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US 2016/0235487 A1Published application
Surgical guides from scanned implant data
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Charles Davison, John Wayne Mest
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Abstract
A method of making a patient specific surgical guide includes obtaining a virtual model of a fixation member, and virtually designing a guide that defines at least one hole that corresponds to a hole of the virtual model of the fixation member.
Claims11
A method of making a patient specific surgical guide that is configured to guide a movement of a cutting tool toward a tissue body, the method comprising:
- obtaining a virtual three-dimensional model of a fixation member, the obtained virtual three-dimensional model of the fixation member having a planned post-operative shape and defining at least one hole that is configured to receive a fastener;
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- processing the virtual three-dimensional model of the fixation member so as to couple the virtual three-dimensional model of the fixation member to a first virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body, the first virtual three-dimensional model of the tissue body defining a first region, such that a central axis of the at least one hole is substantially aligned with a first target location of the first region.
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