Joint implant, preoperative planning process and arthroplasty method
OwnerDaniel BEERinventor
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Abstract
A joint implant to be mounted to a hard tissue of a patient comprises a body portion. The body portion having a tissue face configured to contact a prepared surface of the hard tissue of the patient, when the joint implant is mounted to the hard tissue of the patient. The tissue face of the body portion comprises an anchoring structure configured to anchor the joint implant on the hard tissue of the patient. The body portion is formed to fit the prepared surface of the hard tissue such that the joint implant is held in a predefined target position when mounted to the hard tissue
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A joint implant to be mounted to a hard tissue of a patient, comprising
- a body portion having a tissue face configured to contact a prepared surface of the hard tissue of the patient, when the joint implant is mounted to the hard tissue of the patient;
- wherein the tissue face of the body portion comprises an anchoring structure configured to anchor the joint implant on the hard tissue of the patient, and
- wherein the body portion is formed to fit the prepared surface of the hard tissue such that the joint implant is held in a predefined target position when mounted to the hard tissue.
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A treatment method for treating a joint of a patient comprising:
- obtaining an image of the joint;
- defining undesired hard tissue of the joint on the image of the joint;
- obtaining access to the joint;
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- removing the undesired hard tissue by providing a laser beam and thereby ablating the undesired hard tissue of the joint.
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