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US 2013/0158671 A1Published application
Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing An Implant
AssigneeBiomet Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsBrian A. UTHGENANNT, Robert Metzger, Nathan E. Belcher, Joshua B. Catanzarite
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Abstract
An orthopedic device includes a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface. The femoral implant includes at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient. The parameters can include patient-specific lengths, such as, for example, medial and lateral condyle widths and notch height, and patient-specific medial and lateral angles.
Claims17
An orthopedic device comprising:
- a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface, the femoral implant further including at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient.
The orthopedic device of claim 9, wherein the surgical kit includes reusable instruments.
An orthopedic device comprising:
- a femoral implant having a non-custom internal engagement surface, the femoral implant further including three patient-specific lengths, three patient specific medial angles and three patient-specific lateral angles, wherein the lengths and medial and lateral angles are selected preoperatively based on a three-dimensional image of an anatomy of a patient to match the anatomy of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.