Patents by Inventor Ken Suda

Ken Suda 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).

  • Patent number: 8861818
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a preoperative planning method performed by a computer for hip replacement arthroplasty, includes a base jig setting step of setting a three-dimensional image of a base jig having three or more columnar supports which abut on three or more reference points of the pelvis with respect to the three-dimensional image of the pelvis obtained at the image reconstruction step, and a parameter acquisition step of parameterizing and acquiring a direction of an indicator which runs through a predetermined position on the base jig in the three-dimensional image of the base jig set at the base jig setting step and becomes parallel to the installation direction of the joint prostheses determined at the joint prostheses determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Lexi Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ito, Ken Suda
  • Publication number: 20120230573
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a preoperative planning method performed by a computer for hip replacement arthroplasty, includes a base jig setting step of setting a three-dimensional image of a base jig having three or more columnar supports which abut on three or more reference points of the pelvis with respect to the three-dimensional image of the pelvis obtained at the image reconstruction step, and a parameter acquisition step of parameterizing and acquiring a direction of an indicator which runs through a predetermined position on the base jig in the three-dimensional image of the base jig set at the base jig setting step and becomes parallel to the installation direction of the joint prostheses determined at the joint prostheses determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ito, Ken Suda