Tool for fixed customised relative alignment of adjustable orthopedic devices
AssigneeZimmer, Inc.
InventorAndrew Rolfe Hopkins
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Abstract
An anatomy simulator can include a guide body having one or more faces. The anatomy simulator can include a first simulator socket forming a recess in a first face of the one or more faces. The first simulator socket can be configured to receive a first plate. The first simulator socket can include a first base portion. The anatomy simulator can include a bore extending from the base portion of the first simulator socket to an interior of the anatomy simulator. The bore can be configured to receive an alignment mechanism. The first base portion can be angled at a first angle with respect to the first face.
Claims20
An anatomy simulator, comprising:
- a guide body having one or more faces;
- a first simulator socket forming a recess in a first face of the one or more faces, wherein:
- the first simulator socket is configured to receive a first plate;
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- the first simulator socket includes a first base portion;
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- a bore extending from the base portion of the first simulator socket to an interior of the anatomy simulator, wherein the bore is configured to receive an alignment mechanism;
- wherein the first base portion is angled at a first angle with respect to the first face.
A method for calibrating adjustable orthopaedic devices, comprising:
- identifying an anatomical geometry of an anatomical feature of the patient, wherein the geometry of the anatomical feature includes an anatomical axis and the anatomical geometry is at one or more angles with respect to the anatomical axis;
- coupling an alignment mechanism to an anatomy simulator, wherein the anatomy simulator is configured to reproduce the one or more angles with respect to the alignment mechanism;
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- coupling a first plate with the anatomy simulator, wherein coupling the first plate with the anatomy simulator includes mating the first plate with a base portion of the anatomy simulator, wherein the mating of the first plate with the base portion establishes the first plate at the one or more angles with respect to the alignment mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.