1. A guide device for locating the axis of rotation of a joint, comprising:
a guide device, including:
a handle portion;
a center locator attached to the handle portion, said center locator forming a periphery;
a removable alignment sleeve, said removable alignment sleeve having a bore defined therethrough; and
the handle portion including an opening for receiving the removable alignment sleeve, such that an axis through said bore additionally extends through the interior of said periphery.
2. The guide device of claim 1, wherein the periphery of the center locator is an arc of a circle.
3. The guide device of claim 1, wherein the center locator is particularly adapted for engagement with the humeral trochlea.
4. The guide device of claim 1, wherein the removable alignment sleeve includes a cannulated extension pin.
5. The guide device of claim 1, wherein the removable alignment sleeve includes a locking mechanism for lockingly engaging the removable alignment sleeve with said handle.
6. The guide device of claim 5, wherein the locking mechanism includes a cam actuated by a knob to engage a portion of the opening and lock the removable alignment sleeve in the opening.
7. A system for stabilizing a joint, comprising:
an internal joint stabilizer kit, including:
an internal stabilizer including an axle, a neck portion and an attaching portion; and
a guide for locating the natural axis of rotation of the joint, said guide, including
a handle portion;
a center locator attached to the handle portion, said center locator forming a periphery; and
an alignment sleeve having a bore defined therethrough, such that an axis through said bore additionally extends through the interior of said periphery.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the kit includes at least one of a plurality of necks of different shapes andor different lengths and a plurality of axles of different diameters andor different lengths from which to select the axle and neck of the internal joint stabilizer.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the periphery of the center locator is an arc of a circle.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein the neck is connected to the attaching portion by a turret means.
11. A method for fixing a joint using the system of claim 7, the method comprising:
locating an axis of rotation of a joint, by:
identifying and marking a first point of rotation of the joint;
with the handle, manipulating the center locator of the guide into a distracted joint until the center locator sits on a predetermined portion of a first bone in the joint;
after the center locator is seated, aligning the alignment sleeve with the marked first point; and
inserting a wire into said alignment sleeve and drilling the wire partially through the bone; and
removing the guide and wire to expose a hole through the bone in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint;
inserting the axle of the internal joint stabilizer into the hole; and
fixing the attaching portion to a second bone of the joint.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein after removing the guide but before removing the wire the removing step additionally includes the step of drilling over the wire to enlarge the hole in the bone in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint.
13. A method for fixing a joint using the system of claim 8, the method comprising:
locating an axis of rotation of a joint, by:
identifying and marking a first point of rotation of the joint;
with the handle, manipulating the center locator of the guide into a distracted joint until the center locator sits on a predetermined portion of a first bone in the joint;
after the center locator is seated, aligning the alignment sleeve with the marked first point; and
inserting a wire into said alignment sleeve and drilling the wire partially through the bone; and
removing the guide and wire to expose a hole through the bone in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint;
selecting at least one of the plurality of necks and axles for use as the neck or axle of the internal joint stabilizer;
connecting the axle to the attaching portion using the neck;
inserting the axle of the internal joint stabilizer into the hole; and
fixing the attaching portion to a second bone of the joint.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein after removing the guide but before removing the wire the removing step additionally includes the step of drilling over the wire to enlarge the hole in the bone in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint.
15. A method of locating an axis of rotation of a joint, comprising:
identifying and marking a first point of rotation of the joint;
providing a guide device, including:
a handle portion;
a center locator attached to the handle portion;
a removable alignment sleeve;
the handle portion including an opening for receiving the removable alignment sleeve;
utilizing the guide device to identify the second point on the axis, the utilizing step including the steps of:
with the handle, manipulating the center locator into a distracted joint until the center locator sits on a predetermined portion of bone in the joint;
after the center locator is seated, inserting the removable alignment sleeve into the opening of the handle portion in alignment with the marked first point; and
inserting a wire into said alignment sleeve and drilling the wire through the bone to create a hole through the bone in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the joint is the humeral-ulnar joint and the predetermined portion of bone is the trochlea and wherein the center locator has an arcuate shape in order to seat on the trochlea.
17. The method of claim 15 further comprising the steps of:
removing the guide device from the wire;
enlarging the hole drilled in the bone by the wire;
providing an internal device, including:
an axle; and
a fixable portion;
inserting the axle into the enlarged hole, in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint; and
attaching the fixable portion to a second bone of the joint.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the joint is the humeral-ulnar joint and the predetermined portion of bone is the trochlea and wherein the center locator has an arcuate shape in order to seat on the trochlea.
19. A method for performing joint stabilization, comprising the steps of:
providing an internal device, including:
an axle; and
a fixable portion;
locating the axis of rotation of a joint according to the method claim 15;
inserting the axle into a first part fixed relative to a first bone forming a joint, in alignment with the axis of rotation of the joint; and
attaching the fixable portion to a second bone of the joint.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the locating step includes the steps of:
identifying and marking a first point of rotation of the joint;
utilizing the guide device to identify the second point on the axis
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the identifying step includes the step of visually identifying the first point.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a network selection module to access an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy;
a communication module coupled with the network selection module, the communication module to:
receive an indication of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) of a WLAN that interworks with a visited operator of a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the UE; and
transmit a request to connect the UE to the WLAN AP of the WLAN that interworks with the visited operator based at least in part on the ANDSF policy.
2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy is an ANDSF policy of a home operator of a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the UE.
3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy is an ANDSF policy of the visited operator.
4. The UE of claim 1, wherein the communication module is further to transmit a request to connect to the VPLMN based at least in part on the ANDSF policy.
5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises a WLAN selection parameter comprising location of the UE, a time of day, or load on a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the UE.
6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).
7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the UE further comprises a power supply coupled with the network selection module.
8. A method comprising:
accessing, by a user equipment (UE), an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policy;
receiving, by the UE, an indication of a wireless local area network (WLAN);
selecting, by the UE and based at least in part on the ANDSF policy, the WLAN as a selected WLAN
receiving, by the UE, an indication of a public land mobile network (PLMN);
identifying, by the UE, interworking between the WLAN and the PLMN; and
selecting, by the UE and based at least in part on the selected WLAN and the interworking, the PLMN.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the indication of the WLAN is a service set identifier (SSID) of an access point (AP) of the WLAN.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises a WLAN selection parameter comprising a location of the UE or a time of day.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy comprises an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the ANDSF policy is a third generation partnership project (3GPP) ANDSF policy.
13. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, by the UE, the ANDSF policy from an operator of a home network of the UE.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, by the UE, the ANDSF policy from an operator of a roaming network of the UE.
15. One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions to, upon execution of the instructions by an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) server, cause the ANDSF server to:
construct an ANDSF policy that includes:
a plurality of service set identifiers (SSIDs) of a plurality of access points (APs) of a plurality of wireless local area networks (WLANs);
a WLAN selection parameter; and
an instruction for a user equipment (UE) to connect to an access point associated with an SSID of the plurality of SSIDs according to the respective priorities of each SSID; and
transmit the ANDSF policy to the UE.
16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF server is an ANDSF server of a home network of the UE.
17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF server is an ANDSF server of a visited network of the UE.
18. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the WLAN selection parameter comprises a location of the WLAN, a time of day, or load on a wireless network.
19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF policy is an inter-system mobility policy (ISMP) or an inter-system routing policy (ISRP).
20. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15, wherein the ANDSF policy is a third generation partnership project (3GPP) ANDSF policy.