{"number":"US12702446B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Unilateral external fixator apparatus and control method","english":"Unilateral external fixator apparatus and control method"},"abstract":{"original":"A method of correcting a bone deformity or reducing a bone fracture with an external fixator. The method comprises uploading a first set of x-rays to a computer program, characterizing geometry of a bone deformity with the program, recommending frame geometry for correcting the deformity, then after surgery uploading a second set of x-rays with fixator attached, characterizing geometry again, calculating fixator adjustments necessary to align bones, and providing proposed fixator positions.","english":"A method of correcting a bone deformity or reducing a bone fracture with an external fixator. The method comprises uploading a first set of x-rays to a computer program, characterizing geometry of a bone deformity with the program, recommending frame geometry for correcting the deformity, then after surgery uploading a second set of x-rays with fixator attached, characterizing geometry again, calculating fixator adjustments necessary to align bones, and providing proposed fixator positions."},"applicants":["Individual"],"inventors":["Sehmuz ISIN","Baran ISIN","Ikbal ISIN"],"filingDate":"2025-09-17","publicationDate":"2026-08-11","grantDate":"2026-08-11","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12702446B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12702446B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12702446B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12702446B2"}}