 9549782
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate two dimensional image data of a patient joint to undergo arthroplasty, identify in the two dimensional image data a first point corresponding to an articular surface of a bone forming the joint, identify a second point corresponding to an articular surface of an implant, identify a location of a resection plane when the first point is correlated with the second point, and create the arthroplasty jig with a resection guide located according to the identified location of the resection plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20160270856
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arthroplasty jig is disclosed herein. The method may include the following: generate two dimensional image data of a patient joint to undergo arthroplasty, identify in the two dimensional image data a first point corresponding to an articular surface of a bone forming the joint, identify a second point corresponding to an articular surface of an implant, identify a location of a resection plane when the first point is correlated with the second point, and create the arthroplasty jig with a resection guide located according to the identified location of the resection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
    Inventors: Ilwhan Park, Venkata Surya Sarva, Irene Min Choi