Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review
Individuals’ lifestyles are affected by valgus and varus deformities in the rearfoot, causing pain in the joints and plantar surface due to the misalignment between the tibial and calcaneus. In orthopedics, medical professionals measure this misalignment by using X-ray systems and goniometers. The X...
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| author | Gabriel Trujillo-Hernández Wendy Flores-Fuentes Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández Oleg Sergiyenko Moises J. Castro-Toscano Abelardo Mercado-Herrera Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico |
| author_facet | Gabriel Trujillo-Hernández Wendy Flores-Fuentes Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández Oleg Sergiyenko Moises J. Castro-Toscano Abelardo Mercado-Herrera Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico |
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| description | Individuals’ lifestyles are affected by valgus and varus deformities in the rearfoot, causing pain in the joints and plantar surface due to the misalignment between the tibial and calcaneus. In orthopedics, medical professionals measure this misalignment by using X-ray systems and goniometers. The X-ray emits ionizing radiation that can cause damage through cumulative exposure over a lifetime, whereas the goniometer will produce measurement errors. This patent review conducted a technological search of systems and methods across various databases using inclusion and exclusion criteria. These thirty-five obtained patents provide valuable information about mechanical, electronic, and mechatronic technologies and non-ionizing radiation to evaluate valgus and varus deformities. The patents are classified into stationary mechanisms, stationary electronic devices, dynamic mechanisms, dynamic electronic devices, stationary mechatronic devices, and dynamic mechatronic devices. They are further categorized based on their measurement methods as either visual or automatic. Additionally, the patents are grouped by usage mode into sitting, standing, and walking. This patent review aims to provide medical professionals with little-known techniques for measuring and evaluating the rearfoot alignment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-061850d2d2b14c2d98e8aebbb35069ef2025-08-20T02:00:28ZengMDPI AGInventions2411-51342024-12-019612210.3390/inventions9060122Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A ReviewGabriel Trujillo-Hernández0Wendy Flores-Fuentes1Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández2Oleg Sergiyenko3Moises J. Castro-Toscano4Abelardo Mercado-Herrera5Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico6Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Universidad Politécnica de Baja California, Mexicali 21376, BC, MexicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21100, BC, MexicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21100, BC, MexicoInstituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21100, BC, MexicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21100, BC, MexicoIngeniería Mecatrónica, Universidad Politécnica de Baja California, Mexicali 21376, BC, MexicoIngeniería Mecatrónica, Universidad Politécnica de Baja California, Mexicali 21376, BC, MexicoIndividuals’ lifestyles are affected by valgus and varus deformities in the rearfoot, causing pain in the joints and plantar surface due to the misalignment between the tibial and calcaneus. In orthopedics, medical professionals measure this misalignment by using X-ray systems and goniometers. The X-ray emits ionizing radiation that can cause damage through cumulative exposure over a lifetime, whereas the goniometer will produce measurement errors. This patent review conducted a technological search of systems and methods across various databases using inclusion and exclusion criteria. These thirty-five obtained patents provide valuable information about mechanical, electronic, and mechatronic technologies and non-ionizing radiation to evaluate valgus and varus deformities. The patents are classified into stationary mechanisms, stationary electronic devices, dynamic mechanisms, dynamic electronic devices, stationary mechatronic devices, and dynamic mechatronic devices. They are further categorized based on their measurement methods as either visual or automatic. Additionally, the patents are grouped by usage mode into sitting, standing, and walking. This patent review aims to provide medical professionals with little-known techniques for measuring and evaluating the rearfoot alignment.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/9/6/122measurementsrearfootelectronic devicesmechanismsmechatronic devices |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Trujillo-Hernández Wendy Flores-Fuentes Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández Oleg Sergiyenko Moises J. Castro-Toscano Abelardo Mercado-Herrera Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review Inventions measurements rearfoot electronic devices mechanisms mechatronic devices |
| title | Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review |
| title_full | Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review |
| title_short | Patents of Systems and Methods Using Non-Ionizing Radiation for Measuring Rearfoot Deformations: A Review |
| title_sort | patents of systems and methods using non ionizing radiation for measuring rearfoot deformations a review |
| topic | measurements rearfoot electronic devices mechanisms mechatronic devices |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/9/6/122 |
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