Deformable articulating templates
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorMohamed Rashwan MAHFOUZ
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Abstract
A system for generating a patient-specific implant is described which includes a means for generating a three dimensional electronic representation of a human anatomical feature including size and curvature features matching the human anatomical feature, a means for selecting a prosthetic implant template from a database of prosthetic implant templates, the database being formed of the prosthetic implant templates by a means for generating a series of the virtual implant templates, a means for designing the patient-specific implant to imitate the size and curvature features based at least in part on the selected prosthetic implant template, and a means for virtually testing fit of the patient-specific implant using the three dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature.
Claims26
A system for generating a patient-specific implant, the system comprising:
- a means for generating a three-dimensional electronic representation of a human anatomical feature including size and curvature features matching the human anatomical feature;
- a means for selecting a virtual implant template from a database of virtual implant templates generated by a means for generating a series of the virtual implant templates;
- a means for designing a patient-specific prosthetic implant to imitate the size and curvature features based at least in part on the selected virtual implant template;
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- a means for virtually testing fit of the patient-specific prosthetic implant using the three-dimensional electronic representation of the human anatomical feature.
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