Method of producing a patient-specific three dimensional model having hard tissue and soft tissue portions
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorWael K. Barsoum
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Abstract
A method of producing a patient-specific three-dimensional model of a native tissue. A virtual replica of at least a portion of a native tissue is produced. A three-dimensional unitary replica of the portion of the native tissue is produced as a tangible representation of the virtual replica. The three-dimensional unitary replica includes at least one location of interest. The three-dimensional unitary replica includes a first area and a second area of the portion of the native tissue. The first area density has a first area density greater than a second area density of the second area.
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A method of producing a patient-specific three-dimensional model of a native tissue, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing a virtual replica of at least a portion of a native tissue;
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- producing a three-dimensional unitary replica of the portion of the native tissue as a tangible representation of the virtual replica, the three-dimensional unitary replica including at least one location of interest, the three-dimensional unitary replica including a first area and a second area of the portion of the native tissue, the first area density having a first area density greater than a second area density of the second area.
A method of producing a three-dimensional model of a spine and assisting a user with implementation of a preoperative surgical plan, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining images of at least a portion of the spine;
- producing a virtual replica as an intangible representation of the images;
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- producing a three-dimensional replica as a tangible representation of the virtual replica, the three-dimensional replica including at least one location of interest, the three-dimensional replica comprising a first area including at least one of vertebral bodies, pedicles, and spinal processes, and a second area including at least one of intervertebral disks, spinal nerves, spinal ligaments, and connecting tissue of the spine, the first area having a first area density greater than a second area density of the second area, the three-dimensional replica reflecting at least one of patient-specific flexibility and patient-specific movement relative to another portion of the spine;
- associating at least one non-native structure with the at least one location of interest;
- inducing realistic dynamic reactions in the physical replica;
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- analyzing alterations to the physical replica in response to the induced reactions.
A three-dimensional patient-specific model of tissue of at least a portion of a spine, comprising:
- at least one location of interest;
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- a first area and a second area of the portion of the native tissue, the first area having a first area density greater than a second area density of the second area, the patient-specific three dimensional replica being a tangible representation of at least a portion of native tissue, the patient-specific three dimensional replica being unitarily formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.