System and Method for an Automated Surgical Guide Design (SGD)

A system for a surgical guide design, said system comprising:

• a geodesic module;
• a slicing module;
• a processor coupled to a memory element with stored instructions, when implemented by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an input mesh with calculated sequence of points on the input mesh;
• find geodesic line segment on the mesh between the points by the geodesic module;
• slice out from the mesh a part that is inside the area bounded by the geodesic line segments by the slicing module;
• find an insertion direction that minimizes an undercut area;
• and
• generate a height map in the direction of the insertion with offsets a and b for an inner and outer surfaces for rendering a three-dimensional mask for triangulating and smoothing into the surgical guide.

A system for a surgical guide design, said system comprising:

• a geodesic module;
• a slicing module;
• a fabrication module;
• a processor coupled to a memory element with stored instructions, when implemented by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an input mesh with calculated sequence of points on the input mesh;
• find geodesic line segment on the mesh between the points by the geodesic module;
• slice out from the mesh a part that is inside the area bounded by the geodesic line segments by the slicing module;
• find an insertion direction that minimizes an undercut area;
• generate a height map in the direction of the insertion with offsets a and b for an inner and outer surfaces for rendering a three-dimensional mask for triangulating and smoothing into the surgical guide;
• and
• fabricate the designed guide on or off-site.