Molded surgical implant and method
AssigneeSpineco, Inc.
InventorRobert S. Biscup
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Abstract
A customized prosthetic implant and method for producing a customized prosthetic implant for use in fully or partially replacing bone and/or tissue in a human or animal. The custom prosthetic implant is produced by obtaining information about the site of implant for the prosthetic implant, processing the obtained information to generate information on the size and shape of the prosthetic implant, and transferring at least a portion of the generated information to a molding machine to at least partially form the custom prosthetic implant from a moldable compound.
Claims29
A method for producing a custom prosthetic implant for insertion into a patient comprising:
- a. obtaining information about the site of implant for the prosthetic implant;
- b. processing said obtained information to generate information on the size and shape of the prosthetic implant;
- and,
- c. transferring at least a portion of the generated information to a molding machine to at least partially form said custom prosthetic implant from a moldable compound, said molding machine including at least one mold cavity that can be varied in size and/or shape, said size and/or shape of said mold cavity altered based at least partially on said data transferred to said molding machine.
A method for producing a custom prosthetic implant for insertion into a patient comprising:
- a. scanning a patient to obtain information about the site of implant for the custom prosthetic implant, said scanning including an MRI, an ultrasonic device, an x-ray machine, a camera, a scope, and combinations thereof;
- b. processing said obtained information by the use of at least one data processor to generate information for a computer generated custom prosthetic implant having a particular multi-dimensional size and shape for insertion into the site of the implant;
- c. transferring at least a portion of the generated information to a forming machine for use in at least partially forming a custom prosthetic implant from a moldable compound;
- d. flowing said moldable compound having a generally soft putty property into at least one mold cavity to at least partially form said custom prosthetic implant in said mold cavity;
- and,
- e. finalizing the shape of said formed custom prosthetic implant to obtain a size and shape that substantially matches the size and shape of said computer generated prosthetic implant, said finalizing step including scanning said formed custom prosthetic implant subsequently modifying the shape and size of the custom prosthetic implant by a process which includes laser cutting, smoothing, minor sizing, etching, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.