Implant device and method for manufacture
AssigneeConforMIS, Inc.
InventorPhilipp Lang
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Abstract
A knee implant includes a femoral component having first and second femoral component surfaces. The first femoral component surface is for securing to a surgically prepared compartment of a distal end of a femur. The second femoral component surface is configured to replicate the femoral condyle. The knee implant further includes a tibial component having first and second tibial component surfaces. The first tibial component surface is for contacting a proximal surface of the tibia that is substantially uncut subchondral bone. At least a portion of the first tibial component surface is a mirror image of the proximal tibial surface. The second tibial component surface articulates with the second femoral component surface.
Claims8
A method of manufacturing an implant for repairing a knee joint of a patient, the method comprising:
- a. deriving a three-dimensional shape of the knee joint of the patient from image data of the knee joint of the patient, wherein the image data include information about a shape, geometry or articular surface of a femoral condyle of the knee joint of the patient,
- b. providing a blank with at least one dimension larger than a corresponding dimension of the femoral condyle of the knee joint of the patient;
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- c. altering the blank to obtain a desired shape of the implant, wherein the desired shape replicates the femoral condyle of the knee joint of the patient in the corresponding dimension.
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