System for manufacturing and pre-operative inspecting of patient-specific implants
AssigneeCarlsmed, Inc.
InventorsShariq Hussain, Niall Patrick Casey, Michael J. Cordonnier
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Abstract
Systems and methods for verifying the quality of patient specific implants are disclosed. A system can generate implant data, such as design files or fabrication instructions, for manufacturing the implant. The system can manage access to the implant data based on authentication levels. Based on the determined authentication level of the user requesting access to the implant data, the system can permit the user to access some or all of the implant data. The system can perform a quality check on a manufactured implant by scanning the manufactured implant to identify any errors in the manufactured implant.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a process comprising:
- fabricating, using a manufacturing machine, a patient-specific orthopedic implant based on a virtual three-dimensional model of a patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- scanning, via one or more scanners, the patient-specific orthopedic implant to obtain scan data associated with fabricating of the patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- obtaining a manufacturing quality threshold for the patient-specific orthopedic implant based on one or more manufacturing characteristics and a surgical plan for implantation of the patient-specific orthopedic implant in a patient;
- determining automatically whether the patient-specific orthopedic implant meets the manufacturing quality threshold for the patient-specific orthopedic implant based on the scan data;
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant not meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- identifying at least one manufacturing adjustment for manufacturing another patient-specific orthopedic implant that meets the manufacturing quality threshold;
- and
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- approving the patient-specific orthopedic implant.
A computer-implemented method of approving a patient-specific orthopedic implant, the method comprising:
- fabricating, using a manufacturing machine, a patient-specific orthopedic implant based on a virtual three-dimensional model of a patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- scanning, via one or more scanners, the patient-specific orthopedic implant to obtain scan data associated with fabricating of the patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- obtaining a manufacturing quality threshold for the patient-specific orthopedic implant based on one or more manufacturing characteristics and a surgical plan for implantation of the patient-specific orthopedic implant in a patient;
- determining automatically whether the patient-specific orthopedic implant meets the manufacturing quality threshold for the patient-specific orthopedic implant based on the scan data;
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant not meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- identifying at least one manufacturing adjustment for manufacturing another patient-specific orthopedic implant that meets the manufacturing quality threshold;
- and
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- approving the patient-specific orthopedic implant.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for approving a patient-specific orthopedic implant, the operations comprising:
- fabricating, using a manufacturing machine, a patient-specific orthopedic implant based on a virtual three-dimensional model of a patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- scanning, via one or more scanners, the patient-specific orthopedic implant to obtain scan data associated with fabricating of the patient-specific orthopedic implant;
- obtaining a manufacturing quality threshold, wherein the manufacturing quality threshold is based on
- one or more manufacturing characteristics of the patient-specific orthopedic implant, and
- a surgical plan for implantation of the patient-specific orthopedic implant in a patient;
- determining automatically whether the patient-specific orthopedic implant meets the manufacturing quality threshold based on the scan data;
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant not meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- identifying at least one manufacturing adjustment for manufacturing another patient-specific orthopedic implant that meets the manufacturing quality threshold;
- and
- in response to the patient-specific orthopedic implant meeting the manufacturing quality threshold,
- approving the patient-specific orthopedic implant.
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