Method, computer program, and system for adjusting an orthopedic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025381045-A1
Application number	US-202318878393-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2023
Priority date	Jul 1, 2022
Publication date	Dec 18, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for adjusting a microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device which is worn on the body of a patient fitted with such a device and influences movement by microprocessor-controlled actuation of actuators, the method comprising the following computer-implemented steps:
providing a digital communication link from a mobile terminal device to an adjustment database, in which at least one adjustment value for at least one parameter of the respective microprocessor-controlled actuation and associated patient data of a patient fitted with the respective orthopedic device are stored for a plurality of microprocessor-controlled orthopedic devices, calculating at least one adjustment value of at least one parameter of the microprocessor-controlled actuation of the orthopedic device of the patient depending on patient data from the patient whose microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device is to be adjusted, and/or the adjustment values stored in the adjustment database and associated patient data, displaying the at least one calculated adjustment value on the mobile terminal device in order to adjust the microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device.

First claim

1 . A method for adjusting a microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device worn on a body of a patient fitted with the orthopedic device and influences movement by microprocessor-controlled actuation of actuators, the method comprising the following computer-implemented steps:
providing a digital communication link from a mobile terminal device to an adjustment database, in which at least one adjustment value for at least one parameter of the respective microprocessor-controlled actuation and associated patient data of a patient fitted with the respective orthopedic device are stored for a plurality of microprocessor-controlled orthopedic devices, calculating at least one adjustment value of at least one parameter of the microprocessor-controlled activation of the orthopedic device of the patient depending on patient data from the patient whose microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device is to be adjusted, and/or depending on the adjustment values stored in the adjustment database and associated patient data, and displaying the at least one calculated adjustment value on the mobile terminal device in order to adjust the microprocessor-controlled orthopedic device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the patient data of the patient whose orthopedic device is to be adjusted is transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the adjustment database, wherein the at least one adjustment value of the at least one parameter is calculated by the adjustment database.

3 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one adjustment value is calculated as a function of the stored adjustment values that relate to the same orthopedic device or at least a same type or kind of device.

4 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one adjustment value is calculated as a function of the stored adjustment values that are no older than a given date.

5 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one adjustment value is calculated as a function of the stored adjustment values that relate to at least one orthopedic device that has performed a particular number of movements.

6 . The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one adjustment value is calculated as a function of the stored adjustment values where a change was made by an orthopedic professional, wherein the change is no older than a given date.

7 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least one correlation parameter is calculated by the adjustment database and transmitted to the mobile terminal device, wherein at least one adjustment value is calculated as a function of the patient data and the at least one correlation parameter, whether or not the even communication link has been provided.

8 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising after adjusting the patient's orthopedic device, the current adjustment values are transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the adjustment database.

9 . The method according to claim 1 wherein adjustment of the patient's orthopedic device with up-to-date adjustment values is performed by the mobile terminal device which establishes a communication link to the orthopedic device to provide the up-to-date adjustment values.

10 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising providing a machine learning system which has learned a correlation of patient data of patients and information about their respective microprocessor-controlled orthopedic devices as input data with associated adjustment values of at least one parameter as output data, wherein the patient data of the patient and information on their orthopedic device is entered into the machine-learning system as input data and at least one calculated adjustment value is subsequently obtained as output data in order to calculate the at least one adjustment value for adjusting the patient's orthopedic device.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the machine learning system is an artificial neuronal network.

12 . A computer program with program coding on a non-transient computer readable medium to carry out the method according to claim 1 when the computer program is run on a data processing system.

13 . A system comprising an adjustment database and one or multiple mobile terminal devices ( 11 ), the system being configured to carry out the method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Bock Otto Healthcare Prod Gmbh

Inventors

• Andrushchenko Serhii
• Hofmann Thomas
• Peyer Paul

Classifications

• A61F2002/705

  Electromagnetic data transfer · CPC title

• A61F2002/704

  computer-controlled, e.g. robotic control · CPC title

• A61F2/64

  Knee joints · CPC title

• G16H20/30

  relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising · CPC title

• G16H50/70

  for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients · CPC title