Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1994-06-10
1996-08-20
Zele, Krista M.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
606 57, 606105, 395 97, 395924, A61B 603
Patent
active
055469426
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are provided for the reduction of bone fractures. The apparatus includes an x-ray imaging system which compares the fractured bone with an unfractured bone, a robot controller which controls a robot hand so as to move the fractured bone in response to a command from a physician, and a safeguard system to detect abnormal tension in the limbs which can sound an alarm and cease robot motion if an error is detected. The method includes the comparison of x-ray images of unfractured and fractured bones and the movement of a robot hand grasping a fractured bone in a direction suitable for effective bone reduction.
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Casler Brian L.
Zele Krista M.
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