METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN BALANCING LIGAMENTS OF A KNEE

Patent №

US 8,394,104

Granted

2013-03-12

Filed 2009

Owner

DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12572385

An apparatus for use in performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a patient includes at least one femoral paddle and a tibial paddle. At least one of the femoral paddle and the tibial paddle is movable away from the other. The apparatus also includes a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a force applied to the femoral paddle or the tibial paddle. The apparatus may be communicatively coupled to a computer assisted orthopaedic surgery system.

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AI classification

Vision0.99
Planning0.47
Evolutionary computation0.09
Speech0.00
Natural language0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC.

assignment · 324050766

Assignors

DISILVESTRO, MARK R.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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