Surgical cutting guides designed for anatomical landmarks
AssigneeOsteoMed LLC
InventorDevid R. Zille
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Abstract
The present application describes various embodiments of guides that are designed in accordance with one or more anatomical landmarks near an operated bone (or portion thereof). In aspects, at least a portion of a guide is designed to conform to the shape of one or more anatomical landmarks in order to attach (or latch) the guide to at least one of the one or more anatomical landmarks. In aspects, the contact surface (or inner contour) of a guide may also be designed to follow at least a portion of the contour of the operated bone. The landmark-conforming and/or contour-following design of the guide may assist surgeons in the placement of the guide.
Claims21
(canceled)
A method of manufacturing a surgical cutting guide, comprising:
- accessing a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a three-dimensional (3D) model of the surgical cutting guide designed in accordance with an anatomical landmark associated with a biological structure;
- outputting instructions for fabricating the surgical cutting guide based on the 3D model, wherein the instructions comprise:
- instructions for fabricating a first portion defining a proximal end of the surgical cutting guide;
- instructions for fabricating a second portion defining a distal end of the surgical cutting guide, the distal end having an extension portion comprising a hook, wherein the hook is configured to extend around a portion of the anatomical landmark to latch the surgical cutting guide onto the anatomical landmark with a remainder of the surgical cutting guide extending away from the anatomical landmark;
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- instructions for fabricating one or more apertures on the surgical cutting guide.
A method of manufacturing a surgical cutting guide comprising a first portion at a proximal end of the surgical cutting guide and an extension portion at a distal end of the surgical cutting guide, the surgical cutting guide having a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and a distal end, the extension portion comprising a hook configured to extend around a portion of an anatomical landmark associated with a biological structure to latch the surgical cutting guide onto the anatomical landmark, the method comprising:
- receiving anatomical data related to the biological structure;
- generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the biological structure;
- receiving input relating to the anatomical landmark associated with the biological structure;
- defining one or more boundaries of the surgical cutting guide based at least in part on the anatomical data and the input relating to the anatomical landmark;
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- generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the surgical cutting guide based on the one or more boundaries;
- outputting instruction for fabricating the surgical cutting guide based on the 3D model of the surgical cutting guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.