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US 2013/0211409 A1Published application
Surgical Tools Facilitating Increased Accuracy, Speed and Simplicity in Performing Joint Arthroplasty
AssigneeConforMIS, Inc.
InventorsAlbert G. Burdulis, JR., Wolfgang Fitz, Rene Vargas-Voracek, Philipp Lang, Daniel Steines, Konstantinos Tsougarakis
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
Claims1
A patient-specific patellar template configured to facilitate the placement of a patella implant in repairing a knee joint of a patient comprising:
- a patient-specific contact surface for engaging at least a portion of an articular surface of the patella of the knee joint, the patient-specific contact surface including anatomical information derived from image data of the knee joint of the patient;
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- at least one guide for directing movement of a surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.