Patient Selectable Joint Arthroplasty Devices and Surgical Tools Incorporating Anatomical Relief
AssigneeConforMIS, Inc.
InventorsTerrance Wong, Raymond A. Bojarski, Daniel Steines, Philipp Lang
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. 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.
Claims15
A system for joint arthroplasty, the system comprising:
- a first template, the first template including:
- at least one surface for engaging a first surface of a joint, the at least one surface being substantially a negative of portions or all of the first surface;
- at least a portion of the at least one surface further including an anatomical relief, wherein the anatomical relief is configured based on an offset surface derived from electronic image data of the first surface of the joint;
- and
- at least one guide for directing movement of a surgical instrument.
A system for joint arthroplasty, the system comprising:
- a first template, the first template including:
- at least one surface for engaging a first surface of a joint, the at least one surface substantially conforming to portions or all of the first surface;
- at least a portion of the at least one surface further including an anatomical relief, wherein the anatomical relief is configured based on an offset surface derived from electronic image data of the first surface of the joint;
- and
- at least one guide for directing movement of a surgical instrument.
A system for joint arthroplasty, the system comprising:
- a first template, the first template including:
- at least one surface for engaging a first surface of a joint, the at least one surface is shaped using shape information derived from electronic image data of portions or all of the first surface;
- at least a portion of the at least one surface further including an anatomical relief, wherein the anatomical relief is configured based on an offset surface derived from the electronic image data of the first surface of the joint;
- and
- at least one guide for directing movement of a surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.