Implant placement planning
AssigneeMAKO Surgical Corp.
InventorsPhilip Harris Frank, Ali Zafar Abbasi
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Abstract
A method of planning a procedure to fasten an implant to a bone includes displaying a model of the bone and a model of the implant on a display device. The model implant is positioned on the model bone in a desired implant position. A first boundary volume of a first fastener configured to fasten the prosthesis to the bone is also displayed on the display device. The first boundary volume represents a range of possible positions that the first fastener may have with respect to the prosthesis when fastened to the bone. The boundary volume may be used to determine a desired size, shape, and/or positioning of the fastener with respect to the bone.
Claims17
A method of planning a procedure to fasten an implant to a bone comprising:
- displaying on a display device a model of the bone;
- displaying on the display device a model of the implant;
- positioning the model implant on the model bone in a desired implant position;
- displaying on the display device a first boundary volume of a first fastener configured to fasten the prosthesis to the bone, the first boundary volume representing a range of possible positions that the first fastener may have with respect to the prosthesis when fastened to the bone.
A method of planning a procedure to fasten an implant to a bone comprising:
- displaying on a display device a model of the bone;
- displaying on the display device a model of the implant having at least one aperture for receiving a fastener;
- positioning the model implant on the model bone in a desired implant position;
- displaying on the display device a first boundary volume of a first fastener configured to fasten the prosthesis to the bone, the first boundary volume representing a range of possible positions that the first fastener may have when fully received within the at least one aperture.
A computer system including at least one processor configured to execute instructions to:
- display a model of a bone on a display device;
- display a model of an implant on the display device;
- change a position of the model implant on the model bone to a desired implant position in response to user input;
- display on the display device a first boundary volume of a first fastener configured to fasten the implant to the bone, the first boundary volume representing a range of possible positions that the first fastener may have with respect to the prosthesis when fastened to the bone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.